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Dimension Corrections and Audit Trail

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Just curious how the forum uses and manages Dimension Corrections.  From an auditor perspective the basic change is not readily evident.  In most accounting systems such changes would be done via a reclass entry and clearly visible in the ledger.  With the dimension correction, the history is changed, and unless one drills down into the Dimension Correction screen, such changes would not be readily visible and could raise audit questions.  So to the members of the forum, do you lock down this feature, or is there a way to easily surface such changes so an auditor would have visibility when reviewing GL transactions
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    Khushbu Rajvi. Profile Picture
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    AndrewThomas81 Profile Picture
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    To answer your question the simple answer is no.  Once dimension corrections are made there isn’t any flag that I am aware of which indicates this such as is apparent with reversal entries.
     
    As an accountant myself and ex auditor I do not like the way this feature was designed as it is hard to trace and and it means that the general ledger entries do not much the sub ledgers from which they are posted, so if you had a dimensional report against the general ledger entries and a dimension report of the customer ledger entries they won’t reconcile.
     
    i personally would avoid using this feature entirely, where dimensions have been posted incorrectly the only way to maintain robust accounting records is to cancel and repost.
     
    i understand the logic for only correcting the general ledger entries as correcting all entries via this function would have a system performance indication, however it’s design is typical of a solution designed without consideration for the bigger picture.
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    OussamaSabbouh Profile Picture
    12,621 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    Hello,
    I’d say most companies should lock Dimension Corrections down and use them only as an exception, because Microsoft positions them as a way to fix reporting on posted G/L entries only—not as a normal accounting correction—and they can leave G/L vs. subledger dimensions out of sync; yes, there is a built-in History of Dimension Corrections trail, but it is not as visible as a standard reclass entry in the ledger, so from an audit perspective the safer practice is usually to restrict the D365 DIM CORRECTION permission to a few finance users, block sensitive dimensions in Dimension Correction Settings, require a clear reason/approval in the description, and use normal reclass journals instead whenever you want the correction to be obvious to an auditor directly from the ledger.
    Regards,
    Oussama Sabbouh

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