How to open another Company, Change the Work Date or User Language

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In Business Central, you can adjust a few personal settings that change how you work in the system day to day. Two of the most useful are the work date and the display language. You can also switch between companies from the same place. Here is how it works.

Setting a specific work date in Business Central

By default, Business Central uses today’s date when you post or register transactions. But you can set a specific work date if you need to work on a date that is not today. This is handy when you have to post entries to a different date, for example at the end of a period.

The work date you set applies to your work in the system until you change it again, so you don’t have to enter the date manually every time you post.

Changing the language of the menus

You can change the language of the menus you see in Business Central. This only affects your own view of the system, so each user can work in the language they prefer.

Switching between companies

From the same settings, you can open other companies. If you want to default to working in another company, you can select it here.

Where to find the settings and how to apply them

You find all of this under the Settings option. Click the setup icon in the top right-hand corner and go to Settings. From here you can:

• Change the company you work in
• Change the language code you want to work in
• Change the work date

When you press OK, log out, and log back in, the new settings take effect and become your personal settings.

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