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Hello All,
I have one question related to Financial dimensions.
Our customer wants to change the name of a financial dimension /custom one/ from X to Y.
The values of the dimension will remain the same. T
he dimension is included in financial dimension sets and also in Accounting structure.
We tried a change /with activated maintenance mode/ but we receive and error:
Dimension DIM2_ProductGroup exists as an extension column on Dimension code combination (DimensionCombinationEntity) and Dimension code set (DimensionSetEntity). You cannot change the name until this extension is removed.
Could someone advice is it possible such change to be done and if yes - how?
 
Thanks,
Ani
 
  • Ani Stamenova Profile Picture
    Ani Stamenova 5 on at
    Financial dimension name change
    Thanks a lot Andre. Great post. I believe that this will fit the requirement.
  • Frank Hamelly | MVP, MCP, CSA Profile Picture
    Frank Hamelly | MVP... 46,274 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at
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    Can you provide a marked-up screenshot of what you're attempting to do?  That would be most helpful.
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    André Arnaud de Calavon Profile Picture
    André Arnaud de Cal... 292,162 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at
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    Hi Ani,
     
    Instead of changing the dimension name, you can change the label on forms using the Translations button. The dimension name will then remain "X", but the text on the form will be "Y".
    I wrote a blog about this topic before. The blog was based on AX2012, but the Translations button is still available in Dynamics 365: Manage the order of default dimensions on forms - AX 2012 - Dynamicspedia
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    Hana Xue Profile Picture
    Hana Xue Microsoft Employee on at
    Financial dimension name change
    Hi,
    1.You can view these following link for reference and hope it will be useful.
    https://community.dynamics.com/forums/thread/details/?threadid=5d46cd37-3325-4683-98e0-363784db193d
    https://community.dynamics.com/forums/thread/details/?threadid=9c693f36-18ae-41a2-a19c-66cee241dee2
    2.In addition, the following link is about activate financial dimension, please check:
    Financial dimension activation - Finance & Operations | Dynamics 365 | Microsoft Learn

    Best Regards,
    Hana

     

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