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Financials track in Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Introduction

This five-day course combines the following Microsoft Dynamics NAV courses:Application Setup, Finance, and Business Intelligence for Information Workers

In just one week time you will learn all financial skills required in Microsoft Dynamics NAV. These courses are also offered separately in our onsite training formula. 


This course covers the initiation of a new company in a Microsoft Dynamics NAV database, the activities required to handle key financial functions, and the different reporting possibilities.


 
Course Outline
Chapter 1: Course outline – Application Setup
Chapter 2: Set up a Company with the RIM Toolkit
Lessons:

  • Manual Setup versus RIM 
  • Overview of the Rim Toolkit 
  • Using the RIM Toolkit

Labs:

  • Lab 1.1 - Create a Setup Questionnaire 
  • Lab 1.2 - Import and Apply a Setup Questionnaire 
  • Lab 1.3 - Create a New Contact Data Template 
  • Lab 1.4 - Create and Export the Vendor Data Migration File 
  • Lab 1.5 - Complete the Migration of Vendor Data 

The goal of completing this chapter is to enable students to:

  • Explain the dependencies between RIM and manual setup work.
  • Introduce the different components and processes of the RIM toolkit.
  • Explain and demonstrate all tasks in a RIM process.
  • Create a setup questionnaire.
  • Initialize a new company with a setup questionnaire.
  • Create data templates.
  • Migrate data.

Chapter 3: Set up Number Series
Lessons:

  • Number Series

Labs:

  • Lab 2.1 – Create a Number Series

The goal of completing this chapter is to enable students to:

  • Explain the purpose of company-wide number series.
  • Set up number series.
  • Create number series relations.

Chapter 4: Set up Journal Templates and Batches
Lessons:

  • Overview
  • Create Journal Templates and Batches

Labs:

  • Lab 2.1 – Create a Number Series

The goal of completing this chapter is to enable students to:

  • Explain the purpose and organization of journal templates and journal batches.
  • Create general journal templates and general journal batches.

Chapter 5: Set up Posting Groups
Lessons:

  • Specific Posting Groups
  • General Posting Groups
  • General Posting Setup
  • VAT Posting Groups
  • VAT Posting Setup
  • Additional VAT Posting Setup
  • Determine Posting Groups

Labs:

  • Lab 4.1 - Set up an Inventory Posting Group
  • Lab 4.2 - Create a Product Posting Group
  • Lab 4.3 - Copy a General Posting Setup Line
  • Lab 4.4 - Create a VAT Posting Group
  • Lab 4.5 - Copy a VAT Posting Setup

The goal of completing this chapter is to enable students to:

  • Explain and set up specific posting groups.
  • Explain and set up general posting groups.
  • Create a general posting setup.
  • Create an inventory posting setup.
  • Explain and set up VAT posting groups.
  • Create a VAT posting setup.
  • Review additional VAT posting setup.
  • Review posting setups based on the chart of accounts.
  • Demonstrate how posting groups direct a sales transaction.

Chapter 6: Set up Dimensions
Lessons:

  • Dimensions and Dimension Values
  • Dimension Types
  • Dimension Combinations
  • Default Dimensions
  • Default Dimension Priority

Labs:

  • Lab 5.1 - Set up a Dimension with Dimension Values
  • Lab 5.2 - Set up a Dimension Combination
  • Lab 5.3 - Assign Default Dimensions to a Single Account
  • Lab 5.4 - Assign Default Dimensions to Multiple Accounts
  • Lab 5.5 - Assign Vendor Account Type Default Dimensions

The goal of completing this chapter is to enable students to:

  • Explain and set up dimensions and dimension values.
  • Explain the different dimensions types: Global, Shortcut, and Budget.
  • Explain and demonstrate how dimension combinations are set up.
  • Explain and demonstrate the three levels of default dimensions, including single, multiple, and account type.
  • Explain the purpose of default dimension priorities.
  • Demonstrate the use of default dimension priorities in general journals.

Chapter 7: Manage User Rights
Lessons:

  • Authentication
  • Logins, Roles, and Permissions
  • User-specific Setup
  • Active Directory Security

The goal of completing this chapter is to enable students to:

  • Explain how authentication works in Microsoft Dynamics™ NAV.
  • Distinguish database logins from Windows logins.
  • Explain the concepts of roles and permissions.
  • Assign a role to a database user.
  • Assign a role to a Windows user.
  • Create a new role and give permissions to it.
  • Apply security filters in the SQL Server Option.
  • Perform user-specific setup.
  • Use Active Directory with Microsoft Dynamics NAV.

