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title: "Suggest advance commodity payments"
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tags: ["BC", "Business Central", "Food", "Task"]
updated: 2026-06-25T09:59:14Z
published: 2026-06-25T09:59:14Z
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# Suggest advance commodity payments

The program includes a feature that suggests advance payments for commodity purchases. Advance payments are suggested for purchases that have not been invoiced, typically because the final purchase cost is unknown at the time.

## Steps

1. In the search box, enter **Payment Journals**, and then choose the related link.
2. On the **Navigate** tab, in the **Payments** group, choose **Suggest Comm. Adv. Payments**.
3. On the **Options** FastTab, fill in the fields.
4. On the **Vendor** FastTab, you can set filters to select vendors by number.
5. Choose **OK** to start the batch job.

When the batch job finishes, the purchases selected for advance payment are listed in the payment journal.

## Related

- [Configure commodity processes](/bc-configuring-commodity-processes.md)
- [Commodities](/bc-commodities.md)
- [Manage commodity costs and payments](/bc-managing-commodity-costs-and-payments.md)