Category: Business Central

Dynamics NAV / Business Central Developer Digest – Vol 382

ArcherPoint’s Developer Digest focuses on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central development and Dynamics NAV development. In Developer Digest Volume 382, we discuss new and discontinued features in BC 2022 Wave 1 (v20), debugging native code in VS code using Docker, and how to check permissions. The Dynamics NAV and Business Central community, including the ArcherPoint… Continue reading Dynamics NAV / Business Central Developer Digest – Vol 382

How To Synchronize Multiple Units of Measure Between Dynamics 365 Business Central and Dynamics 365 Sales

If you need to track multiple units of inventory in your business – for example, you purchase an item in one unit of measure, like pieces but then sell that same item in another unit of measure like packs – you did not have this option in previous versions of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.… Continue reading How To Synchronize Multiple Units of Measure Between Dynamics 365 Business Central and Dynamics 365 Sales

Forbidden Knowledge: How To Find Field Values from External Apps in Business Central

There’s a quote from Larry Wall, creator of the Perl programming language, that names laziness as one of the three cardinal virtues of a computer programmer. (The other two are impatience and hubris.)  Wall was half joking, and half serious. When he said “laziness,” what he actually meant was a willingness to make things efficient. … Continue reading Forbidden Knowledge: How To Find Field Values from External Apps in Business Central

Dynamics NAV / Business Central Developer Digest – Vol 381

ArcherPoint’s Developer Digest focuses on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central development and Dynamics NAV development. In Developer Digest Volume 381, we discuss performance for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central AL and Docker artifacts. The Dynamics NAV and Business Central community, including the ArcherPoint technical staff, is made up of developers, project managers, and consultants who are… Continue reading Dynamics NAV / Business Central Developer Digest – Vol 381

Dynamics NAV / Business Central Developer Digest – Vol 380

ArcherPoint’s Developer Digest focuses on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central development and Dynamics NAV development. In Developer Digest Volume 380, we discuss the purpose of SetCurrentKey today, Microsoft office hours, and more. The Dynamics NAV and Business Central community, including the ArcherPoint technical staff, is made up of developers, project managers, and consultants who are… Continue reading Dynamics NAV / Business Central Developer Digest – Vol 380

Service Management in Dynamics 365 Business Central – In and Out of the Box

WD-40 is a household staple. You can use it on everything that squeaks, to remove crayon from walls, keep garden tools and bike chains from rusting, remove bugs from your car, and even loosen screws. But do you think I remember that WD-40 does all that when I can’t turn a screw?  Nope, I don’t.  WD-40 is… Continue reading Service Management in Dynamics 365 Business Central – In and Out of the Box

Interfaces: A Balance Between Control and Safety 

We’ve been having a fun internal conversation (to people like me, anyway) over the past week about interface objects and the benefits of interfaces. I’ve been programming for going on 25 years now and have used interfaces in all manner of programming languages since I started, but I have to remind myself that many developers… Continue reading Interfaces: A Balance Between Control and Safety 

How To Use Insight Works’ Shop Floor Insight with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Manufacturers require visibility into production, and utilizing Insight Works’ Shop Floor Insight add-on with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central gives you that visibility. Shop Floor Insight is a comprehensive manufacturing execution system add-on for Business Central that eliminates the need for many manual inputs, including time entry and operational data (consumption, output, scrap, quality, etc). You… Continue reading How To Use Insight Works’ Shop Floor Insight with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Dynamics NAV / Business Central Developer Digest – Vol 379

ArcherPoint’s Developer Digest focuses on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central development and Dynamics NAV development. In Developer Digest Volume 379, we hear about notable features in BC 2022 Release Wave 1, learn about automated testing in BC, hear a Kusto Query Language use case, and more. The Dynamics NAV and Business Central community, including the… Continue reading Dynamics NAV / Business Central Developer Digest – Vol 379

How To Enable and Use the Pricing Experience Feature in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central for Purchasing

In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2020 release wave 1, Microsoft introduced a new way to extend price calculation so developers and ISVs could build solutions that address industry or business-specific pricing needs. If you record special prices and line discounts for sales and purchases, here’s good news. As part of 2020 wave 2 release, Microsoft added… Continue reading How To Enable and Use the Pricing Experience Feature in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central for Purchasing