From the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central blogs: Obsoleted events; Posting date ranges; Prepayments; Managing updates

In this review of the Dynamics 365 Business Central blogs:

• Obsoleted and 'no longer invoked' events in v26
• Using posting date ranges and inventory periods
• How to handle prepayments
• Why updates aren’t optional and what to do about it

Obsoleted and 'no longer invoked' events in v26 Business Central

Writing on his blog, Waldo, aka Eric Wauters, stated that since version 19 of Business Central, Microsoft has overhauled the way invoices get posted for sales, purchase, and service documents. 

He noted that they replaced the old hard-coded posting steps with a brand new "extensible invoice posting engine." Wauters wrote that this new engine gives you a lot more flexibility and room to customize, fixing many of the limits that existed previously.

The change will be a big deal for anyone who built solutions on top of the old buffer table, he believes. Wauters pointed out that if you've worked on ISV or PTE apps, you’ll need to learn these new pieces:

• A new invoice posting buffer table
• An invoice posting interface
• Centralized event publishers

In his blog post, Wauters focused on the centralized event publishers: what they are, how they work, and why they matter.

Using posting date ranges and inventory periods

On the ERP Software Blog, an author from Ternpoint Solutions wrote that at some point you might be asked to investigate entries that were posted on unexpected dates, often linked to inventory transactions.