Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV - Fifth Edition
by Marije Brummel, David Studebaker, Christopher D. Studebaker
Entry tables
The Entry table type contains Posted activity detail, the data other systems call history. NAV data flows from a Journal through a Posting routine into an Entry. A significant advantage of NAV Entry design is the fact that NAV allows retaining all transaction detail indefinitely. While there are routines supporting compression of the Entry data, if at all feasible, we should retain the full historical detail of all activity. This allows users to have total flexibility for historical comparative or trend data analysis.
Entry data is considered accounting data in NAV. We are not allowed to directly enter the data into an Entry or change existing data in an Entry, but must post to an Entry. Posting is done by creating Journal Lines, ...
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