“You have one or more documents that must be posted before you post document no. 20230803-1 according to your company’s No. Series setup.” Error in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business CentralWhen doing some work for a client on the Fixed Assets module, a short time ago, prior to a training session I did a little testing and encountered a problem when creating an acquisition journal:

Error Posting a Fixed Asset G/L Journal

You have one or more documents that must be posted before you post document no. 20230803-1 according to your company's No. Series setup.

I had previously checked the assigned number series and it was set to auto-increment and to disallow manual changes, which is what can produce the above error message. I checked the fields on the Fixed Asset G/L Journal oage and found that they had a customisation on the page for all users whereby the fields had been re-ordered and what I assumed (through force of habit) was the Description field was actually the Account No..

After copying the values to the Description field I was able to reset the document Document No. using the Renumber Document Numbers action (Actions » Functions » Renumber Document Numbers).

The key lessons here are to assume that the client may have made some customisations to a page and not to reply on memory for which field is where on a page.

What should we write about next?

If there is a topic which fits the typical ones of this site, which you would like to see me write about, please use the form, below, to submit your idea.

Your Name

Your Email

Suggested Topic

Suggestion Details

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *