Change Legal Entity Structure

Hover over 'Account' in the top ribbon and select 'New Account'.

This will open a new GL Account record where this Due To/From Account can be entered. Ensure that this new record is saved when completed.

Navigate to Setup Assistant by hovering over 'Administration' in the top ribbon and clicking 'Setup Assistant'.

Click 'Legal Entities' under 'Organization' to view a listing of all Legal Entities. To create a new one, click the 'Add Legal Entity' button and enter in the necessary details.

Open the newly-created Legal Entity record and select the new Due To/From Account under the 'Intercompany' section. Ensure that this record is saved when completed.

Create all of the new Bank Accounts that will be used in connection with this Legal Entity.

Any Locations that are changing Legal Entities will need a new Location record created for them. To do so, navigate back to Setup Assistant so that new Locations can be created and tied to this Legal Entity. Open the Locations listing by clicking 'Locations' under 'Organization' and then the 'Add Location' button.

On the 'Add New Location' modal, add '- New' to the end of the Location name and number. Assign the new Legal Entity to the Location and then save the record before creating additional Locations.

On each new Location record, navigate to the 'Default Accounts' tab and update the Bank Accounts accordingly.

If you do not see the new Locations on the Locations listing, it is due to your Location access. To update this, open your User record, navigate to the 'Locations' tab, and either add the new Location(s) or toggle 'All Locations' to gain access to all Locations.

Create a new Fiscal Year for this Legal Entity. The Fiscal Year should mirror the legacy Legal Entity's Fiscal Year if you want to run year-over-year reports; if not, any Fiscal Year setup can be entered.

As a reminder, the Fixed Asset module is not supported by custom Fiscal Years.

When done, ensure that the update is saved.

Update all legacy Location names to include '- Old' in the name and number. Save and close each record.

Then, navigate to all new Location names and remove '- New' from the Location name and number. Save and close each record.

Submit two Support Tickets to R365 Support in regards to the following:

1.  POS Integrations. The first ticket should inform them of the changes made and ask them to have the POS Integrations sent to the new Locations rather than the legacy Locations.

2.  Vendor Integrations. The second ticket should include the names of all Vendors that you would like to have integrated with these Legal Entities. Click here for more details on Vendor integration.

Export the Daily Sales Summary List View for all Legacy Locations to create a Historical Sales Import for the Current Locations.

To do so, open the Daily Sales Summary listing and filter by Location. Then, click the export button in the top, right corner above the listing to download and save an Excel file of all DSSs. Repeat this process for each legacy Location.

Once all files are saved on your desktop, import these files as Historical Sales for each new Location. Click here to learn how to import Historical Sales.

Run the AP Aging and AR Aging Reports for all legacy Legal Entities. Export each report to Excel and then copy and paste over each transaction in their respective AP/AR Templates, which can be downloaded from the Import Tool. Once all transactions are entered on the correct template, import each template via the Import Tool.

Once the audit at year's end is complete, review Intercompany entries to ensure that they are mapped to the correct Due To/From Account and then transfer GL Beginning Balances from the legacy Locations to the new Locations. 

The last step is to deactivate the legacy Legal Entities so as to avoid posting new transactions to the old Locations.

To do so, open each Legal Entity and check the 'Inactive' checkbox. Ensure that the record is saved before updating another record.