You might need to import historic transactions for the following reasons:

• You have installed the cost accounting module in an existing installation and you want to import all transactions from an earlier financial year.

• You want to upgrade from the previous cost accounting module.

• You start working with an additional dimension in the cost accounting, and you want to import transactions that were previously posted to this dimension.

• You forgot to activate the transaction control on a cost category, and after correcting the setup, you want to import the previous transactions.

You can import historic transactions in Cost accounting> Periodic> Transactions:

• Process ledger transactions

• Process production transactions

• Process project transactions

• Apply transactions from previous cost accounting

NoteImporting historic transactions might take a long time, and it requires the complete installation of Microsoft Dynamics AX. As a best practice, import these transactions after normal business hours or when your system resources can best support it, and use the batch processing functionality. Another best practice is to run this function per period and not all in one step.

To import transactions from the General ledgermodule:

1. Open the Process ledger transactionsform.

2. Select a date interval code, or enter the start and end dates for the import.

3. Click OKto start the import.

To import quantity transactions from the Productionmodule:

1. Open the Process ledger transactions Process production transactionsform.

2. Select a date interval code, or enter the start and end dates for the import.

3. Click OKto start the import.

To import quantity transactions from the Projectmodule:

1. Open the Process project transactionsform.

2. Select a date interval code, or enter the start and end dates for the import.

3. Click OKto start the import.

To import transactions from the previous cost accounting module:

1. Open the Apply transactions from previous cost accounting form.

2. Enter the journal names for the cost and service transactions.

3. Enter the Transfer service category.

4. Select a date interval code, or enter the start and end dates for the import.

5. Click OK to start the import.

NoteThis import function will import only transactions that are manually created in cost accounting. To import transactions from the General ledger, Production, or Projectmodules, use the appropriate procedure from earlier in this topic.