{"id":17727,"date":"2024-01-11T09:12:57","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T22:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebs.com.au\/?p=17727"},"modified":"2024-01-11T09:41:08","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T22:41:08","slug":"gen-posting-type-issues-in-business-central","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebs.com.au\/blog\/gen-posting-type-issues-in-business-central","title":{"rendered":"SOLVED: \u201cGen. Posting Type\u201d issues in Business Central"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<p>Clients that implement Business Central, often experience a <strong>gen. posting type<\/strong> issue when posting transactions through documents \u2013 purchase\/sale or through journals. This will occur when a G\/L Account is selected without all the posting section completed on the <strong>G\/L Account Card<\/strong>. \u00a0Users may interpret this error in various ways and the easiest way to resolve this would be to define a \u201cGen. Posting Type\u201d against the G\/L account card.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/ebs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/gen-prod-posting.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;gen-prod-posting&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<h2>What causes a gen. posting type issue?<\/h2>\n<p>It is important to understand what is causing the issue to determine the right resolution and prevent this error from occurring.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/ebs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/gen-posting-type.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;gen-posting-type&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p>When users setup a new G\/L account, the <strong>Gen. Posting Type<\/strong> field should be filled in only for revenue and expense accounts where GST is involved. If the transaction will impact your BAS (GST Reporting) then this field must be populated with either Purchase or Sale. If not, then it must be blank.<\/p>\n<p>The Posting Groups consist of <strong>Gen. Posting Type<\/strong>, <strong>Gen. Bus. Posting Group<\/strong>, <strong>Gen. Prod. Posting Group<\/strong>, <strong>GST Bus. Posting Group<\/strong> and <strong>GST Prod. Posting Group<\/strong>. If the <strong>Gen. Posting Type<\/strong> field is defined, then we need to define the Posting Groups to correctly calculate the GST and post correct transactions to general and sub-ledger entries. If the transactions do not involve any GST, then the <strong>Gen. Posting Type<\/strong> and Posting Groups must be \u201cblank\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span>This error tends to occur when a <strong>G\/L Account<\/strong> is selected on a<strong> Purchase document<\/strong> without all the posting sections completed on the <strong>G\/L Account Card<\/strong>. To resolve the issue, the <strong>G\/L Account<\/strong> should be updated to have valid posting groups. Then the originally entered line on the purchase document should be deleted and re-entered to apply the new posting groups values.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span>The error can also occur for other line types such as <strong>Items<\/strong> that do not have a valid <strong>Product Posting Group<\/strong> setup.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clients that implement Business Central, often experience a gen. posting type issue when posting transactions through documents \u2013 purchase\/sale or through journals. This will occur when a G\/L Account is selected without all the posting section completed on the G\/L Account Card. \u00a0Users may interpret this error in various ways and the easiest way to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6417\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gen.-Posting-Type-issues-in-Microsoft-Dynamics-NAV_EBS-Blog-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"488\" height=\"179\" \/>\n\nClients that recently migrate in to NAV, often experience the above issue when posting transactions through documents \u2013 purchase\/sale or through journals. NAV users may interpret this error in various ways and the easiest way to resolve this would be to define a \u201cGen. 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