My ArcherPoint colleague, the illustrious Matt Traxinger, gave a presentation back at NAVUG Summit 2014 called “Principles of Good Design: Applying The Design of Everyday Things to Microsoft Dynamics NAV.” Matt also gave the presentation internally to the ArcherPoint development staff, and the concept was that we need to consider good design principles as we… Continue reading Pierrot le Fou: TESTFIELD and Error Messages in Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Category: Dynamics NAV
What’s new in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015? How fast can you go?
ArcherPoint just went live on Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015, and it is fast—lightning fast. Not that NAV 2009 R2 was slow, but processing speeds are just that much faster. Microsoft stated at NAVUG Summit recently that NAV 2015 requires 4 times less bandwidth and provides a 30% increase in speed. And that’s not all that’s… Continue reading What’s new in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015? How fast can you go?
Using Alternate Production BOM Versions for Production Orders
The scenario: Your company produces bicycles and uses Dynamics NAV Production Orders. The Production Orders feature automatically uses the “Current Version” of the Production BOM, but in this instance we want to use an “Alternate Version” of the Production BOM. First, we set up the Versions of the Production BOM. When we open up the… Continue reading Using Alternate Production BOM Versions for Production Orders
Tricks for Removing Page Elements to Preserve the Upgrade Path in NAV
I’ve been doing a lot of work for a customer recently where they’ve wanted multiple fields taken off their Sales Order page in Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Navision). The idea seems to be that the unused fields on the page will confuse the users, who won’t know quite what to fill in for the Opportunity No.… Continue reading Tricks for Removing Page Elements to Preserve the Upgrade Path in NAV
Lead time vs Safety Lead Time Using Microsoft Dynamics NAV
If you’re a Microsoft Dynamics NAV user and deal with process flows, you might ask yourself what the difference is between safety lead time and lead time. At first, you would think the word “safety” is self-explanatory, meaning the state of being safe or to protect against. When you think of safety in terms of… Continue reading Lead time vs Safety Lead Time Using Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Some Thoughts on Pumpkin Carving and NAV Development
Autumn is my favorite time of year, especially October. Not only is it home to big events like my birthday, but we have all four of the major U.S. sports going at once, and it seems like everyone has some sort of holiday to celebrate. Canadian Thanksgiving, Diwali (Indian festival of Lights), and my favorite:… Continue reading Some Thoughts on Pumpkin Carving and NAV Development
Using Custom NAV Permission Sets to Lock Down Special Activities
Sometimes, my phone rings, and one of my customers has a specific type of request. I’ve heard this request multiple times throughout my long and storied career of development, and I’ll share the solution with you, so you can do it, too. The request goes like this: The customer needs to have certain activities restricted… Continue reading Using Custom NAV Permission Sets to Lock Down Special Activities
Timers, Single Instance Codeunits, and NAS ServiceTier on NAV 2013
There has been a time or two in the past (on older Microsoft Dynamics NAV versions and the old Navision Application Server) when I needed an automated process that would execute faster than the minimum one minute duration afforded to me by the Job Queue. For such cases, I would use a single instance codeunit… Continue reading Timers, Single Instance Codeunits, and NAS ServiceTier on NAV 2013
Customizing Drop-Down Lists for Tables in the NAV Role-Tailored Client
Back in the days of the legacy client, doing lookups into another table for a foreign key field in Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Navision) always involved running a list form. Nowadays, if you try to do a lookup into a table for a foreign key, you get something like this (Customize DropDown List for a table… Continue reading Customizing Drop-Down Lists for Tables in the NAV Role-Tailored Client
Try This One Weird Old Trick to Write NAV Records!
I understand that this is a trick that “they” don’t want you to know about, and I’ve heard that it cuts down a bit of your belly fat each day. I’m not sure who “they” are, and I certainly haven’t noticed any reduction in my own belly fat, but that’s still what I’ve heard. Anyway,… Continue reading Try This One Weird Old Trick to Write NAV Records!