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How can we Correct Dimension in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central?

Ashwini Tripathi

You can do correction by reversing the journal or creating a credit memo for the document, which will be time consuming and can attract to even more errors.

Now you can correct dimensions for general ledger (G/L) entries to ensure your financial reports is providing you with accurate insights. For G/L entries, you can now

  • change the dimension values
  • add new dimensions
  • remove wrong ones

You can also trace a history of the corrections that you have done and can undo corrections in case you had made a mistake in the corrections itself.

Before you continue let me remind you:

Although the Dimension Correction feature only updates general ledger entries, still it can be helpful in many cases with creating accurate financial reports.

You must decide when to use the corrections because when you perform correction, it will result in differences between the dimensions in finance and sub-ledgers. The earlier you decide on what corrections to use, the less manual corrections you’ll need to do in the future.

I am using BC18 Demo database.

 How to run the Dimension Correction

General Ledger Entries. You can change the dimensions for single or multiple entries just by selecting the entries.

G/L Register. You can change the dimension per batch posting. By using “From Entry No.”, “To Entry No.” as a filter for General Ledger Entries.

Posted General Journal. You can use “Document No.” and “Posting Date” as filters for General Ledger Entries.

Search for Dimension Corrections Page.

Draft Dimension Correction Screen:

Depending upon from where you Launched the Dimension Correction, it may come with pre-filled or as blank screen.

You have several options to work with dimensions:

  • You can Add New Dimensions
  • You can Remove existing Dimensions
  • You can Change the existing Dimensions

For Selecting Entries to which above changes applies you have different options to work with.

  • Add related entries. This requires at least 1 G/L Entry already to be selected, and then it adds all other G/L Entries with the same “Transaction No”.
  • Select Manually. You can manually select in the G/L Entries by just choosing them.
  • Add by Filter. Here you have all freedom of choice, how to filter your G/L Entries for the dimension corrections.
  • Add by Dimension. This can be useful if you want to change the dimension value Sales to Admin for all G/L entries. So, you find all G/L Entries with the Dimension Sales.

You can omit/remove selected entries, or change selection criteria for your entries to be applied with changes.

Updating Dimension Values

Above we create a Dimension Correction, the Status is initially DRAFT, it means the G/L Entries Dimension is NOT yet updated.

Once you are done in the Dimension change to move forward you have two option to go thru:

  • Click the Validate dimension change then click RUN.
  • Click RUN.

Validate change

This will check if it’s possible to make the dimension changes you specified.

  • Check Dimension Correction Setup.
  • Check Dimension Combinations.

Once the validation run successfully you can see it in the Validation status.

You can choose to run the job immediately or schedule in case you are operating on larger data set.

Next you can now use the Run action button. This will Apply changes to the General Ledger Entry Dimensions.

How to trace the correction

General Ledger Entries. You can see all the dimension corrections that you’ve done for the selected entries.

Search the Dimension Corrections. You can see all the Dimension corrections that you’ve done even the ongoing dimension corrections will be listed here.

Undo a Correction


In the dimension correction page just click the UNDO. This will be executed as a Job. The user will have to choose, how he wants to apply changes: running the job immediately or schedule it.

It is recommended to run the schedule if you are working with larger data set, to avoid the table locking during posting of other transactions.

Once the Job execution completes, you will see the status change to UNDO COMPLETED.

How to Update the Analysis Views

From the Dimension Correction page, you can also update you’re Analysis Views by clicking the Update Analysis Views button. This will be executed as a Job. You will have to choose, how you want to apply changes: running the job immediately or schedule it.

It is recommended to run the schedule if you are working with larger dataset, to avoid the table locking during posting of other transactions.

Hope you enjoyed the information. Will come with more similar information in my next posts. Till then keep exploring, learning and sharing your knowledge with others.

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Monitor Field Change in Business Central

Ashwini Tripathi

Field Monitoring is one of great help for superusers in Business Central. You can now configure a list of fields that contain high-risk and business-critical data that you want to be notified about when they are changed.

Changes to high-risk settings in Business Central can be tracked using the Change Log functionality. But sometime only tracking changes is not sufficient and you expect more like you should be notified of changes in fields that contain high-risk and business-critical data, such as bank account numbers, company name, and addresses.

