Order posting date and shipping date

Carl_Odendahl

It is our understanding that if you leave a Sales Order open for some amount of time, such as waiting on the arrival of a back ordered product so that one can ship the order complete, the user is required to change the Shipping Date prior to posting the shipment AND change the Posting Date so that the Document Date and subsequently the Due Date and Discount Due date are updated correctly prior to posting the invoice.

Why wouldn't these dates be updated for the Posted Shipment and Posted Invoice documents at the time that the user posts the order?

This seems ridiculous. Does anybody else have a challenge with this? Does anybody have some work arounds, or suggested procedures?

Thanks,
carl

RobertMo

Is this 100% always the same case?
Or sometimes isn't?

hubgilbert

We also found this quite curious. After researching this with other NSC's, we just find that it is accepted by Navision users. We have changed the appropriate forms to use the work date during the posting process. This then follows through to all the posted records. I would suggest we rant at MSFT for a configurable option on this.

Dean_Axon

Hi Carl,

As standard, the posting date can automatically be changed when posting if you use the "Post Batch" option. On the "options" tab you have:

"Posting Date"
Replace Posting Date
Replace Document Date
Calc Inv. Discount.

I know this "says" batch posting, but you can filter the report to only post one item.

Dean.