Update Purchase Documents

Updated at October 14th, 2024

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UPDATE PURCHASE DOCUMENTS

Business Requirements

This function is extremely useful if you need to correct “External Document No.” and / or “Document Date” on posted purchase documents without asking for support from the partner.

Technical information

Our Software Factory has developed a list of specific solutions that increase the functional capabilities of Business Central. Update Purchase Documents module allows you to modify the “External Document No.” or / and “Document Date” or / and “Reporting Date” on posted purchase documents (Invoice / Credit Memo) and related tables.

User Manual

A new page “Update Purchase Documents” was created:

Select the document to correct:

  • Choose the document type: Invoice or Credit Memo
  • Select or type the “Document No.”

After this operation the fields of the Data section will be filled in automatically

Indicate the new External document number and/or Document Date and/or Reporting Date.

IT’s possible to update only “External Document No.” or only “Document Date” or “Reporting Date” or all the values in one click. 

After filling in the "External Document" and/or "document date" and/or “Reporting Date” fields, click “Actions” and “Update”.The process executes some controls, example:

  • Has Journal book already been printed?
  • Has VAT Settlement already been posted for the new period and, also, for the old period about the Reporting Date?
  • Has VAT Register already been printed?
  • Check if new “External Document No.” already exist for the vendor in the same document date year.

Once the controls have been passed, a message will inform you that the procedure is finished. 

It’s possible to Navigate the document by clicking Actions – Find entries.