Now setting a list of fields that contain high-risk and business-critical data is possible and you can be notified about when they are changed.

To start with this feature, Look for Assist Setup, I am using BC18 demo database for below steps.

Although it is not necessary to follow Assist Setup, you can do setup from individual pages. But this will ensure you don’t miss any steps.

Click on Next to start with setup. And follow the steps in leading wizard pages.

If you wish to use Data Classification and already have performed data classification you can enable or continue with individual fields using Monitored Fields Worksheet, in upcoming Wizard pages.

It is necessary to have the Sending and user e-mail setup is completed. Here you can select the email ids as required.

You need to add Fields for monitoring enable and click finish, or you can open the Page later and configure. This will Start the Monitoring and Notification service.

In Next step or you can open this page Monitored Fields Worksheet from Tell Me.

Add your table & fields that you wish to Monitor.

If notify is enabled you will receive the mail, else you can view in Monitored Field Log page. You can use Field Monitoring Setup Page from Action bar, or you can separately open this page from Tell Me.

You need to Start the Field Monitoring Setup, if not already done. If you have used Assist setup it will be Started, in case you are doing Manually from each Page, you will need to visit this Page, Setup your Emails and Start the Service.

Before we Start with Testing, it is strongly recommended you Log Off and Login again to Business Central. As logging starts and ends on Login & Logout of user.

Open the Customer Page and make changes to Name, as above we have setup to log Name field of Customer.

If your all setup is OK you should Receive a mail as below.

Some Pages helpful for Field Monitored Service are:

You can Monitor the Mails Status from your Role Centre Cues:

What else you can do for monitoring your data and notifications:

  • If there is a problem sending the email, you can check the detailed information on Email Outbox page.
  • You can view the mail sending record on Sent Emails page.
  • You can view the log of Field Monitoring Setup and Monitoring Fields on Monitored Field Log Entries page.

Hope you enjoyed the information. Will come with more similar information in my next posts. Till then keep exploring, learning and sharing your knowledge with others.

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Customer and Vendor Document Layout in Business Central

Ashwini Tripathi

In this post we will discuss how to setup sending documents to different contacts, specific contacts to use with certain documents.

I am using BC18 Demo Database.

On Customer Card select Related-> Customer-> Document Layouts.

Here we are setting up different type of document should go to different contacts/e-mail ids.

In above example: Quote will go to my personal id, and Order Confirmation to my organization id.

It is important that email setup is done to use this feature, either is Office 365 or SMTP which ever you use.

Let’s quickly Check the output:

1. Sales Quote

On Quote select Print/Sent-> Send by Email.

2. Order Confirmation

On Sales Order select Print/Send-> Email Confirmation.

You can see different type of documents are picking different e-mail ids of contacts as per our setup done above.

Similarly, you can do for Vendors too:

Hope you enjoyed the information. Will come with more similar information in my next posts. Till then keep exploring, learning and sharing your knowledge with others.

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Auto-insert Recurring Sales and Purchase Lines in Business Central

Ashwini Tripathi

Today in this post we will see how you can automatically insert frequently used sales and purchases more quickly and conveniently in Dynamics365 Business Central.

I am using BC18 Demo Database.

If your company uses repeat orders for customer and vendors, this feature can be helpful to you.

Open your Vendor Card, Select Related-> Purchases-> Recurring Purchase Lines.

In Recurring Purchase Line Setup, Create Code and way you want them to be available on your Purchase Documents.

Next you need to setup the Card for lines that will be part of this code for Purchase Lines.

Navigate to the Recurring Code Setup Page.

Choose the Card.

Enter the lines associated with this Code, that should be entered on Purchase Lines.

Options on Recurring Code Setup.

** Manual, Will be normal Std. Behavior

** Automatic, Lines will be inserted automatically.

Key in the Vendor Code and press Enter.

This will be helpful if you have single Recurring code setup, as automatic, rest all as manual.

Else Notification will be raised and you have to choose from the list.

** Always Ask, will give you Notification to add.

Key in the Vendor Code and press Enter.