Chapter 8: Customize the Navigation Pane
Lessons:

  • Overview
  • Design a Navigation Pane
  • Export a MenuSuite
  • Upgrade Considerations

The goal of completing this chapter is to enable students to:

  • Outline basic concepts and features of the navigation pane.
  • Create and edit menus with the Navigation Pane Designer.
  • Assign menus to users.
  • Create a new menu suite.
  • Explain what is exported from a menu suite.
  • Explain how upgrades affect new menus.

Chapter 9: Approve Documents
Lessons:

  • Set up Document Approvals
  • Set up the Notification System
  • Send Overdue Notifications
  • Delegating Substitute Approvers

Labs:

  • Lab 8.1 - Set Up Document Approvals

The goal of completing this chapter is to enable students to:

  • Set up the general features of the document approval system.
  • Set up approval templates.
  • Set up approval users in a hierarchy.
  • Set up the notification system for approvals.
  • Manage overdue notifications.
  • Maintain substitute approvers.

Chapter 10: Course outline – Finance
Chapter 11: Introduction
Lesson:

  • Structure of the Finance in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0 course

The goal of this chapter is to enable students to:

  • Understand the purpose of the Finance 5.0 course.
  • Understand class guidelines and details.

Chapter 12: Financial Management Setup
Lessons:

  • General Ledger Setup
  • Accounting Periods
  • Trail Codes, including Source Codes and Reason Codes

Labs:

  • Lab 1.1 – Create a Fiscal Year

The goal of this chapter is to enable students to:

  • Understand the General Ledger Setup card.
  • Understand and work with accounting periods.
  • Navigate the audit trail.

Chapter 13: General Ledger
Lessons:

  • Chart of Accounts
  • Chart of Accounts Card
  • General Ledger Budgets

Labs:

  • Lab 2.1 – Create a Revenue Account
  • Lab 2.2 – Create a VAT Account
  • Lab 2.3 – Create a Budget
  • Lab 2.4 – Copy a Budget
  • Lab 2.5 – Export and Import a Budget

The goal of this chapter is to enable students to:

  • Understand and maintain the chart of accounts.
  • Understand the General Ledger Setup card.
  • Set up and work with budgets.
  • Copy and export budgets.

Chapter 14: General Journals
Lessons:

  • Journal Overview
  • Journal Templates
  • Journal Batches
  • Journal Lines
  • Creating and Posting Journal Entries
  • Recurring Journals
  • Reversals and Corrections

Labs:

  • Lab 3.1 – Create a Journal Entry
  • Lab 3.2 – Create and Post a Recurring Journal
  • Lab 3.3 – Create and Post a Recurring Journal Using the Balance Method

The goal of this chapter is to enable students to:

  • Understand the structure of journals, batches, and lines.
  • Create a journal template.
  • Create a journal batch.
  • Create and post journal entries.
  • Understand and use recurring journals.
  • Use general journals to post corrections.

Chapter 15: Cash Management
Lessons:

  • Bank Account Card Overview
  • Create a Bank Account
  • Entering and Posting Receivables Payments 
  • Entering and Posting Payables Checks
  • Financially Voiding Checks
  • Bank Reconciliation

Labs:

  • Lab 4.1 – Create a Bank Account
  • Lab 4.2 – Apply and Post Cash Receipts
  • Lab 4.3 – Enter and Post Manual Checks
  • Lab 4.4 – Suggest Vendor Payments for a Single Vendor
  • Lab 4.5 – Financially Void a Check

The goal of this chapter is to enable students to:

  • Set up new bank accounts.
  • Enter and post payments.
  • Suggest vendor payments.
  • Reconcile a bank account.

