{"id":23,"date":"2008-01-28T22:38:38","date_gmt":"2008-01-28T21:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mibuso.com\/blogs\/alexchow\/2008\/01\/28\/warning-about-upgrading-to-nav-50-from-3x-and-4x\/"},"modified":"2008-01-28T22:38:38","modified_gmt":"2008-01-28T21:38:38","slug":"warning-about-upgrading-to-nav-50-from-3x-and-4x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.apcdynamics.com\/articles\/warning-about-upgrading-to-nav-50-from-3x-and-4x\/","title":{"rendered":"Warning about Upgrading to NAV 5.0 from 3.x and 4.x"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"2\">This will only apply if the following is true:<br \/>\n1.\u00a0You&#8217;re upgrading from 3.x or 4.x to 5.0<br \/>\n2.\u00a0You&#8217;re using average cost<br \/>\n3.\u00a0You have the Avg. Cost Calc type to Item&amp;Variant&amp;Locatoin<\/font><font size=\"2\">IF you are using Average Cost and IF your Average Cost Calc. Type is Item &amp; Location &amp; Variant, when you upgrade to 5.0. 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