Journal lines, Inventory adjustment (form)

Article
05/05/2014

Applies To: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Feature Pack, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012

Click Inventory management > Journals > Item transactions > Inventory adjustment. Click Lines.

Use this form to enter journal lines where items are picked from inventory, a loss, or where they are received in inventory, a gain. When you post this kind of journal, an inventory receipt or issue is posted, the inventory level and value are changed, and ledger transactions are generated.

At a minimum, you must specify the transaction date, item number, quantity, and cost price. If you are using item configurations, you must also specify these.

Task that uses this form

Delete posted inventory journals

Navigating the form

The following tables provide descriptions for the controls in this form.

Tabs

Tab	Description
Overview tab	View a list of journal lines associated with an Inventory - journal - adjustment journal. You can also create, modify, or delete journal lines.
General tab	View or modify information about one journal line, and information about the Inventory - journal - adjustment journal associated with the journal line.
Financial dimension	View information about financial dimensions, such as the default dimensions and where the dimensions are used in account structures and advanced rule structures.
Inventory dimensions	View and specify inventory dimensions.

Buttons

Button	Description
Validate	Verify that the journal lines have no errors.
Post	Check for errors and post the journal line transactions.
Log	View the errors found during validation or posting.
Functions	Delete all the lines of the journal in a batch process.
Inventory	View information about transactions, on-hand inventory, reservations, registration, and output orders. To define the physical and storage characteristics that appear on the Overview tab, click Inventory, and then click Dimensions display. The standard inventory dimensions setup is retrieved from the Inventory parameters form.

Fields

Field	Description
Date	Date for the inventory transfer, which is the date that the adjustment will be made physically. When you post the journal, the Physical date and the Financial date fields of the item transaction are updated with this date. You can change the date until the line is posted and changed in the inventory transaction.
Item number	Item number where the transfer should be made. Item numbers are created when you create a new product from the Released products form.
Configuration	Select an item configuration to specify an item with specific attributes.
Size	Specifies the item size.
Color	Specifies the item color.
Site	Specifies the site where your items are stored.
Warehouse	Enter the warehouse in which you will store your items.
Batch number	Enter the batch number dimension. If you select Edit lines and Explode lines in the upper section of the Shipment form or the Receive form, you can change the batch number for the transfer order line.
Location	Location inside a warehouse. If you select Edit lines and Explode lines in the upper section of the Shipment form or the Receive form, you can change the location number for the transfer order line.
Pallet ID	Unique identification (ID) for the pallet (Serial Shipping Container Code).
Serial number	Serial number dimension. If you select Edit lines and Explode lines in the upper section of the Shipment form or the Receive form, you can change the serial number for the transfer order line.
Quantity	Specify the quantity you want to adjust. An issue is designated with a minus sign.
Cost price	Specifies the cost per unit for inventory receipts. If the cost is not specified for the item number or if you want to change it manually, enter it in the Item form.
Cost amount	The quantity received or issued and the cost are displayed as an amount. Alternatively, you can enter a sum directly. By entering a sum directly, you can control the real cost times the quantity. The cost per unit will be recalculated if you change the cost.
Log	Indicates if errors were found during validation or posting of the journal line.
Journal	The number of the journal, which is allocated based on the number sequence specified for the journal selected. The number sequence is set up in the Journal names, inventory form.
Line number	Identification of line.
Voucher	The voucher number specified for the ledger, which is the voucher number that the transaction assigns upon posting.
Price unit	Displays the unit price specified in the Item form. The price unit cannot be changed manually in the transfer journal, because items are always received at the same value that they were issued at transfer.
Charges on cost	The Charges on cost value is retrieved from the setup for the miscellaneous charges on the item. The Charges field cannot be changed manually in the transfer journal, because items are always received at the same value that they were issued at transfer.
Lot ID	Batch number with which the line is associated.
Dimension No.	Identification of the item's dimensions.
Return lot ID	Enter lot numbers for items that are being returned.
Financial dimension	The financial dimensions that were set up in the Financial dimensions form.
Where the %1 dimension is used	The account structures and advanced rule structures that use the financial dimensions that you selected in the Financial dimensions or Default financial dimensions field group. Note The name of the field depends on the selection in the Financial dimensions or Default financial dimensions field group.