What's New: Post Emissions with the General Journal (2025 release wave 1)
Posting sustainability emissions through the Business Central general journal (2025 release wave 1): which document types are allowed, which emissions are supported, and the limits compared with the sustainability journal and purchase documents. Includes a live demo and validation errors.
- Introduction and session overview
- Evolution of sustainability functionality
- New general journal posting capabilities
- Requirements and limitations for general journal emissions
- Live demonstration of general journal emissions posting
- Error handling and validation rules
- Closing remarks and future roadmap
Overview
The video covers a sustainability feature in the 2025 release wave 1. Sustainability ledger entries could previously be created from the sustainability journal and from purchase documents. They can now also be created from the general journal, with emissions values posted alongside the regular financial amount.
The presenter explains the requirements and limits, then demonstrates posting in the general journal and shows the validation errors. The video also compares the three posting routes: the sustainability journal supports water and waste data and formulas, while the general journal and purchase documents do not.
Key points
- Sustainability ledger entries can now be created from the general journal, in addition to the sustainability journal and purchase documents.
- General journal lines with sustainability accounts must use document type invoice, credit memo, or blank. Payment is not allowed.
- A financial amount is required on the line. Emissions cannot be posted on their own without a ledger amount.
- Three greenhouse gas values can be posted: carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrogen dioxide, entered as totals.
- Formulas for calculating emissions are not available in the general journal or purchase documents. Only the sustainability journal supports them.
- Water and waste data can be posted only through the sustainability journal, not the general journal.
- GL accounts can have a default sustainability account, which can be changed on the journal line.
Features
| Feature | Status | At |
|---|---|---|
| Post emissions through general journal | status not stated, demoed | 0:06 |
| Greenhouse gas emissions selection in general journal | status not stated, demoed | 3:14 |
| Sustainability account selection with defaults | status not stated, demoed | 4:20 |
| Validation for sustainability posting in general journal | status not stated, demoed | 5:30 |
| Water and waste management in sustainability journal | status not stated | 1:38 |
| Emission formulas in sustainability journal | status not stated | 1:58 |
AL objects mentioned
As heard in the captions. A name that matches one object page by exact type and name links to it; the others stay as named.
- table 6216 “Sustainability Ledger Entry” at 5:16
- page 39 “General Journal” at 4:09
- page “Posted General Journals” at 4:52
Not found in BC28-30: page “Posted General Journals”.
Quotes
- 0:06 “we will show you one new feature related to sustainability and this is enablement of using sustainability accounts and values of posting sustainability entries”
- 1:04 “sustainability ledger entries will not uh be recorded only with these two types of documents but also by general journal”
- 2:09 “With purchase documents and general journal you cannot use formulas. So you can post only total emissions if you have this information”
- 2:44 “if you want to post sustainability values in general journals, you must use one of these document types, invoice or create memo and blank”
- 3:27 “you can post carbon, you can post methan and nitrogen dioxide uh here as well. So you can post these three different emissions”
- 3:44 “if you do not have amount for posting to uh general ledger entries, you cannot post only emissions. If you have only emissions without”
Presenters (as heard): Alexander, Mita.