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Error message when you try to assign or change a currency on the Multicurrency Setup page in Microsoft Dynamics GP: “Activity for this currency already exists. The functional currency can't be changed."

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SYMPTOMS

When you enter transactions, and then try to assign or change a currency on the Multicurrency Setup page in Microsoft Dynamics GP or in Microsoft Business Solutions - Great Plains 8.0, you receive the following error message:

Activity for this currency already exists. The functional currency can't be changed.

CAUSE

This issue occurs when you try to assign a Functional Currency for the first time after you enter or post transactions or when you change a Functional Currency that is already assigned.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, follow these steps:
1. Create a backup of the company database.

Note If you want to, you can try the steps in a test company database, and then implement them in the company database. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

871973 How to set up a test company that has a copy of live company data by using SQL Server 7.0, SQL Server 2000, or SQL Server 2005
2. Run Check Links on the Multicurrency tables. To do this in Microsoft Dynamics 10.0, follow these steps:
a. On the Microsoft Dynamics GP menu, click File , point to Maintenance , and then click Check Links .
b. In the Series list, click Financials .
c. In the Logical Tables list, click Multicurrency Setup , and then click Insert .
d. Click OK .
To do this in Microsoft Dynamics 9.0 and earlier versions, follow these steps:
a. Click File , point to Maintenance , and then click Check Links .
b. In the Series list, click Financials .
c. In the Logical Tables list, click Multicurrency Setup , and then click Insert .
d. Click OK .
3. Print the File Maintenance error report, and then verify that the functional currency is updated by viewing the following entry:

Multicurrency Setup: Functional currency has been updated.

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Article Info
Article ID : 864342
Revision : 1
Created on : 3/10/2017
Published on : 3/10/2017
Exists online : False
Views : 325