Account Schedules Renamed to Financial Reporting in Dynamics 365 Business Central

This video examines the name change of Account Schedules to Financial Reporting in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and other changes now found in the Financial Reporting area. The change happened in the major update to Business Central in October 2022. Besides naming and navigation changes, functional updates are discussed in this video. Topics include… Continue reading Account Schedules Renamed to Financial Reporting in Dynamics 365 Business Central

How to Use the G/L Account Balance to Budget Feature in Business Central

In this how-to video, the topic is the G/L Account Balance to Budget feature in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and how this functionality offers users the ability to view historical financial data when creating new budgets. Budgets play an important role with business intelligence, such as financial statements based on account schedules that include… Continue reading How to Use the G/L Account Balance to Budget Feature in Business Central

How to Add Deferred Revenue and Expenses in Business Central

Alex Wiley, a PreSales Consultant at ArcherPoint, provides a quick, five-minute video tutorial on how to recognize revenue or an expense in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. In Business Central, a user can recognize a revenue or an expense outside the period that the actual transaction is posted, which can be helpful when automatically deferring… Continue reading How to Add Deferred Revenue and Expenses in Business Central

How To Import Account Schedules in Microsoft Dynamics Business Central or NAV

This blog explains how to import account schedules into a database in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central or Dynamics NAV. Important steps include: Export Customer Data Export Default Cronus data Export Default Cronus Package Import Cronus package into Customer database Import Cronus data Let’s get started with a backup. Normally, you do a backup of… Continue reading How To Import Account Schedules in Microsoft Dynamics Business Central or NAV

How to Use Data from Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central In Excel Using OData Feeds

Connecting to Excel with OData fields can be very powerful, not only for Power BI, but also for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. By simply connecting to a Business Central page as an OData feed, you can pull data into Excel to create pivot tables and more, opening the door to many benefits. In this… Continue reading How to Use Data from Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central In Excel Using OData Feeds

How to Create a Journal Entry in Excel and Upload it to Dynamics 365 Business Central

A client recently asked me for instructions on how to create journal entries in Excel and then be able to “Copy and Paste” or “Upload” the entry from Excel to Business Central (If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard “QuickBooks can do it…”). I had been addressing this before by showing a… Continue reading How to Create a Journal Entry in Excel and Upload it to Dynamics 365 Business Central

Using NAV Item Journal to Issue Items to Different Expense Accounts

Scenario: You would like to Debit different General Ledger Expense Accounts when you issue stockroom material using the Dynamics NAV Item Journal. For instance, if the engineering department uses stock room inventory for a project, you would like to debit the Engineering Expense Account for the cost of the inventory. Without doing any additional setups,… Continue reading Using NAV Item Journal to Issue Items to Different Expense Accounts

Which GL Account Will Purchase Receipts and Invoices Post to?

The other day, the question came up about how to determine which Dynamics NAV General Ledger Accounts are posted to for a Purchase Receipt and Invoice. First, we need to find our way to the Item Ledger Entry for the receipt you want to analyze. Figure 1 – Item Ledger Entry showing the receipt to… Continue reading Which GL Account Will Purchase Receipts and Invoices Post to?