AL Order Log

Description

AL Order Log is an app for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central that enables reliable and structured tracking of changes to sales and purchase orders, improving control, transparency, and audit readiness.

Tracking occurs at key events, including the release of the order and the deletion of previously released lines, ensuring that all relevant changes are recorded in the log.

Business Challenge

During daily order management, changes to items, quantities, or prices may occur multiple times before the order is finalized.
Without a reliable history of final changes, it becomes difficult to:

• reconstruct what changed and when
• support internal and external audit activities
• identify errors or disputes

Solution

AL Order Log automatically records relevant changes at key events, creating a clear and meaningful history of modifications.

The system also supports bulk-controlled operations through the Order Log Posting Journal.
The user selects the orders to modify in the batch, optionally sets log reasons, and posts the journal.
All changes are processed through the posting mechanism, ensuring a consistent and reliable history.

The system also allows one or more sets of changes to be undone, restoring order lines to their previous state using the information stored in the log entries.

Key Features

• Automatic comparison of order lines before and after release
• Log generated only for actual changes
• Tracking of key information: item, quantity, price, dimensions
• Management of deleted lines that were previously released, with mandatory log reason
• Closing order lines automatically, aligning ordered quantities with shipped quantities
• Bulk-controlled closing of orders through the Order Log Posting Journal, with order selection and posting of changes
• Undo one or more sets of changes, restoring order lines to their previous state
• Integration with AL Dimension Categories, allowing up to 20 dimensions to be tracked as columns in order log entries
• Standard log reasons for insertion, deletion, closing, and modification; automatically suggested at release and editable by the user if allowed
• Event available to extend tracking to custom fields
• Native integration with standard Business Central processes

Customer Benefits

• Enhanced control over order changes
• Reliable history of final changes
• Support for internal and external audits
• Reduction of errors, disputes, and operational ambiguity
• Increased efficiency in managing multiple orders or batch operations

Functional Scope

• Modules involved:
  • Sales
  • Purchase
• Supported documents:
  • Sales orders
  • Purchase orders

Installation & Setup

• Easy installation via Microsoft AppSource
• Minimal configuration required
• No impact on standard Business Central processes

Security & Compliance

• Uses standard Business Central permissions
• No data exported to external systems
• All data remains within the Business Central environment

Compatibility

• Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
• Deployment: SaaS
• Supported languages: Italian, English