--- id: video/fpc_XlVEnWw type: video title: Comparing the Pay Vendor Process in Dynamics SL with Dynamics 365 Business Central summary: Paying vendors in Business Central compared with Dynamics SL payment selection. It covers payment journals, the Suggest Vendor Payments wizard, summarizing payments per vendor, a payment amount limit, and using vendor priority to filter suggestions and control cash flow. tier: official language: en tags: - vendor payments - payment selection - payment journals - vendor priority - cash flow - payment criteria - suggest vendor payments system: purchasing review: state: reviewed by: opus at: "2026-10-07T23:07:21.463Z" flags: [] generated: at: "2026-10-13T00:32:41.360Z" pipeline: 0.2.0 prompts: extract-video: 1 summarize-video: 2 input_hash: 31cdd861ec32bf9d3c7c2314642afdc196403305ad6302ea22d0096bdb49ea97 evidence: - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpc_XlVEnWw&t=35s title: Comparing the Pay Vendor Process in Dynamics SL with Dynamics 365 Business Central date: "2024-07-26T13:24:09.000Z" commit: null t: 35 quote: Business Central allows you to easily create payment journals and suggest the vendors to pay based on criteria you've defined. - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpc_XlVEnWw&t=61s title: Comparing the Pay Vendor Process in Dynamics SL with Dynamics 365 Business Central date: "2024-07-26T13:24:09.000Z" commit: null t: 61 quote: The suggest vendor payments wizard opens. I can select previously saved defaults so that I don't need to re-enter information each time I create - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpc_XlVEnWw&t=73s title: Comparing the Pay Vendor Process in Dynamics SL with Dynamics 365 Business Central date: "2024-07-26T13:24:09.000Z" commit: null t: 73 quote: The last payment date is how I can indicate that we want to pay invoices due on or before that date. - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpc_XlVEnWw&t=111s title: Comparing the Pay Vendor Process in Dynamics SL with Dynamics 365 Business Central date: "2024-07-26T13:24:09.000Z" commit: null t: 111 quote: By using the vendor priority functionality in Business Central, BC will suggest payments to ensure that we're paying our high priority vendors first. - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpc_XlVEnWw&t=127s title: Comparing the Pay Vendor Process in Dynamics SL with Dynamics 365 Business Central date: "2024-07-26T13:24:09.000Z" commit: null t: 127 quote: The lower the number, the higher the priority. - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpc_XlVEnWw&t=162s title: Comparing the Pay Vendor Process in Dynamics SL with Dynamics 365 Business Central date: "2024-07-26T13:24:09.000Z" commit: null t: 162 quote: We will then choose to summarize per vendor to create one payment per vendor. - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpc_XlVEnWw&t=162s title: Comparing the Pay Vendor Process in Dynamics SL with Dynamics 365 Business Central date: "2024-07-26T13:24:09.000Z" commit: null t: 162 quote: I'm also going to type in that we want to pay $20,000 towards our vendor invoices for the month. - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpc_XlVEnWw&t=174s title: Comparing the Pay Vendor Process in Dynamics SL with Dynamics 365 Business Central date: "2024-07-26T13:24:09.000Z" commit: null t: 174 quote: Through vendor priority and suggested payments, Business Central helps streamline paying your most strategic vendors and gives you better control of your cash flow. links: learn: [] objects: - object/page/26 features: [] topics: [] localizations: [] videos: [] posts: [] guidelines: [] video_id: fpc_XlVEnWw channel: yt-microsoft source_name: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (YouTube) url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpc_XlVEnWw published_at: "2024-07-26T13:24:09.000Z" duration_s: 198 captions: full audience: - functional consultant - end user - decision maker chapters: - t: 0 title: Introduction and Dynamics SL payment selection - t: 12 title: SL payment selection process and payment vouchers - t: 35 title: Business Central payment journals and suggest vendor payments - t: 61 title: Payment criteria and wizard defaults - t: 87 title: Payment suggestion results and payment-per-invoice setting - t: 111 title: Vendor priority functionality and priority levels - t: 138 title: Filtering by vendor priority and cash flow control - t: 174 title: Conclusion and resources features: - name: Payment journals status: unclear t: 35 verified: false status_source: video - name: Suggest vendor payments wizard status: unclear t: 48 verified: false status_source: video - name: Vendor priority functionality status: unclear t: 111 verified: false status_source: video - name: Payment grouping by vendor status: unclear t: 149 verified: false status_source: video - name: Payment amount limit status: unclear t: 149 verified: false status_source: video objects_mentioned: - page payment journals - page vendor card quotes: - t: 35 text: Business Central allows you to easily create payment journals and suggest the vendors to pay based on criteria you've defined. check: exact - t: 61 text: The suggest vendor payments wizard opens. I can select previously saved defaults so that I don't need to re-enter information each time I create check: exact - t: 73 text: The last payment date is how I can indicate that we want to pay invoices due on or before that date. check: exact - t: 111 text: By using the vendor priority functionality in Business Central, BC will suggest payments to ensure that we're paying our high priority vendors first. check: exact - t: 127 text: The lower the number, the higher the priority. check: exact - t: 162 text: We will then choose to summarize per vendor to create one payment per vendor. check: exact - t: 162 text: