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Dynamics 365 Business Central – Handling the message “Only the Posting No. Series can be filled in on recurring journals” in Recurring Journals

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.

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Gavin Whittaker · 2026-03-02 · 878 words · about 4 min

"After posting a Recurring General Journal the journal lines remain and the posting date is updated based on the recurring frequency."
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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

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  • 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.