I was debugging something today and I noticed the ‘Break on Records Changes’ break rule, sweet… 🙂 I didn’t know this. In the older versions of Dynamics NAV I always used the code coverage to find where in the code records are modified, but this is much better.
I have meet many experience Dynamics NAV consultants and end users that did not know that it was possible to revalue closed item ledger entries in Dynamics NAV. Most of them had used the ‘Calculate Inventory Value’ function in the Revaluation Journal and since it only brings in open transactions the assumption was that it was not possible to revalue closed transactions, so if a transaction has the wrong cost and it is closed you have no good options. This is wrong…
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 does not know that you can also specify what dimensions that are mandatory for each account type by using the ‘Account Type Default Dimension’ setup.
From time to time I see users struggling with a list of warehouse receipts, the question is then ‘how can I find the warehouse receipt I am looking for?’. Well, you make it too complicated. A warehouse receipt should be created at the time of receiving not before that. If you create your warehouse receipts in advance you will have problems finding them since the list of warehouse receipts does not really include any useful information.
An old but still relevant topic is the different flushing methods you can use in Dynamics NAV. Flushing basically means that you can have NAV to automatically post consumption and/or output/time based on expected quantities.
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