This is helpful when you have multiple setups, and want to choose from the list.

From Notification click on Get Recurring Lines, and select desired code.

Once Lines are inserted on Purchase Lines you can edit the lines as usual in any open orders. Add or Remove Lines, Change the other field values etc.

Similarly, you can setup for Sales Documents too.

Hope you enjoyed the information. Will come with more similar information in my next posts. Till then keep exploring, learning and sharing your knowledge with others.

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Track Packages from Sales Documents in Business Central

Ashwini Tripathi

Today in this post we will see how you to track items on shipping documents in Business Central.

I am using BC18 demo database.

Before we begin, we need to ensure our Shipping Agent is configured:

Open your Shipping agent and fill the Package Tracking URL you received from your agent.

It is obvious if agent do not provide this feature to track package from website, this will be of no use for that particular agent.

Save the changes and go to Sales Order.

Scroll to Shipping and Billing Fast Tab and fill agent details, as in above screenshot.

Next you post your shipment.

Navigate to your shipment and update tracking information you obtained from your agent.

On Posted Sales Shipment Select Process-> Update Document.

Update the Package Tracking No. you received after shipment from your agent, and save the information.

Now you can track the status of the shipment and keep informed to your customer regarding delivery status.

From Posted Shipment page select Process-> Track Package.

This will land you to the agent web page and update you about the current status of delivery.

Since we are using invalid Tracking Information, you will get your actual status if you provide valid Information.

This feature is available on other Sales Documents type too.

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Check Financial Journals in Background in Business Central

Ashwini Tripathi

Today we learn how to check financial journals in the background in #Dynamics365 #BusinessCentral in this post.

First thing first, you need to ensure the check mark for the batch in question for Background Error Check should be checked.

If this is enabled, when you open the batch on right side above Journal Line Details you will see Journal Check Section, which will let you know if Journal have any errors.

Let’s enter few Lines and see how it looks like

To see all errors, you can click on Cue Issues Total to bring summary page of all Issues.

If you have several Lines and you want to focus on lines with issues, you can do it by:

This will filter the lines on journal with issues.

Hope you enjoyed learning this feature, will come up with new post on new topic. Till then keep exploring, learning and sharing with others.

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Copy Journal function on Posted General Journals in Business Central

Ashwini Tripathi

Working with large journals can be cumbersome to correct if you make mistakes.

Earlier we used to do customizations for our customers to get this done. But now this feature is available in the product.

Now with the Wave 2 release of Dynamics Business Central you can use the copy journal function on Posted General Journals.

User have ability to reverse the entries based on posted General Journals.

I am using Accountant Profile.

Search for General Journal Template, make sure you have check mark under Copy to Posted Jnl. Lines for template which you wish to use for this purpose.

Journals-> General Journal

Similarly, the Check mark on Batch which you will use for this purpose.

Search for Posted General Journal

You will find no entries as you can see in previous screenshot for Default Batch Copy to Posted General Journal check mark is clear and any entries posted using that batch is not available.

Now put the Check mark and post the entries.

Now re-open Posted General Journal after posting few entries.

Select the Lines you wish to reverse

Select Copy Selected Line to Journal

Fill the request page, Your Template & Batch to Use, if you wish to change the Posting Date & Document No. If you wish to change the Sign and then press OK.

Your Journal Lines will be created as per the information provided on request page:

Below is the Screenshot after posting the entries:

I have exported to Excel and hidden few columns to show the output.

Entries marked in red rectangle is the entries posted post above operation and options selected on request page.

So now you know how to use this feature, share with your customers and help to make their life easy. Hope you liked and enjoyed learning this feature.

See you in next post, till then keep exploring, learning and sharing with others.

Now we have YouTube channel too, you can find link on Menu, first ever Dynamics Navision & Business Central Channel in Hinglish. You will get videos of demonstration in Mixed Language English as well as in Hindi. This will help both those who are comfortable with English and also with Hindi. Don’t forget to Subscribe and post your suggestions to improve the channel.

