To Block or To Post? It’s Up To You

Running projects and managing cost accounting? You probably invested significant effort in planning and initial definitions – project codes, cost centers, distribution rules, and more. Everything to ensure that each transaction is recorded with the right details and allocated to the right project or cost centers. But even when thorough prep is done, during the regular course of work there might be attempts to post transactions with lines that are relevant to cost accounting but without the assignment of distribution rule or project code. Depends on your business policy for handling such cases, SAP Business One enables you to define your preferences:

For each distribution rule, you can define whether block the transaction or allow posting it. Similarly, you can define whether to allow or block posting in case project code is missing in transaction line.

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