Known issue: CRM Error when creating Budget using a primary stock group

The following issue has been identified and subsequently replicated by MYOB Support in EXO Business versions 8.5.1 to 8.6.0.

Before upgrading your clients please take into consideration the following issues especially if the site has specific requirements in these areas.

As always we recommend that thorough testing in a non-live environment is undertaken before commencing an upgrade.

Issue

Support has confirmed that in CRM when refreshing the budget from the menu File > Refresh Pivot Grid results in the error message "Could not convert variant of type (Null) into type (String)."

Any attempt to run the resulting budget results in the error - CRM then must be forced to quit.

There is a possible stored procedure issue where a data conversion is carried out.

Workaround

N/A

Resolution

Attached to Problem ticket 12476879376 for resolution in a future release.