Parties

Learn how to setup a Party, a company in Business Central sharing data with other companies.

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A Party is a Business Central company sharing data with other companies. A Party can send and receive data. You must set up all companies as you will send data to or receive data from. Before you start setting up the Parties, choose a consistent format for Party Codes. Combine a land code with a number for uniqueness and clarity (e.g., UK10, UK10).

Set up your standard party code

  1. Choose the 🔎 icon, enter Pryme Intercompany Setup, and then select the related link.
  2. Enter your party code in My Party code.

Parties

Every company must have a unique party code that identifies the company. Decide on a naming strategy, and stick to it.

  1. Choose the 🔎 icon, enter Parties (IDM), and then choose the related link.
  2. Fill in the fields as necessary. Hover over a field to read a short description.

Party groups

Party Group is a subset of parties and can be used in a Topic to restrict which companies are allowed to receive data.

  1. Choose the 🔎 icon, enter Party Groups (IDM), and select the related link.
  2. Fill in the fields as necessary. Hover over a field to read a short description.
  3. Enter the Code of Parties that should be related under the Parties subpage.