Update 17.8 for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2020 Release Wave 2 (Application Build 17.8.27267, Platform Build 17.0.27235)

Applies To
Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premises 2020 release wave 2, version 17

Overview

This update replaces previously released updates. You should always install the latest update. For more information, see CVE-2021-34474.

After you install this hotfix, you might have to update your license to gain access to new objects that are included in this or a previous update. (This applies only to customer licenses.)

For a list of updates that were released for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2020 Release Wave 2, see released updates for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2020 Release Wave 2. Updates are intended for new and existing customers who are running Microsoft Dynamics Released Updates for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2020 Release Wave 2.

Important

We recommend that you contact your Microsoft Dynamics Partner before you install hotfixes or updates. It is important to verify that your environment is compatible with the hotfixes or updates that will be installed. A hotfix or update may cause interoperability issues with customizations and third-party products that work together with your Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central solution.

Problems that are resolved in this update

The following problems are resolved in this update.

Platform hotfixes 

ID Title
402670 Update the URL of Content Delivery Network.
401875 Fixed the issue when opening Cash Receipt Journal page on tablet app.

Application hotfixes 

ID Title Functional Area
393691 Receive error related to dimensions when you try to cancel a posted sale invoice. Administration
395833 The page name of the Opportunity List is located in a wrong position. Administration
395546 "The requested operation is not supported" error message when trying to approve an over-receipt purchase order. Administration
398193 Job queue goes into a never-ending loop. Administration
398590 The configuration packages add enormous amounts of data in a table. Administration
399408 "Time is not valid in the current time zone." error occurs. Administration
403383 "You do not have the following permission ion TableData Post. Phys. Invt. Order Header:Modify" error when trying to change the Global Dimensions using the customer license. Administration
395469 The Statement Ending Balance field is showing 0 when using the Payment Reconciliation Journal to post bank reconciliation. Cash Management
397725 The vendor payment file cannot be processed by banks because an XML port uses a semicolon in the remittance text. Cash Management
399022 Error message occurs and entries are not marked as exported after exporting the Payment Journal with an unapplied payment. Cash Management
395792 The account name on a Cash Receipt Journal is not updated when opening the journal. Cash Management
396900 The Statement Type options at the Bank Account Reconciliation Test Report returns wrong message and/or cannot be generated. Cash Management
390882 The dimension value in the Account Schedule is not updated when the Dimension 1 Code and Dimension 2 Code are changed from the analysis view. Finance
390930 "Amount must be positive in Gen. Journal Line Journal Template Name" error message when trying to issue a reminder with an invoice rounding line. Finance
391316 The column header should be added to the period filter when setting up trial balance for small business. Finance
393203 Suggest Vendor Payments auto-populates the Applies-to external document numbers field when the Summarize per Vendor option is selected. Finance
393685 Receive error message when you try to test or import a consolidation file. Finance
394404 The Standard General Journals are saving the posting date when the template is saved, and bringing it to General Journals Lines. Finance
395129 The Account Schedule report filtered by Dimensions does not work as expected in certain circumstances. Finance
395445 "The Incoming Document does not exist. Identification fields and values: Entry No.='X'" error message when some fields are filtered in the Incoming Document list. Finance
396826 The closing entries are not handled in account schedules. Finance
397484 The Matrix does not show the correct values when the Matrix page is closed and reopened in the G/L Balance by Dimension with a dimension filter is set. Finance
398670 Decimals are shown incorrectly on the Balance to Date reports and the Aged Account Payables reports if the foreign currency entries exist with more than two decimals. Finance
400380 Incorrect values on Account Schedules KPI Web Services Dimensions. Finance
401244 The Purchase Credit Memo report has a different value from the value in the prior posting in VAT Difference and Copy Document. Finance
402999 The Balance Due (LCY) shows different amounts when opening Vendor Card from the list and from the payment journal. Finance
394908 Amounts are cut off in the balance comparison. Finance
398681 Translations are missing on the certificate for FastTabs page and the upload certificate action page. Finance
389709 The Fixed Asset Acquisition Wizard does not handle currencies. Fixed Assets
395780 The FA (Fixed Asset) Posting Group is not updated in the FA header with the changing of the default FA subclass code value. Fixed Assets
398577 The Acquire button is grayed out in the Fixed Asset card when Fiscal Year 365 Days is selected in the depreciation book. Fixed Assets
388056 The first attempt of planning process produces unexpected due date in the lines when using Lot-for-Lot reordering policy. Inventory
