bcquality/microsoft/knowledge/finance/preserve-journal-batch-document-balance.md
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Add source-verified Finance knowledge and review domain (#57)
* Add Finance posting domain-knowledge pilot

Adds three atomic domain-rule knowledge files under community/knowledge/finance/ as a pilot for Type-A (normative) Business Central domain knowledge: post through the posting engine, treat posted ledger entries as immutable, and treat the Dimension Set ID as the source of truth for dimensions. Includes a good/bad AL sample pair for the posting rule.

These encode BC-specific invariants that LLMs reliably get wrong, fitting the existing remedial/atomic knowledge grain with no schema or contract changes. Passes the repo frontmatter validator and is discovered by the knowledge index.

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* Clarify editable operational fields on posted ledger entries

Addresses review feedback from @JeremyVyska on PR #57: the immutability rule applies to financial content, not the whole entry. Reframes the Description around financial content and gives the operational-field exception (payment/application data, on-hold, applies-to, communication fields edited via CustEntry-Edit/VendEntry-Edit and the ledger entry pages) its own paragraph in Best Practice instead of understating it as a narrow set.

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* Expand Finance pilot into a source-verified review domain

Move Finance knowledge to the Microsoft-owned layer, add nine scoped rules with eighteen AL samples, and register bounded Finance review with complete paired evaluation coverage.

Co-authored-by: Copilot App <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* Fix Finance review applicability and ownership boundaries

Remove application-area gating and later VAT-field dependencies, align dynamic shared conventions, separate SCM ownership, and keep journal examples focused on the intended invariant.

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* Remove logo branding (#194)

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* Add title and description to README

* Add foundational AL developer knowledge (#195)

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* Clarify locale-safe DateFormula Evaluate inputs (#193)

* Clarify locale-safe DateFormula Evaluate inputs

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* Normalize DateFormula article sections

Keep the analyzer-gap explanation in Description and its scoped probe evidence in References, without a novel Validation section. Normative guidance and fixtures are unchanged.

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* Add SCM functional knowledge domain (#192)

* Add SCM functional knowledge domain

Introduce nine source-backed rules with original AL sample pairs, bounded SCM review routing, and complete positive/clean evaluation coverage.

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* Normalize SCM knowledge and review ownership

Align article and AL sample conventions, keep BC facts separate from review mechanics, and clarify reciprocal Finance ownership without bespoke shared test assertions.

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bc-version: [all]
domain: finance
keywords: [force-doc-balance, gen-journal-template, gen-jnl-post-batch, runwithcheck, document-no, posting-date, balancing]
technologies: [al]
countries: [w1]
application-area: [all]
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# Preserve the journal batch's document-balancing policy
## Description
A balanced G/L total does not prove that a general-journal batch satisfies its template's document-balancing policy. `"Gen. Jnl.-Post Batch"` checks balances at posting-date boundaries and, when the **journal template's** `Force Doc. Balance` is enabled, document-type/document-number boundaries. A loop over `"Gen. Jnl.-Post Line".RunWithCheck` does not reproduce these batch-level checks.
## Best Practice
Post normal persisted general-journal batches through their owning batch workflow. Keep balancing lines in the appropriate document/date group when the template requires it. The examples use two LCY G/L lines: opposite amounts under different document numbers are not a document-balanced transfer when `Force Doc. Balance` is true; the good example groups them under one document and retains the batch checks.
Do not claim every document must always balance: when that template option is false, the supported workflow can allow document imbalance while still checking the required aggregate balances. Standalone self-balancing line posting and purpose-built posting engines that demonstrably own equivalent aggregate policies are not prohibited. A `RunWithCheck` call or loop alone is not sufficient evidence of a defect.
See sample: [`preserve-journal-batch-document-balance.good.al`](preserve-journal-batch-document-balance.good.al).
## Anti Pattern
Replace a normal persisted journal batch's posting path with per-line posting or only an aggregate-total check, bypassing a demonstrated template/document/date policy. For the document-imbalance finding, require evidence that `Force Doc. Balance` applies and that separate document groups can be unbalanced; do not infer the setting from its name or a comment alone.
See sample: [`preserve-journal-batch-document-balance.bad.al`](preserve-journal-batch-document-balance.bad.al).
## References
- [Work with general journals](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/ui-work-general-journals).
- [Gen. Jnl.-Post Batch API](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/application/base-application/codeunit/microsoft.finance.generalledger.posting.gen.-jnl.-post-batch).
- [BCApps: batch balance checks](https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps/blob/8f7a04cb0db8aa96cb97e055c45c61aead49e280/src/Layers/W1/BaseApp/Finance/GeneralLedger/Posting/GenJnlPostBatch.Codeunit.al).
- [BCApps: document-balance option regression cases](https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps/blob/8f7a04cb0db8aa96cb97e055c45c61aead49e280/src/Layers/W1/Tests/General%20Journal/ERMTestMultipleGenJnlLines.Codeunit.al).