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Real Things I’m Asked – Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Copy Document

I am asked many questions about Business Central on any given day. The questions vary and cover various topics, from development to administration to integration to general application use, to name a few. I want to post them all, but that is not feasible; From time to time, I pick one to write about. Q. …

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Real things I’m asked – Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Posting Date is not within your range of allowed posting dates

I am asked many questions about Business Central on any given day. The questions vary and cover various topics, from development to administration to integration to general application use, to name a few. I want to post them all, but that is not feasible; From time to time, I pick one to write about. Q. …

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Real things I’m asked – Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Copy Company Data to a New Company

Q. How do I copy data from one Business Central company to another? A. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central offers a couple of options to copy data from one company to another. Copy Company One option creates a complete copy of a company into a new company in the same environment.  Search for Companies using …

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Real things I’m asked – Business Central hide the warning when you close a document that you have not posted

Q: How do I hide the warning that I have not posted a sales document when closing it? A. You may have seen the warning and been annoyed with it. The nuisance dialog appears and asks to confirm that you want to close an order that has not been posted –  The document has been saved but …

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Real things I’m asked –What is ERP Software?

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software is a business management software that helps organizations automate and integrate various aspects of their business processes, such as finance, human resources, supply chain management, inventory management, customer relationship management, and more. An ERP system typically consists of integrated applications designed to collect and manage data from various departments in …

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Real things I’m asked – Add Test Users to a Business Central Docker Container

Q: How do I add test users to a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Docker Container? A: You use the Setup-BcContainerTestUsers function in BCContainerHelper to load test users. You can load either Essential or Premium users with the Setup-BcContainerTestUsers function. When working with a Business Central Container that has the following Users: New test users can be added with …

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Real things I’m asked – add a field to the DropDown

Q: Can you add the “Search Description” to the Item DropDown? A: Yes. In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, the DropDown fieldgroup determines the fields displayed when showing records on a dropdown page.  Additional fields can be added to the DropDown fieldgroup using the addlast keyword in an AL Table Extension. Base table and new fields can be added to …

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Real things I’m asked – Date Assignment

Q: What’s the syntax to assign a date in BC? Used to be date := 010122D; A: In AL The syntax for defining Date format is yyyymmddD, where D is a mandatory letter. In C/AL a normal date is assigned with the format <MMDDYY>D

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