MB-800 · Question #127
Drag and Drop Question A company uses Dynamics 365 Business Central. You need to configure payment terms with the correct due date calculation formula. What should you do? To answer, drag the…
The correct answer is Open the Dimensions Combinations page.; Select the dimensions combination and set the option to Limited.; Open the Dimension Value Combinations page.; Select the dimension value combinations and set the option to Blocked. Note on Question Mismatch The question stem mentions payment terms / due date calculation, but the answer items are entirely about Dimension Combinations. This is a common exam question bank error - the stem and answer set belong to different questions. The explanation below…
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- Open the Dimensions Combinations page.
- Select the dimensions combination and set the option to Limited.
- Open the Dimension Value Combinations page.
- Select the dimension value combinations and set the option to Blocked.
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Note on Question Mismatch
The question stem mentions payment terms / due date calculation, but the answer items are entirely about Dimension Combinations. This is a common exam question bank error - the stem and answer set belong to different questions. The explanation below covers what the answer items actually describe.
What This Is Actually About
This sequence configures restrictions on dimension combinations in Business Central - preventing users from posting entries that use incompatible dimension value pairs.
Step-by-Step Breakdown
Step 1 - Open the Dimensions Combinations page
This is the entry point. The Dimensions Combinations page controls whether two dimensions (e.g., Department + Project) are allowed to be used together at all. You must start here before you can drill into value-level restrictions.
Step 2 - Select the combination and set it to Limited
Setting a dimension pair to Limited (rather than Blocked) means: "these two dimensions can appear together, but only for approved value pairs." This opens the door for the next step. If you set it to Blocked here, no values from those two dimensions could ever be combined - too broad. Limited is the surgical option.
Step 3 - Open the Dimension Value Combinations page
With the dimension pair set to Limited, you now drill into the value-level grid. This page lists every possible pairing of individual dimension values (e.g., SALES + PROJ-001). You can only reach meaningful restrictions here after Step 2.
Step 4 - Select the value combination and set it to Blocked
Here you block the specific value pairs that should never be used together. This is the actual enforcement point - users posting a journal entry with a blocked value pair will get an error.
Common Mistakes
| Mistake | Why It's Wrong |
|---|---|
| Setting the dimension combination to Blocked in Step 2 | Blocks all value pairs, not specific ones - too restrictive |
| Skipping Step 2 and going straight to value combinations | You can't selectively block values unless the parent combination is set to Limited first |
| Confusing Dimensions Combinations with Dimension Value Combinations | The first is dimension-to-dimension; the second is value-to-value within that pair |
The flow is: dimension-level gate (Limited) → value-level enforcement (Blocked).
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