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Production Journal

Use this page as the single interface for registering consumption and output from a production order.For more information, see the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central documentation.

Posting Entity

The following table shows the posting entity used for the General Ledger entries when journal entries for the Manufacturing functionality are posted and when a production order status changes from Released to Completed.

Production Order Posting Entity Table
Item Description Posting Entity
Finished items

The posting entity is based on the Inventory Posting option on the Multi-Entity Management Setup.

  • If Entity from Location is selected, the posting entity is from the location.
  • If Entity from Item is selected, the posting entity is from the item.
Material variance/Capacity variance The posting entity is from the header of the production order.
Work in progress (WIP) The posting entity is from the header of the production order.
Capacity cost
  • The posting entity is from the work center.
    • Raw material

    The posting entity is based on the Inventory Posting option on the Multi-Entity Management Setup.

    • If Entity from Location is selected, the posting entity is from the location.
    • If Entity from Item is selected, the posting entity is from the item.

    Fields

    This page contains the following fields: 

    Field Description
    Location Code

    Select the location code for the line.

    This value is required only when Inventory Posting is Entity from Location on the Multi-Entity Management Setup.