Become More Efficient With Background Posting
Background posting in Business Central: posting journals and documents through the job queue so users keep working. The video demos enabling post with job queue and post and print with job queue on the purchase and payables setup, then posting a purchase order and finding it in the report inbox.
- Introduction to background posting
- Use cases and setup locations
- Navigating to purchase and payable setup
- Enabling background posting options
- Posting and printing a purchase order
- Checking the report inbox for posted documents
- Opening documents from OneDrive
- Summary and conclusion
Overview
The video shows how Business Central can post journals and documents in the background so users do not wait while posting runs. This is most useful for journals and documents with many lines. Setup options are available on the general ledger setup, sales and receivables setup, and purchases and payables setup pages.
The demo opens purchases and payables setup, enables post with job queue and post and print with job queue, and then posts a purchase order. The system reports that the order is scheduled for posting in the background. The posted and printed document then shows up in the report inbox on the role center, where it can be opened in OneDrive if cloud files are enabled.
Key points
- Background posting lets the system post journals and documents while the user continues other tasks.
- It is most useful for journals and documents with a large number of lines.
- Setup options appear on the general ledger setup, sales and receivables setup, and purchases and payables setup pages.
- In the demo, post with job queue and post and print with job queue are both enabled on purchases and payables setup.
- After posting a purchase order, a message says it has been scheduled for posting in the background.
- Posted and printed documents appear in the report inbox on the role center.
- Opening a document in OneDrive from the report inbox ellipsis menu requires cloud files to be enabled for Business Central.
Features
Every feature below: status not stated, demoed.
| Feature | At |
|---|---|
| Background posting with job queue | 0:01 |
| Post and print with job queue | 0:44 |
| Report inbox for posted documents | 1:26 |
| OneDrive integration for posted documents | 1:50 |
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.
- page 118 “General Ledger Setup” at 0:16
- page “sales and receivable setup” at 0:16
- page “purchase and payable setup” at 0:16
- page 56 “Purchase Orders” at 0:59
Not found in BC28-30: page “sales and receivable setup”, page “purchase and payable setup”.
Quotes
- 0:01 “In Business Central, you can let the system post journals and documents in the background, so you can continue working on other tasks and”
- 0:16 “This is especially useful when posting journals and documents with significant amount of lines”
- 0:44 “I enable post with job queue. And in this case, I also enable post and print with job queue”
- 1:13 “Now it says that the purchase order has been scheduled for posting in the background”
- 1:50 “I can open these documents in OneDrive by selecting the ellipsis menu, and select open in OneDrive. This will open the document in OneDrive”
Disclaimers in the video
- 1:50 other: This will open the document in OneDrive if you have cloud files enabled for your Business Central