I totally agree with this but I also think that it is important for the accountant/authorised user to be able to unlock dates just for one transaction. If you are in the middle of period-end and have locked the date then unlocking the date would unlock it for everyone and someone else could mess up your period-end work. In other softwares the accountant/authorised user can keep the date locked and just uplock for that one transaction that they are posting using a password. The main lock therefore remains closed and the period data protected.
I totally agree with this but I also think that it is important for the accountant/authorised user to be able to unlock dates just for one transaction. If you are in the middle of period-end and have locked the date then unlocking the date would unlock it for everyone and someone else could mess up your period-end work. In other softwares the accountant/authorised user can keep the date locked and just uplock for that one transaction that they are posting using a password. The main lock therefore remains closed and the period data protected.