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How to Correct Dimensions in Business Central

 It is quite common that users might find out that some entries might mistakenly charge to wrong dimension, which will cause inaccurate financial reporting and analysis. The classic method of rectifying this type of error is to create a manual general journal entry to reverse it. One of the popular features which available in Business Central is “Correction Dimension” where it allows you to correct the dimension values in General Ledger Entries age in a simple way.

  

Important Note 1: Dimension Correction apply only G/L entries. They do not change the dimensions that assigned in other ledgers for the same transaction. There will be mismatch between the dimensions assigned in the general ledger and the sub-ledgers.

Important Note 2: If you need to do Dimension Correction in a large scale, say more than 100 transactions, it is advised to schedule or perform during the non-peak hours as it may cause Table Locking during posting of other transactions by other users.

 

Page: General Ledger Entries

 1.       Select the entries that need to perform Dimension Correction. You may select more than one entry to perform Dimension Correction.



2.       Next, select “Correction Dimensions” from the Entry action.


3.       In the Draft Dimension Correction page, you can enter the information in Description about the change so that other people might use this information to understand what was done.

4.       Next, choose the dimension value code that you need to change in New Dimension Value Code.

5.       You can choose the Validate Dimension Changes to validate the Correction.

6.       Once validation complete, you may proceed to select Run to perform dimension changes on the selected entries.


7.       You may select “Run immediately” if the entries are just few. If more than 100 transactions, it would be advised to schedule the dimension correction during the non-peak hour.


8.       To verify whether the change of dimension values is successful, you can check the status in Dimension Correction page.



9.       Check the status of the correction entries.



10.       You can click on the Entry No.  or View action to review the changed detail.






In case there is Dimension that you don’t allow other people to change, you can set up the block for changes in Dimension Correction Settings page.

Page: Dimension Correction Settings



Select the Dimension Code that you don’t allow other people to change.





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