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Case : Car number plate linked to resource ID

Problem definition: Due to privacy law , financial clerks may not post costs related to a car number plate (company car) knowing the employee driving the car at that moment.

My example: Fuel costs related to company cars

Situation: On the monthly bill , there will be different lines related to different number plates. Per number plate , the monthly costs will be shown.
e.g. : €100 for 1 VPN 498
€ 250 for 3 XYZ 789
Total bill VAT excl. : € 350

Entry by financial clerk: Financial Clerks will post the purchase invoice making use of 2 lines , the first line of €100 will be posted to the fuel car G/L account making use of dimension value 1 VPN 498 and so on.

The clerk may not link the number plate to the employee due to privacy reasons.


Solution: Make it possible for the internal administrator (HR) to link the number plates to the right resource ID.
Advanced Option: Make it possible to de-link the resource plate and link it to another resource ID making use of time dependent factor.
Another possibility: Make it possible to link the number plate from ...to a specific date .

Desing solution proposal:
In the resource card (in my example resource ID 786 which stands for Arslan Khan => create a function "link to dimension values". >
In the new page make sure the user can select a specific dimension code. >>
After selecting the dimension code (in my example: Car Number Plate) >>>
The user may select the possible dimension values from a dropdown (in my example 1 VPN 498)>>>>
Autosave


To make it time-dependent (advanced feature). Create a function called "Time Dependent Links" .

After clicking on that link
The user may give in "date from" and "date to" and "resource ID" to differentiate . For instance I want to give in
01/01/2021 and 30/06/2021 and resource ID 733 which stands for Bill Gates. >>
Autosave .
The feature will automatically update the resource card of Bill Gates. and the system will automatically delink the dimension values and link it to Bill Gates from posting date 01/01/2021 upto 30/06/2021.
Leaving the field "date to" blank is possible, it means Bill Gates is driving the company car attached to number plate 1 VPN 498 from 01/01/2021 without having an ending date.
Above mentioned time feature is advanced and optional to use. Can be very practical aswel.

Having this feature , lot of added value for management accounting reporting purposes.

Regards,
Arslan Khan (Belgium)
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Thank you for this suggestion! Currently this is not on our roadmap. We are tracking this idea and if it gathers more votes and comments we will consider it in the future. Best regards, Business Central Team