Undo a Posting by Posting a Reversing Entry - Business Central

Select the entry that you want to reverse, and then choose the Reverse Transaction action. Note that is must originate from a journal posting. Skiptomaincontent Thisbrowserisnolongersupported. UpgradetoMicrosoftEdgetotakeadvantageofthelatestfeatures,securityupdates,andtechnicalsupport. DownloadMicrosoftEdge MoreinfoaboutInternetExplorerandMicrosoftEdge Tableofcontents Exitfocusmode ReadinEnglish Save Tableofcontents ReadinEnglish Save Feedback Edit Print Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Email Tableofcontents ReverseJournalPostingsandUndoReceipts/Shipments Article 03/31/2022 3minutestoread 6contributors Inthisarticle Reversejournalpostingsarenotonlyusedforcorrectingerrorsbuttheycanalsobeusedforclearingoutanoldaccrualsentrybeforeenteringanewone,forexample.Youselecttheentryandcreateareverseentry(entriesidenticaltotheoriginalentrybutwithoppositesignintheamountfield)withthesamedocumentnumberandpostingdateastheoriginalentry.Afterreversinganentry,youmustmakethecorrectentry. Youcanonlyreverseentriesthatarepostedfromageneraljournalline.Anentrycanonlybereversedonce. Toundoareceiptorshipmentposting,beforetheyarepostedasinvoiced,youcanusetheUndofunctionontheposteddocument.YoucanundoquantitiesoftypeItemandResource. Ifyouhavemadeanincorrectnegativequantityposting,suchasapurchaseorderwiththewrongnumberofitems,andposteditasreceivedbutnotinvoiced,thenyoucanundotheposting. Ifyouhavemadeanincorrectpositivequantityposting,suchasasalesshipmentorapurchasereturnshipmentwiththewrongnumberofitems,andposteditasshippedbutnotinvoiced,thenyoucanundotheposting. Toreversethejournalpostingofageneralledgerentry YoucanreverseentriesfromallLedgerEntriespages.ThefollowingprocedureisbasedontheGeneralLedgerEntriespage. Choosetheicon,enterGeneralLedgerEntries,andthenchoosetherelatedlink. Selecttheentrythatyouwanttoreverse,andthenchoosetheReverseTransactionaction.Notethatismustoriginatefromajournalposting. OntheReverseTransactionEntriespage,choosetheReverseaction. ChoosetheYesbuttonontheconfirmationmessage. Note Youcannotreverseentriesthathavebeenpostedwithinformationfromajob,orwhichhaverealizedgainsandlosseswithinthesametransaction. Topostanegativeentry YoucanusetheCorrectionfieldtopostanegativedebitinsteadofacredit,ortopostanegativecreditinsteadofadebitonanaccount.Tomeetlegalrequirements,thisfieldisvisiblebydefaultinalljournals.TheDebitAmountandCreditAmountfieldsincludeboththeoriginalentry,andthecorrectedentry.Thesefieldshavenoeffectontheaccountbalance. Choosetheicon,enterGeneralJournals,andthenchoosetherelatedlink IntheBatchNamefield,selecttherequiredbatchname. Enterinformationintotherelevantfields. Inthejournallinethatyouwanttoactivatefornegativeentries,selecttheCorrectioncheckbox. Topostthejournal,choosethePostaction,andthenchoosetheYesbutton. Toundoaquantitypostingonapostedpurchasereceipt Thefollowingdescribedhowtoundoapostedreceiptofitemsorresources.Thestepsaresimilarforpostedshipments. Choosetheicon,enterPostedPurchaseReceipts,andthenchoosetherelatedlink. Openthepostedreceiptthatyouwanttoundo. Selectthelineorlinesthatyouwanttoundo. ChooseUndoReceiptaction. Acorrectivelineisinsertedundertheselectedreceiptline.Ifthequantitywasreceivedinawarehousereceipt,thenacorrectivelineisinsertedonthepostedwarehousereceipt. TheQuantityReceivedandQty.Rcd.NotInvoicedfieldsontherelatedpurchaseorderaresettozero. Toundoandthenredoaquantitypostingonapostedreturnshipment Thefollowingdescribeshowtoundoapostedreturnshipmentofitemsorresourcesandthenrepostthepurchasereturnwithanewquantity.Thestepsaresimilarforpostedreturnreceipts. Choosetheicon,enterPostedReturnShipments,andthenchoosetherelatedlink. Openthepostedreturnshipmentthatyouwanttoundo. Selectthelineorlinesyouwanttoundo. ChoosetheUndoReturnShipmentaction. Acorrectivelineisinsertedintheposteddocument,andtheReturnQty.ShippedandReturnShpd.NotInvd.fieldsonthereturnorderaresettozero. Nowgobacktothepurchasereturnordertoredotheposting. OnthePostedReturnShipmentpage,takeanoteofthenumberintheReturnOrderNo.field. Choosetheicon,enterPurchaseReturnOrders,andthenselecttherelatedlink. Openthereturnorderinquestion,andthenchoosetheReopenaction. CorrecttheentryintheQuantityfieldandpostthepurchasereturnorderagain. SeeAlso UndoAssemblyPosting PostTransactionsDirectlytotheGeneralLedger WorkwithGeneralJournals Finance WorkwithBusinessCentral Findfreee-learningmodulesforBusinessCentralhere Helpusunderstand WewanttolearnmoreabouthowpeopleuseMicrosoft'scustomHelptoolkit.Takethesurvey(inEnglish)andhelpusunderstand:https://forms.office.com/r/A4cUJgjkD1. Feedback Submitandviewfeedbackfor Thisproduct Thispage Viewallpagefeedback Inthisarticle