Channel Link

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm1JWr26UO5GqXiOHWhVD4A

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Cumulative Update for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015/2016/2017/2018 Released in Oct 2018

Ashwini Tripathi

Cumulative Update 48 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 (Build 50638)

This cumulative update includes all hotfixes and regulatory features that have been released for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015, including hotfixes and regulatory features that were released in previous cumulative updates.

Note You must convert the database if you are upgrading to this cumulative update from a cumulative update earlier than cumulative update 9 (build 41779). For more information, see Converting a Database in Help for Microsoft Dynamics NAV.

This cumulative update replaces previously released cumulative updates. You should always install the latest cumulative update.

It may be necessary to update your license after implementing this hotfix to gain access to new objects included in this or a previous cumulative update (this only applies to customer licenses).

For a list of cumulative updates released for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015, see released cumulative updates for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015. Cumulative updates are intended for new and existing customers who are running Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015.

How to obtain the Microsoft Dynamics NAV update files

This update is available for manual download and installation from the Microsoft Download Center.

Download Cumulative update CU 48 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015

How to install a Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 cumulative update

See How to install a Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 Cumulative Update.

Prerequisites

You must have Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 installed to apply this hotfix.

Cumulative Update 36 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 (Build 50637)

This cumulative update includes all hotfixes and regulatory features that have been released for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016, including hotfixes and regulatory features that were released in previous cumulative updates.

This cumulative update replaces previously released cumulative updates. You should always install the latest cumulative update.

It may be necessary to update your license after implementing this hotfix to gain access to new objects included in this or a previous cumulative update (this only applies to customer licenses).

For a list of cumulative updates released for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016, see released cumulative updates for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016. Cumulative updates are intended for new and existing customers who are running Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016.

How to obtain the Microsoft Dynamics NAV update files

This update is available for manual download and installation from the Microsoft Download Center.

Download Cumulative update CU 36 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016

How to install a Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 cumulative update

See How to install a Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 cumulative update.

Prerequisites

You must have Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 installed to apply this hotfix.

 

Cumulative Update 23 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 (Build 24745)

This cumulative update includes all hotfixes and regulatory features that have been released for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017, including hotfixes and regulatory features that were released in previous cumulative updates.

This cumulative update replaces previously released cumulative updates. You should always install the latest cumulative update.

It may be necessary to update your license after implementing this hotfix to gain access to new objects included in this or a previous cumulative update (this only applies to customer licenses).

For a list of cumulative updates released for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017, see released cumulative updates for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017. Cumulative updates are intended for new and existing customers who are running Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017.

How to obtain the Microsoft Dynamics NAV update files

This update is available for manual download and installation from the Microsoft Download Center.

Download Cumulative update CU 23 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017

How to install a Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 cumulative update

See How to install a Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 cumulative update.

Prerequisites

You must have Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 installed to apply this hotfix.

 

Cumulative Update 10 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018 (Build 24742)

This cumulative update includes all hotfixes and regulatory features that have been released for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018, including hotfixes and regulatory features that were released in previous cumulative updates.

This cumulative update replaces previously released cumulative updates. You should always install the latest cumulative update.

It may be necessary to update your license after implementing this hotfix to gain access to new objects included in this or a previous cumulative update (this only applies to customer licenses).

For a list of cumulative updates released for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018, see released cumulative updates for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018. Cumulative updates are intended for new and existing customers who are running Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018.

How to obtain the Microsoft Dynamics NAV update files

This update is available for manual download and installation from the Microsoft Download Center.

Download Cumulative update CU 10 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018

How to install a Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018 cumulative update

See How to install a Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018 cumulative update.

Prerequisites

You must have Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018 installed to apply this hotfix.

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Mail Sending Option in NAV 2017 with Cover Letter & Attachments –Part 1

Ashwini Tripathi

Generally we get demand for customized mail body to send from Navision. Normally we use templates or html etc. coding to achieve this. In NAV 2017 this feature is now available in product itself. Today we will explore this feature available for Std. documents and learn to setup, further in next step we will apply same to our custom documents and learn where all places we need to take care development to get it working.

The cover letters are created using RDLC or Word layout customization features providing visual consistency with any attached pdf document.