395193 The value of the average cost for items is incorrect after removing a fixed application. Inventory
395464 The Standard Service Code lines are deleted when deleting the Standard Service Code from the service item group. Inventory
395516 "The Item Attribute Value does not exist…” error message when opening the item attribute page because the configuration package imports non-existing item attribute value. Inventory
397575 "The report couldn’t be generated, because it was empty. Adjust your filters and try again." error when previewing Item Tracing Specification report. Inventory
398190 The drill down for Sell-to Customer, Service History, and Customer No. fields is not working in the service order. Inventory
398402 The availability is calculated incorrectly in the Assembly Order FactBox. Inventory
401595 The value of Qty. per UOM and Qty. Base are reversed in calculated Qty. from Qty. Base per UOM. Inventory
401849 The default costing method is not set in Inventory Setup when creating new item cards. Inventory
402323 Invoiced Sales Orders cannot be deleted when Type = Charge (Item) and Line Discount % = 100. Inventory
403126 The value of Qty. per UOM and Qty. Base are reversed in calculated Qty. from Qty. Base per UOM. Inventory
395270 The ATP (Available to Promise) calculation changes the Shipment Date on Reservation Entries even if the accept action was not run, which affects Item availability calculation on the sales order. Inventory
394778 Other fields are not updated in the Job card when changing the Bill-to Contact No. Jobs
395341 The amounts in G/L entries differ from the amounts in job ledger entries after posting a PO related to jobs. Jobs
395732 The header captions and column order in the request page is incorrect in the Job Analysis report. Jobs
395884 The job planning lines are overstated in price when the non-inventory items are sold and purchased in different Units of Measure (UoM). Jobs
396007 Unable to create sales invoice from Job Planning lines when filtering Lines Qty. to Transfer to Invoice > 0. Jobs
401844 Calculate Plan cannot handle autogenerated calendar entries with zero time. Manufacturing
396176 The Description field is not validated again when changing the interaction template code. Marketing
397610 The Ignore Contact Corres. type field on the interaction template page work incorrectly when creating new interactions for a contact. Marketing
390141 The posting date on sales order with drop shipment does not update when posting receipt for the related Purchase Order. Purchase
390975 General Product Posting Groups are missing in the general ledger entries for a prepayment General Ledger account because the incomplete setup is not checked when posting the prepayment invoice. Purchase
391618 A TESTFIELD error message is pointing to a line which is not available to the user. Purchase
397384 The xRec parameter works incorrectly in OnAfterRecordChanged in pages Posted Purchase Invoice - Update, Posted Return Shipment - Update, and Posted Return Receipt - Update. Purchase
399085 Error when posting receipt caused by different rounding on Quantity. Purchase
400059 The Item Charge of the invoiced Qty. is showing greater than the assigned Qty. Purchase
393339 The option posted return receipts returns wrong Sales Price when using function "Get Posted Document Lines to Reverse" in sales credit memo. Sales
393432 Only one line is activated in the Sales Job Price list when there are multiple lines for a same resource group and different work types. Sales
393622 Customer - Summary Aging Simp. report and Customer - Summary Aging report show wrong results when filtering on Balance due (LCY) >xxx. Sales
394955 The Sales Credit Memo does not set the Shipment Method Code to the Customer Card. Sales
395406 Sales Order attachments get deleted without a warning message when changing the Sell-to field after creating the document. Sales
395580 Custom sales prices and discounts are not showing correctly in the Sales Price List when using a different bill-to customer. Sales
398149 Untreated COMMIT when posting assembly on sale. Sales
398182 The information on the Customer card is deleted after applying a template. Sales
398743 The functionality of sharing with all users does not work as expected. Sales
399554 Update the caption of the Due Date field to Approval Due Date on Approval Entry table. Sales
402283 "The COPY function can only be used with the shareTable argument set to true if both records are temporary" error when printing a report. Sales
398674 The invoice Rounding line of a prepayment invoice does not have a description. Sales
394306 Repeat code in OnNewRecord trigger on the sub form of sales order. Sales
395885 Placing a sales order on hold no longer blocks it from shipping. Sales
396624 PDF filenames are created based on user language settings instead of the document language code. Sales
394819 The lookup functionality issue caused by the Group Settlement Document No. in the assisted setup of the VAT group. VAT/Sales Tax/Intrastat
402726 "Reported must be equal to 'No' in intrastat Jnl. Batch" error when you are trying to delete the current reported lines in the Intrastat Journal with the reported field set to Yes. VAT/Sales Tax/Intrastat
395878 The Vendor Item No. will not populate when creating a subcontracting worksheet. Warehouse
399669 "This document cannot be shipped completely. Change the value in the Shipping Advice field to Partial" error message in Warehouse Shipment when there are sales orders totally picked and partially picked. Warehouse
396331 An inventory pick can be created even if there is no available lot number in a Require Pick location only. Warehouse

