Running Balances

Running Balances

This is an extension to Business Central

Why?

Accountants expect to have a running balances when they look at an account history.

They found out there is not in Business Central; then they see this running balance is available on some reports, but on the screen. Why not?

Well, out guess that it has never been done is that first that could slow down the system, second it is not that easy to do, third Business Central and its ancestor NAV have been designed without the need of an opening balance which is has great advantages but also a few cons.

Having a running balances showing up is a natural way for accountants to see if a balance is going at some points to 0, not having it is definitely a missing functionality.

So we did it 

What 

where it is mostly asked: GL, customer and vendor entries, and on the application entries (customers and vendors, GL to come), new button to display the running totals. We decide to display with a click of a button instead of right away for performance consideration 

We also added a few parameters to mitigate slowing down the system, because yes running total do add calculations on the database, but also yes there can help an easier and more productive experience.

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