2526031 - Fine Tuning Activity "Create New Country Version" cannot be closed

The 'Create New Country Version' activity is not intended to be used. You need to either close this activity for Go-Live or remove it from your project. However, closing the activity is not possible without completing Fine Tuning.

Business ByDesign

1. Go to Business Configuration workcenter.
2. Select the Implementation Project view.
3. Select First Implementation Project and Open Activity List.
4. Search the Activity Create New Country Version.
5. Select Close option under Change button.
6. The error message appears: Activity Create New Country Version cannot be closed, you must perform the activity first.
7. When you select Remove Project from Scope, error message appears: Activity Create New Country Version is mandatory and cannot be removed from Project.

The activity 'Create New Country Version' is flagged with the activity type 'Create' in the standard By Design system. Therefore, it can only be closed if fine-tuning has been completed. Additionally, the activity type is marked as mandatory, so it cannot be removed from the project.

Therefore, the observed error message is justified.

The activity is linked to the scoping question 'Do you want to use the generic country version for Expense and Reimbursement Management?', once this scoping question is checked, Fine Tuning is mandatory for the activity. If you do not require a generic country version, you can deactivate this scoping question to remove the activity from the list.

Therefore, you must either deactivate the mentioned scoping question or maintain Fine Tuning for the corresponding activity.

To deactivate the scoping question, follow this path

1. Go to Business configuration work center.
2. Select Implementation Project view.
3. Select First Implementation project and Edit Project Scope.
4. Navigate till Questions step and select Travel and Expenses .
5. Open Expense and Reimbursement Management.
6. Select Expense Reporting.
7. Deselect question Do you want to use the generic country version for Expense and Reimbursement Management?

New Country, Version, Fine Tuning

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