Automatic Journal posting

Dynamics 365 Finance

The article discusses the two activities involved in the journal entry process: journal creation and journal posting.
It highlights the need for automation in posting specific journals based on certain criteria.
The solution provided is using Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations (365FO).
The article presents a business case of a financial lease where the system automatically forecasts and generates the necessary journal entries.
The steps to set up automatic and recurring posting of journals are outlined, including inserting criteria, reviewing intercepted journals, and setting start and end dates.
The importance of not mixing journals subject to automatic and manual posting is emphasized, with a recommendation to create a dedicated journal name for automatic posting.
It is advised to use the admin user when launching the batch for automatic posting, as it will use the user ID of the person who configured and launched it.
The reference date in the journal is used by Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations to determine whether to post the journal based on the batch date.

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