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description: Settings to define a custom or standard fiscal year for your organization. This object has a parent-child relationship with the Period object.
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# FiscalYearSettings

Settings to define a custom or standard fiscal year for your organization. This object has a parent-child relationship with the Period object.

## Supported Calls

describeSObjects(), getDeleted(), getUpdated(), query(), retrieve()

## Special Access Rules

As of Spring ’20 and later, only partner users and standard users can access this object.

## Fields

| Field | Details |
| --- | --- |
| Description | 
Type

string

Properties

Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort

Description

Description of the setting.



 |
| EndDate | 

Type

date

Properties

Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort

Description

End date of the fiscal year.



 |
| IsStandardYear | 

Type

boolean

Properties

Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort

Description

Indicates whether the fiscal year is a standard calendar year (true) or a custom fiscal year (false).



 |
| Name | 

Type

string

Properties

Filter, Group, idLookup, Sort

Description

A name for the fiscal year. Limit: 80 characters.



 |
| PeriodId | 

Type

reference

Properties

Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort

Description

ID of the associated fiscal period.



 |
| PeriodLabelScheme | 

Type

picklist

Properties

Filter, Group, Nillable, Restricted picklist, Sort

Description

The numbering scheme used for fiscal periods.



 |
| PeriodPrefix | 

Type

picklist

Properties

Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort

Description

The prefix of fiscal periods. For example, if p is the prefix, then the first period is “P1.”



 |
| QuarterLabelScheme | 

Type

picklist

Properties

Filter, Group, Nillable, Restricted picklist, Sort

Description

The numbering scheme used for fiscal quarters.



 |
| QuarterPrefix | 

Type

picklist

Properties

Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort

Description

The prefix of fiscal quarters. For example, if “Q” is the prefix, then the fourth quarter would be “Q4.”



 |
| StartDate | 

Type

date

Properties

Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort

Description

Start date of the fiscal year.





 |
| WeekLabelScheme | 

Type

picklist

Properties

Filter, Group, Nillable, Restricted picklist, Sort

Description

The numbering scheme used for weeks.



 |
| WeekStartDay | 

Type

int

Properties

Filter, Group, Nillable, Sort

Description

The name of the day that starts the week, for example Monday or Sunday



 |
| YearType | 

Type

picklist

Properties

Filter, Group, Nillable, Restricted picklist, Sort

Description

Indicates one of two types of fiscal years, Standard or Custom. Standard denotes the standard Gregorian calendar, while Custom means a fiscal year with a custom structure.



 |

#### See Also

- [Period](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.object_reference.meta/object_reference/sforce_api_objects_period.htm "Represents a fiscal period defined in FiscalYearSettings.")
- [Overview of Salesforce Objects and Fields](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.object_reference.meta/object_reference/sforce_api_objects_concepts.htm "Salesforce objects and fields are analogous to database tables and the table columns. Objects and fields structure data. For example, the central object in the Salesforce data model represents accounts—companies and organizations involved with your business, such as customers, partners, and competitors.")