Manage a data source for the cost accounting ledger
Use this procedure to manage the general ledger data source for a cost accounting ledger. Before you complete this task, make sure that you play the "Create a cost accounting ledger" and "Define cost control units" task guides. This recording uses the USP2 demo data company.
- Go to Cost accounting > Ledger setup > Cost accounting ledgers.
- In the list, find and select the desired record.
- Click Actual versions.
- On the Action Pane, click Manage.
- Click General ledger.
- Click New.
- In the Name field, type a value.
- In the Data provider field, enter or select a value.
- For this example, select Dynamics 365 Finance - General ledger entries.
- In the Cost element dimension field, enter or select a value.
- For this example, select Cost elements.
- Click Save.
- Click Configure data provider.
- In the Legal entity field, enter or select a value.
- For this example, select USP2.
- Click New.
- In the Posting layer field, select Current.
- Click OK.