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title: Table 250 "Gen. Business Posting Group"
summary: Table 250 "Gen. Business Posting Group" in Base Application (Microsoft.Finance.GeneralLedger.Setup). 4 fields, 1 public procedures, 1 events. Present since at least BC23, still in BC30, changed in BC24, BC29.
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# Table 250 "Gen. Business Posting Group"

> Table 250 "Gen. Business Posting Group" in Base Application (Microsoft.Finance.GeneralLedger.Setup). 4 fields, 1 public procedures, 1 events. Present since at least BC23, still in BC30, changed in BC24, BC29.

Base Application · Microsoft.Finance.GeneralLedger.Setup · BC23-30 · [source at ea08af5e](https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps/blob/ea08af5ef2d6a9b5c5af4a029288abbe2c883220/src/Layers/W1/BaseApp/Finance/GeneralLedger/Setup/GenBusinessPostingGroup.Table.al) · facts from BC29

Learn documents this table through its pages: [Page 312 "Gen. Business Posting Groups"](../page/312.md) (3 Learn pages).

## Properties

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Caption | Gen. Business Posting Group |
| DataClassification | CustomerContent |
| Permissions | tabledata "Gen. Business Posting Group" = r |

## Fields

Explanation: the field's ToolTip in the code; without one, the ToolTip of a page control bound to the field (marked via the page); without that, its Caption (marked caption) when that differs from the name.

| No. | Name | Type | Explanation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Code | Code[20] | Specifies a code for the business group. | NotBlank |
| 2 | Description | Text[100] | Specifies a description for the general business posting group. |  |
| 3 | Def. VAT Bus. Posting Group | Code[20] | Specifies a default VAT business group code. | TableRelation [Table 323 "VAT Business Posting Group"](../table/323.md) (VAT Business Posting Group) |
| 4 | Auto Insert Default | Boolean | Specifies whether to automatically insert the Def. VAT Bus. Posting Group when the corresponding Code is inserted on new customer and vendor cards. |  |

## Keys

- Key1: Code (clustered)

## Events published

- `OnValidateDefVATBusPostingGroupOnBeforeModifyGLAccount(var Rec: Record "Gen. Business Posting Group"; var GLAccount: Record "G/L Account")` (integration): Integration event raised before modifying G/L account VAT business posting group during default VAT posting group update. Enables custom validation or modification logic for G/L account VAT posting group changes.

## Procedures

- `ValidateVatBusPostingGroup(var GenBusPostingGrp: Record "Gen. Business Posting Group"; EnteredGenBusPostingGroup: Code[20]): Boolean`: Validates and retrieves general business posting group configuration for automatic posting setup creation.

## Relations

- lookup page [Page 312 "Gen. Business Posting Groups"](../page/312.md)
- Def. VAT Bus. Posting Group: TableRelation [Table 323 "VAT Business Posting Group"](../table/323.md)

## Referenced by

110 fields in 106 objects relate to this table (TableRelation or CalcFormula).

- [Table 181 "Posted Gen. Journal Line"](../table/181.md): Bal. Gen. Bus. Posting Group, Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 4763 "Whse Demo Data Setup"](../table/4763.md): Cust. Gen. Bus. Posting Group, Vend. Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 751 "Standard General Journal Line"](../table/751.md): Bal. Gen. Bus. Posting Group, Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 81 "Gen. Journal Line"](../table/81.md): Bal. Gen. Bus. Posting Group, Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 1003 "Job Planning Line"](../table/1003.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 110 "Sales Shipment Header"](../table/110.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 111 "Sales Shipment Line"](../table/111.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 112 "Sales Invoice Header"](../table/112.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 113 "Sales Invoice Line"](../table/113.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 114 "Sales Cr.Memo Header"](../table/114.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 115 "Sales Cr.Memo Line"](../table/115.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 120 "Purch. Rcpt. Header"](../table/120.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 121 "Purch. Rcpt. Line"](../table/121.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 122 "Purch. Inv. Header"](../table/122.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 123 "Purch. Inv. Line"](../table/123.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 124 "Purch. Cr. Memo Hdr."](../table/124.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 125 "Purch. Cr. Memo Line"](../table/125.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 1381 "Customer Templ."](../table/1381.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 1383 "Vendor Templ."](../table/1383.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 15 "G/L Account"](../table/15.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 1570 "G/L Entry Posting Preview"](../table/1570.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 1571 "VAT Entry Posting Preview"](../table/1571.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 169 "Job Ledger Entry"](../table/169.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 17 "G/L Entry"](../table/17.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 1706 "Deferral Posting Buffer"](../table/1706.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 18 "Customer"](../table/18.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 203 "Res. Ledger Entry"](../table/203.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 20336 "Transaction Posting Buffer"](../table/20336.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 207 "Res. Journal Line"](../table/207.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 210 "Job Journal Line"](../table/210.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 212 "Job Posting Buffer"](../table/212.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 213 "Alt. Cust. VAT Reg."](../table/213.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 221 "Gen. Jnl. Allocation"](../table/221.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 23 "Vendor"](../table/23.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 246 "Requisition Line"](../table/246.md): Gen. Business Posting Group
- [Table 252 "General Posting Setup"](../table/252.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 254 "VAT Entry"](../table/254.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 295 "Reminder Header"](../table/295.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 297 "Issued Reminder Header"](../table/297.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 30102 "Shpfy Shop"](../table/30102.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 30152 "Shpfy Catalog"](../table/30152.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 302 "Finance Charge Memo Header"](../table/302.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 304 "Issued Fin. Charge Memo Header"](../table/304.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 36 "Sales Header"](../table/36.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 37 "Sales Line"](../table/37.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 376 "G/L Account (Analysis View)"](../table/376.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 379 "Detailed Cust. Ledg. Entry"](../table/379.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 38 "Purchase Header"](../table/38.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 380 "Detailed Vendor Ledg. Entry"](../table/380.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- [Table 383 "Detailed CV Ledg. Entry Buffer"](../table/383.md): Gen. Bus. Posting Group
- and 56 more objects (56 fields): data/code/relations/29.json

## Pages and codeunits on this table

- [Page 312 "Gen. Business Posting Groups"](../page/312.md) (source table)

## Across versions

- Present in: BC23-30
- Changed (declaration) in: BC24, BC29

Source: AL metadata extracted from the code (names, ids, signatures, properties); no code bodies (D10).

## Ask your agent

Procedure bodies are not stored here (D10). For a procedure body or the calls of one procedure, ask bc-code-atlas (external, by Stefan Maron, MIT; default corpus w1-28), which the bc-observatory plugin connects: `bcatlas_resolve_node(object_type: "table", object_name: "Gen. Business Posting Group")`, then `bcatlas_get_procedure_body` or `bcatlas_get_neighbors` on the returned id.
