D365 – BC “The Logic Behind #1” – Item Charge Assignment

Hello Readers,

This article is about how item charge assignment is happening in BC. As we all know, item charges are additional expenses that are associated with a specific item. When we are assigning item charges to relevant items, we might use the "Suggest Item Charge Assignment" function. We have four methods to allocate the item charges in the system.

Generally, we use the "by amount" method to allocate item charges to the items. In this case, the system should have the value of the purchased or sold item in the lines table. However, if you inspect the fields in the line table of posted purchase receipts and posted sales shipments, we cannot find the line amount of the item.

The reason why Microsoft does not pass line amount field to posted purchase receipts and sales shipments is because it is not necessary for them to be viewed by people who handle item movement.

Now you all came to the assumption that the system will multiply the quantity with the direct unit cost, or unit price. It is not wrong either. But the system keeps the value of the purchased or shipped item in the field called "Item Charge Base Amount".

This field helps the system calculate the amount of a posted receipt or shipment line.

Research collaboration with Magiltharan Sivarajah