How to activate a financial dimension

First, run the following script over your DB via SQL Management Studio.

update SQLSYSTEMVARIABLES SET VALUE = 1 where PARM = 'CONFIGURATIONMODE'

select value from SQLSYSTEMVARIABLES  where PARM = 'CONFIGURATIONMODE'

Then restart IIS from inside of Visual Studio.

Activate your financial dimension.

Now, run the same script but by setting the variable to zero, and restart IIS again.

update SQLSYSTEMVARIABLES SET VALUE = 0 where PARM = 'CONFIGURATIONMODE'

select value from SQLSYSTEMVARIABLES  where PARM = 'CONFIGURATIONMODE'