An international services company is implementing Dynamics 365 Finance. You need to help the implementation team set up the app. What must be created and configured first?

Question

Options

• ABusiness unit
• BChart of accounts
• CProject
• DLegal entity

• A
  6% (1)
• B
  88% (15)
• C
  6% (1)

Explanation

In D365 Finance, the Chart of Accounts is the foundational financial structure that must be created before the Ledger can be configured for any legal entity. The Ledger setup - which activates financial transactions - requires a Chart of Accounts, a fiscal calendar, and a currency to be assigned. Because the Chart of Accounts is a shared, global resource that multiple legal entities can reference, it must exist first before the legal entity's financial configuration can be completed. Option (A), Business unit, is an optional organizational hierarchy element, not a prerequisite. Option (C), Project, is a feature within Project management and accounting, not a system-wide prerequisite. Option (D), Legal entity, is the organizational container, but its Ledger configuration cannot be finalized until the Chart of Accounts exists to be assigned to it.

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