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Include or Exclude GL Accounts in Report based on Dimension

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Hi,

Our organization is new to BC, having migrated from GP and Management Reporter.

We are trying to replicate a previous report which included expenses over several years (column layout, no problem) for a single Department (Global Dimension 1) for each GL account "related" to that department. For example, for our Technology Department we previously had a report that listed the total expenses for each individual GL account (as rows in the report), but only the GL accounts related to Technology. Note that several of the GL accounts listed for Technology also overlap with other "Departments" such as Labor and Wages, etc. Below is an example, with the account numbers highlighted in yellow and department highlighted in green.

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So my question is: Is there a way to link dimensions to a GL account so that they are included/excluded from showing in a report dynamically, when filtered in some manner by the Department Dimension?

I understand that you can assign default dimensions and allowed dimensions with a GL account, but can you exclude the accounts from a report based on the Allowed Values Filter? Or is there another way?

We would be grateful for a solution!

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tshannon 55 on at

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RE: Include or Exclude GL Accounts in Report based on Dimension

On the screen where you create the Account Schedule, there is a setting for each row that allows you to hide the zero rows. So if the filtered department doesn't have any activity in that account, it won't appear on the report.
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YUN ZHU 74,036 Super User 2024 Season 2 on at

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RE: Include or Exclude GL Accounts in Report based on Dimension

Hi, I'm sorry that my understanding is wrong, as far as I know the standard feature can't do it, but you can do a small customization.

Hope other experts can give you better advice.

Thanks.

ZHU
BC-Meister 5 on at

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RE: Include or Exclude GL Accounts in Report based on Dimension

Perhaps I am explaining this wrong. I know I can filter the account schedule by Dimension, which filters the row values. I was hoping there was a way to filter the rows to show/hide by dimension. We don't want a report of hundreds of accounts, we only want the 10-20 accounts that are used by the dimension to show.
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YUN ZHU 74,036 Super User 2024 Season 2 on at

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RE: Include or Exclude GL Accounts in Report based on Dimension

Hi, if you use the Account Schedule feature, you can filter Dimensions.

More details: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/bi-how-work-account-schedule

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pXMvjC8rEo

Hope this helps.

Thanks.

ZHU