# Shared Master Data

**URL:** <https://www.dynamicsuser.net/t/shared-master-data/49231>\
**Category:** User Forum\
**Created:** [November 12, 2013, 6:28am UTC](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/t/shared-master-data/49231 "2013-11-12T06:28:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Ali\_Danish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a587f6/32.png) [@Ali\_Danish](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/u/Ali_Danish)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 6:28am UTC](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/t/shared-master-data/49231/1 "2013-11-12T06:28:43Z")

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Dear All

I know that we can share CoA.

My question is can we share Vendor, Customer, Item and Fixed Asset master data for all legal entities.

Regards

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**Author:** ![AdamRoue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c37758/32.png) [@AdamRoue](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/u/AdamRoue)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 10:15am UTC](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/t/shared-master-data/49231/2 "2013-11-12T10:15:40Z")

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Yes you can create virtualised tables, but you need to plan it very carefully, because the customer is not one table as an example, and the credit limit is for the company currency not the customer, so if your companies have different currencies…

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**Author:** ![DevAX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@DevAX](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/u/DevAX)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 10:40am UTC](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/t/shared-master-data/49231/3 "2013-11-12T10:40:39Z")

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What is the exact requirement of sharing the master data as Vendor, Customer, Item and Fixed Asset are company specific???

Can you explain the exact requirement??

You can shared any data by setting a property on the Data Table which is SaveDataPerCompany to NO.

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**Author:** ![Ali\_Danish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a587f6/32.png) [@Ali\_Danish](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/u/Ali_Danish)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 10:55am UTC](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/t/shared-master-data/49231/4 "2013-11-12T10:55:49Z")

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Thanks for the reply

My concern is in CoA we can share entire Chart of account without any customization

can we do the same for all master data without any customization etc

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**Author:** ![Ali\_Danish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a587f6/32.png) [@Ali\_Danish](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/u/Ali_Danish)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 10:56am UTC](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/t/shared-master-data/49231/5 "2013-11-12T10:56:58Z")

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Is data sharing is possible the way we shared chart of account without any customization and technical knowledge.

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**Author:** ![AdamRoue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c37758/32.png) [@AdamRoue](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/u/AdamRoue)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 11:02am UTC](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/t/shared-master-data/49231/6 "2013-11-12T11:02:47Z")

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Yes see my previous comment. However there are of course pitfalls to sharing this sort of data.

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**Author:** ![DevAX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@DevAX](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/u/DevAX)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 11:13am UTC](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/t/shared-master-data/49231/7 "2013-11-12T11:13:43Z")

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i dont think the only way to share the data across entities is to make the property on the Table which is SaveDataPerCompany to NO.

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**Author:** ![AdamRoue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c37758/32.png) [@AdamRoue](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/u/AdamRoue)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 2:08pm UTC](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/t/shared-master-data/49231/8 "2013-11-12T14:08:28Z")

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Not sure if you are saying it is the only way or not, but AX2012 still has virtualised companies and you can create virtual table collections etc. and this will share data across companies.

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**Author:** ![paul.policarpio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@paul.policarpio](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/u/paul.policarpio)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2013, 6:53am UTC](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/t/shared-master-data/49231/9 "2013-11-13T06:53:44Z")

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Hi Ali,

Yes, you can share Vendor, Customer, Item and Fixed Asset using Virtual Company setup.

regards,

paul