Using Date Pattern Spread to correct "Short Year" calculation differences in upgrade from 8.11 to 9.
I am working with a company that is upgrading from 8.11 to 9.1. Due to a change in Fiscal Date Pattern, they had a "Short Year" in 2004 (only 2 months) and any Fixed Assets still depreciating from that time have a huge "catch up" now in E9.1. I found many documents/manuals on the Oracle website on how to handle this by restating the Date Patterns at the Company Names & Numbers level, but they reject this option citing they fear custom reports will be affected. I was thinking my next best option would be to use the Date Pattern Spread for that short year.
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