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Microsoft Dynamics 365 Enterprise Edition - Financial Management

You're reading from   Microsoft Dynamics 365 Enterprise Edition - Financial Management Maximize your business productivity through modern financial management in Dynamics 365

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788839297
Length 562 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Mohamed Aamer Ala El Din Mohamed Aamer Ala El Din
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started with Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations 2. Understanding the General Ledger FREE CHAPTER 3. Exploring Financial Dimensions 4. Understanding Sales Tax 5. Working with Currencies 6. Understanding Accounts Payable Basics and Controls 7. Exploring Accounts Payable Transactions 8. Understanding Accounts Receivable 9. Understanding Cash and Bank Management 10. Functioning of Cash Flow Management 11. Exploring Budgeting 12. Working with Intercompany Accounting 13. Working with Consolidation and Elimination 14. Working with Cost Management 15. Exploring Fixed Assets 16. Exploring Financial Reporting and Analysis 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Understanding the concept of financial dimensions

The main source of financial reporting is the main accounts. The components of financial reporting include a balance sheet, income statement, trial balance, cash flow, and more. The normal scenario is that the main account's balances do not mean much when it comes to analysis. This is because it is a total of the posted transactions' amounts, and it is required to be able to dig into this total breakdown. In other words, it provides us with information on how this amount is allocated, for example, among business units and departments. This allocation gives the lowest level of analysis to break down the same balance for a main account by more than one dimensional perspective.

The following diagram shows the financial dimension allocation for the main account:

 

Financial dimensions provide us with a deeper analysis...

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