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Microsoft Dynamics 365 Enterprise Edition - Financial Management - Third Edition

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Microsoft Dynamics 365 Enterprise Edition - Financial Management - Third Edition

Overview of this book

Microsoft Dynamics 365 for finance and operations is a rapidly growing application and is widely used in enterprise organizations. Because of its ability to maximize business productivity, it is a fast-growing business application package in the ERP market. We will start by looking into ERP concepts, implementation needs, and interface design, giving you basic knowledge of financial management aspects and explaining key concepts along the way. To begin with, you'll be taken through the general ledger and financial dimension functions. You'll later learn about the sales tax mechanism and multi-currency in Microsoft Dynamics 365. We tackle each topic with focused examples and explanations on topics such as payable/receivable accounts, forecasting, cash and bank management, budgeting planning/control, and fixed assets. Finally, we walk you through intercompany, consolidation, costing basics, and financial reporting. By the end of this book, your finance team will have a much richer understanding of Microsoft Dynamics 365 for finance and operations and its powerful capabilities.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Controlling the general ledger


In the following section, we will discuss the major control point of the general ledger module. Focusing on two perspectives, the first is controlling the main accounts, and the second is general ledger parameters. These controls gives the controller the ability to have an oversight of the execution of daily transactions.  

Controlling the main accounts

As seen in the following figure, Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations offers three main groups of controls over the main accounts. The first is specific to debit and credit controls, the second to account administration, and the third to posting validation:

Debit/credit controls

The debit/credit controls group is divided into three subgroups: the first is debit/credit default, the second is debit/credit requirements, and the third is balance control.

Debit/credit default

Every main account has a normal accounting side, be it debit or credit. The financial controller can prefer to let Microsoft Dynamics...