Screen Error Messages

Costpoint displays a message if errors are discovered during processing.

You should review the error report, then take one of the following actions:

  • Import the records that have been validated, make any changes needed in the error file, rename the Error File, and then process the errors.
  • Make any corrections needed to the original input file and process again.
    Error Message Meaning/Related Information
    File does not exist. The input file entered could not be found. The input file must be in your working directory.
    In order to select "Use Last System Voucher Number," the system-wide setting for Voucher Numbering Method must be "System." You selected the Use Last System Vchr Number option on the Import TE Expense/Advances screen, but the System option is not selected as the Costpoint system-wide setting on the Configure Accounts Payable Voucher Settings screen.
    No records found in temporary voucher tables. Please process file before importing or printing. You selected the Process Input File or Import Vouchers option, but there are no rows in the temporary table.
    No records have been selected to transfer. All records in the input file were rejected with errors.
    Range of assigned Voucher numbers:  XXXXXXXXX to XXXXXXXXX This message displays the range of voucher numbers assigned by the application when the Use Last System Vchr Number option is selected in the Voucher Numbering Method group box.
    Range of assigned Voucher numbers based on the Beginning Voucher Number:   XXXXXXXXX to XXXXXXXXX This message displays the range of voucher numbers assigned by the application when the Supply Beginning Vchr Number option is selected in the Voucher Numbering Method group box.
    Records that have not been imported exist in the temporary voucher tables. Do you want to continue? You selected the Process Input File option, but there are still rows in the temporary tables that were not imported. Click Yes to continue and all the rows in the temporary tables will be deleted. Click Cancel to import the existing rows in the temporary tables or if you need to investigate the rows in the temporary tables.
    Screen parameters have changed since the Process step was performed. Either set parameters back to what they were when the Process step was run or Process the Input File again with the new screen parameters. You selected the Process Input File option, but screen parameters were changed since the Process step was performed. Either reprocess with the new parameters before importing, or set the parameters back to the original settings.
    The Beginning Voucher Number must be greater than zero. The beginning Voucher Number cannot be zero.
    The Beginning Voucher Number supplied already exists in Costpoint. Do you want to allow the program to renumber? You selected the Import Vouchers and selected the Supply Beginning Vchr Number option in the Voucher Numbering Method group box. The Fiscal Year and Beginning Voucher Number already exist in the Costpoint Voucher Header or Voucher Header History table.
    • Click Yes to allow the application to find the next available voucher number to use as the beginning voucher number and continue the import process.
    • Click No to stop the import. No rows will be imported to Costpoint from the temporary voucher tables, and you can run the Process step again and supply a different beginning voucher number.
    The database is unable to process the records required for the requested activity. Possible reasons are: another user is using a record that you want to update, or there is a database error or hardware malfunction. If this error occurs, make note of what was being done and at what point the application stopped, and then call Technical Support.
    Vouchers to be imported already exist in the Voucher Header table. This condition must be corrected before importing. A voucher with the same Voucher Number and Fiscal Year already exists in the Voucher Header table. This indicates that vouchers were added to Costpoint sometime between the processing of the input file and the importing of the temporary tables. If this message displays, the temporary tables are not imported to the Costpoint voucher tables (in order to prevent uploading duplicate records).
    Vouchers to be imported already exist in the Voucher Header History table. This condition must be corrected before importing. A voucher with the same Voucher Number and Fiscal Year already exists in the Voucher Header History table. This indicates that vouchers were added and/or posted in Costpoint sometime between the processing of the input file and the importing of the temporary tables. If this message displays, the temporary tables are not imported to the Costpoint voucher tables (in order to prevent uploading duplicate records).
    Vouchers to be imported already exist in the Company Expense Header table. This condition must be corrected before importing. A voucher with the same Voucher Number and Fiscal Year already exists in the Company Expense Header table. This indicates that vouchers were added and/or posted in Costpoint sometime between the processing of the input file and the importing of the temporary tables. If this message displays, the temporary tables are not imported to the Costpoint voucher tables (in order to prevent uploading duplicate records).
    Vouchers to be imported already exist in the Travel Advance Header table. This condition must be corrected before importing. A voucher with the same Voucher Number and Fiscal Year already exists in the Travel Advance Header table. This indicates that vouchers were added and/or posted in Costpoint sometime between the processing of the input file and the importing of the temporary tables. If this message displays, the temporary tables are not imported to the Costpoint voucher tables (in order to prevent uploading duplicate records).
    Vouchers to be imported already exist in the Travel Expense Header table. This condition must be corrected before importing. A voucher with the same Voucher Number and Fiscal Year already exists in the Travel Expense Header table. This indicates that vouchers were added and/or posted in Costpoint sometime between the processing of the input file and the importing of the temporary tables. If this message displays, the temporary tables are not imported to the Costpoint voucher tables (in order to prevent uploading duplicate records).