Reason Codes
Brief context for Reason Codes in BE-terna Project.
General reason codes
Reason codes are freely definable identifiers that companies can use to document the motives or causes for certain business transactions. They are used to better classify, evaluate and analyze bookings.
Typical uses for reason codes
Reason codes can be used in many places in Business Central, including:
- Inventory postings (e.g., inventory corrections, manual repostings)
- Item Booking Sheets
- Sales and purchase documents
- Production Bookings
- Service receipts
- Financial postings
Setup and function
- Reason codes are maintained centrally under “Setup - Reason codes”.
- They can then be specified per document line, journal line, or posting.
- In the posting history (for example, item entries, inventory entries, general ledger entries), the respective reason code can be traced.
- They are often used for internal analysis, tracking or to prepare evaluations (e.g. why a warehouse was withdrawn: shrinkage, theft, samples, returns, etc.).
Examples of reason codes:
