This post is part of the In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (Financial), how do I… series and of the wider In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, how do I… series which I am posting as I familiarise myself with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.
One of the things I find somewhat unusual with Dynamics BC is that the setup of the chart of accounts, and some related information, isn’t just setup data but is also used to organise and present data. As we saw in the article on the chart of accounts, that list showed the Net Change and Balance of the accounts as well as some of the setup fields. The G/L Account Categories list is no different:
The above screenshot shows the G/L Account Categories list in the Cronus USA, Inc sample company; you can find this by clicking the Tell me what you want to do search button in the top right and type acc cat
and select the G/L Account Categories. The list shows not only the categories, which I would expect to see, and the subcategories, but also the G/L Accounts included in the categories and the balance of those G/L Accounts.