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Dynamics 365 Business Central – Create a JSON File with AL

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is an open standard file format that uses human-readable text to store and transmit data objects consisting of attribute–value pairs and arrays (or other serializable values). In today’s digital age, the exchange of data between Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and other systems is often necessary. In a previous post, I …

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Dynamics 365 Business Central – Create an XML File in AL

XML (eXtensible Markup Language) is a standard for encoding documents and is used to structure data for storage and transport. XML files are just plain text files that use custom tags to describe the structure and features of the document. Many describe the file’s structure as self-descriptive and intended to be both human and machine-readable. …

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Dynamics 365 Business Central – What can you buy with Filter Tokens?

Do you use Filter Tokens in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central? Have you heard of Filter Tokens? Filter Tokens are special words that resolve to a filter string of values. Several Filter Tokens are defined in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central; for example, the ‘%mycustomers’ Token (Note: when using a Filter token, an ampersand precedes …

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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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Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 2 – IntelliSense for defining sorting on data view properties now includes table keys

With each update of Dynamics 365 Business Central, Microsoft enhances what is often referred to as the base application and enhances the development environment. Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 2 has several exciting Development features for runtime 10.0. One of the exciting features is to IntelliSense for defining sorting on data view properties now …

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Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 2 – Enable NoImplicitWith feature by default

With each update of Dynamics 365 Business Central, Microsoft enhances what is often referred to as the base application and enhances the development environment. Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 2 has several exciting Development features for runtime 10.0. One of the exciting features is to Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 2 – Enable …

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Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 2 – See the primary key for table fields in IntelliSense

With each update of Dynamics 365 Business Central, Microsoft enhances what is often referred to as the base application and enhances the development environment. Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 2 has several exciting Development features for runtime 10.0. One of the exciting features is to See the primary key for table fields in IntelliSense. …

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Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 2 – Use option access syntax in formulas

With each update of Dynamics 365 Business Central, Microsoft enhances what is often referred to as the base application and enhances the development environment. Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 2 has several exciting Development features for runtime 10.0. One of the exciting features is to Use option access syntax in formulas. AL Development in …

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Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 2 – Exclude temporary records when debugging record writes

With each update of Dynamics 365 Business Central, Microsoft enhances what is often referred to as the base application and enhances the development environment. Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 2 has several exciting Development features. One of the exciting features is to Exclude temporary records when debugging record writes. While debugging in Microsoft Dynamics …

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