How to Find Page, Report, or Object Numbers in NAV 2013 and 2015 RTC

In some instances, you may get an error message when you navigate to the report, page, or other objects. In this blog, I have put together step-by-step instructions on how to find your page, report, or object numbers in the Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 and NAV 2015 RoleTailored Clients (RTC) when receiving this error. Once… Continue reading How to Find Page, Report, or Object Numbers in NAV 2013 and 2015 RTC

How to Back Up and Restore Companies in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015

The ability to backup and restore a company has been added back into NAV 2015. This capability was lost when 2013 was released and the “Classic Client” was discontinued. Losing this capability made it more difficult to make a copy of a company in order to create a test company based on the current live… Continue reading How to Back Up and Restore Companies in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015

How to Set Up a File for Export in RapidStart for Dynamics NAV

NOTE: This process will only work for basic Card imports. If you need to work with more complex projects or a group of imports, contact ArcherPoint for instructions. Locating RapidStart Services In the search bar, type Rapid and select the link for RapidStart Services for Microsoft Dynamics NAV. Figure 1. Search bar with search results.… Continue reading How to Set Up a File for Export in RapidStart for Dynamics NAV

What Dynamics NAV/BC Version Are You On? Finding Your Version Number

Do you know what Microsoft Dynamics NAV/BC version you are using? If not, this blog provides step-by-step instructions for finding your Dynamics NAV or Business Central version. It has been split up and written for finding your version number in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 or NAV 2013 through NAV 2018, and finding your Dynamics 365 Business Central… Continue reading What Dynamics NAV/BC Version Are You On? Finding Your Version Number

How to Use Templates to Create Customers and Other Records in NAV

Microsoft Dynamics NAV gives us the ability to set up the system to pre-populate the common fields when setting up a Customer, Vendor, Item or other master records. This functionality is available in the NAV2009 RTC Client and later versions. For demonstration purposes, I will be using NAV 2013 R2 and the Customer functionality to… Continue reading How to Use Templates to Create Customers and Other Records in NAV

NAV 2015: Column Indenting and Disabling Interactive Sorting

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2 introduced the concept of interactive column sorting on list pages such as Sales Lines or the Chart of Accounts. This is a very handy feature, but at times, an errant click can send the data into a sort that you can’t get back to unless you close the page and… Continue reading NAV 2015: Column Indenting and Disabling Interactive Sorting

Easily Finding a Dimension Set ID in Microsoft Dynamics NAV

With the advent of the Dimension Set feature in Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Navision), it can be tricky to figure out how to change the Dimension Set ID assigned to a record in code or how to assign new dimensions to code. If you don’t know what you’re doing, you’ll spend a few hours writing stuff… Continue reading Easily Finding a Dimension Set ID in Microsoft Dynamics NAV

Import General Journal Entries in NAV 2015 Using RapidStart

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 (Navision) includes several batch jobs that are provided to help in the transfer of legacy account balances to a newly configured company. You can easily import data for the customer journal, the vendor journal, the item journal, and the G/L journal by using RapidStart. The first step is to create a… Continue reading Import General Journal Entries in NAV 2015 Using RapidStart

Dynamics NAV Web Service Error: “Index was outside the bounds of the array.”

Are you having trouble with web services and seeing a message like: “Index was outside the bounds of the array” in the event viewer? Are you using an Extension codeunit (I’ve also heard them called Helper Codeunits) with a published page in web services? If so, there’s a chance that your extension codeunit contains a… Continue reading Dynamics NAV Web Service Error: “Index was outside the bounds of the array.”