--- id: post/thedynamicsexplorer-com/37144 type: post title: Dynamics 365 Business Central – Handling the message “Only the Posting No. Series can be filled in on recurring journals” in Recurring Journals summary: "Business Central blocks a regular No. Series on Recurring General Journal batches; the author assumes this is because lines stay after posting, so numbers would repeat. Two workarounds are shown: set a Posting No. Series on the batch so posted entries get unique numbers, or put date placeholders in the Document No. field so each posting builds a unique number from the posting date." tier: community language: en tags: - recurring journals - document numbering - general journal - posting process - number series - placeholders system: finance review: state: reviewed by: opus at: "2026-10-08T01:56:33.076Z" flags: [] generated: at: "2026-10-08T01:26:53.141Z" pipeline: 0.2.0 prompts: extract-post: 1 input_hash: 62cda7e33ba3c33edd420c23cd9957b48329106cf421eaf7ddd8f6cd176489ab evidence: - kind: blog url: https://thedynamicsexplorer.com/2026/03/02/dynamics-365-business-central-handling-the-message-only-the-posting-no-series-can-be-filled-in-on-recurring-journals-in-recurring-journals/ title: Dynamics 365 Business Central – Handling the message “Only the Posting No. Series can be filled in on recurring journals” in Recurring Journals date: "2026-03-02" commit: null t: null quote: null - kind: blog url: https://thedynamicsexplorer.com/2026/03/02/dynamics-365-business-central-handling-the-message-only-the-posting-no-series-can-be-filled-in-on-recurring-journals-in-recurring-journals/ title: Dynamics 365 Business Central – Handling the message “Only the Posting No. Series can be filled in on recurring journals” in Recurring Journals date: "2026-03-02" commit: null t: null quote: After posting a Recurring General Journal the journal lines remain and the posting date is updated based on the recurring frequency. - kind: blog url: https://thedynamicsexplorer.com/2026/03/02/dynamics-365-business-central-handling-the-message-only-the-posting-no-series-can-be-filled-in-on-recurring-journals-in-recurring-journals/ title: Dynamics 365 Business Central – Handling the message “Only the Posting No. Series can be filled in on recurring journals” in Recurring Journals date: "2026-03-02" commit: null t: null quote: When I post this for May, there's no need to update the document number. The system automatically replaces the placeholders using the posting date. links: learn: [] objects: [] features: [] topics: [] localizations: [] videos: [] posts: [] guidelines: [] post_id: "37144" source_id: thedynamicsexplorer-com source_name: The Dynamics Explorer url: https://thedynamicsexplorer.com/2026/03/02/dynamics-365-business-central-handling-the-message-only-the-posting-no-series-can-be-filled-in-on-recurring-journals-in-recurring-journals/ published_at: "2026-03-02T10:00:00.000Z" author: Gavin Whittaker full_text: false words: 878 quotes: - text: After posting a Recurring General Journal the journal lines remain and the posting date is updated based on the recurring frequency. why_it_matters: Explains the core design of recurring journals that creates the document numbering challenge - text: When I post this for May, there's no need to update the document number. The system automatically replaces the placeholders using the posting date. why_it_matters: Demonstrates the key benefit of using placeholders for automating unique document number generation code_objects_mentioned: - other Recurring General Journal - other General Journal - other General Ledger Entries systems: - finance versions_mentioned: [] preview: embeddable: true frame_url: https://thedynamicsexplorer.com/2026/03/02/dynamics-365-business-central-handling-the-message-only-the-posting-no-series-can-be-filled-in-on-recurring-journals-in-recurring-journals/embed/ image: https://i0.wp.com/thedynamicsexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dynamics-365-business-central-e28093-handling-the-message-only-the-posting-no.-series-can-be-filled-in-on-recurring-journals-in-recurring-journals.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1 image_alt: null image_w: 1200 image_h: 675 site_name: null favicon: https://s1.wp.com/i/favicon.ico?m=1713425267i probed_at: "2026-10-07T11:50:28.160Z" --- # Dynamics 365 Business Central – Handling the message “Only the Posting No. Series can be filled in on recurring journals” in Recurring Journals [Read the post](https://thedynamicsexplorer.com/2026/03/02/dynamics-365-business-central-handling-the-message-only-the-posting-no-series-can-be-filled-in-on-recurring-journals-in-recurring-journals/) · The Dynamics Explorer (Gavin Whittaker) · 2026-03-02 · 878 words · tier community · reviewed (checked by Opus) > Business Central blocks a regular No. Series on Recurring General Journal batches; the author assumes this is because lines stay after posting, so numbers would repeat. Two workarounds are shown: set a Posting No. Series on the batch so posted entries get unique numbers, or put date placeholders in the Document No. field so each posting builds a unique number from the posting date. ## Key points - Recurring journal lines remain after posting and their posting date moves forward by the recurring frequency - The author believes the No. Series block exists to avoid the same number being reused on every posting - A Posting No. Series on the batch header numbers the posted G/L entries, ignoring the document number typed on the lines - Placeholders such as %1 day, %2 week, %3 month, %4 month name, %5 accounting period and %6 fiscal year are filled from the posting date - Placeholders work the same way as in deferrals and remove the need to edit document numbers before each posting ## Quotes - "After posting a Recurring General Journal the journal lines remain and the posting date is updated based on the recurring frequency." (Explains the core design of recurring journals that creates the document numbering challenge) - "When I post this for May, there's no need to update the document number. The system automatically replaces the placeholders using the posting date." (Demonstrates the key benefit of using placeholders for automating unique document number generation) ## AL objects mentioned As named in the post. A name that matches one object page by exact type and name links to it; the others stay as named. - other "Recurring General Journal" - other "General Journal" - other "General Ledger Entries" ## Context - Features: Recurring General Journals, Posting No. Series, Document Number placeholders, Journal batch processing, Automatic date substitution, Recurring frequency updates Source: The Dynamics Explorer, community blog. Summary, key points and quotes are derived (CONTENT-NOTICE.md); read the original for the full text.