Error: "'Country' cannot be empty" when applying employee profile

In MYOB Acumatica 2023.1.1, an error can occur if an employee's branch changes when you apply an employee profile to them: "Updating 'Address' record raised at least one error. Please review the errors. Error: 'Country' cannot be empty."

The error occurs if a default country hasn't been set for the branch in the employee profile.

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Resolving the error

You can resolve the error by setting a default country for the branch in the employee profile.

  1. Go to the Branches screen (CS1020PL).
  2. Open the employee profile branch.
  3. On the Branch Details tab, complete the Default Country field.
  4. On the form toolbar, click the Save icon.