How to Correct Dimension in Business Central

It is crucial that posted Dimension Values should be correct to ensure the financial reporting gives accurate info. There are few ways to correct a wrongly posted Dimension Values in Business Central, you can do a correction by using the “Reverse Transaction” in the respective ledger entries or creating a correcting entry like using Credit Memo. I would prefer to use the “Correct Dimension” feature in BC to rectify the wrongly posted Dimension Value, as this is faster compared to any suggested steps above and it keeps the risk of users creating errors to the lowest.

However, the Correct Dimension feature only corrects the dimension values in General Ledger level, the change will not flow back to the source document, say if the entry is originated from the AP Posted Purchase Invoice.

Page: General Ledger Entries

In this scenario, the following entries Dimension “Customergroup Code” needs to change from LARGE to SMALL.

1. Select the entries that need to be corrected, then select Correction Dimensions from Entry action.

2. In the Draft Dimension Correction page, select the new Dimension Values that supposed to reflect in the entry in column New Dimension Value Code. Select Run to proceed.

3. Select Run immediately, then select OK to start the Dimension Correction batch job.

4. The new Dimension value has been updated. (You will need to refresh the screen after the Dimension Correction batch job is completed.)

5. Select History of Dimension Corrections to check the history of the change.

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