As part of receiving goods that incur Landed Costs and subsequently Invoicing Landed Costs a series of costs are posted into the General Ledger within Business Central.
Referring to the Landed Cost Type setup guide the Cost Treatment that you choose for a Landed Cost Type will drive the financial postings that are recorded inside of the system and furthermore will distinguish whether variances between expected and actual costs are simply written to a variance account or propagated through inventory transactions to cost of goods accounts. More information on selecting the correct Cost Treatment for your business can be found here.
Preview Posting
As part of Clever Landed Costs (from V5.3.0) it is possible to see what transactions will be created during the posting process using the Preview Posting function in Business Central.
You are able to review all Landed Cost Ledger Entries, Value Entries and G/L Entries that will be created for Landed Costs when a document is posted, without actually committing the posting, which works alongside the existing Business Central Related Entries information.
Preview Posting is available from Purchase Orders, Transfer Orders and other documents where Landed Costs are applied. To use the feature:
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Open the relevant document, for example a Purchase Order.
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From the Post menu, select Preview Posting.
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The Posting Preview screen will display all entries that would be created by the posting. A row labelled Landed Cost Ledger Entry will appear in the list, showing the number of Landed Cost entries that will be created.
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Click on the Landed Cost Ledger Entry row to drill down and review the individual entries, including the expected cost amounts, Landed Cost Type Codes and associated Item information.
Note: Preview Posting does not create any real entries and does not affect your live data. It is intended as a review tool only. Once you are satisfied with the preview, close the Posting Preview screen and proceed with the standard Post action.
For Default Cost Treatment further information on the specific financial postings that are created are detailed here.
For Charge Item Cost Treatment further information on the specific financial postings that are created are detailed here.