Local application hotfixes 

BE - Belgium

ID Title Functional Area
397033 The process of CODA Statement lines returns an AL Code error message when the lines are not set with an application status in the Belgian version. Finance
397975 VAT is not displayed correctly when changing the VAT base discount % in a purchase invoice in the Belgium version. Purchase
392461 Verify whether a credit note refers to a sales invoice carried out in one year preceding the actual year when exporting annual listing report and annual listing disk report in the Belgian version. Sales

CA - Canada

ID Title Functional Area
401160 The Settlement Date field in Table 10303 doesn't convert to Julian Date Format when generating an EFT File in the Canadian version. Cash Management
396854 The lines will be unexpectedly filtered from the saved Deposits with multiple Gen. Journal templates exist in the Canadian version. Cash Management
400997 LCY amount is posted in General Ledger while entered with a FCY Bank in the Canadian version. Cash Management
401828 Only one EFT remittance is printed when two different vendors share the same name in the Canadian version. Cash Management
402893 Deposits entered with a FCY bank using G/L account types are posted to the general ledger in LCY amounts in the Canadian version. Cash Management
395883 Trial Balance Detail/Summary is not sorted by Posting Date in ascending order in the Canadian version. Finance
399769 Federal Income Tax Withholding field displays as a negative amount when printing the 1099 NEC or 1099 MISC in the Canadian version. Purchase
398493 "Calculation Order in Tax Area XXX must be filled in with unique values when Calculate Tax on Tax is Yes" error message when a negative quantity is entered on a sales line in the Canadian version. VAT/Sales Tax/Intrastat

CZ- Czechia 

ID Title Functional Area
397320 The indirect permissions are missing in the synchronization codeunits in the Czech version. Administration
401490 Empty type on the payment order line in the Czech version. Cash Management
398955 Unreliable payer check returns an error message in the Czech version. Finance
398101 Rename the Navigate option to Find Entries on VAT Control Report subform page in the Czech version. VAT/Sales Tax/Intrastat
398962 The VAT Control Report suggestion issue for A1 section in the Czech version. VAT/Sales Tax/Intrastat

DE - Germany

ID Title Functional Area
395628 Issues related to the sales VAT advance notification tooltips and filter used on preview and print option in the German version. Finance

ES - Spain 

ID Title Functional Area
396407 "The date is not valid" error message displays in SII History if you try to submit a prepayment invoice in the Spanish version. VAT/Sales Tax/Intrastat
398161 The non-taxable VAT corrections are not included and discounted as expected in the Declaration Disk functionality in the Spanish version. VAT/Sales Tax/Intrastat

FR - France 

ID Title Functional Area
396407 "The date is not valid" error message displays in SII History if you try to submit a prepayment invoice in the Spanish version. VAT/Sales Tax/Intrastat
398161 The non-taxable VAT corrections are not included and discounted as expected in the Declaration Disk functionality in the Spanish version. VAT/Sales Tax/Intrastat

