View, modify, and validate fiscal periods - Legacy

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title: View, modify, and validate fiscal periods - Legacy
description: After you generate a fiscal calendar, you can view fiscal period records, modify the start and end date, deactivate a fiscal period if necessary, and validate.
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product: Time Configuration
classification: time-configuration
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last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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breadcrumb: [Defining fiscal calendars, Use, Time configuration, Configure core features, Administer the ServiceNow AI Platform]
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# View, modify, and validate fiscal periods - Legacy

After you generate a fiscal calendar, you can view fiscal period records, modify the start and end date, deactivate a fiscal period if necessary, and validate.

## Before you begin

Role required: fiscal\_calendar\_user

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **System Definition** > **Fiscal Periods**.

2.  Open any of the fiscal periods \(see table for field descriptions\) to view, modify, or deactivate.

    |Field|Description|
    |-----|-----------|
    |Name|Name of the fiscal period.|
    |Start date time|Date the fiscal period starts.|
    |End date time|Date the fiscal period ends.|
    |Fiscal Type|\[Read-Only\] Type of period, either **Year** or **Quarter**.|

3.  Validate the fiscal periods to ensure that there are no gaps and that they match a valid style of calendar.

    1.  To validate, return to the list view of fiscal periods and click **Validate Periods**.


**Parent Topic:**[Defining fiscal calendars](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/platform-administration/time-configuration/c_FiscalCalendar.md)