How to Issue Individual Vendor Payments in D365 Business Central
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How to Issue Individual Vendor Payments in D365 Business Central

Writer: Heather WatsonHeather Watson
3 hours ago2 min read

Learn how to issue individual vendor payments in your Dynamics 365 Business Central solution.

Laptop with Business Central dashboard. Text overlay: "Business Central How-To: Issue Individual Vendor Payments."

The following steps will show you how to issue individual payments to a vendor when not part of a batch cheque run in your Business Central environment.

 

To begin, access the Vendor list by either typing Vendor in the search bar or navigating to Purchasing > Vendors.


Business Central dashboard with vendors list being accessed in the drop down menu

From your vendor list, select the vendor you would like to pay and open the vendor card by selecting the No. to the right.


Vendor list in Dynamics 365 Business Central interface, highlighting a selected vendor.

Once the vendor card is open, select Home > Pay Vendor


Business Central interface showing a vendor card

You can either select an individual invoice to pay by moving the cursor to the required row, or you can use the ellipsis to the right of the date and choose Select More.


Vendor ledger showing invoice details on Business Central interface.

This will allow you to select more than one transaction by selecting the circle icons to the left of the transaction date. The circle icon found in the column header will allow you to Select All.


Vendor ledger entry screen in Dynamics 365 Business Central showing three invoices with dates, document numbers, and vendor details.

Now that the transactions are identified that need to be paid, select Create Payment.


Dynamics 365 Business Central screen showing vendor ledger entries. Invoices listed with dates, document numbers, and vendor names. Create Payment button highlighted.

The following screen opens, make sure the information is accurate.  Payment type selected should be Computer Cheque if you are using a printed cheque or Manual Cheque if the cheque is a handwritten cheque.


Create Payment window overlaid on invoice list in Business Central. Dropdown shows "Computer Check" in Payment Type.

Starting Document No. is the cheque no., make sure to confirm this is accurate and select OK.


Payment creation form overlay on an invoice list in Business Central.

Then you will head to the Payment Journal by typing in the search bar or navigating to Cash Management > Payment Journal.


Financial dashboard of Dynamics 365 Business Central showing menu navigation to Payment Journals.

Business Central interface displaying payment journal entries

You can confirm the cheque total and additional details here as well. By selecting Home > Apply Entries… you can access the transactions that are being selected to pay.


The transactions being paid can be identified by the ones with the Applies-to ID populated.


Payment journal screen in Dynamics 365 Business Central.

Select OK to return to the Payment Journal lines. Once you have confirmed all the details and are ready to print the cheque select Check > Print Check.


Business Central screenshot showing payment journal entries for vendors.

The print filter page opens and you can again confirm the template, bank account and cheque no. for a final time.  Once confirmed, select Print. 


Pop-up box titled "Check" with options for printing a check in Business Central.

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