Hi jhenry,
Here's a brief synopsis of the results when running Period End Processing (copied from the Help file) in Payables:
- Set Period to date totals to zero
- Clear paid transactions up to and including the clearing date
- Clear fully invoiced retainage transactions
- Clear batch status info (optional)
- Clear vendor history up to and including the system date (optional)
As you can see, it's mostly for statistics but can also be for clearing transactions. Period End is not a 'required' process but can be useful for maintaining your data.
The same goes for Receivables as well as Payables.
Here is a link to a similar question posted a couple of months ago on this forum:
Adagio Period End