From the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Blogs: Purchase and cost discrepancies; Document attachment links; Dimension issues in NAV 2013 upgrades

A selection of the latest insight from the Dynamics NAV blogs:

• Discrepancy Between Purchase and Direct Cost Applied;

• Microsoft Dynamics NAV: Remember, Notes Attached To Documents Are Links;

• NAV 2013 & NAV 2013 R2 Upgrades - Common Issue Related to Dimension in Step 2

Discrepancy Between Purchase and Direct Cost Applied

From his Microsoft Dynamics NAV tips and tricks blog, Olof Simren takes you back to school, when you were told that when your invoice (voucher) received inventory you get a debit transaction against the inventory account and a credit transaction against the accounts payable.

Well, in Microsoft Dynamics NAV you also get two transactions in the P&L, a debit against the purchase account and a credit against the direct cost applied account, he notes.

What are those used for? Wouldn't they always be the same and net each-other out? Not necessarily, Simren says.

There is a special case to consider and you can find out what it is here.

Microsoft Dynamics NAV: Remember, Notes Attached To Documents Are Links

On the ArcherPoint Developer Blog, Tom Hunt says he learned something useful (or maybe he relearned something useful) recently that he wanted to write down for future reference - not only for his future reference, but everyone else's, too.

Hunt explains that Microsoft Dynamics NAV has both Links and Notes that can be attached ...