web
You’re offline. This is a read only version of the page.
close
Skip to main content

Notifications

Announcements

No record found.

Community site session details

Community site session details

Session Id :
Small and medium business | Business Central, N...
Answered

Fixed Assets - Reclassification

(0) ShareShare
ReportReport
Posted on by 53

HI! Could you help me please?

I'm trying to reclassify a fixed asset:

- creting the second asset

-creating and posting reclassification journal (% to be reclassified, recl acq costs & recl depr ticked)

and all goes well until I try to post the Fixed Asset G/L journal. The error says that acquisition costs must not be negative on (date) for fixed asset (the one I'm reclassifying) in Depr Book. 

pastedimage1616319302076v1.png

Thank you!

I have the same question (0)
  • Suggested answer
    Dirk Profile Picture
    on at

    Hi Julia,

    What percentage of the original book value do you want to reclassify?
    What is the book value of the existing FA (FA0000140, right!?) by the date at which you want to reclassify?

    If you use "Show last know error" under Help & Support ... what do you get there?

    If we can't find a quick resolution I would recommend to raise a service request with Microsoft.

    Thanks
       Dirk

  • Verified answer
    Community Member Profile Picture
    on at

    Julia,

    Adding to Dirk's reply... What is the current Net Books Value of the Asset you are trying to reclass to the new Fixed Asset? When I encounter this message it normally has to do with rounding problems. Let me explain...

    Whoever originally imported the data to BC imported with a rounded number. Therefore, even though my balance appears to be $0.01, for example, in the FA Ledger entry table, the value was actually like .009999999999 or something (rounded off). Therefore, when I try to credit acquisition cost for $0.01, it triggers the error message.

    Here is the solution, but you will need your Partner to correct the data behind the scenes:

    1. Open the Microsoft Dynamics NAV development environment program.

    2. Click Ctrl + F (or click the edit drop-down menu and select find).

    3. Type "FA Ledger Entry" and select the line and click run to open your FA Ledger Entry page.

    4. Find the ledger entry that needs to be changed (in my case, the original acquisition cost for fixed asset).

    5. Delete the values in the following columns and retype the values again to the nearest penny ($0.01): Amount, Debit Amount, Amount (LCY).

    6. Click OK

    7. Go to the FA G/L Journal and click refresh, and post the transaction.

    In the future, helpful hint, when importing data from Excel, be careful that the values are rounded when importing to FA Journal. Apparently, since the FA Journal does not have G/L integration, there doesn't appear to be any setup option to round values in the FA Journal.

    Hope this helps.

    Thanks,

    Steve

  • Julia Rikhter Profile Picture
    53 on at

    Hi Dirk, thank you for your answer. That was 50% from $419.35, looks like a rounding issue.

  • Julia Rikhter Profile Picture
    53 on at

    Hi Steven, thank you for your answer. It helped. I was trying to reclassify 50% of $419.35. That was previously $500 minus GST calculated by the system. I have created an appreciation journal for $0.01 to get the book value of $419.36 and it let me reclassify both the FA and depreciation and post the transaction.

Under review

Thank you for your reply! To ensure a great experience for everyone, your content is awaiting approval by our Community Managers. Please check back later.

Helpful resources

Quick Links

Responsible AI policies

As AI tools become more common, we’re introducing a Responsible AI Use…

Neeraj Kumar – Community Spotlight

We are honored to recognize Neeraj Kumar as our Community Spotlight honoree for…

Leaderboard > Small and medium business | Business Central, NAV, RMS

#1
OussamaSabbouh Profile Picture

OussamaSabbouh 3,098

#2
Jainam M. Kothari Profile Picture

Jainam M. Kothari 1,556 Super User 2025 Season 2

#3
YUN ZHU Profile Picture

YUN ZHU 1,108 Super User 2025 Season 2

Last 30 days Overall leaderboard

Featured topics

Product updates

Dynamics 365 release plans