Chapter 16: Receivables Management
Lessons:

  • Customer Card and Receivables
  • Cash Receipt Journals Overview
  • Applying Cash Receipt Payments
  • Unapply Customer Ledger Entries
  • Reversal of Posted Journals
  • Set up Payment Discounts
  • Process Payment Discounts
  • Set up Payment Tolerance
  • Process Payment Tolerance
  • Reminders and Finance Charge Memos
  • Set up and Assign Reminder Terms
  • Create and Issue Reminders
  • Set up and Assign Finance Charge Items
  • Create and Issue Finance Charge Memos
  • Create Finance Charge Memos Automatically
  • Analyzing Receivables

Labs:

  • Lab 5.1 – Apply and Post a Cash Receipt
  • Lab 5.2 – Applying a Payment After Posting
  • Lab 5.3 – Unapply Posted Ledger Entries
  • Lab 5.4 – Reverse a Posted Journal Entry
  • Lab 5.5 – Post a Payment with a Discount
  • Lab 5.6 – Apply Posted Partial Payments with Discounts
  • Lab 5.7 – Set up a Payment Tolerance
  • Lab 5.8 – Process a Payment Tolerance
  • Lab 5.9 – Set up a Reminder Term
  • Lab 5.10 – Create and Issue Reminders
  • Lab 5.11 – Set up a Finance Charge Term
  • Lab 5.12 – Create and Issue Finance Charge Memos

The goal of this chapter is to enable students to:

  • Understand detailed customer ledger entries.
  • Analyze receivables accounts.
  • Use the Cash Receipts journal to apply cash.
  • Understand how to handle partial payments and foreign currencies.
  • Make corrections by Unapplying customer ledger entries.
  • Reverse journal postings.
  • Understand and work with payment discounts.
  • Understand and work with payment tolerances.
  • Understand and work with reminders and finance charge memos.

Chapter 17: Payables Management
Lessons:

  • Vendor Card and Payables
  • Payment Journal Overview
  • Apply Vendor Entries Window Overview
  • Post Manual Payables Checks
  • Suggest Vendor Payments Overview
  • Create Payments Using Suggest Vendor Payments
  • Print and Post Payables Checks
  • Void Unposted Checks
  • Apply Payments After Posting
  • Unapply Vendor Ledger Entries
  • Reversal of Journal Postings
  • Reverse a Posted Journal Entry
  • Set up Payment Discounts
  • Process Payment Discounts
  • Set up Payment Tolerance
  • Process Payment Tolerance
  • Analyze Payables

Labs:

  • Lab 6.1 – Enter a Manual Check
  • Lab 6.2 – Suggest, Print, and Post a Vendor Payment
  • Lab 6.3 – Void and Reprint a Check
  • Lab 6.4 – Apply a Credit Memo After Posting
  • Lab 6.5 – Unapply a Payment
  • Lab 6.6 – Reverse a Posted Journal Entry
  • Lab 6.7 – Adjust an Invoice to Include Payment Discounts
  • Lab 6.8 – Adjust the Payment Discount Amount

The goal of this chapter is to enable students to:

  • Use payment journals, both manually and with the Suggest Vendor Payments feature.
  • Work with partial payments.
  • Understand payment discounts.
  • Understand how to void checks, posted and not posted.
  • Unapply vendor ledger entries.
  • Reverse journal postings.

Chapter 18: Prepayments
Lessons:

  • Prepayments Set-up Overview
  • Set up Prepayment General Ledger Accounts
  • Set up Number Series for Prepayment Documents
  • Set up Prepayment Percentages for Customers and Vendors
  • Set up Check Prepayment When Posting
  • Prepayments Processing Flows
  • Prepayment Sales and Purchase Orders Overview
  • Process Prepayment Sales and Purchase Orders
  • Process Prepayment Sales and Purchase Invoices
  • Correct Prepayments

Labs:

  • Lab 7.1 – Set up Prepayments for Sales
  • Lab 7.2 – Create a Prepayment Sales Order
  • Lab 7.3 – Invoice a Prepayment Sales Order

The goal of this chapter is to enable students to:

  • Set up prepayments in the General Ledger.
  • Process prepayments, including the following:
  • Create an order requiring prepayment
  • Create a prepayment invoice.
  • Review the corrections that can be made to prepayments.

Chapter 19: VAT and Intrastat
Lessons:

  • Display VAT Amounts in Sales and Purchase Documents
  • Adjust VAT Amounts in Sales and Purchase Documents and Journals
  • Import VAT
  • VAT Correction
  • VAT Statements
  • VAT Settlement
  • Intrastat Reporting
  • Set up Intrastat
  • Report Intrastat

Labs:

  • Lab 8.1 – Adjust a VAT Amount in a Sales Document
  • Lab 8.2 – Adjust a VAT Amount in a Purchase Journal
  • Lab 8.3 – Define and Preview a VAT Statement

The goal of this chapter is to enable students to:

  • Use VAT Posting Setup.
  • Set up VAT posting groups.
  • Do manual VAT calculations in journals.
  • Show VAT calculations on sales and purchase documents.
  • Record/Post import VAT.
  • Demonstrate VAT corrections.
  • Understand VAT reporting.
  • Demonstrate VAT settlement.
  • Process unrealized VAT.
  • Adjust VAT for payment discounts.
  • Understand Intrastat reporting.

