Comparison of Features in Different Versions of Continia Finance
On this page, you'll first find a brief overview of what Continia Finance versions that are supported by what versions of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, and next, you'll find an overview of features in Continia Finance by version.
Which Continia Finance version is supported by my Business Central installation?
Below, you can see a brief overview of supported Continia Finance versions by version of Business Central. Over time, some older versions of Business Central will not support the newest version of Continia Finance, as development of new Continia Finance features is aimed at the latest Business Central versions.
| Supported Business Central versions | Continia Finance release |
|---|---|
| From Business Central 2024 release wave 1 (BC v24) to Business Central 2025 release wave 1 (BC v26) | Continia Finance 2024 R2 |
| From Business Central 2023 release wave 2 (BC v23) to Business Central 2024 release wave 2 (BC v25) Business Central April 2019 (BC v14) | Continia Finance 2024 R2 |
| From Business Central 2023 release wave 1 (BC v22) to Business Central 2024 release wave 1 (BC v24) Business Central April 2019 (BC v14) | Continia Finance 2024 R1 |
Feature comparison by Continia Finance version
Continia maintains its focus on developing new features for the latest version of Business Central, meaning that certain features will not be available in older versions of Continia Finance.
In the below tables, you can see the features that are available in different versions of Continia Finance.
Essential
Depending on your version of Continia Finance, the Essential module comes with the following key features:
| Feature | 2024 R1 | 2024 R2 | 2025 R1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maintain original currency code in G/L entries |  | | |
| Use ledger entry comments | | | |
| Create and use VAT key Codes | | | |
| Define and use Fast PostingCodes | | | |
| Print alternating shading | | | |
| Colored hyperlinks in reports | | | |
| Use extended features in Customer and Vendor Application page | | | |
| Use extended features for Pmt. Discounts in Customer and Vendor Application page | | | |
| Ability to use and display comments for each entry in G/L, customer, and vendor accounts | | | |
| Specify balance confirmation codes | | | |
| Specify dimensions for system postings | | | |
| Continia Hub | | | |
| CSV ports | | |
Associations
The Associations module includes the following key features:
| Feature | 2024 R1 | 2024 R2 | 2025 R1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Separate setup fields for associations | | | |
| Merge any number of customers or vendors into an association | | | |
| Link a customer with a vendor for clearing entries | | | |
| Display all open entries belonging to an association | | | |
| Create and manage associations through Association cards | | | |
| Integrate and check credit limits for associations in journals and documents | | | |
| Additional fields for managing associations | | | |
| Handle split postings | | | |
| Generate reminders including vendor ledger entries and association entries | | | |
| Create and manage links between customers and vendors | | | |
| Display current balances, net changes, and balances at specific dates for linked accounts | | | |
| View detailed statistics for associations, including credit limits and sales data | | | |
G/L Open Entries
The G/L Open Entries module includes the following key features:
| Feature | 2024 R1 | 2024 R2 | 2025 R1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Create of open entries for G/L accounts similar to those for customers and vendors | | | |
| Use the G/L Open Entries Setup page to configure the module for each company in Business Central | | | |
| Create open entries for new entries only or for all existing entries based on the G/L account balance | | | |
| Display hyperlinks to G/L accounts in blue in the "G/L Account – Open Entries" report | | | |
| Use the same or different currencies for entries within one application | | | |
| Activate/Deactivate the Build Open Entries option based on account balance and setup configuration | | | |
| Menu item to view G/L entries with remaining amounts, showing additional columns like Remaining Amount and Open status | | | |
| Apply open G/L entries similarly to customer/vendor entries, with integration to the Detailed Gen. Ledger Entries page | | | |
| Access detailed G/L entries from the "G/L Entries Rem. Amounts" page | | | |
Extended Financial Reports
The Extended Financial Reports module includes the following key features:
| Feature | 2024 R1 | 2024 R2 | 2025 R1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enhanced display of entries for each G/L account | | | |
| Improved display of (open) entries for each customer/vendor on the screen and in reports | | | |
| Display balancing accounts in the preview of extended entries, with special handling if there are multiple balancing accounts | | | |
| Display fixed asset numbers and names in the balancing account fields for two-line postings like depreciation | | | |
| Options to allow changes to external document numbers on G/L and customer and vendor entry cards as long as entries are open | | | |
| Additional fields and functions in the extended general ledger entries, such as balance, net change, balancing account info, and more | | | |
| Open and print the extended detailed trial balance report prefiltered on the G/L account number | | | |
| Printing of VAT entries overview for lines with set up account totals and a plausibility check based on the chart of accounts | | | |
| Setup for flexible column layout, including options to print names or numbers of monthly columns | | | |
| Availability of total-balance lists for G/L accounts, debtors, and creditors in DATEV layout, with filtering options and Excel output | | | |
| Ability to make purchase VAT entries in sales invoices and sales VAT entries in purchase invoices | | | |