Document Layout for a Customer

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For Example say we want to setup different e-Mail body for specific customer. To achieve this we will assign a specific report by customer which will enable us to process multiple formats at the same time. We will use the Customer Layout from the customer card by Document Type to do this.

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In above example I am setting up a customized cover letter designed using selected report.

The Send To Email The e-Mail will be sent to the e-Mail provided in the customer card or you can provide an extra e-Mail in this field or you can specify at the time of sending mail if not setup automatic.

Email Body Layout Description = Modern – Email Body (Choose from the Custom Report Layouts)

Use for E-mail Body select this if you wish to include output of selected report as Cover Letter to Email body.

Send and Receive E-Mail

We can now use the Send Email window to have a preview of what our layout will look like and the using the options we can send the e-Mail.

Let’s open a posted invoice for this customer.

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On the Posted Sales Invoice click Send, which will open a window with some options, such as:

We can choose Email Prompt for Settings or use Default Settings

We can select how the attachment needs to be attached

We can also have Disk options as PDF or Electronic Documents if we use those.

Click OK. Before e-Mail is sent, we have the possibility to verify the e-Mail address, the subject line, the attachments and as per the Email Body Template, this is how the e-Mail will look like:

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When we click OK, an e-Mail is sent to the Customer using the e-Mail Template.

By opening the e-Mail the recipient can see the contents of the invoice which has been sent using the template and the full invoice is also available as an attachment.

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You can switch to a manual written message:

By using the Message Content field or

If you are using a client, you can open and edit the message in Outlook

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In our next part of this post, we will see how we can enable this feature for our custom Pages & Documents.

 

 

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Image Analysis feature in Dynamics NAV 2018

Ashwini Tripathi

In Dynamics NAV 2018, the Image Analyzer extension uses the Computer Vision API to analyze images that are attached to contact persons and items.

For example, this is useful for items because it lets you build up a stockpile of metadata about what you sell and use it to fine-tune search results when someone is browsing your web shop.

Image Analyzer is free in Dynamics NAV, but there is a limit to the number of items that you can analyze during a certain period of time. By default, you can analyze 100 images per month.

After you enable the extension, Image Analyzer runs each time you import an image to an item or contact person. You will see the attributes, confidence level, and details right away, and can decide what to do with each attribute. If you imported images before you enabled the Image Analyzer extension, you must go to the item or contact cards and choose the Analyze Picture action.

Requirements

There are a few requirements for the images:

  • Image formats: JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP
  • Maximum file size: Less than 4 MB
  • Image dimensions: Greater than 50 x 50 pixels

How to enable Image Analyzer

To enable the Image Analyzer extension, do one of the following:

Method-1 : Open an item or contact card. In the notification bar, choose Analyze Images, and then follow the steps in the assisted setup guide.

 

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This will launch Image Analyser assisted setup guide, follow the step.

 

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Once you are done It will import your image for Analysing.

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Method-2 : Access the Service Connections, and then choose Image Analysis Setup.

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Choose the Enable Image Analyzer check box, and then complete the steps in the assisted setup guide.

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For URL and Key follow these steps:

Click on Computer Vision API Documentation

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Click on Try Computer Vision API

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Select your API Computer Vision API and then Get API Key

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Agree to T & C select your Country/Region and then Next

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Sign-In with the preferred account sign-in method

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Once done you will land on page which will have your Endpoint URL and Key

You must add /analyze at the end of the API URI, if it isn’t already there.

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Enter your Endpoint URL and Key and close the window.

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Now you import your Image, or select Analyze Picture if already imported

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This will analyze the Image and provide you with the Attributes.

The Image Analyzer Attributes page displays the detected attributes, the confidence level, and other details about the attribute. Use the Action to perform options to specify what to do with the attribute.

 

This is how you enable and configure your Image Analyzer Service.

 

To see how many analyses you have left in the current period

You can view the number of analyses you’ve done, and how many you can still do, in the current period.

Enter Image Analyzer Setup, and then choose the related link.

The Limit type, Limit value, and Analyzes performed provide the usage information.

 

To stop using the Image Analyzer extension

Enter Service Connections, and then choose Image Analyzer Setup.

Clear the Enable Image Analyzer check box.

 

I will come with more details as I proceed.