Understanding Low-Level Code When Running Adjust Cost-Item Entries

or When Running Adjust Cost-Item Entries, why does the Microsoft Dynamics NAV need to know the Item Low-Level Code? The scenario: Your company is a manufacturing company and has a Bill of Material that has several levels. Your company has not started to use the Dynamics NAV MRP (Planning Worksheet) functionality yet. You are running… Continue reading Understanding Low-Level Code When Running Adjust Cost-Item Entries

Customizing Drop-Down Lists for Tables in the NAV Role-Tailored Client

Back in the days of the legacy client, doing lookups into another table for a foreign key field in Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Navision) always involved running a list form. Nowadays, if you try to do a lookup into a table for a foreign key, you get something like this (Customize DropDown List for a table… Continue reading Customizing Drop-Down Lists for Tables in the NAV Role-Tailored Client

Tracking Production Order Variances in Microsoft Dynamics NAV

We had a question from a client recently regarding Production Order Variances. The client was seeing Variances being posted to the General Ledger and wanted to know what was causing them. Keep in mind that this analysis is only for those items that have a Costing Method of Standard Cost. Also keep in mind that there will… Continue reading Tracking Production Order Variances in Microsoft Dynamics NAV

ArcherPoint Microsoft Dynamics NAV Developer Digest – vol 21

The ArcherPoint technical staff—made up of developers, project managers, and consultants – is constantly communicating internally, with the goal of sharing helpful information with one another. As they run into issues and questions, find the answers, and make new discoveries, they post them companywide on Yammer for everyone’s benefit. We in Marketing watch these interactions… Continue reading ArcherPoint Microsoft Dynamics NAV Developer Digest – vol 21

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How to Set Up Additional Currencies in Microsoft Dynamics NAV

Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Navision) allows management to view reports in a second currency in addition to the base currency. Many companies have divisions or sister companies in foreign countries. Those companies are quite likely to be required by local governments to use the local currency for G/L reporting. The parent company may wish to view… Continue reading How to Set Up Additional Currencies in Microsoft Dynamics NAV

Why Does Inventory Valuation show Zero on Hand but has a Value?

We often get the question from clients using the Dynamics NAV Average Cost Method, “Why is there a dollar value when there is zero on hand in a location, but when I run the report for all locations combined, it has a correct value?” First, we should look at the Inventory Setup. We can see… Continue reading Why Does Inventory Valuation show Zero on Hand but has a Value?

Managing Inventory Periods in Microsoft Dynamics NAV

Inventory periods are used to manage posting of inventory adjusting entries. Adjusting entries will post in the period the original transaction unless inventory periods are closed on a monthly basis. Creating and closing inventory periods will prevent the inventory adjustments from posting in that period. If the posting date of the original transaction is in… Continue reading Managing Inventory Periods in Microsoft Dynamics NAV