IT - Italy 

ID Title Functional Area
393653 The description in the G/L Book-Print report of the payment entry is not correct if you issue bank receipt entries right after posting the related sale invoice in the Italian version. Finance
395451 Withholding tax is not updated after posting the vendor bill with 0 withholding tax in the Italian version. Finance
391745 The Depreciation Book report does not report the accumulated depreciation disposal of the reclassified fixed assets in the Italian version. Fixed Assets
399571 The values in the columns are displayed as a negative amount in the Vendor aging report in the Italian version. Purchase
394076 The E-invoice file is not well structured when the Payment Method Code field is empty and there is an attachment in the Sales Invoice in the Italian version. Sales
396747 E-invoice - Prezzo Unitario is not included in the e-invoice XML file when the unit price in the sales line is 0 in the Italian version. Sales
400688 The action buttons in the posted sales invoice for creating a corrective credit memo are not generating a credit memo with code TD04 in the Fattura Document Type field in the Italian version. Sales
403206 "The Incoming Document does not exist. Identification fields and values: Entry No.='X'" error message when some fields are filtered in the Incoming Document list in the Italian version. Sales
394945 The Document No. gets truncated instead of removing two obsolete columns in the VAT Fiscal Register - Print report in the Italian version. VAT/Sales Tax/Intrastat

MX - Mexico

ID Title Functional Area
396854 The lines will be unexpectedly filtered from the saved Deposits with multiple Gen. Journal templates exist in the Mexican version. Cash Management
400997 LCY amount is posted in General Ledger while entered with a FCY Bank in the Mexican version. Cash Management
401828 Only one EFT remittance is printed when two different vendors share the same name in the Mexican version. Cash Management
402893 Deposits entered with a FCY bank using G/L account types are posted to the general ledger in LCY amounts in the Mexican version. Cash Management
395883 Trial Balance Detail/Summary is not sorted by Posting Date in ascending order in the Mexican version. Finance
399769 Federal Income Tax Withholding field displays as a negative amount when printing the 1099 NEC or 1099 MISC in the Mexican version. Purchase
398493 "Calculation Order in Tax Area XXX must be filled in with unique values when Calculate Tax on Tax is Yes" error message when a negative quantity is entered on a sales line in the Mexican version. VAT/Sales Tax/Intrastat

NL - Netherlands 

ID Title Functional Area
401027 An overflow error message when trying to export a payment file from the payment history if the account holder address has more than 70 characters in the Dutch version. Cash Management
395874 Test report shows all open entries when there is not a specific document applied in the Bank/Giro Journal in Dutch version. Finance
402271 "Applies-to ID must have a value" error message when moving the focus away from the G/L entry for which the "Applies-to ID" is set in the Dutch version. Finance
395456 The electronic tax declaration file contains an unexpected character at the end of the file in the Dutch version. VAT/Sales Tax/Intrastat
401763 "The value of PADSTR parameter 3 is outside of the permitted range." error message when trying to create Intrastat declaration file for a shipment line without a transaction type specified and selected counter party in the Dutch version. VAT/Sales Tax/Intrastat
402700 The sign of Supplementary Units column is incorrect in the exported Intrastat file after the latest updates in the Intrastat functionality in the Dutch version. VAT/Sales Tax/Intrastat

NO - Norway

ID Title Functional Area
398146 Overflow error message when trying to use the Export Payments function in the payment journal in the Norwegian Version. Cash Management
395266 The Registration No. field missing in the company information page in the Norwegian version. Finance
395323 The Compliance Check requires street address but it is not mandatory in the Norwegian Version. Finance
397141 The default post code doesn't work in SAF-T in the Norwegian Version. Finance
398873 Unable to export the Trade VAT Settlement report in XML in the Norwegian version. Finance
402831 The remittance file is incorrectly exported in UTF-8 encoding in the Norwegian version. Finance

RU - Russia

ID Title Functional Area
390953 The un-apply functionality does not revert correctly the G/L entries created with the application function in the Russian version. Finance

