What does the system error mean in Business Central and Dynamics NAV (Navision)?

Typical error messages in Business Central and Dynamics NAV

Below you will find some of the error messages you may run into in Business Central or Dynamics NAV - with a short explanation of each. - and we have written a brief help and/or explanation for this.

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The posting date is not within the allowed posting period!

Check in Accounting Setup whether the “Bookkeeping allowed from” and “Bookkeeping allowed to” fields are set correctly. It is also possible to put a block on accounting on the individual user. This is done in the Setup menu under Program Setup- General- Users- User Setup.

Posting setup does not exist. Identification fields and values...

The combination of business accounting group and product accounting group is not set up. This is used to control which financial accounts to use for accounting purposes. The setup can be found under the Financial Management menu - Setup - General - Bookkeeping Groups - General - Bookkeeping Setup.

Custom development for NAV and Business Central solutions

Yes, you can get special functionality developed in your NAV or Business Central solution. If you want a quote from Vision People Consulting on this, or want to have your wishes defined (and discussed in relation to any standard functionality for this), you can contact Vision People here about this>>

Creditor and currency

No, it's not necessary. The same creditor number may well handle multiple currencies. The currency code on the creditor card is indicative and can be overwritten on the purchase receipt before posting.

Payment from other customer

Yes, you can set this up on the customer card. On the Billing tab, insert the customer who needs to pay in the field “To be billed to customer no.” You can also set it per order by choosing the customer on the billing tab of the individual sales order or invoice.

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