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In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, how do I… series which I am posting as I familiarise myself with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.
Each ERP system hand;es the chart of accounts in slightly different ways. Coming from an Microsoft Dynamics GP background I am used to the accounts being multi-segment and containing cost centres as well as the general ledger account. So for example, if I had an account for the North region IT department for purchasing of office supplies, I might have an account with a structure of N-300-61400.
Dynamics BC does not work in the same way as this. In Dynamics BC you would have an account of 61400 in the chart of accounts and then the cost centres of Region and Department would be managed as dimensions. The accounts are created through the G/L Account Page.
When you design the chart of accounts in Dynamics BC, you also create headings and totals through the G/L Account Page and can assign categories and subcategories which are used in financial reporting.
When creating the accounts, they need to be numbered in the order in which they should be included in the chart of accounts list, which is important for the totaling of sections for financial reporting.
Below is an example from the top of the Cronus USA, Inc sample company:
As you can see, 10000 is a heading, 10001 is the beginning of a total section and has 10990 as the end total; the value in the Totaling column shows that rows 10001 to 10990 inclusive are included in the total (which it is technically possible to amend the cells included in an End-Total it should not be done as there is an indenting function which will override and changes).
You can also create specific Total rows where you manually specify what should be added together, which is useful for creating a row like Net Income.
Over the next few posts in this series, I’m going to take a look at the process for creating new accounts as well as some of the other data used by them, such as account categories and subcategories, and will then take a look into dimensions.
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