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Purchase Invoice already exists message with no previous postings

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Posted on by Luis Ochoa 10

I am trying to migrate the date form our old software using SNC Datev, and I keep getting the error "Purchase Invoice XXX already exists", even though I made sure there is no duplicate in the source file, and there are no previous postings. Furthermore, none of the invoices have more than 20 characters (BC limit). 

Does anybody know why this happens? 

Is there an easier way to migrate the postings using something already in BC and not an external product?

Thank you so much in advance!

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    Dallefeld Profile Picture
    Dallefeld 229 User Group Leader on at

    This may not be referring to the Document No field but rather to the Vendor Invoice No or External Document NO field.

  • Luis Ochoa Profile Picture
    Luis Ochoa 10 on at

    Yes, when using SNC Datev the Document No field gets filled with the invoice number from the vendor, but there is no duplicate in the CSV file.

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    YUN ZHU Profile Picture
    YUN ZHU 99,086 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Hi, SNC DATEV is not a standard feature of BC, I think you should contact the partner.

    https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/product/dynamics-365-business-central/pubid.sievers-group%7Caid.snc_datev%7Cpappid.0672b665-308b-4613-bc5e-c7e865740d11?tab=overview

    Or you try using Configuration Package?

    https://yzhums.com/4286/

    Hope this helps.

    Thanks.

    ZHU

  • Luis Ochoa Profile Picture
    Luis Ochoa 10 on at

    Hi, thank you for your reply.

    Is it possible to post to General Ledger the items I import using the configuration package?

    Thanks again.

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    YUN ZHU Profile Picture
    YUN ZHU 99,086 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Hi, hope the following helps.

    How to use Configuration Package to post documents (Sales Order, Purchase Order, Transfer Order, General Journal, etc.)

    https://yzhums.com/16530/

    Thanks.

    ZHU

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    DAnny3211 Profile Picture
    DAnny3211 11,417 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Hi

    Of course you can use Configuration Packages to migrate your data.

    the error you receive on the invoice number could be due to a code error in your system, as it is not standard BC

    learn.microsoft.com/.../set-up-standard-company-configuration-packages

    DAniele

  • Luis Ochoa Profile Picture
    Luis Ochoa 10 on at

    I have more information about the error we are presenting. Today we tried posting the entries with a new invoice number series. At first it worked, but the posting was made with the wrong date. So we tried reversing the posting using the G/L Registers archive, and then posting again using the same information. When doing this, we got again the error message of a purchase invoice being duplicated. Then I assume the system is keeping the invoice number stored somewhere and detecting it has a duplicate.

    When I go to posted purchase invoices I see nothing. However, if I go to "Find entries" and look for one of the documents with the invoice numbers we created, there are results for it. So I believe the system is seeing this and recognizing it as a duplicate.

    Is there a way to remove the entry (all the entries) from BC so it won't recognize it at all?

    Thanks again.

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    YUN ZHU Profile Picture
    YUN ZHU 99,086 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Hi, first if you want to cancel the Posted Purchase Invoice, you must cancel it from the Posted Purchase Invoices screen.
    If you created it from General Journal, no problem.

    pastedimage1670454088102v1.png

    In addition, Reverse does not mean deletion, it just recreates the negative entries to cancel the original data.

    You can use the function below to renumber.

    pastedimage1670454232827v2.png

    Finally, the Entries data that has been posted cannot be deleted.

    Hope this helps.

    Thanks.

    ZHU

  • Luis Ochoa Profile Picture
    Luis Ochoa 10 on at

    Hi. Thank you for your reply.

    That's precisely the issue. There is nothing in the posted purchase invoices screen:

    pastedimage1670487916519v1.png

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