QAD 2017 Enterprise Edition > Installation-Conversion > Conversion Guide > Conversion Troubleshooting > Progress Errors During Conversion Execution > Could Not Start Financial Session
  
Could Not Start Financial Session
Error message: Could not start financial session. -5
The possible causes of this error and the suggested actions are:
The financial application server is not running. Start the financial application server.
The license keys are out of date. At some point, the conversion was stopped and restarted.