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In my payment journal for some checks, some lines have a balancing account no populated with bank account, and some don't with nothing selected. Even filtered, when posting checks with only balancing account no present, I get a warning message:

A balancing account is not specified for one or more lines. If you print checks without specifying balancing accounts you will not be able to void the checks, if needed. Do you want to continue?

Is there a way to disable this pop up warning to not appear? Is there a way to get it this message to not appear at all? But I still want to be able to have unposted lines with check specified without bank account in the balancing account, as not 100% certain yet on the amount or the bank account to issue payment out of.

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Paul

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Teagen Boll 3,567 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

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Hi Paul,

In your General Journal Batch setup for that batch in the payment journal you could specify a balancing account as a default - you could always set this as a dummy bank account (call it PLACEHOLDER or something similar, mine below is CHECKING):

Then in your payment journal it will automatically populate that balancing account no.:

If you wanted to remove that warning message itself it would be a small customization a developer/partner would need to complete.

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Teagen Boll

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Grigorios Mavrogeorgis 3,055 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

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Hi Paul,
As far as I know there is no setup switch for this one, it is not one of the notifications you can turn off in My Notifications. It comes from the check printing report itself when it finds lines without a Bal. Account No., so the only way to kill it properly would be with an extension, and honestly for a confirm dialog that is a lot of work for little gain.
The thing is the warning is telling you the truth. Without the bank account on the line BC has nothing to build the check ledger entry against, so if you later need to void, you cannot. That is exactly the case you describe with the lines you are not sure about yet.
What I would do instead is keep the undecided ones in a separate batch. Print and post from the batch where everything has the bank filled in, and leave the draft lines sitting in the other one. No warning, and you still keep your unposted lines as they are.

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Grigorios Mavrogeorgis
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YUN ZHU 102,765 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

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As far as I know, this can only be achieved through customization; I hope the information below gives you some hints.

Dynamics 365 Business Central: How to ignore messages while validating (Hide Validation Dialog)

https://yzhums.com/12853/

Dynamics 365 Business Central: How to ignore/hide “Order Date xx/xx/xx is earlier than the work date xx/xx/xx” message in Purchase Order

https://yzhums.com/43837/

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ZHU

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OussamaSabbouh 18,722 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

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Hello Paul,

There is no standard setup to disable this specific warning. Business Central shows it because check lines must use a Bank Account either as the Account Type or Bal. Account Type; without the bank account, the system cannot create the correct check ledger relationship and you may not be able to void the printed check later. Even when you filter the visible lines, the check-printing process can still validate other eligible journal lines in the batch. The safest approach is to keep incomplete payment proposals in a separate journal batch, or leave the Bank Payment Type blank until the amount and bank account are confirmed, then set it to Computer Check/Manual Check before printing and posting. Removing the warning would require customization and is not recommended because it bypasses an important control.

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Oussama Sabbouh

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