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Although not a regular occurrence, from time to time users need to post a VAT only invoice onto the sales or purchase ledger. If this happens below are the steps you can take to do this: Please note these steps are specifically for a Purchase Invoice however it should work the same for a Sales…
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Introduction Recently I’ve been looking into how the “Unit Cost” is calculated for items using the “FIFO” costing method. I’ve found even if the item is set to “FIFO” the Unit Cost still displays an “Average Cost”. What’s more, depending on your “Inventory Setup”, this “Average Cost” might not be an as it seems either.…
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I ran into a situation recently where a user had shipped some goods from a Sales Order, which had subsequently been returned prior to the Sales Order being Invoiced. This led me to discover an interesting way to return the goods, and then invoice the Sales Order all at the same time. After some testing…
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I’ve seen this error message a few times and although there are likely many reasons for this I wanted to document the most common one I’ve found when troubleshooting it. My scenario is trying to create a Warehouse Pick directly from a Warehouse Shipment using the options below: After selecting the option you are presented…
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Introduction I come from a Dynamics GP background and I’ve always found the process for refunding in Dynamics GP to be rather long winded and not very intuitive. The main issue is there’s no specific option for creating a refund, so I was very interested to test out the option in Dynamics 365 Business Central.…
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I encountered this issue while investigating a dimension error a user received when applying an Invoice to a Credit note in Dynamics 365 Business Central. In this case the user had just started assigning dimensions to customers however some customers had posted documents without any dimension analysis. They found when they attempted to apply documents…
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Introduction As I learn and familiarise myself with Dynamics 365 Business Central I often post something in Dynamics GP and then wonder how this same task could be achieved in Dynamics 365 Business Central. Today’s pondering was looking for the equivalent to the “Payables Transaction Entry” window that we have in Dynamics GP. I know…
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Introduction There was an interesting conversation on twitter over the weekend with regards summary values and Dynamics 365 Business Central. Much like myself the person asking the question came from a Dynamics GP background and was wondering where in the database Dynamics 365 Business Central stored summary values i.e. GL period balances. Now this is…
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I had this message pop up when using the “Navigate” function on a cash receipt in Business Central when i wanted to view the related GL entries. In this instance the message does a really good job of explaining the issue. The same document number and posting date have been used on more than one…
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Background Recently I’ve been testing the various setting on the location and how this affects the processes and steps involved in the receiving and putting away of inventory. The settings I’ve been paying particular attention to are “Require Receive“, “Require Put-away” and “Put-away Worksheet“. The different options and combinations you have selected affects how you…