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Omar K

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This is like a quick translation from MS Dynamics GP idioms, terms, names…etc to Business Central, It will help to understand better and give a clearer image.

First of all, the sample company in MS Dynamics GP is “Fabrikam” and in Business Central is “Cronus”

The following terms have exactly the same meaning in both:

General Ledger	Accounts Receivables	Accounts Payables	Fixed Assets	Inventory
General Ledger Account	Customer	Vendor	Fixed Assets Books	Item
Dimensions	General Journal	Recurring Journals	Deferrals	Sales Quote, Order and Invoice.
Purchase Quote, Order and Invoice.	Lots & Serial Tracking	Bins

The following terms are different:

MS Dynamics GP	Business Central
Chequebook	Bank Account
Dimension Code	Dimension Value
Advanced Financials	Account Schedules
Site	Location
Fixed Assets Account Group	FA Posting Group
AR Transaction Entry	Sales Journal
AP Transaction Entry	Purchase Journal
Cash Receipt	Cash Receipt Journal
Manual Payment	Payment Journal
Landed Cost	Item Charges
Bank Reconciliation	Reconcile Bank Statement
Classes (Customer, Vendor, Item)	Templates

Quick tips to start with:

To quick start navigating, use the search feature, I will be discussing the menu in Business Central in another post.

There is no dedicated page for Bank Transfers and Bank Transactions, Use General Journal.

There is no smart list in Business Central, The design will open a list page (Listing the records) and then the card page, so if you search for a customer (using the search feature), Business Central will open the customer list.
Business Central uses “Flow Fields”, which is a type of field that is calculated on the fly when you open a page (for example customer balance), clicking on that filed will open a list page display the related records.