Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central offers automatic methods to reconcile your bank statement; such as importing a file with your bank statement information. However, I often find clients need to reconcile things manually in their system. In this blog, I am going to review the manual method for bank account reconciliation. The Payment Reconciliation journal … Read more
Most businesses require some customization to their reports and documentation; such as invoices, sales orders, etc. With Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, you don’t need a developer to help with this. You get the options and flexibility needed using the well known interface, Microsoft Word. Modifying the Sales Invoice format: In the following example, I … Read more
A simple configuration package can be created and used to import General Ledger Entries into Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. This can be very helpful and save time when importing historical balances. Here’s How To set this up, start by using the global search for “configuration package”: Create a New package and provide the following … Read more
When you create a budget within Dynamics 365 Business Central, you can export it to Excel and have full access to all the great spreadsheet editing capabilities. This will allow you to quickly fill out all line items in the budget, and then simply import the budget back into Dynamics 365 Business Central. Many times, … Read more
In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, a dimension can be created by a user to help perform analysis on various documents. According to Microsoft, “dimensions are attributes and values that categorize entries so you can track and analyze them.” This helps organize data for sorting and analysis, without creating a bunch of separate GL accounts. … Read more
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central functions like every double-entry accounting system: its base modules provide all you need for accounts payable and accounts receivable. One helpful tip when entering invoices is to be aware of how the payment method that you select will ultimately affect how the invoice gets processed within the system. You can … Read more
New Feature in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018 R2 By popular user demand: The Vendor Document Number is now available on the “Purchasing All-in-One View” window. No more jumping from screen to screen and cross-referencing document numbers! This helps the user track the payments and credit documents together with the invoice they have been applied to. … Read more
Another new feature in the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018 R2 release is the ability to select a default checkbook in the Payables Management setup window. The checkbook ID selected here will default in the Payables Batch Entry window when creating a “Computer Checks” batch. In previous versions, when a Payables batch was created using a … Read more
In previous versions of Microsoft Dynamics GP, any transaction posted from a sub-module that was not saved to a batch would automatically create a batch that had to be posted in the General Ledger. Not anymore! Users may now post through the General Ledger at the transaction level. Here’s how An additional checkbox has been … Read more
Managing fixed assets is a cornerstone of any good accounting software. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is no different. Here’s how to create and depreciate a new asset in a flash. Create a New Fixed Asset Go to Finance>Fixed Assets>New. Then enter the basic information (the fields in boxes below are required). Note: the subclass … Read more
With the release of Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018 R2, you can now limit the use of the pay code during the Payroll Transaction Entry and Build Payroll Batch process. Dynamics GP 2018 R2 includes two additional fields for a Start Date and an End Date on the employee pay code maintenance window. If you’re familiar … Read more
When printing income statement reports from Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, the standard report is clear, but doesn’t provide details for every G/L account within the account categories that were assigned when setting up. This video shows how to quickly and easily create a custom view that allows you to view detailed information for all … Read more