Sage 100: “You cannot proceed with unposted data in PO Receipt of Goods entry.”

Error: “You cannot proceed with unposted data in PO Receipt of Goods entry” when opening Standard Cost Adjustment Entry.

Backup Warning 

Use caution when working with the below product functionality. Always create a backup of your data before proceeding with advanced solutions.

Resolution

1. Open Purchase Order, Main, Daily Receipt Registers/Update.
2. Print/Preview register.
3.  Click, Yes to update all transactions.
4. After update is complete, retry Standard Cost Adjustment Entry.
5. If you receive a message, “The Receipt entry files are empty.”, you will need to reinitialize the PO receipt of goods data entry files:
   • Open Library Master, Utilities, Reinitialize Data Files.
   • Select, Company Code.
   • Select Module, Purchase Order.
   • Select the following files:
     • PO_ReceiptDetail
     • PO_ReceiptHeader
     • PO_ReceiptReturnMatRqByPO
     • PO_ReceiptTaxAllocation
     • PO_ReceiptTaxDetail
     • PO_ReceiptTaxSummary
     • PO_ReceiptTierDistribution
   • Click, Proceed and Yes to warning.
   • If batch entry is used, delete the batch record(s) from the GL_CompanyActiveBatch file.
   • Open Library Master, Utilities, Data File Display and Maintenance.
   • Browse to ..\MAS90\MAS_xxx\GLxxx (xxx = company code).
   • Select, GL_CompanyActiveBatch.
   • Click Key Scan, and select the batch number.
6. • For example, the key P/O0100002 has the following format:
   • Module code: 2 characters (P/O)
   • Batch Type: 2 digits (01)
   • Batch Number: 5 digits (00002)
7. • Click Delete.
   • Open Library Master, Utilities, Rebuild Sort Files.
8. • Click, OK at warning message.
9. • Select Module, Purchase Order.
10. • Select, Company Code.
11. • Click, Yes to recalculate open purchase order quantities.
    6. After update is complete, retry Standard Cost Adjustment Entry.