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Personalize your screen in Business Central to help you work more efficiently

Do you know that you can customize the Business Central page to fit your needs using the Personalise feature? The Personalise feature only changes what you see; it does not impact other users.   To customize a page in Business Central, simply click Personalise in Settings > Personalise.  To Hide Columns Suppose you need to prepare data using the Excel Copy and Paste feature in General Journal page, and you would like to hide some of the columns on the General Journal page, you can use the Personalise feature to hide the unused columns.           1.        On the page that needs to be customized, point out the Personalize feature.           2 .        The Personalize feature is active if you see the Personalization banner appear at the top of the page together with the page name you are customizing. 3.      To remove a column, click on the red flag that appears at the top of the column.  4.      You can hide the column by selecting the Hide button.  To Move column Choose
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Why business central fixed asset depreciation amount is different from my calculation

  Upon data migration to Business Central, customers often wonder why the monthly depreciation amount is different from their calculations. The only explanation we've identified so far is that the data provided for the migration inadvertently caused either over- or under-depreciation of depreciation amounts. The following example illustrates how BC's depreciation amount will differ from your calculated amount.           1.        The following asset was migrated to BC with the cut-off date till 31 st August 2022.           2.        You can print the Projected Value report to check on the future depreciation and book value of the asset. Page: Projected Value           3.        According to your book, the trend of monthly depreciation from now until December 31, 2022 is $1,000, but BC is recording $1,500 rather than your calculated amount. You can check the comparison below between BC and your migrated data to see how BC came up with the amount. Noticed that the migrat

How business central handle intercompany transaction easily

Intercompany transactions in Business Central allow you to make transactions with your intercompany partners. You can create intercompany transactions by creating an Invoice or a Purchase Invoice. Transactions made with intercompany transaction send separate documents with their own document numbers to each company. To establish intercompany transactions, intercompany partners must establish a common chart of accounts and common dimensions, where each company's chart of accounts and dimensions are mapped to the intercompany chart of accounts and dimensions. The Prerequisite Requirements and Preliminary Setup for Intercompany Transactions: i.                      Each Intercompany Partners need to identify the Intercompany Code that their company represents to setup as an Intercompany Partner Code. ii.                    You must setup Intercompany Vendor/Customer in your company’s Vendor Card/Customer Card. iii.                  Each Intercompany Partners must agree with a

Intercompany Setup in Business Central

Before you able to create a Sales Invoice or Purchase Invoice to your intercompany partners, there are some configurations need to complete in between the company you administer and the company your partner is managing.      1.        Setup Intercompany Partner Code   This setup will allow the system to differentiate which entity under the same Business Central should the invoice direct to. The Intercompany Partner Code should be unique and agreed upon by all companies. Page:  Intercompany Setup i.           Enable the “Auto Send Transactions” which allows system to send out to intercompany partner once there is transaction posted.     2 .        Setup Intercompany Partners Code This setup will configure the intercompany partners that will involve in the whole intercompany setup in BC. In another word, you will need to create a Intercompany Partners codes for each of the intercompany in BC, and BC will based on the intercompany partners unique code to deliver the intercompany

How to Record Disposal of Fixed Asset and Acquisition in the same time (Trade-In) Business Central

  A company is going to acquire a new car for $100,000. However, the supplier agrees to give a discount of $5,000 if the company agree to trade-in an old car with the new car. The cost of the old car is $ 120,000 and accumulated depreciation of $ 112,500. It means the company sells an old car for $ 5,000 and buys a new car that costs $ 100,000. They end up paying $ 95,000 only. The total loss of disposal will be as follows: - Loss from disposal = $ 5,000 – ($ 120,000 – $ 112,500) = $ 2,500 Account Debit Credit New Vehicle 100,000 Accumulated Depreciation – Old Vehicle 112,500 Loss on disposal 2,500 Fixed Assets – Cost of old Vehicle 120,000 Cash 95,000 Business Central able to capture the activities without hassle.      1.        To record the Disposal of asset with a loss Page: Sales Invoice i.