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Have you been impacted by the latest minor Business Central update?

In the last few days or so, Microsoft have released a minor update (17.3) for Business Central which could have impacted on users currently using Dynamics 365 Business Central. 

So just what has changed in this latest update? 

Features 

The following features have been added in this latest update: 

Use shortcut dimensions in G/L entries for financial reporting 

Through this feature, you are now able to allocate shortcut dimensions through the ‘General Ledger Setup page’ so that you can easily filter entries some of these entries include those from the general ledger, customer or vendor ledgers and any others by using the dimension value. 

Handle price list exceptions with Allow Updating Defaults 

This feature allows you to be able to select the ‘Allow Updating Default’ box from the ‘Sales Price List’ or the ‘Purchase Price List’ pages which will allow users to change the values contained within the columns such as Applies-to Type, Applies-to No, Currency Code, Start & End Date where they will need to add an exception to a price list. 

Being able to restore environments from within the Business Central admin centre 

As we all know database backups are a vital component of any disaster recovery plan because they stop your data becoming corrupted or deleted. Therefore, if things go wrong you don’t need to worry as the backup retention period for Business Central databases are set to 30 days for both production and sandbox environments.  

The latest feature added is the ability for administrators to be able to restore an existing environment from a time in the past that is within the 30-day retention period. It is important to note that an environment can only be restored from within the same Business Central version. 

Hotfixes 

The following issues have been resolved via hot fixes in this update: 

Platform Fixes

ID 

Title 

384330 

Dynamics 365 Business Central behind a reverse proxy requires X-Forwarded-Proto headers. 

384171 

A fix for packages in cache causing: "The specified file is not an extension file". 

384012 

Deep inserts for API pages that are linked to the Enum Type fields. 

382995 

Remove the unnecessary retry for a value that is not found in ISV clusters. 

382801 

Improve performance during SQL st

atement execution for operations related to application lifecycle. 

382152 

Reduce in-lock processing time for metadata syncing. 

381752 

Copy company does not copy media when there are no MediaSets in the company. 

380931 

Introduce the retry during network issues to improve the stability of Isolated Storage. 

384054 

The date picker does not save the new date when used from a grid. 

383594 

Exception logs contain too much data. 

382627 

Improve an error when handling for Web socket serialization. 

381753 

Additional Web server telemetry. 

379331 

The OnValidate trigger is not called when you revalidate with the same value. 

380998 

The filter option in a table connected to Dynamics 365 Sales does not work with multiple selections. 

383742 

Improve app database error when handling during reading installed applications. 

383051 

Cached changes are not immediately seen on other NAV Service Tier (NST) instances. 

381496 

A fix for ArgumentOutOfRangeException. 

381157 

The telemetry around login failures is incorrect. 

379938 

"The Federation Service endpoint login failed because the following audience URI does not match an AppIdUri or wtrealm in server or application configuration" error message displays in the Application log when you use the client. 

376265 

When you expand the Power BI report, filters are lost. 

378940 

The AutoComplete functionality was missing in Visual Studio Code on Enums. 

 

Application Fixes

ID 

Title 

Functional Area 

378073 

"Purchase Order XXX must be approved and released before you can perform this action" error message displays if you try to copy document from an already approved and released purchase order. 

Administration 

382289 

The profile list does not filter pages for the current profile. 

Administration 

384530 

An overflow error displays when you try to run the Change Log Entries report. 

Administration 

384918 

If the new template feature is enabled, actions items on the Customer Card page do lead to incorrect pages. 

Administration 

377808 

Attempted to divide by zero when multiple invoices are applied to a payment with the Payment Tolerance feature. 

Cash Management 

379772 

The Credit Transfer entries are not correct after you export the payment file. 

Cash Management 

376946 

"The VAT Posting Setup does not exist." error message displays when you try enable the Prices Includes VAT field on the Item Card page. 

Finance 

377247 

No Lines are suggested in the Intrastat journal when using the Custom Address field in a sales document. 

Finance 

378214 

"You cannot post the document of type Invoice with the number xxx before all related prepayment invoices are posted." error message displays when you try to post a sales invoice getting sales shipments lines. 

Finance 

379087 

"La longitude de la cadena es 22, pero debe ser menor o igual a 20 caracteres. Valor: Cuenta flujos efectivo." error message displays when you print/preview the Cash Flow Dimensions - Detail report with Spanish language. 

Finance 

379228 

The transaction type is empty at sales line level when the sales order has been made from a sales quote. (the same at purchase side level) 

Finance 

379474 

The Remaining Amounts in Vendor Ledger Entries are incorrect. 

Finance 

379758 

The Fin. Charge Terms Code field is available on the page in the Vendor Template card. 

Finance 

380502 

An error displays in the Account Schedules when you use the G/L Account Category - Process to Generate Account Schedule - Income Statement if no cost of goods accounts is assigned. 

Finance 

380736 

The company hub pages cannot be personalized. 

Finance 

383431 

The Validate EU VAT Reg. No. field is missing on the Customer Templ. Card page and Customer and Vendor Card page. 

Finance 

383967 

The analysis entries were deleted when forcing to close the Analysis View Card while updating the starting data. 

Finance 

383529 

The Cost Entries are missing in the Tell me search for Entries. 

Finance 

384739 

The Intrastat location code and NL country/region code are missed as part of Brexit changes. 

Finance 

380837 

Use the term Tax instead of VAT on the Sales Price List page. 

Finance 

379942 

The FromDocType option string is returning incorrect value when you try to use the Copy Document functionality. 

Finance 

379950 

The payment reconciliation journal returns an error when working. 

Finance 

379113 

Unable to edit the Inventory Posting Group field by using the Edit in Excel function, as well as some other fields. 

