Exporting Journals from Dynamics 365 Business Central

This task will export journals from Dynamics 365 Business Central to Dynamics 365 Business Central Journal XML format.

Settings

Dynamics 365 Business Central Connection

Required
The connection to Dynamics 365 Business Central to use. See the Connecting to Dynamics 365 Business Central article if you require more information on how to create/manage connections.

Export Accounts

Required
Set to true to include detailed account information in the output from the task.

Export Settings

Required

  • Date Modified - Only records modified after this date will be exported. The date will update automatically each time the task runs.
  • Export Modified or All Records - Used to choose which records should be included in the export. Note that the 'Modified' setting will also export any new records.

Filter

Optional
Specify criteria to use to filter the records output by the task. The filter is specified using the OData format, e.g. id eq c998d7da-549e-ed11-988a-000d3a3885d3. See Filtering for more information.

Output File

Required
The name of the file to write the exported records to. The data will be exported in XML format, a sample is provided below.

Page Size

Required
The maximum number of records to requested at a time. Increasing this will speed up the export but will use more memory and may result in timeout errors. The maximum is 20000.

Zynk Settings

See Common Task Settings

Examples

Sample output file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Journals xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <Journal>
    <Id>c4903bdf-549e-ed11-988a-000d3a3885d3</Id>
    <ExternalId>137183</ExternalId>
    <ODataETag>W/"JzIwOzE2Mjk0ODc2MjYxODczNzg3NzA0MTswMDsn"</ODataETag>
    <Code>DEFAULT</Code>
    <DisplayName>Default Journal Batch</DisplayName>
    <LastModifiedDateTime>2023-01-27T15:12:08.15Z</LastModifiedDateTime>
    <BalancingAccountId>00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</BalancingAccountId>
    <BalancingAccountNumber />
    <JournalLines>
      <JournalLine>
        <Id>be7b832c-559e-ed11-988a-000d3a3885d3</Id>
        <ODataETag>W/"JzIwOzE1ODUxNTMyNDg4MjM2NDM2NjcwMTswMDsn"</ODataETag>
        <JournalId>c4903bdf-549e-ed11-988a-000d3a3885d3</JournalId>
        <JournalDisplayName>DEFAULT</JournalDisplayName>
        <LineNumber>10000</LineNumber>
        <AccountType>G_x002F_L_x0020_Account</AccountType>
        <AccountId>00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</AccountId>
        <AccountNumber />
        <PostingDate>2021-12-31T00:00:00</PostingDate>
        <DocumentNumber />
        <ExternalDocumentNumber />
        <Amount>0</Amount>
        <Description />
        <Comment />
        <TaxCode />
        <BalanceAccountType>G_x002F_L_x0020_Account</BalanceAccountType>
        <BalancingAccountId>00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</BalancingAccountId>
        <BalancingAccountNumber />
        <LastModifiedDateTime>2023-01-27T15:13:46.053Z</LastModifiedDateTime>
      </JournalLine>
    </JournalLines>
  </Journal>
</Journals>