2734526 - 'Foreign Currency Account No. is 8 digits, other Account No. is 7 digits' Error While Creating Bank Account for Japan

Error message is thrown while creating/editing a Bank Account Number for a Japanese bank (or) when adding the bank data in supplier master.

Foreign Currency Account No. is 8 digits, other Account No. is 7 digits

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1. Go to the Liquidity Management work center.
2. Go to the Master Data > My Banks view.
3. Select the respective My Bank ID and click Edit > Bank Accounts.
4. Click Add Row.
5. Enter Bank Account Number with 9 digits and hit Enter in the keyboard.
6. Error message is thrown: Foreign Currency Account No. is 8 digits, other Account No. is 7 digits

(or)

1. Go to the Supplier Base work center.
2. Go to the Suppliers view.
3. Select the respective Supplier ID.
4. Click on Edit-Financial Data ->Bank Data tab.
5. Enter Bank Account Number with 9 digits and hit Enter in the keyboard.
6. Error message is thrown: Foreign Currency Account No. is 8 digits, other Account No. is 7 digits

For Japanese bank accounts with 9 digits a specific Account Type should be used.

1. Go to the Supplier Base work center.
2. Go to the Suppliers view.
3. Select the respective Supplier ID.
4. Click on Edit ->Financial Data ->Bank Data tab.
5. Select Account Type : other Account (only for Japan) under Additional Details
6. Now, you are able to accommodate Japanese 9 digits bank accounts.

The Account Type to be used in this case is: other Account (only for Japan). This account type has been built specifically to accommodate Japanese 9 digits bank accounts.

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