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Business Central dimensions tag every G/L entry with up to eight analytical attributes (department, project, cost centre, etc.). This page documents how the HR extension interacts with that mechanism.

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What is captured

The Employee Journal Line (Tab 70003160) carries the two shortcut dimensions — the global dimensions defined in General Ledger Setup, fields Shortcut Dimension 1 Code and Shortcut Dimension 2 Code. They are visible on the Employee Journal page and editable per line. When the journal is posted, the posting codeunit (Employee Jnl. Post Mng. HAC, Codeunit 70003133) copies both values onto the Gen. Journal Line before handing it to BC’s standard Gen. Jnl.-Post Batch. From that point the standard BC dimension logic applies — the resulting Employee Ledger Entry and G/L Entries carry the shortcut dimensions exactly as configured.
SurfaceDimension support
Employee Journal Line (entry)Shortcut Dimension 1 & 2 only
Gen. Journal Line (posting)Shortcut Dimension 1 & 2 are copied through
Employee Ledger EntryFilled by BC’s standard posting from the Gen. Journal Line
G/L EntryFilled by BC’s standard posting

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What is not captured

The Employee Journal Line table does not define a full Dimension Set ID. As a result:
  • Dimensions 3–8 (any non-global dimension you may have configured) are not carried by the journal entry. If you rely on more than two dimensions on HR postings you will need to enter them manually on the resulting G/L entries, or build a custom event subscriber that populates the Dimension Set ID before posting.
  • Default dimensions on the employee (set under the Employee card → Dimensions) are still resolved by BC’s standard posting flow when it sees Account Type = Employee. That works correctly out of the box for the two shortcut dimensions, but again, not for dimensions 3–8 originating from the HR line itself.
If your organisation uses dimensions for HR reporting:
  1. Open Tell Me → General Ledger Setup and confirm which dimensions you have promoted to Shortcut Dimension 1 and Shortcut Dimension 2. Typical choices are DEPARTMENT and BRANCH.
  2. On each Employee Card, open Related → Employee → Dimensions and set default values for that employee. These flow automatically into postings.
  3. When entering Employee Journal lines, the shortcut dimension fields are visible inline — override the defaults if needed.

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Mapping employee attributes to dimensions

The extension’s Department, Branch, and Work Type lists are separate from BC’s Dimensions framework. If you want HR analytics in your G/L reports, the convention is:
  • Promote DEPARTMENT as Shortcut Dimension 1 in General Ledger Setup, and create one Dimension Value per HR Department you maintain.
  • Set the default Shortcut Dimension 1 on each employee to match their HR Department.
  • Optionally do the same with BRANCH as Shortcut Dimension 2.
This keeps the HR master data and the financial dimensions in sync without requiring any custom code.

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Object reference

ObjectIDNotes
Table Employee Journal Line HAC70003160Defines fields 15 and 16 for the two shortcut dimensions
Page Employee Journal HAC70003177Surfaces both shortcut dimension fields inline
Codeunit Employee Jnl. Post Mng. HAC70003133Copies both shortcut dimensions onto Gen. Journal Lines before posting