Integration 

378310 

The system displays a warning message that a Negative Adjustment will be made when using the Item Reclassification Journal for an Item with Reservation. However, no negative adjustments are made. 

Inventory 

379391 

The field and list for Over-Receipt Code(s) is not correctly translated in the Item card and in the Over-Receipt Codes list. 

Inventory 

379540 

The Copy Item process does not update the Item Unit of Measure table. 

Inventory 

380113 

"The record in table Item Cross Reference already exists" error message displays when you try to enter a new record on the Item Vendor Catalog page. 

Inventory 

380395 

The item ledger entry of a Service Shipment is updated with the country code from the service order’s Bill-to Country instead of the Ship-to Country, which causes inaccurate, or missed, recognition in the Intrastat report. 

Inventory 

380959 

The planning process suggests the starting date as backward date during the planning process when the Manufacturing Setup or the default safety lead time is blank (no other lead times too) for the Prod. Order item with planning Fixed Reorder Quantity. 

Inventory 

382678 

Cost for type of non-inventory items is not displayed in the item ledger entries. 

Inventory 

383383 

"Replenishment System must be equal to 'Assembly' in Item No.=.Current value is 'Purchase'. " error message displays when the assembly policy default value is entered creating configuration template for an assembly item. 

Inventory 

379218 

The unit price is not taken correctly when you Calc. Remaining Usage function on a job journal. 

Jobs 

380966 

"You cannot reserve this entry because it is not a true demand or supply" error message displays when you try to insert an Item with Reserve = Always on the job planning lines with the Line Type = Schedule and the Job Status = Planning. 

Jobs 

379037 

Dates on a released production order are different than the firm planned order when dealing with the project order that are created from sales order. 

Manufacturing 

379328 

The lines in Item Availability by event cannot be reflected correctly. 

Manufacturing 

380176 

Incorrect starting time for a production that has routing with send-ahead quantity and work centers with two-shift shop calendar. 

Manufacturing 

383039 

The planning line that is created via accepted CTP (Capable to promise) calculation in a sales order causing an orphan reservation entry when a semi-finished item prod. order is created. 

Manufacturing 

379361 

"The length of the string is 11, but it must be less than or equal to 10 characters. Value: 12345678901" error message displays when you perform the Calculate Standard Costs function. 

Manufacturing 

382514 

"You cannot create this type of document when Vendor XXX is blocked" error message displays when you try to use the Special Order \ Get Sales Orders option even if the vendor from SKU (Stockkeeping Unit) card is not blocked. 

Purchase 

383533 

"The supplied field number '8' cannot be found in the 'Purch. Comment Line' table" error message displays if you try to navigate through the Comment field on the Purchase Order Archives page. 

Purchase 

376168 

The Costs and Profit fields on the customer card are incorrectly reflected for resources in a service order. 

Sales 

378094 

The Due Date filter is missing if you access to the Due Balance field on the Customer card previously opened from the Contact card. 

Sales 

378646 

The sales invoice amounts are not updated according with the discount inserted in the Statistics card. 

Sales 

380407 

A problem displays when suggesting sales prices in the Sales Price worksheet. 

Sales 

381741 

The Salesperson field is not populated correctly in the sales header. 

Sales 

382748 

A problem displays when suggesting sales prices in the Sales Price worksheet. 

Sales 

381197 

The sales lines part does not have UpdatePropagation property that is set to Both in Dynamics 365 Business central on-premises. 

Sales 

378102 

The value of the Tax Liability field is not reflecting the value when the ship-to is defaulted from the Customer card. 

Sales 

376402 

Cancelling posted sales invoices does not return charge item value entries correctly. 

Sales 

379931 

"The total amount for the invoice must be 0 or greater." error message displays when you try to click in the Preview Posting button. 

Sales 

379438 

For the best experience of viewing this content, open it in a specific application in Dynamics 365 for Sales. 

Sales 

378631 

The sales tax detail records with a blank effective date and 0.0 tax rate are automatically being inserted as sales invoice lines are entered with a validated tax group. 

VAT/Sales Tax/Intrastat 

374601 

The Lot No. field is not populated on all Pick lines when the sale is related to a production order with several outputs. 

Warehouse 

374790 

"You must assign a serial number for item" error message displays when you try to deal with an inventory pick and tracking. 

Warehouse 

377653 

The Bin Code field of Sales Line table contains a value (XXX) that cannot be found in the related table (bin content). 

Warehouse 

381211 

Notes are not carried to the posted warehouse shipments from warehouse shipments after posting. 

Warehouse 

381375 

After reserved quantity on a sales order, the warehouse pick lines are split to take multiple lots. Which causes duplicate reservation entries, and the warehouse shipment does not post. 

Warehouse 

377570 

The lot quantity per bin is not validated on a warehouse pick only when the sales order source document has reservation. 

Warehouse 

 

UK - United Kingdom

ID 

Title 

Functional Area 

383733 

Change the texts on VAT Return boxes post-Brexit in the British version. 

Financial Management 

 

How will this latest update impact on my business? 

In the vast majority of cases, you will notice that nothing has changed dramatically and that for most businesses you will have been automatically upgraded to the latest version. However to be on the safe side it is worth getting in touch with your account manager (if you are an Advantage customer) or contacting us directly (if you are not an Advantage customer) so that we can do a comprehensive check across your whole system to make sure that everything is working as it should be. 

This is even more applicable if your business uses third-party solutions that integrate into your Business Central system as these may now need to be updated or reconfigured to work with the latest version of Dynamics 365 Business Central. 

Next Steps? 

If your business is looking for some extra Business Central support to help you with this process or looking to get some tailored Business Central consultancy then please get in touch with our team of well regarded and knowledgeable Business Central experts who will be able to discuss your specific requirements. 

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