Since the previous version of Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Microsoft has introduced a new concept called shared financial data, which reduces the effort and time of deployment in a multiple-company environment and operational maintenance. A group of companies can share the same chart of accounts, currencies, and dimensions—this decreases the operation time. For example, a new main account will be available to all companies. The following figure explains the concept of shared financial data in detail:
 The financial data that will be shared between the companies is as follows:
- Chart of accounts (COA): This contains the main account, the COA could be one shared COA between all legal entities, or a COA for one legal entity or group of legal entities. This is all dependent on customer requirements, and the...
