Intercompany — Product Roadmap
Here's where Intercompany is heading. The next release concentrates on a simpler setup surface and on making it far easier to see what went wrong when a transaction doesn't go through. After that, attention moves to pricing between companies, richer order content such as freight and non-item costs, and guided wizards that take the guesswork out of connecting a new company. Scope for later releases is directional and may change.
In the next release (28.4)
Ready for release (28.4)
A connection URL you can simply copy and paste
The connection URL you hand to an intercompany partner now shows exactly the value the partner needs, both in the setup wizard and in the connection details. No more trimming environment names or endpoint suffixes by hand before a partner can connect.
See what actually went wrong
When an intercompany transaction fails you get the full error text and the underlying call stack on the transaction itself, instead of a truncated summary. Referring to a custom field that doesn't exist now gives a clear message naming the problem rather than a generic failure.
A cleaner, smaller setup surface
Redundant fields on the Intercompany Partner Card and Intercompany Setup are retired, a duplicate navigation entry is removed, and captions and tooltips are reworked so each setting explains itself. The standard Business Central intercompany synchronisation page is hidden while Abakion Intercompany is active, so there is only ever one place to configure the connection. Deciding whether a line is intercompany no longer depends on a separate setting on the purchasing code — the app works it out itself.
Fewer surprises when onboarding a partner
Assisted setup no longer pre-fills a generic partner company name that then has to be corrected.
Accurate data in, accurate data out
Blank time values transfer as genuinely empty rather than as midnight, and longer contact names survive the trip to the supply company intact.
More control over sales order automation
Automatic posting of intercompany sales orders can be set per location, with the partner-level setting as the default, so high-volume sites can post automatically while others stay manual. Automatic population of Your Reference on intercompany-created sales orders becomes configurable rather than always on.
Item availability that keeps up
Changing the intercompany vendor on a sales line refreshes item availability across companies immediately, so what you see reflects the vendor you actually chose.
Simpler digital voucher handling
Intercompany stops generating its own digital vouchers and relies on the standard Business Central digital voucher setup on both sides instead, removing a duplicate configuration step while keeping cross-company document transfer intact.
Also planned for 28.4 (in progress)
- Drop-ship quantity changes — increasing a quantity in the supply company flows through to the related drop-ship purchase line
- Dimensions that stay put — local and document dimensions are preserved when a sales order is reopened and re-released, in both the sales and the supply company
- Return order handling — purchasing codes are no longer applied to intercompany sales return order lines
- Item tracking parity — package numbers carry through the intercompany item tracking pipeline alongside lot and serial numbers
- Tidier sales order page — a duplicate Your Reference field is removed from the intercompany sales order
Planned for later releases (29.0–29.2)
Pricing between companies
The sales company price will be derived as a mark-up on the supply company price, so internal pricing follows a rule instead of manual maintenance. A second phase will drive that mark-up through standard Business Central price lists.
Freight and other non-item costs on intercompany orders
Intercompany sales orders will carry non-inventory items and general ledger lines, so freight, handling and similar charges can travel with the order. Allocating those costs as item charges follows on from that.
Guided setup for new companies
New wizards will walk you through connecting to an intercompany partner and setting up an intercompany company from scratch, replacing today's field-by-field configuration — including guidance for configuring a whole network of companies rather than one pair at a time.
More of your data carried across
All fifty custom fields become available by default, long custom field values and large text fields such as work descriptions transfer in full, and resources join items on intercompany sales orders. Unit of measure codes can be mapped between companies to remove naming noise in cross-language setups.
Shipment details that follow the goods
Package tracking numbers and the shipping agent will transfer from the supply company's sales shipment onto the sales company order, so the customer-facing company can answer "where is it?" without leaving its own environment.
Clearer terminology and in-product help
Field help is being standardised so every field carries the same clear tooltip wherever it appears, and terminology is tightened — for example "Buy From Vendor" becomes "Intercompany Vendor" on the sales order header, while settings that don't apply are hidden rather than shown inactive.
Dimension handling per partner
Dimension handling moves to the Intercompany Partner Card so each partner relationship can follow its own rules, replacing today's single global mapping.
Deeper item availability insight
Item availability across the intercompany relationship gains a dedicated details view.
Working alongside third-party warehouse systems
Intercompany outbox transactions will be processed automatically when posting happens through a third-party warehouse management system rather than the Business Central client.