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Create purchase invoice for posted PO Receipt using API

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I am trying to create a purchase invoice for a Posted PO Receipt through API ( 3 way match). After creating the Purchase Invoice and posting in BC, I am not able to link the invoice with the PO and PO Receipt. The quantity Invoiced from the Purchase Invoice is not reflected in PO and PO Receipt. 

Is there a way to link a purchase invoice with a Posted Receipt and PO using API? Any comment is appreciated. 

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    OussamaSabbouh Profile Picture
    OussamaSabbouh 12,760 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    Hello,
     
    You can’t link a manually created purchase invoice to a posted receipt via API. Only invoices created from the purchase order (using the API action /purchaseOrders({id})/Microsoft.NAV.receiveAndInvoice) automatically link to receipts and update quantities. Otherwise, you’ll need a custom API to handle this.
     

    References
    purchaseOrder (bound action receiveAndInvoice): https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/api-reference/v2.0/resources/dynamics_purchaseorder

    Regards,
    Oussama Sabbouh
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    Sumit Singh Profile Picture
    Sumit Singh 11,757 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    Hi,

    Creating a standalone purchase invoice via the standard Business Central API will not link it to the PO/posted receipt, so the Qty. Invoiced on the PO/receipt won’t move. Linking happens when you pull posted receipt lines into the invoice (“Get Receipt Lines”) or you post from the PO. The standard purchaseInvoices endpoint doesn’t expose a way to do either.
    Below official links might help;-

     Purchase Order API & Bound Action (receiveAndInvoice)

    Purchase Invoice API

     Purchase Receipts & Receipt Lines

     Bound Actions (How to create custom ones)

     UI Logic for “Get Receipt Lines”

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    Jainam M. Kothari Profile Picture
    Jainam M. Kothari 15,732 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
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    Rishabh Kanaskar Profile Picture
    Rishabh Kanaskar 6,219 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    Hi,
     
    There is no standard API in Business Central that links a purchase invoice to a posted receipt and purchase order automatically. The standard APIs (/purchaseInvoices, /purchaseReceipts, /purchaseOrders) work independently and do not perform the three-way match logic.
    Options:
    > Use the purchaseInvoiceLines endpoint and populate the orderId and orderLineId fields when creating the invoice lines. This links the invoice to the original PO.
    > Business Central does not expose posted receipt linkage via API for automatic matching. To achieve full three-way match, you need a custom API or extension that reads receipt lines and applies them to invoice lines.
    > Without customization, the only supported approach is to create the invoice from the PO in the UI or through the standard API using the PO reference.
     
    Regards
    Rishabh
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    YUN ZHU Profile Picture
    YUN ZHU 99,049 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    Hi, hope the following can give you some hints.
    Dynamics 365 Business Central: How to use Standard/Custom API Bound Actions
     
    Thanks.
    ZHU

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