From the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central/NAV Blogs: Dimension combinations; GL account; Extensions/apps; Production scheduling

This week on the Microsoft Dynamics 365 and NAV blogs:

• How to block dimension combinations in Dynamics NAV or Business Central
• To create or not to create a GL account
• Developing Business Central extensions or apps in team
• Production scheduling with NAV: Keep material availability in check

How to block dimension combinations in Dynamics NAV or Business Central

On the Encore Business Solutions blog, Iaroslav Pankovskyi focused on how to block certain combinations of dimensions, or dimension values.

Using this function helps prevent errors in processing transactions, and increases the precision of reporting. For instance, general financial reports and commission reports, and help departments more efficiently incorporate existing or new policies, according to Pankovskyi.

He said that a company using the dimension combinations function in Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central can sell a particular product or product group only to a certain area. They can enable a particular salesperson to only sell to a particular customer or customer group, or completely prevent purchasers from participating in sales and salespeople from participating in purchases.

Most importantly, it can be done instantaneously, and without the help of a developer. You can read about how to take advantage of the benefits of this function here.

To create or not to create a GL account

On the Fenwick Software blog, Ruby Usman said that in most of her company's implementations, the clients have always had a huge chart of accounts from their legacy systems.

The Fenwick team focuses around how to optimize the chart of accounts for maximum efficiency.

Usman said that ...