Fiscal Year Calendar

The system identifier used to reference the fiscal calendar across configurations such as ledger setup and period allocation. This must be unique across the environment.

A human-readable label for identifying the fiscal calendar in user interfaces.

Supplementary information about the fiscal calendar, visible in forms and lookups, providing context or specific business rules, such as its purpose or any special period definitions.

Defines how periods are structured within the fiscal year. D365 F&O provides predefined options like 'Standard' (equal months), '4-4-5' (common in retail for specific week distribution), and '13 Period' (equal 4-week cycles). This choice dictates how D365 F&O generates periods upon calendar creation.

The first date included in the earliest fiscal year of this calendar. This date anchors all subsequent period and year calculations for the entire calendar definition.