6 key features of Business Central 2020 release wave 1 that you need to know

The Bank Reconciliation page in Business Central now provides more space for entries within each section of the page. This allows users to gain a better overview and understanding of the bank statement lines and related bank account ledger entries. Users can also more effectively clear checks and deposits, as there is greater visibility of more lines at once.

External resources are valuable assets that companies often hire for particular projects or jobs. In this latest release of Business Central, users will now be able to add resources as a line type on purchase documents, including purchase orders, invoices, and credit memos. You can also correct purchase documents with resource lines, copy them, or use resource extended text. With the ability to purchase resources via the native purchasing module, companies can experience a greater streamlining of all their purchasing processes.

Receipts of orders larger than the original quantity can now be handled without issuing a new purchase order. This is beneficial when companies receive more goods than they ordered and it’s more cost-effective to keep the additional goods rather than return them. An over-receipt tolerance can be configured, and this can be set up at the individual item level and vendor level. If your company uses purchase order approval, you can define a workflow that triggers a re-approval when over-receiving occurs.

Users can now fully collapse and expand the Lines tab on purchase and sales documents. Previously, the Lines tab could not be collapsed, making space on the rest of the page limited. With this new capability, users can gain better visibility and control over other parts of the page and optimize their space. Additionally, similarly to other collapsible content on the page, Business Central remembers your last preference by storing it on your device.

In this update, users can now save time while sending documents to different customer or vendor contacts by setting up specific contacts to use with specific documents. For example, customer statements will be sent to accountant contacts, sales orders to your customers’ purchasers, and purchase orders to vendors’ salespeople or account managers. This latest feature will be particularly useful if your business engages with multiple contacts for a given customer or vendor.