Customizing Microsoft Dynamics Business Central on Premises Using Tables and Table Types

In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, there is a table where customer information is stored. In addition, there is a table for vendor data, a table for item data, and so on. Tables let you organize and structure the data within your solution. There are different types of tables based on their technical implementation as… Continue reading Customizing Microsoft Dynamics Business Central on Premises Using Tables and Table Types

Customizing Microsoft Dynamics Business Central On Premises Using AL Keywords

If you’re new to Microsoft Dynamics Business Central on premises, you need to know how to easily customize it. In this blog, you’ll learn how to perform customizations using AL Keywords, including the terms CONFIRM, TESTFIELD, and COPYARRAY, making it easy and fast. Using the CONFIRM Keyword When you write code in Application Language (AL),… Continue reading Customizing Microsoft Dynamics Business Central On Premises Using AL Keywords

Using Triggers to Display Messages in Microsoft Dynamics Business Central

Triggers are used in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central for a variety of purposes, from validating input to controlling system behavior. This blog introduces using triggers by showing how they work with Tables and Fields. In this blog, we will cover how to: Create a Table Create a Page for the table Publish it to… Continue reading Using Triggers to Display Messages in Microsoft Dynamics Business Central

Microsoft Dynamics Business Central AL Programming Basics: How to Use the Delete Statement

This blog provides a step-by-step guide to using Delete statement in Microsoft Dynamics Business Central/NAV. Open Visual Studio. Create a Code unit for the Delete statement.Figure 1 – Creating a code unit for the Delete statement in Dynamics Business Central Create a page extension. Figure 2 – Creating a page extension for the Delete statement… Continue reading Microsoft Dynamics Business Central AL Programming Basics: How to Use the Delete Statement

Using Arrays and Array Functions in Microsoft Dynamics Business Central NAV

This blog discusses how to use arrays and array functions in Microsoft Dynamics 365/NAV. What is an Array? An array is a collection of items stored at contiguous memory locations. The idea is to store multiple items of the same type together. Following are the important terms to understand the concept of an Array: Element −… Continue reading Using Arrays and Array Functions in Microsoft Dynamics Business Central NAV

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central AL Programming Basics – STRMENU Keyword

This blog provides a step-by-step guide on how to use the STRMENU. The syntax is ”STRMENU(OptionMembers: Text, [DefaultNumber: Integer], [Instruction: Text]): Integer”. It creates a menu window that displays a series of options. Figure 1 shows a code unit with the members of the STRMENU keyword marked in red and the default member marked in… Continue reading Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central AL Programming Basics – STRMENU Keyword

How to Install Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

  Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central was released in June of 2018. If you haven’t had a chance to check it out, now is the time. If your company has purchased it, this blog provides step-by-step instructions on how to install it on your device. Download Microsoft Dynamics Business Central. Unzip the “Dynamics365BusinessCentralNA” folder. Double… Continue reading How to Install Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Using the Date Function in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central On Premises

There are various places throughout Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central where you can enter dates in fields. In fact, a good deal of data in the application is linked to dates. For example, in a sales order, you can set the shipment date. When filtering lists or report data, you can enter dates and times… Continue reading Using the Date Function in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central On Premises

Using Codeunits in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, there are a lot of codeunits already available. Every codeunit is a collection of different functions. If they are global functions, they can be called from within your own code. There are codeunits that help you work with XML data, help you with importing and exporting data, setting up number… Continue reading Using Codeunits in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Creating a Report in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central or NAV

This blog provides an overview of how a report is created in Microsoft Dynamics 365/NAV and how to publish it to the client. It also discusses how to build a report in the SQL Server Report Builder. Developers will know that you need to configure the app.json and launch.json. Set up all the basic settings… Continue reading Creating a Report in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central or NAV