Category: Business Central

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central: Adjust the Factbox pane width

One of my favorite new user experience features in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2025 Wave 1 is the ability to resize the fact box. Previously, to create more space on the screen, you would have to hide the fact box, which could result in missing important information. Now, you can easily adjust the width …

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Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central: Preview PDF attachments directly in web client

The Public Preview of Microsoft Business Central Release 2025 Wave 1 is now available, and it is time to test out the available new features. One of the new features that excites me the most is the “Preview PDF attachments directly in web client” user experience feature. Previously, when needing to view a PDF attachment …

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Preview of Dynamics 365 Business 2025 Release Wave 1

šŸŽ‰šŸ¾ With all the chatter about the preview of Business Central Release 2025 Wave 1 hitting the streets, it’s time to revisit how to create a new environment. šŸ¾šŸŽ‰ āœ… Log into your “Dynamics 365 Business Central admin center” Click on the +New item āœ… In the “Create environment” dialog, enter an Environment Name, select …

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Real Things I’m asked: Bulk Upload Images into Business Central

Q. I need to load images for several items in Business Central. Can I load them all at once, or do I need to load them one at a time? A. You can import images for multiple items simultaneously. To do this, name your image files according to the corresponding item numbers. Then, compress these …

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Real Things I’m asked: Schedule an update to my Business Central Online Environment

Q. Microsoft recently released an update to Business Central. When will I receive the update; is there a way to schedule it? A. You can see and schedule available updates to Business Central through the Dynamics 3655 Business Central admin center. Major updates to Dynamics 365 Business Central online occur twice a year, introducing new …

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Real Things I’m asked: Cancel a User Session or Restart a Business Central Environment

Q. How do I cancel a user session or restart an environment in Business Central? A. The Dynamics 365 Business Central Admin Center allows an administrator to restart a Business Central Environment or cancel a Business Central user session. Canceling a session is sometimes the only way to unblock an environment where a user may …

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Putting down the Tiles in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

When viewing a List Page in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, users can view the page in List or Tile view. The tile view shows records as tiles instead of rows. By default, the fields displayed in the Tile are the first five fields as defined on the list page. Users can switch between the …

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Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central: Decoding Dictionaries: Unlocking the Power of Key-Value Pairs

In the AL language for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, the Dictionary data type represents an unordered collection of keys and values optimized for fast lookup of values. In a Dictionary, each key is unique and is used to access its corresponding value. The dictionary data type allows you to store key-value pairs where there …

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Real Things I’m asked: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Personalize Pages for a Group of Users

Q: How do I change the page layouts for users without having to log in and personalize the pages for each user? A: A Profile in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is a powerful tool that empowers administrators to define and manage what different types of users can access within the system. Profiles enable administrators …

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Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central: Navigating Lists

In the AL language for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, a List data type is a strongly typed list of ordered objects accessed by index, starting at 1. Lists are a great alternative to arrays. Unlike arrays, lists are unbounded, which means their size doesn’t need to be declared upon creation and can grow dynamically …

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