Olof Simren - Microsoft Dynamics NAV & 365 Business Central Blog

This might be ‘the oldest trick in the book’ but it is still a frequently asked question and therefor I thought it was worth a small blog post. The question is how do you block/prevent users from posting something in Microsoft Dynamics NAV?

This is the third post in a series of subcontracting blog posts, and it starting to get a bit tricky. The topic is how to handle transport charges for subcontracting operations. In other words if you have a vendor that handles parts of the production process and you receive an invoice from a shipping agent/transportation […]

Here is a super simple, but very useful modification for displaying the rolled-up costs on the item card in Microsoft Dynamics NAV. The item table has 10 standard fields that contain the rolled-up costs that are calculated during a regular standard cost roll-up. Those fields are not by default added to the item card; just adding […]

How Microsoft Dynamics NAV posts into the general ledger from production orders is something that you must know when implementing it in a manufacturing environment. It is critical in order to get the posting groups and their related accounts correctly defined. This blog post will focus on the general ledger accounts and the amounts, for details about […]

In school we where told that when you invoice (voucher) received inventory you get a debit transaction against the inventory account and a credit transaction against the accounts payable. Well, in Microsoft Dynamics NAV you also get two transactions in the P&L, a debit against the purchase account and a credit against the direct cost […]

The dimensions involved in posting production orders are a bit interesting. It is interesting since there is a slight difference between on how they behave compared to other parts of Microsoft Dynamics NAV (like the sales and purchase orders). It can be argued what is right and wrong, but knowing how it works in standard […]

Can Dynamics NAV handle statistical (unit) accounts in the General Ledger? Yes, it can! Although there is nothing in Dynamics NAV called statistical accounts, so the main thing is to make sure you are not mixing them into the regular g/l accounts.

Dimensions are great in Dynamics NAV and one of the things that makes it great is that you can control the required dimensions for each type of posting into the general ledger by setting dimensions as mandatory on the general ledger accounts. Most people that work with Dynamics NAV knows this. But surprisingly many people […]