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The requirement for enabling the us of the sustainability value chain in the purchase process is to enable the following fields on the Sustainability Setup page:
- Enable Value Chain tracking to enable value chain capabilities in all processes.
- Use Emissions In Purchase Documents to enable emission fields in the purchase document lines.
To do so, follow next steps:
- Select Search (Alt+Q)
in the upper-right corner, enter Sustainability Setup, and then select the related link. - Check whether the basic setup already exists. If it doesn't, follow these instructions to set it up.
- On the Procurement FastTab, fill in the fields that are related to the sustainability value chain features.
- Select the Use Emissions In Purchase Documents field.
- Select the Enable Value Chain tracking field.
- Close the page.
Work with purchase documents
To learn how to work with purchase documents in sustainability, go to How to record emissions with purchase documents.
If you enabled the value chain on the Sustainability Setup page, and created a purchase document with the Sustainability Accounts and emissions (minimum one emission), Business Central automatically starts the sustainability value chain and posts details to the Sustainability Value Entries page.
Note
Business Central creates sustainability value entries for items and fixed assets. It doesn't support emissions from item charges. Fixed asset lines use a separate calculation and posting flow. Learn more in Track fixed asset emissions in the sustainability value chain.
Important
Because the sustainability value chain works only with the carbon equivalent (CO2e), before you start, configure carbon equivalent factors on the Emission Fees page. To learn more, go to Emission fees.
After you post the purchase documents, the results display on the Posted Purchase Invoice or Posted Purchase Credit Memo pages. To review the results, use the Find entries action. In the list of entries, find the sustainability value entry. To open a list of value chain transactions related to your purchase documents, select the entry.
When you post the document, Business Central also updates the item's carbon information. The result depends on the Carbon Tracking Method on the Item Card page:
- For Average, Business Central updates the item's CO2e per Unit. The first purchase establishes the value. Later purchases update it by using the average method.
- For Specific, Business Central records the calculated CO2e on the item ledger entries created by the purchase. Later transactions use the CO2e from the item entries that they apply to. If the item uses lot tracking, assign the lot when you post the purchase so that later transactions can use the value for that lot.
For more information about the methods, see Choose how to track carbon for an item.
Related information
Sustainability Value Chain Overview
Sustainability Management overview
Sustainability setup
Record sustainability entries
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