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New User Struggles

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Dear Community,

I am a new user to Dynamics 365, Business Edition (online).  There are some rudimentary accounting things that I just can't seem to find support materials for (either in the Dynamics 365 Document Center, these forums, or anywhere else online).  For example:

*I can enter purchase invoices (NB: I work on a payable basis, not a cash basis), but I can't seem to generate a report after the fact that sum up what was entered for a given time frame.

*I can pay purchase invoices (and generate a report at that time), but I can't print out a check register for the week (I pay checks on different days depending on the particular payable cycle).

*I can't seem to use one check to pay multiple invoices to the same vendor.

*I can enter simple one-to-one journal entries (Office Supplies debit-$100, Checking Account credit-$100), but can't enter complex journal entries (e.g., Payroll debit-$1000, Checking Account credit-$800, Taxes Payable credit-$200).  

To be clear:  As much as I would like to be spoon-fed this information, my long experience with community forums tells me that this is not the question I should be asking.  Instead, I simply want to be pointed to body of information where these answers can be found.  I recognize these tasks are Accounting 101 and I am happy to take ownership of my own self-education.  However, I am at a complete loss where to find the answers for these (and other similar newbie questions) and the 'Meet Dynamics 365' resources center and these forums don't directly address this.

Can someone please advise?

(I apologize to the moderators if I have put the wrong filters for this post.)

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    RE: New User Struggles

    At this point in time, I would suggest searching for the topics + "Dynamics NAV." Unfortunately, you will then have to test to see if D365FOB currently supports the solution known to work in NAV as there is not total functional parity, yet. I realize you don't wish to be spoon fed information, but you could also feel free to ask here as many of us are actively using both NAV and D365FOB.

    When using Dynamics 365 keywords in searches, I mostly find D365FOE BKA Dynamics AX information or Dynamics 365 CRM-type information. It will take a while for search results to work themselves out for the new naming conventions. A decade ago, it was necessary to search for "Navision" when trying to locate some topics due to Navision being the former name for Dynamics NAV.

    As an example, if you search for vendors and multiple invoices with Dynamics NAV, you will find several pages discussing techniques for accomplishing this. If you search for the same topic and any combination of Dynamics 365 keywords, you will most likely get discussions of D365 Enterprise.

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