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Message

To complete this document with the specified posting date, unlock the associated document numbering series for goods receipts.

Diagnosis

If you are the system administrator, you have performed the following steps:

  1. You have created the period indicator for the specified posting period in   Administration   Setup   Financials   Period Indicators  .

  2. You have created a posting period based on this period indicator in   Administration   System Initialization   Posting Periods  ; that is, the Period Indicator field contains the name of the period indicator created in step 1.

  3. You have chosen   Administration   System Initialization   Document Numbering   and double-clicked the first column of the Goods Receipt row.

  4. In the Series – Goods Receipt – Setup window, you have added a new row based on the period indicator created in step 2.

  5. You have locked this row.

  6. You have chosen the Update button in the Series – Goods Receipt – Setup window and in the Document Numbering – Setup window.

If you are the business user, you have performed the following steps:

  1. From the SAP Business One Main Menu, you have chosen   Inventory   Inventory Transactions   Goods Receipt  .

  2. You have entered a posting date that falls within the posting period defined in step 2 of the previous set of steps.

    The document numbering series defined for the associated period indicator is locked.

Solution

Either specify a different posting date or unlock the relevant document numbering series for goods receipts.

To unlock the document numbering series, proceed as follows:

  1. From the SAP Business One Main Menu, choose   Administration   System Initialization   Document Numbering  .

  2. Double-click the first column of the Goods Receipt row.

  3. In the Series – Goods Receipt – Setup window, in the row with the relevant period indicator, deselect the Lock checkbox.

  4. Choose the Update button in the Series – Goods Receipt – Setup window and in the Document Numbering – Setup window.