In Business Central‘s 2022 wave 2 release, Microsoft are focusing on:
- Improving onboarding by offering the best apps to get them started
- Better tooltips for new and seasoned users
- Widening their geographic reach
- Improving usability with simpler menus
- Efficient automation using Power Automate
System level improvements
- New APIs and datasets for PowerBI – improved reporting
- Share direct page links via Outlook (via share window). No need to copy link and then paste into an email
- Integration to OneDrive – Now when a user edits in Excel Business Central will send a Excel file to a folder on OneDrive which will open with the Excel web app. This means faster bulk editing and Excel does not need to be installed locally.
- Restore deleted environments (within 7 days)
Navigation
Switching companies and environments is easier
No need to go to settings each time (or admin centre to change to SANDBOX environment). Users can now change companies from the app bar.
Headings have been updated. Process has been renamed to Home. Navigate has been removed
Advantage: More streamlined to align with other MS products.
ToolTips now show information for all fields
SOP / POP
New page – Posted Purchase Invoice Lines.
This page allows you to see all posted Purchase Invoice lines rather than just a list of Posted Purchase Invoices
Alternative Posting Group selection on Purchase Order (Purchase & Payables and Sales & Receivables setup pages)
Advantage: You can now update orders in real-time. Previously the user had to delete the order, amend Posting Group on vendor card, and then recreate the order.
Alternative Remit Addresses can be added to vendor card
Advantage: Payments can now go to a different address to the vendor or contact card.
Reporting
Users can now choose which report layout to use when printing or sending.
Advantage: Users can use different reports for different purposes. For example, sometimes a user may have different companies within a single Business Central company and may wish to send out different invoice templates.
Bank Account Reconciliation
Faster, more accurate reconciliation
- Improved matching rules
- Easier to detect direct postings to the G/L account using the test report
- Payments that were still pending when the bank reconciliation was posted are now included in the Bank Statement report.
Reporting
Improved finance reporting
Now renamed from Account Scheduling to Finance Reports
Advantage: Allows clearer and improved financial reporting templates to be created
Automations
For details of all the new features, take at Microsoft’s release information for Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 release wave 2
