Once you have completed all the steps from part 1) Initiate Consolidated Financial Statements to performing all the eliminations, verifying the consolidated financial statements before locking them is advisable.
For example:
- Counterparty checks.
- Other checks.
- Equity control at the group level.
Finally, you lock the financial statements by going to the "Lock period" tab and clicking the button.
When the button turns yellow, the financial statements are locked.
You can then download the consolidated financial statements as a SIE4 file.