Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central | Correct Purchase Invoice Error Message

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central | Correct Purchase Invoice Error Message

Article by: Lupe Haro – Microsoft Dynamics ERP Consultant

We have come across an issue where you receive the following error message, “The General Posting Setup does not exist. Identification fields and values: Gen. Bus. Posting Group=’DOMESTIC’,Gen. Prod. Posting Group=’‘ when trying to correct a purchase invoice in Business Central.

This is a known issue that Microsoft is in the process of fixing, but please find the steps below on the current workaround.

In the Purchase Credit Memo window, click “+New” to create a new Purchase Credit Memo.

Select or enter the Vendor No. that you need to correct or cancel the invoice for.

Select Actions > Functions > Get Posted Document Lines to Reverse… and grab the line or lines that you need to reverse.

The lines will automatically be added to the Purchase Credit Memo

To post the Purchase Credit Memo. Select Posting > Post

If necessary, enter and post a new (corrected) Purchase Invoice.