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Dynamics 365 Business Central – Enter Customer Payments with Cash Receipt Journal

In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, customer payments can be entered using the Cash Receipt Journal. At the time of entry, customer payments can be applied to one or many open entries, or if you are not ready to apply the payments, you can apply them from the posted entries later. To enter a customer …

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Dynamics 365 Business Central – What can you buy with Filter Tokens?

Do you use Filter Tokens in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central? Have you heard of Filter Tokens? Filter Tokens are special words that resolve to a filter string of values. Several Filter Tokens are defined in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central; for example, the ‘%mycustomers’ Token (Note: when using a Filter token, an ampersand precedes …

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Dynamics 365 Business Central – Setup Payment Tolerance

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central has many options for setting up different scenarios in a business environment. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central allows you to set up payment tolerances when applying payments to invoices. Once set up, a payment tolerance will close an invoice when a payment does not fully cover the amount on the …

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Dynamics 365 Business Central – you can do more with your URL

The Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central web client has several parameters in the URL, allowing you to manipulate what is displayed in the web browser. There are many parameters available for use in constructing the URL. For example, you can display a specific page, table, or report. Load the web client for a particular user …

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Dynamics 365 Business Central: Force Doc. Balance

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central requires that General Journals balance when posting, keeping assets and liabilities balanced. When posting General Journals, they must, at a minimum, balance by “Posting Date.” Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central also can force General Journal posting to include both the “Document Type” and “Document Number.” The “Force Doc. Balance” field …

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Dynamics 365 Business Central: Setup a Public Preview Development Environment

As of this writing, Microsoft has a published schedule of two major annual updates of their Dynamics 365 Business Central ERP software product. These updates, referred to as “Waves,” are released in April and October. Approximately one month before the “Major Release,” Microsoft makes a “Public Preview” available to the public. How do you access …

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Dynamics 365 Business Central: Using Security Filters to Limit Data

Within Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, user access is controlled by assigning User Groups and/or Permission Sets to a user on the User Card. A Permission Set is a group of permissions that control access within Business Central. A User Group is a set of Permission Sets, which simplify the assignment of Permission Sets based …

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Dynamics 365 Business Central: Schedule Reports

One feature of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is the scheduling of Reports. Schedule Reports are saved to a file or printed to a specific printer. Similar to other scheduled tasks, scheduled reports are processed through the job queue and scheduled to execute once or on a recurring interval. Scheduling reports is an excellent way …

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Dynamics 365 Business Central: Monitor Field Changes

The Change Log has long been part of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and is used (misused and abused) to track field value changes. The Change Log allows a System Administrator to define which Tables and Fields to monitor for Insert, Modify and Delete events. Once activated, field value changes are visible on the Change …

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Dynamics 365 Business Central: General Ledger Entry Dimension Corrections

Dimensions in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central have many uses; however, their primary use is for financial reports and analysis. There are many ways to set up and enforce Dimension Value posting within Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Yet, in an implementation with proper dimensions setup, a need to correct the dimensions on posted general ledger entries may …

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