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Recurring General Journal

Use this page to manage transactions that are posted frequently and require few or no changes, for example rent or subscription services. For information on general journals, see the article Working with General Journals .

For a full description and more information on this page, see the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central documentation .

Intercompany Distributions

When transactions are processed, the Due To and Due From accounts are selected as follows: 

  • If the destination account has a debit amount (positive amount):
Intercompany Distributions Table
Originating Entity Due From account   Debit  
  Destination Entity Due To account   Credit
  • If the destination entity account has a credit amount (negative amount): 
Intercompany Distributions Table
Destination Entity Due From account   Debit  
  Originating Entity Due To account   Credit

From the MEM Intercompany Setup page, the following intercompany setup is used: 

Intercompany Distributions Table
Originating Entity 000    
Destination Entity 100    
  Originating    
    Due To 111111
    Due From 222222
  Destination    
    Due To 333333
    Due From 444444

When the destination entity has a debit (positive) amount, the intercompany distributions are as follows: 

Intercompany Distributions Table
Destination Entity Account Amount  
100 123333 100  
Following distributions are created:   
  222222 100 (debit)  
  333333   100 (credit)

When the destination entity has a credit (negative) amount, the intercompany distributions are as follows: 

Intercompany Distributions Table
Destination Entity Account Amount  
100 123333 -100  
Following distributions are created:   
  444444 100 (debit)  
  111111   100 (credit)

Create Recurring Journal

To create a recurring journal transaction, follow the steps within the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central documentation, and incorporate these steps: 

  1. In the header, do the following: 
    1. If the Entity Code is empty or you do not want to use the default entity, select an entity.
    The transaction lines are updated with transactions that have the same entity as the selected Entity Code.
  2. For each transaction line you can do the following: 
    1. If needed, change the Entity Code.
    2. Select the Recurring Method.
      Currently, Multi-Entity Management does not work with the following recurring methods: BD Balance by Dimension and RBD Reversing Balance by Dimension.
    3. If you want to use allocation amounts for the line, select Line > Allocation Template.
    4. On the Allocations page, add lines for the allocation as needed. For each line, specify the Entity Code. The default entity is from the account selected.
    5. Close the window.
  3. Select Preview Posting to review the ledger entries for the transaction.
  4. You can then finish processing the transaction as per the instructions in the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central documentation.

Fields

This page contains the following fields: 

Field Description
Entity Code

Select the entity for the transactions. The default value is your default entity. The default entity for the line is automatically updated with the entity value of the selected the customer, vendor, account, or item record. If needed, you can change it any entity to which you have access.

  • When you select the entity, only the transactions in the batch that belong to the entity appear in the list. If the entity is empty, only transactions that do not have an entity appear in the list.
Lines
Entity Code

Displays the entity for the line. The default value is specified in the header. The default entity for the line is automatically updated with the entity value of the selected the customer, vendor, account, or item record.

The selected entity filters the other records such that only the records that belong to that entity are available. For example, when entity 100 is selected, only the account numbers that belong to entity 100 are available.

Actions

This page contains the following actions: 

Button Description
Line > Allocation Opens the Allocations page.
Home > Process with Multiple Entities

Opens the MEM Mass Batch Processing page, where you can do the following types of actions:

  • Post and print batches of journal lines.
  • Delete batches of journal lines of specific entities.

Note icon. Note: The Process with Multiple Entities action has replaced the Post with Multiple Entities action as of MEM version 1.1.92.0. Use the Process with Multiple Entities action to open Mass Batch Processing where you can post and print batches.

See also

Allocations