I'm also going to type in that we want to pay $20,000 towards our vendor invoices for the month. check: exact - t: 174 text: Through vendor priority and suggested payments, Business Central helps streamline paying your most strategic vendors and gives you better control of your cash flow. check: exact --- # Comparing the Pay Vendor Process in Dynamics SL with Dynamics 365 Business Central > Paying vendors in Business Central compared with Dynamics SL payment selection. It covers payment journals, the Suggest Vendor Payments wizard, summarizing payments per vendor, a payment amount limit, and using vendor priority to filter suggestions and control cash flow. [Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpc_XlVEnWw) · Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (YouTube) · 2024-07-26 · 3:18 · tier official · reviewed (checked by Opus) ## Overview The video compares the pay vendor process in Dynamics SL, which uses payment selection and payment vouchers, with the equivalent process in Business Central. It is a 3-minute walkthrough published on 2024-07-26. In Business Central, the demo creates a payment journal and opens the Suggest Vendor Payments wizard. It uses saved defaults, filters by payment date and payment documents, and summarizes payments per vendor. It then sets vendor priority levels and filters suggestions by priority so high priority vendors are paid first and cash flow stays controlled. ## Key points - In Dynamics SL, vendor payments start in Accounts Payable > Processes > Payment Selection, which lists the vouchers available for payment. - Business Central creates payment journals and suggests vendors to pay based on criteria the user defines. - In the Payment Journal, Prepare > Suggest Vendor Payments opens a wizard that can use previously saved defaults, so settings need not be re-entered each time. - The Last Payment Date selects invoices due on or before that date, and available payment documents can be included. - Choosing to summarize per vendor creates one payment per vendor instead of one payment per invoice. - A total amount to pay (for example $20,000) can be entered to limit how much a payment run pays toward vendor invoices. - Vendor priority is set in the Payments area of the Vendor Card, and the lower the number, the higher the priority. ## Chapters - [0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpc_XlVEnWw&t=0s) Introduction and Dynamics SL payment selection - [0:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpc_XlVEnWw&t=12s) SL payment selection process and payment vouchers - [0:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpc_XlVEnWw&t=35s) Business Central payment journals and suggest vendor payments - [1:01](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpc_XlVEnWw&t=61s) Payment criteria and wizard defaults - [1:27](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpc_XlVEnWw&t=87s) Payment suggestion results and payment-per-invoice setting - [1:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpc_XlVEnWw&t=111s) Vendor priority functionality and priority levels - [2:18](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpc_XlVEnWw&t=138s) Filtering by vendor priority and cash flow control - [2:54](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpc_XlVEnWw&t=174s) Conclusion and resources ## Features Every feature below: status not stated, demoed. | Feature | At | |---|---| | Payment journals | [0:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpc_XlVEnWw&t=35s) | | Suggest vendor payments wizard | [0:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpc_XlVEnWw&t=48s) | | Vendor priority functionality | [1:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpc_XlVEnWw&t=111s) | | Payment grouping by vendor | [2:29](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpc_XlVEnWw&t=149s) | | Payment amount limit | [2:29](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpc_XlVEnWw&t=149s) | ## 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 "payment journals" at [0:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpc_XlVEnWw&t=48s) - [page 26 "Vendor Card"](../objects/page/26.md) at [2:07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpc_XlVEnWw&t=127s) Not found in BC28-30: page "payment journals". ## Quotes - [0:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpc_XlVEnWw&t=35s) "Business Central allows you to easily create payment journals and suggest the vendors to pay based on criteria you've defined." - [1:01](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpc_XlVEnWw&t=61s) "The suggest vendor payments wizard opens. I can select previously saved defaults so that I don't need to re-enter information each time I create" - [1:13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpc_XlVEnWw&t=73s) "The last payment date is how I can indicate that we want to pay invoices due on or before that date." - [1:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpc_XlVEnWw&t=111s) "By using the vendor priority functionality in Business Central, BC will suggest payments to ensure that we're paying our high priority vendors first." - [2:07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpc_XlVEnWw&t=127s) "The lower the number, the higher the priority." - [2:42](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpc_XlVEnWw&t=162s) "We will then choose to summarize per vendor to create one payment per vendor." - [2:42](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpc_XlVEnWw&t=162s) "I'm also going to type in that we want to pay $20,000 towards our vendor invoices for the month." - [2:54](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpc_XlVEnWw&t=174s) "Through vendor priority and suggested payments, Business Central helps streamline paying your most strategic vendors and gives you better control of your cash flow."