A field says to enter a valid number, date or option

Steps

1. Enter numbers without currency symbols or thousands separators. Use a decimal point, for example 1250.50.
2. Money fields accept at most two decimal places. Quantity and supported percentage calculations allow up to four; some visible forms use two-place percentage steps.
3. Target margin must be below 100%. Most cost, invoice and payment amounts must be nonnegative; opening cash may be negative.
4. Use a real calendar date and make sure due dates and payment dates do not precede their related invoice date.
5. For a precision or amount-limit message, split or correct an oversized input. The program rejects values outside its supported limits instead of showing an approximate financial result.

Check that it worked

The form saves and its results agree with the values entered.

Help codes

This article covers these on-screen help codes:

• CSC-INPUT-001
• CSC-CALC-001

Still stuck?

If an ordinary in-range value is rejected, report the field name, help code and a fictional example that reproduces it.

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