Hints on Navigating on an Item Ledger Entry in Microsoft Dynamics NAV

I frequently use the Dynamics NAV Navigate tool and Microsoft Excel to verify Item Ledger Entry postings to the General Ledger. When Navigating on an Item Ledger Entry that involves both a purchase receipt and a purchase invoice, you must do two Navigations to see all of the General Ledger postings.

I start my scenario by creating a Purchase Order for a Bike Frame.

Figure 1 – Create a Purchase Order

I then receive and invoice the Purchase Order in separate transactions that create a single Item Ledger entry of REC0014.

Figure 2 – Receive and invoice the Purchase Order in separate transactions, creating a single Item Ledger Entry

Now, if I Navigate on the Item Ledger Entry Document and show the General Ledger Entries, I only see the Receiving side of the postings.

Figure 3 – Navigate on the Item Ledger Entry Document and show the General Ledger Entries to see the Receiving side of the postings

To see all of the General Ledger Entries, I need to drill down to the Value entries for the Item Ledger Entry. I now see that there are two Document Numbers that I need to Navigate to.

Figure 4 – To see all of the G/L Entries, drill down to the Value Entries for the Item Ledger Entry to find Document Numbers

Figure 5 – Navigate to the Document Numbers

Figure 6 – View the G/L Entries

Now, when I take all of the General Ledger Entries to Excel and create a Pivot Table, I can see that the Postings to the General Ledger are correct.

Figure 7 – Take the G/L Entries to Excel and create a Pivot Table to see that the postings are correct

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