I come from a Dynamics GP background. We have a number of clients looking to move to BC, however, there is a core function that we use all the time that is missing.

In GP, the chart of accounts is a full string e.g. xxx-yyyy being xxx = department, yyyy is the account. Moving to BC, the department would now be a dimension. So far, so good.

Then in GP you have locations. As part of the location setup, you can link the location to a department.

In the inventory item card, you set up the GL accounts to post to. When you sell an item (inventory or non-inventory), the department linked to the location overwrites the department code in the item card setup, assuming the combination is allowed.

Example: Sales from location 100 need to link to department 100, sales from 200 link to department 200. The sales GL code is the same for both.

In BC, we have the Inventory Posting Setup. In this window, we can link the location to the posting group code and define which GL account to post to. BUT we can't default a dimension. So we can say location 100 and Finished Goods go to 1300 - but to say department 100, we have to do it at a transaction level.

We need the ability to sell / purchase / adjust an item from a location (inventory or non-inventory) and have the Inventory Posting Setup default the dimension. Location is not only about physical inventory. It can be a very effective way to drive distributions.