Restricting posting to G/L account to a range of dim. values

djswim

This is something that my brother and I have both done before, but neither of us can remember how the (*&% we did it:

Let's say my Dim. Values for DEPT are:

10
20
30
40
50

How do I restrict postings to an account to just 10,30, and 50 (or any combination)? This isn't dependent on any other dimension's value.

Thanks in advance!

Alex_Chow

I think you can only restrict conflicting dimensions. i.e. Department 10 cannot be associated with Project 20.

ara3n

It could be a modification.

djswim

That's what I was afraid of... what's really scary is I may have written it myself though looking back I don't know how I would have done that...

Anyone else have any ideas?

ara3n

Well when I write code, I write so that when the next developer comes to read wouldn't have problems understanding the code. That next developer could also be me.


One thing that is guaranteed in NAV is that somebody else will read your code. Business requirements change every day. Clients upgrade.

djswim

Oh, I document everything I do really well, problem is, if I'm not working with that client anymore or was working with a VAR, I can't exactly go back to the client/VAR and ask to get development rights to their DB so I can see my code

And I can't take all my objects with me, that would violate my employment agreement(s)

ara3n

Easy solution is find one good employer and stick with them.

I've been with my company for 7 years now, and I haven't found anything that is better.

I could go solo but it comes with risks.

Alex_Chow

djswim wrote:

That's what I was afraid of... what's really scary is I may have written it myself though looking back I don't know how I would have done that...

Anyone else have any ideas?

Dig your brain a little deeper and find that modification.

You can modify codeunit 408 to accomplish your goals. However, the dimension restrictions would need to be a separate table since Default Dimension table only has will not allow you to ahve more than 1 dimension.

djswim

I'm not such a good developer that I would modify that codeunit except to put one line in at it's initiation to call another codeunit that I made from scratch. In general I stay away from anything regarding the posting routines. I'm really good at testing and everything, but they still scare me a little (read: to death)... I can almost always find another way

Edited to add: Post 100! Woot! \:D/

ara3n

Congrats. Last week I was rewriting a mod one of our developer did for average costing and it was not fun, but it works now.

I think if you spend enough time with posting routines, you'll learn that certain are easy and other ones are hard, and you try to steer clients away from the hard/ high risk ones.