Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Financial Management -- Table of Contents -- Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Financial Management -- Credits -- About the Author -- Acknowledgments -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Instant Updates on New Packt Books -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Understanding the General Ledger -- Understanding the chart of accounts -- Classifying main accounts -- Using transactional accounts -- Balance accounts -- Profit and loss accounts -- Using nontransactional accounts -- Totals -- Reporting -- Main account categories -- Controlling the main accounts -- Debit/credit controls -- Debit/credit proposal -- Debit/credit requirements -- Balance control -- Using account administration -- Do not allow manual entry -- Activation date -- Suspending account -- Using posting validation -- Currency control -- User control -- Posting type -- Understanding shared financial data -- Understanding financial management in action -- Opening balance -- Opening balance best practices -- Planning and designing -- Execution -- Validation -- Performing daily transactions -- The account alias -- Recurring entries -- Saving a voucher -- Closing procedure -- Summary -- 2. Understanding Cash and Bank Management -- Understanding cash and bank integration -- Controlling cash and bank management -- Credit limit -- Date activation -- Status activation -- General ledger reconciliation -- Transaction currency -- Exploring cash and bank management in action -- Bank account reconciliation -- Summary -- 3. Functioning of Cash Flow Management -- Understanding cash flow integration with other modules.

Cash flow forecast configuration -- Accounts payable -- Accounts receivable -- Budget -- General ledger -- Cash flow transactions -- Purchase order cash flow forecast -- Cash flow forecast by currency requirement -- Main account cash flow forecast -- Summary -- 4. Working with Cost Management -- Understanding the business costing model -- Configuring inventory costing -- Item model group -- Product dimension groups -- Storage dimension groups -- Tracking dimension groups -- Item groups -- Exploring the inventory costing background -- Physical and financial updates -- Physical update -- Financial update -- Understanding inventory recalculation and closing -- Working with inventory marking -- Summary -- 5. Exploring Financial Dimensions -- Understanding the financial dimension concept -- Understanding the ledger account segmentation -- Segmented ledger accounts -- Financial dimensions entry -- Financial dimension's posting mechanism in transaction documents -- Creating financial dimensions -- Account structure configuration -- Posting types in Microsoft Dynamics AX -- The posting profile concept -- Journal posting -- Exploring dimension reporting -- Financial dimension sets -- Summary -- 6. Exploring Financial Reporting and Analysis -- Planning reporting needs for ERP -- Understanding the information technology value chain -- Infrastructure -- Database management -- Business processes -- Business Intelligence -- Frontend -- Understanding Microsoft Dynamics AX information source blocks -- Detailed transactions block -- Business Intelligence block -- Executive decisions block -- Discovering Microsoft Dynamics AX reporting options -- Reporting options -- Inquiry forms -- SSRS reports -- Original transaction -- Original document -- Audit trail -- Reporting currency -- Autoreports -- Summary -- Index.