Tag: Business Central

Dynamics 365 Business Central: Schedule Reports

One feature of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is the scheduling of Reports. Schedule Reports are saved to a file or printed to a specific printer. Similar to other scheduled tasks, scheduled reports are processed through the job queue and scheduled to execute once or on a recurring interval. Scheduling reports is an excellent way …

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Dynamics 365 Business Central: Monitor Field Changes

The Change Log has long been part of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and is used (misused and abused) to track field value changes. The Change Log allows a System Administrator to define which Tables and Fields to monitor for Insert, Modify and Delete events. Once activated, field value changes are visible on the Change …

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Dynamics 365 Business Central: General Ledger Entry Dimension Corrections

Dimensions in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central have many uses; however, their primary use is for financial reports and analysis. There are many ways to set up and enforce Dimension Value posting within Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Yet, in an implementation with proper dimensions setup, a need to correct the dimensions on posted general ledger entries may …

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August 2022 Cumulative Updates for Dynamics 365 Business Central and Microsoft Dynamics NAV

The August updates for Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central are now available. Before applying the updates, you should confirm that your implementation is ready for the upgrade and ensure compatibility with your modifications. Work with a Microsoft Partner to determine if you are ready and what is needed for you to apply …

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Dynamics 365 Business Central: Yes you can merge Customers, Vendors and Contacts

As users enter data through normal business processing, a byproduct of data migrations or consolidations, there are often instances where there is more than one master record for a customer, vendor, or contact. Having multiple references to the same entity can be challenging to manage their orders, invoices, payments, and interactions. In earlier versions of …

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Dynamics 365 Business Central: Do more with Customer and Vendor Templates

Setting up master data in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central becomes easier when you use Templates. You can use templates to assist with entering customer, vendor, item, or employee data. Using Templates in Business Central allows you to specify field values for a specific group of master data. When entering master data, you select the …

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Pragma and Rulesets let you make or break the rules.

The AL Language extension (the language for developing applications for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central) contains fourcode analyzers for analysis of your code at build time. “Code violations” are displayed in the Problem window when the code is analyzed. The information is valuable for identifying and jumping to Code Analysis Tool rule violations. Now that you potentially have …

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Business Central Isolated Storage: Keep Out of my Data!

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Application Developers often need to store sensitive information their application uses. In earlier Dynamics NAV versions, developers often saved this data in table fields. The table field values were accessible to any other application or user that had access to the table. Information such as API keys, user credentials, or …

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Do Cops write tickets in AL?

The AL Language extension (the language for developing applications for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central) contains four code analyzers for analysis of your code at build time. The AppSourceCop analyzer enforces rules for extensions intended for listing in Microsoft AppSource. Whereas the CodeCop analyzer enforces AL Coding Guidelines and the UICop analyzer enforces rules for …

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