Hi All,
We are facing a similar issue. We need to convert ideas to projects but have the financial status set to 'open'.
I have tried all of the methods stated above but have not been able to achieve the desired results.
I tried Christopher Yardin's solution as well. What is happening on my system is that the field is still set to 'Hold' but is editable now.
Financial status on the project created from an idea using 'project from template' option:
Financial status on the template:
Appreciate any help on the same.
Thanks in advance,
Meenakshi V