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title: "Fiscal Year Error Check"
slug: "fiscal-year-error-check"
description: "Identify fiscal year configuration errors per legal entity, flagging missing years, gaps, and overlapping date ranges."
updated: 2025-08-26T17:00:13Z
published: 2025-08-26T17:00:13Z
canonical: "docs.restaurant365.com/fiscal-year-error-check"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.restaurant365.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Fiscal Year Error Check

The Fiscal Year Error Check report displays any critical Fiscal Year errors that occurred during their creation. This is helpful prior to implementing Fixed Assets and to ensure that each fiscal year transitions correctly into the next.

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## Navigation

The My Reports search bar can be used to search R365's entire catalog of reports.

1. Open the **Reports** app.
2. Navigate to **My Reports**.
3. Enter all or part of the report name in the **search bar**.
4. The **Results** tab will open with the list of search results.
5. From beneath the report name, click **Run** to run the report with the selected report view. -OR- Click **Customize** to adjust the report parameters and run the report.

![Overview of report options in Restaurant365 with highlighted run and customize buttons.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/5c9d1111-0c69-4e96-8910-d7f2750fdc9d/Images/Documentation/report.png)

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## Report Parameters

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| **Field/Column** | **Description** |
| --- | --- |
| **legal entity** | A listing of all legal entities. |
| **Run Button** | Runs the report. Users can also send, export, or print the report directly from this button by clicking the down arrow portion and selecting the desired action. |

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## Report Columns

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| **Field/Column** | **Description** |
| --- | --- |
| **Legal Entity** | The name of the legal entity. |
| **Year** | The fiscal years, ranging from the earliest configured year to the latest configured year. |
| **Fiscal Period Structure** | The chosen structure for the listed fiscal year. |
| **Start Date** | The start date of the fiscal year. |
| **Fiscal Year Errors** | The errors that correspond with that fiscal year. Errors include: - **Missing** – Listed after the fiscal year, start date, and end date if the fiscal year hasn't been created yet - **Gap from Previous Year** – Listed if the start date of one year is not the day directly after the end date of its previous year - **Overlaps from Previous Year** – Listed if the start date is a part of a previous year |
| **End Date** | The end date of the fiscal year. |

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## Email, Export, or Print the Report

This report can be emailed, exported, or printed in custom formatting directly from the reporting window. Learn more about how to [send, export, or print this report](/doc/docs/my-reports-send-export-or-print-reports).

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/5c9d1111-0c69-4e96-8910-d7f2750fdc9d/Images/Documentation/image-U3S8UCR9.png)

An organization or company configured in R365 that represents a distinct legal and tax-reporting unit. Legal entities contain one or more locations and define how financial and operational activity is grouped, reported, and filed.