Does Copy Company Transfer Opening Balances in Business Central?
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Community Votes
60% of anonymous learners picked answer B. Votes are pick records left by other test-takers — they are not the verified answer.
Community Insight
MB-800 tests whether you can match the correct Business Central feature to a data-migration goal — the trap is assuming Copy Company moves opening balances selectively instead of duplicating a whole company.
Copy Company in Business Central clones an entire company, so it is not the mechanism for transferring opening balances into the company being implemented. This page confirms the solution does not meet the goal (B) and explains the documented opening balance process instead.
Answering Yes (A) because Copy Company does carry balances; in reality it copies the entire company into a new company and cannot transfer only opening balances into an existing one.
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Expert Analysis
Why the Answer Is Correct
The goal is to transfer opening balances data into the system — that is, into the company being implemented. The Copy Company function creates a brand-new company that duplicates the setup and data of a source company; it does not push balances into an existing company, and it carries far more than opening balances. Microsoft's documented path for opening balances is to set up an opening balance account and post the balances through general journals (or import them with configuration packages), then verify the result with a trial balance. Because Copy Company does not perform that transfer, the solution does not meet the goal, so the answer is No (B).Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option A (Yes) fails because it treats Copy Company as a data-transport tool. Copy Company is a full clone: as a53c18b put it, the feature "copies the ENTIRE company over, with no choice of picking just what you want to copy", which is exactly what you must avoid when only opening balances are needed. KimLsn's Copilot-assisted reasoning that the function can include inventory, fixed asset and general ledger opening balances is technically about the cloned company, not about transferring balances into the company under implementation — and cloning would also drag along setup and transactions you do not want duplicated. No other option exists in this two-option format, so the decisive point is simply that the named feature does not match the stated transfer task.Community Comment Notes
OsloS backed B with the observation "It is not usual to do it that way", reflecting that practitioners never migrate opening balances through a company clone. Another B voter, a53c18b, highlighted the all-or-nothing nature of the copy, which is the strongest technical argument. On the other side, 71b1e8f answered A and claimed "this function also copies opening balances data" — true for the copied company, but irrelevant to transferring balances into an existing one. The vote split of 60/40 shows this scenario is a genuine trap, so judge the mechanism rather than the majority.Exam Strategy
In these solution-series questions, evaluate the mechanism, not the data: ask whether the named feature can move only opening balances into the existing company. Answer Yes only when the action is the documented opening balance path (opening balance account plus general journal posting); otherwise answer No.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why does Copy Company not transfer opening balances into my company?
Copy Company creates a new company that duplicates an existing company's full setup and data. It cannot push just opening balances into the company you are implementing.
What is the correct way to bring opening balances into Business Central?
Set up an opening balance account, enter the balances in a general journal (or import them via configuration packages), post them, and verify with a trial balance.