US - United States 

ID Title Functional Area
396854 The lines will be unexpectedly filtered from the saved Deposits with multiple Gen. Journal templates exist in the United States version. Cash Management
400997 LCY amount is posted in General Ledger while entered with a FCY Bank in the United States version. Cash Management
401828 Only one EFT remittance is printed when two different vendors share the same name in the United States version. Cash Management
402893 Deposits entered with a FCY bank using G/L account types are posted to the general ledger in LCY amounts in the United States version. Cash Management
395883 Trial Balance Detail/Summary is not sorted by Posting Date in ascending order in the United States version. Finance
399769 Federal Income Tax Withholding field displays as a negative amount when printing the 1099 NEC or 1099 MISC in the United States version. Purchase
398493 "Calculation Order in Tax Area XXX must be filled in with unique values when Calculate Tax on Tax is Yes" error message when a negative quantity is entered on a sales line in the United States version. VAT/Sales Tax/Intrastat

Regulatory features

ID Title Functional Area Changed Objects
400008 Add fields for payment reference and payment method to the update document page for the posted documents. Financial Management PostedPurchInvoiceUpdate.Page PostedSalesInvoice.Page PostedSalesInvoices.Page PostedServiceInvoice.Page PostedServiceInvoices.Page PurchInvHeaderEdit.Codeunit postedsalesinvupdate.page postedserviceinvupdate.page salesinvheaderedit.codeunit serviceinvheaderedit.codeunit

Local regulatory features 

IT - Italy

ID Title Functional Area Changed Objects
399512 Use the same External Document Number in different fiscal years in the Italian version. Financial Management PurchasePrepmtDocTest.Report LocalApplicationManagement.Codeunit PurchPost.Codeunit PurchasesPayablesSetup.Page PurchasesPayablesSetup.Table periodsourcetype.enum

RU - Russia

ID Title Functional Area Changed Objects
401528 Change the layouts of invoices in the Russian version. Financial Management CorrFacturaInvoiceHelper.Codeunit FacturaInvoiceReportHelper.Codeunit LocalReportManagement.Codeunit VATLedgerExportXML.Report

Resolution

How to obtain the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2020 Release Wave 2 files

This update is available for manual download and installation from the Microsoft Download Center.

Update 17.8 for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2020 Release Wave 2

Which hotfix package to download

This update has multiple hotfix packages. Select and download one of the following packages depending on the country version of your Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2020 database.

Country Hotfix package
AT - Austria Download update 17.8 for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2020 Release Wave 2 AT package
AU - Australia Download update 17.8 for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2020 Release Wave 2 AU package
BE - Belgium Download update 17.8 for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2020 Release Wave 2 BE package
CA - Canada Download update 17.8 for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2020 Release Wave 2 CA package
CH - Switzerland Download update 17.8 for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2020 Release Wave 2 CH package
CZ- Czechia Download update 17.8 for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2020 Release Wave 2 CZ package
DE - Germany Download update 17.8 for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2020 Release Wave 2 DE package
DK - Denmark Download update 17.8 for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2020 Release Wave 2 DK package
ES - Spain Download update 17.8 for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2020 Release Wave 2 ES package
FI - Finland Download update 17.8 for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2020 Release Wave 2 FI package
FR - France Download update 17.8 for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2020 Release Wave 2 FR package
GB - United Kingdom Download update 17.8 for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2020 Release Wave 2 UK package
IN - India Download update 17.8 for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2020 Release Wave 2 IN package
IS - Iceland Download update 17.8 for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2020 Release Wave 2 IS package
IT - Italy Download update 17.8 for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2020 Release Wave 2 IT package
MX - Mexico Download update 17.8 for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2020 Release Wave 2 MX package
NL - Netherlands Download update 17.8 for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2020 Release Wave 2 NL package
NO - Norway Download update 17.8 for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2020 Release Wave 2 NO package
NZ - New Zealand Download update 17.8 for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2020 Release Wave 2 NZ package
RU - Russia Download update 17.8 for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2020 Release Wave 2 RU package
SE - Sweden Download update 17.8 for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2020 Release Wave 2 SE package
US - United States Download update 17.8 for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2020 Release Wave 2 US package
All other countries Download update 17.8 for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2020 Release Wave 2 W1 package

How to install a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premises 2020 Release Wave 2 update

See How to install a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2020 Release Wave 2 update.

Prerequisites

You must have Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2020 Release Wave 2 installed to apply this hotfix.

More information

See more information about software update terminology  and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2020 Release Wave 2.

Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.