Dynamics NAV / Business Central Developer Digest – Vol 393

ArcherPoint’s Developer Digest focuses on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central development and Dynamics NAV development. In Developer Digest Volume 393, you’ll learn about altering the sorting order in a Business Central Page Extension, everything you need to know about queries in Business Central, finding the Table ID in AL, working with AL-Go for GitHub Preview, using Microsoft Tye for… Continue reading Dynamics NAV / Business Central Developer Digest – Vol 393

Dynamics NAV/Business Central Developer Digest – Vol 392

ArcherPoint’s Developer Digest focuses on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central development and Dynamics NAV development. In Developer Digest Volume 392, you’ll learn that Business Central/NAV Tech days are back, using Power Apps and Power Automate for Dynamics 365 Business Central, toggle button issue in Chromium browsers, configuration packages in Business Central, and how to use PowerShell to search for… Continue reading Dynamics NAV/Business Central Developer Digest – Vol 392

Comparing Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Dynamics 365 Business Central

A NAV/BC Feature Comparison If you’re on Microsoft Dynamics NAV, you should have a plan for moving to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. There are many benefits of a modern, cloud-based ERP system. There are many more reasons beyond the technical benefit and cost savings — namely, the surprisingly long list of features and capabilities… Continue reading Comparing Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Dynamics 365 Business Central

How To Use the Configuration Package to Update Standard Cost in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and Dynamics NAV

In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central or Dynamics NAV, typical processes for updating the standard cost for a purchased item are as follows: For a new purchased item, the standard cost can be updated on the Item Card. For a purchased item that already has ledger entries, the revaluation journal is used to populate the… Continue reading How To Use the Configuration Package to Update Standard Cost in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and Dynamics NAV

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

When Your IT partner Doesn’t Know Your Systems: What Could Happen, and How to Prevent It from Happening

We’ve seen it many times with many companies: The IT team decides to make updates to an application, operating system, or platform without first checking to see how that update will affect other systems—and something “breaks.” The fact is, one team doesn’t necessarily know what another team is doing, the tools they’re using, or how… Continue reading When Your IT partner Doesn’t Know Your Systems: What Could Happen, and How to Prevent It from Happening

Production Planning in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Production planning is an important part of inventory planning. In this video, ArcherPoint’s Robert Grainger discusses production planning in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, including a high-level overview of the master data for production planning, and some advice on the strategy around the planning process—like advising users to hold on releasing production orders early because… Continue reading Production Planning in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Microsoft’s New Commerce Experience: What It Means for Customers

What Is Microsoft’s New Commerce Experience (NCE)? Microsoft has announced and will start rolling out in January 2022 its New Commerce Experience. What is NCE? Simply put, it is a new pricing model. Microsoft’s goal is to simplify the buying experience for all of their business customers. Over the years, as Microsoft has developed and acquired… Continue reading Microsoft’s New Commerce Experience: What It Means for Customers

How To Import Account Schedules in Microsoft Dynamics Business Central or NAV

This blog explains how to import account schedules into a database in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central or Dynamics NAV. Important steps include: Export Customer Data Export Default Cronus data Export Default Cronus Package Import Cronus package into Customer database Import Cronus data Let’s get started with a backup. Normally, you do a backup of… Continue reading How To Import Account Schedules in Microsoft Dynamics Business Central or NAV

Upgrading from Microsoft Dynamics NAV to Business Central? Here Are 9 Modifications and Add-Ons You Won’t Need To Move

As discussed in a previous blog series on upgrading from NAV to Business Central, one of the advantages of Microsoft Dynamics NAV is how easy it is to modify the application with customized code or through ISV-built add-ons to fit unique business requirements by editing the base code. However, there were also challenges when it… Continue reading Upgrading from Microsoft Dynamics NAV to Business Central? Here Are 9 Modifications and Add-Ons You Won’t Need To Move