| Enhancements to financial reports for balance statement creation, including detailed export to Excel and various filtering options | | | |
| Setup and display of tipping accounts for customers with credit balances and vendors with debit balances | | | |
| Option to export detailed financial report lines to Excel, with suppression of zero balances and customizable columns | | | |
| Validation and cumulative transfer of VAT entries, including handling of reverse charge VAT and proof of VAT account | | | |
Extended Fixed Assets
With the Extended Fixed Assets module, you get access to the following key features:
| Feature | 2024 R1 | 2024 R2 | 2025 R1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Create and manage setup data for each company | | | |
| Define fixed asset templates to speed up the creation of new assets by predefining standard fields and asset depreciation books | | | |
| Acquisition value of fixed assets reduced by deducting payment discounts through purchase invoice payment. | | | |
| Activation of a depreciation posting on the date of asset acquisition for additional acquisition postings | | | |
| Retroactive depreciation postings on the starting date of regular depreciation for additional acquisitions within the same fiscal year. | | | |
| Automatic posting in the FA Gen. Journal and subsequent handling of acquisition postings | | | |
| Options for asset disposal, differentiating between scrapping and sales, with specific handling for scrapped assets | | | |
| Specification and management of asset quantities | | | |
| Partial disposal of assets, including the creation of new asset entries with reduced quantities and appropriate postings | | | |
| Functionality for reversing acquisition and sales postings | | | |
| Reversal of asset sales via credit memos, with automatic asset reversal | | | |
Installment Payments
The Installment Payments module gives you access to the following key features:
| Feature | 2024 R1 | 2024 R2 | 2025 R1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Define templates for different installment models to avoid repeatedly defining certain distribution processes | | | |
| Specify the exact allocation of future installments manually or using the automatic splitting function | | | |
| Create installment plans in sales and purchase documents (orders, invoices, credit notes) using templates or manually | | | |
| Preview how the installment plan will affect the entries created, only available if a template is defined | | | |
| Create an installment plan manually if the document is released, ensuring the remaining amount in the plan equals 0.00 | | | |
| After approval, view and modify the installment plan | | | |
| Define an associated installment in existing customer entries | | | |
| Reverse a posted installment within customer entries, reopening the originally posted invoice and balancing entry | | | |
| Generated customer entries of an installment are posted and displayed based on module setup preferences | | | |
| Posting installments when using different customer/vendor posting groups | | | |
| Use installments in journal lines | | |
Multi-Level Payment Discounts
The Multi-Level Payment Discounts module gives you access to the following key features:
| Feature | 2024 R1 | 2024 R2 | 2025 R1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Specify default payment discount settings and additional payment discount levels | | | |
| Supports up to five payment discount levels beyond the default, with specific formulas and percentages for each | | | |
| Calculation of due dates and payment discount data based on document date plus the value date formula | | | |
| Automatically fills in respective fields in entries when posting an invoice or credit memo with assigned payment terms | | | |
| View and manage multilevel payment discount entries directly from customer and vendor documents | | | |
| Define and post multilevel payment discounts directly from any journal | | | |
| Drill-down functionality into posted payment discount levels from ledger entries | | | |
| Grant multilevel payment discounts retrospectively by creating corresponding records for entries | | | |
| Pre-calculates and displays payment discount values based on the discount term | | | |
Factoring
The Factoring module facilitates the use of factoring as a source to secure financing or protect your liquidity. If you have chosen to sell receivables to a factoring company to avoid delayed incoming payments or even loss of receivables, the Factoring module is a convenient option. Tthe Factoring module lets you map the entire process from selecting open entries for creating factoring proposals to exporting them into files in the desired data formats and monitoring the exported receivables.
The Factoring module gives you access to the following key features:
| Feature | 2024 R1 | 2024 R2 | 2025 R1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Set up an unlimited number of factors. | | | |
| Pre-calculates and displays payment discount values based on the discount term | | | |
| Select which companies should participate in factoring | | | |
| Manage factoring in a dedicated customer | | | |
| Specify which customers should participate in factoring. | | | |
| Edit proposals before exporting them to the factor | | | |
| Implement various file structures | | | |
| Provide factors with files containing reconciled receivables | | | |
| Create any number of proposals for factoring | | |
Treasury
The Treasury module gives you access to the following key features:
| Feature | 2024 R1 | 2024 R2 | 2025 R1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-company views of all payment-relevant data including bank balances, open entries for customers and vendors, payment import journals, and payment proposals | | | |
| Select specific companies or all companies for data display | | | |
| Synchronizes ongoing movements and changes in data | | | |
| Restrict view to individual Treasury companies | | | |