Chapter 20: Multicurrency
Lessons:

  • Currency Card and Currency Exchange Rates
  • Set Up Multicurrency for Customers, Vendors, and Bank Accounts
  • Process Cash Receipts
  • Convert Journal Entries to Local Currency
  • Use the Adjust Exchange Rates Batch Job
  • Additional Reporting Currency
  • Consolidations with Multiple Currencies

Labs:

  • Lab 9.1 – Process a Sales Invoice
  • Lab 9.2 – Post Expenses in Foreign Currency
  • Lab 9.3 – Update the USD:GBP Exchange Rate
  • Lab 9.4 – Add an Additional Reporting Currency
  • Lab 9.5 – Adjust the ACY Exchange Rate

The goal of this chapter is to enable students to:

  • Understand and use currency exchange rates.
  • Understand and use additional reporting currencies.

Chapter 21: Year End Closing Processes
Lessons:

  • Closing a Fiscal Year
  • Transferring Income Statement Account Balances

Labs:

  • Lab 10.1 – Post an Entry into a Closed Fiscal Year

The goal of this chapter is to enable students to:

  • Perform standard end of year financial closing operations.

Chapter 22: Additional chapter: Financial journals
Lessons:

  • Setting up Financial Journals
  • Linking Financial Journals to Banc Accounts
  • Posting Bank Account Statement through Financial Journals

The goal of this chapter is to enable students to:

  • Process banc statements through a financial journal in a Microsoft Dynamics NAV BE database.

Chapter 23: Additional chapter: Electronic banking
Lesons:

  • Electronic Payments
  • Domiciliations
  • CODA
  • Standard Format Messages

The goal of this chapter is to enable students to:

  • Process electronic banc transactions in a Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0 BE database.

Chapter 24: Additional chapter: Multicompany operations – Consolidation
Lessons:

  • Consolidation Overview and Backup Restoration
  • Set up the Consolidation
  • Export Data for Consolidation
  • Test Data for Consolidation
  • Process the Consolidation
  • Process consolidation Eliminations
  • Print Consoidation Reports

Labs:

  • Lab 1 – Set up Business Units
  • Lab 2 – Create a Consolidation Export File
  • Lab 3 – Test the Consolidation Data
  • Lab 4 – Correct the Consolidation Data
  • Lab 5 – Consolidate the Subsidiaries
  • Lab 6 – Print the Consolidted Trial Balance

The goal of this chapter is to enable students to:

  • Setup consolidation
  • Perform consolidation of different companies in one or more Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0 database.

Chapter 25: Additional chapter: Multicompany operations – Intercompany
Lessons:

  • Intercompany Overview and Database Preparation
  • Set up the Intercompany Partner
  • Assign IC Partners to Customers and Vendors
  • Set up the Chart of Accounts for IC Transactions
  • Set up Dimensions for IC Transactions
  • Set up Default IC Parnter G/L Accounts
  • IC Outbox and IC Inbox Overview
  • Create an IC Document
  • Send IC Documents
  • Receive and Accept IC Documents
  • View Handled IC Inbox and IC Outbox Transactions
  • Reject IC Documents
  • Return and Cancel IC Documents
  • Post an IC General Journal
  • Allocate Costs to IC Partners

Labs:

  • Lab 1 – Set up an IC Partner
  • Lab 2 – Creat an IC Partner Vendor
  • Lab 3 – Add an Account and Update the IC Chart of Accounts
  • Lab 4 – Remove and Update IC Dimensions
  • Lab 5 – Create an IC Sales Document
  • Lab 6 – Send IC Documents
  • Lab 7 – Accept an IC Document and Create Purchase Invoice
  • Lab 8 – Delete a Handled IC Transaction
  • Lab 9 – Reject an IC Document
  • Lab 10 – Cancel a Rejected IC Document
  • Lab 11 – Post and Send an IC General Journal Transaction
  • Lab 12 – Allocate Service Costs to IC Partners
  • Lab 13 – Allocate Purchase Costs to IC Partners

The goal of this chapter is to enable students to:

  • Setup intercompany.
  • Perform intercompany transactions between one or more companies in one or more Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0 databases.

