Microsoft KB Archive/935424

= Error messages when you import data from Microsoft Money into Accounting Professional 2007 or into Accounting Express 2007: &quot;The financial date of a document must be within an existing open fiscal year&quot; and &quot;A Document must contain at least one line&quot; =

Article ID: 935424

Article Last Modified on 8/15/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Accounting Professional 2007
 * Microsoft Office Accounting Express 2007

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SYMPTOMS
When you import data from Microsoft Money into Microsoft Office Accounting Professional 2007 or into Microsoft Office Accounting Express 2007, you receive the following error messages.

Error message 1

The financial date of a document must be within an existing open fiscal year.

Note Error message 1 is in the Time Sheets section that is in the &quot;SBA Money Migration_ _ .html&quot; file.

Error message 2

A Document must contain at least one line.

Note Error message 2 is in the Invoices section that is in the &quot;SBA Money Migration_ _ .html&quot; file.



CAUSE
This problem may occur if the following conditions are true:
 * You import the invoices that are linked to the time items.
 * There is no invoice that is linked to a time item for the current tax year.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, create an invoice for the current tax year. The invoice should be linked to a time item in the same year. Then, import the data into Accounting Professional 2007 or into Accounting Express 2007.

To create the invoice in Microsoft Money, follow these steps:
 * 1) Click Business, click Go to Business lists, and then click Time Items.
 * 2) Click New.
 * 3) In the Customer name list, click a customer.

Note If no customer exists, create a customer.
 * 1) In the Service name list, click a service.

Note If no service exists, create a service.
 * 1) In the Number of Hours field, type the duration.
 * 2) In the Start Date box, enter a date, enter a date in the End Date box, and then click Done.
 * 3) Click Business, and then click New Invoice.
 * 4) In the Customer list, click the customer who you selected in step 3.
 * 5) Click Add Time/Expenses, and then click Add Time Item to this Invoice.
 * 6) In the Include Time Items dialog box, click to select the check box for the time item that you created in steps 2 through 5, and then click OK.
 * 7) Make sure that the date in the Invoice Date box is for the current tax year, and then click Save and Done.
 * 8) On the File menu, click Close.

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