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The date formula should include a time unit

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Hello,

I am trying to run a customer statement like I normally do every month. When I try to run the report, I get the following error message:

Does anyone know what this means? Is there a fix for this?

Thanks for your help,

Pete

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    Nareshwar Raju Vaneshwar Profile Picture
    Nareshwar Raju Vane... 5,596 on at

    Hi Pete,

    The screenshot hasn't been attached properly. Please reattach :)

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    Community Member on at

    Error Message:

    The date formula '-(30T) should include a time unit.

    Time units can be: D,WD,W,M,Q or Y.

    C, meaning current time unit based on date, can be specified as a prefix to the time unit.

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    Nareshwar Raju Vaneshwar Profile Picture
    Nareshwar Raju Vane... 5,596 on at

    Hi,

    Is this report multilingual?

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    Nareshwar Raju Vaneshwar Profile Picture
    Nareshwar Raju Vane... 5,596 on at

    Hi,

    If it is in another language, please try to write in English, so the conflicts will be resolved.

    Example: CALCDATE(‘+12M-1T’,BeginnGeschäftsjahr) becomes CALCDATE(‘<+12M-1D>’,BeginnGeschäftsjahr).

    Check the link: noisyvan.wordpress.com/.../avoid-not-a-valid-time-unit-errors-with-multilanguage-calcdates

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    Community Member on at

    Thanks for the reply. Do you know where I have to make this change? Do I do this on the customer card?

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    Suresh Kulla Profile Picture
    Suresh Kulla 50,269 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    When you are running the report what is the value you are using on Length of Aging Periods on the request page of the report ? Looks like it has value of 30T change that to 30D

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    Community Member on at

    It looks like the value is indeed 30D. However, this is a swiss company that is trying to run this report. I am not sure if this makes a difference (language difference)?

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    Suresh Kulla Profile Picture
    Suresh Kulla 50,269 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    can you run a debugger, and send the screenshot of it where it catches the error

  • Gretchen Profile Picture
    Gretchen 5 on at

    I'm getting the same error message when trying trying to set up column layout to run a R12M (rolling 12 months) income statement.  I'm using NAV 2009.

    "The date formula 'FY[1] should include a time unit.  Time units can be D, WD, WQ, M, Q, or Y.  C, meaning current time unit based on date, can be specified as a prefix to the time unit."  I'm putting my date FY[1] in the Comparison Period Formula field.  For some reason, this version of NAV doesn't have the Comparison Date Formula field.

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    rnbergren 7 on at

    so what does D and WD and M and Q actually stand for?

    Days, Weeks, Minutes?

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