Chapter 26: Course outline – Business Intelligence for Information Workers
Chapter 27: Business Intelligence for Information Workers
Lessons:

  • Business Intelligence
  • Business Intelligence Overview

The goal of completing this chapter is to enable students to:

  • Learn business intelligence concepts and receive a course overview.
  • Learn the intentions behind the Business Intelligence for Information Workers course, and related courses.

Chapter 28: Financial Reporting
Lessons:

  • Analyzing the Chart of Accounts
  • Account Schedules

Labs:

  • Lab 2.1: Create a Detailed Account Schedule

The goal of completing this chapter is to enable students to:

  • Describe filtering and analysis windows related to the Chart of Accounts.
  • Set up an Account Schedule and explain other processes relating to account schedules.

Chapter 29: XBRL
Lessons:

  • XBRL Terminology 
  • XBRL Specifications and Taxonomies

Labs:

  • Lab 3.1: Stock Exchange Reporting with XBRL

The goal of completing this chapter is to enable students to:

  • Explain the terminology associated with XBRL.
  • Explain the process of importing and updating taxonomies.
  • Explain the process of attaching linkbases to taxonomies.
  • Describe windows related to XBRL lines and explain the process of entering XBRL line definitions.
  • Export XBRL lines.

Chapter 30: Financial Analysis
Lessons:

  • View Posted Dimension Information
  • Using Dimensions
  • Dimension Based Reports

Labs:

  • Lab 4.1 - Create an Analysis View
  • Lab 4.2 - Combine an Analysis View with an Account Schedule

The goal of completing this chapter is to enable students to:

  • Describe types of dimensions, and entering dimensions in journals and documents.
  • Explain how to view posted dimension information.
  • Describe the windows related to analyzing financial information and explain the setup of analysis views.
  • Explain how to generate and print dimension analysis

Chapter 31: Business Analytics
Lessons:

  • Data Warehouse
  • Setting up the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Configurator
  • Setting up BA Databases
  • Additional Business Analytics TaskDemonstration: Set up a Virtual Cube

Labs:

  • Lab 5.1 - Create a New Cube

The goal of completing this chapter is to enable students to:

  • Describe Business Analytics.
  • Explain the terminology associated with Business Analytics.
  • Describe the data warehouse and the elements of the data warehouse.
  • Set up the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Configurator.
  • Explain the process of setting up BA Databases.
  • Set up virtual cubes and map existing dimensions to a cube

Chapter 32: Analyze Microsoft Dynamics NAV Data in Microsoft Excel
Lessons:

  • Export Analysis Views to Excel
  • Work with Data in Excel

Labs:

  • Lab 6.1 - Export an Analysis View to Excel
  • Lab 6.2 - Review Exported Analysis Views Side-by-Side

The goal of completing this chapter is to enable students to:

  • Explain the process of exporting analysis views to Microsoft® Office Excel® and describe the elements of the exported file.
  • Describe how to work with analysis data that has been imported into Excel


Key Benefits
The goal for completing this course is to enable students to identify, describe, and use application setup features within:

  • RIM toolkit
  • Number series
  • Journal templates and batches
  • Posting groups
  • Dimensions
  • Database logins, including roles and permissions
  • Navigation Pane Designer
  • Document approvals

The goal for completing this course is to enable students to identify, describe, and use basic Microsoft Dynamics NAV features:

  • Maintain and work with the General Ledger
  • Process a bank reconciliation
  • Use Journals and Batches
  • Understand Receivables Management
  • Understand Payables Management
  • Setup and work with Multicurrency
  • Perform standard end of year financial closing operations

Microsoft Dynamics NAV partner financial analysts who are responsible for creating business intelligence solutions for Microsoft Dynamics NAV installations gain experience with:

  • Business Intelligence concepts
  • Financial reports
  • XBRL
  • Financial analysis
  • Business Analytics functionality
  • Analyzing Microsoft Dynamics NAV data in Microsoft Office Excel

 
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Prerequisites
Before attending this course students must have completed:

  • Introduction to Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0 course
  • General knowledge of Microsoft Windows
  • Basic knowledge of accounting principles and procedures
  • Basic knowledge of ERP user roles

 
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