This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2024 Wave 2 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2024 Wave 2.
The 12th of the new functionality in the Country and regional section is allocations functionality in Cash Desks – Czechia.
To make data entry efficient and reduce errors for recurring types of posting, you can use allocations to predefine how to distribute revenue for transactions or cost amounts across G/L accounts and dimensions. You can use allocation keys on cash desk document lines.
Enabled for: Users, automatically
Public Preview: –
General Availability: Oct 2024
Feature Details
You can use allocation keys to automate the distribution of revenue or cost transactions in journals, sales documents, purchase documents and newly created cash desk documents. Allocation keys can trigger automatic G/L entry postings and allocations across different accounts and dimensions.
For example, allocation keys can automate postings related to payroll overhead. When posting total salary expenses at the end of the month, you can use automatic account codes to assign a percentage of the total salary to automatically post as overhead expenses. Or, you can use headcount per department to distribute the cost to the department-related dimension.
You can define your allocation keys based on:
- Fixed amounts
- Variable amounts (balance, net change)
- Statistical accounts (non-financial quantities you track through the Statistical Accounts feature)