With NAV 2013, Microsoft has added the capability to expose data from your NAV system as OData Web Services. Where that differs from regular Web Services (which in the NAV Server management snap-in is now identified as ‘SOAP Services’), is that OData only exposes data feeds, and within the context of Dynamics NAV is read-only.… Continue reading NAV 2013 Beta – OData Introduction
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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
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.”
The Magical World of Rectangles in Dynamics NAV RDLC Reports
One of the challenges of report writing in Microsoft Dynamics NAV’s (Navision) Report Definition Language Client (RDLC) reports is creating multiple repeating data sections pulling from a single dataset. The easiest example I can think of comes from sales orders: You want to have your sales order show the sales lines attached to the sales… Continue reading The Magical World of Rectangles in Dynamics NAV RDLC Reports
Dynamics NAV 2015: Confusingly Brilliant Dating using NAV CRM
Having worked in the Microsft Dynamics NAV (Navision) community for more than 12 years, I have seen many changes in the software, but none more confusing, yet strikingly brilliant in its marketing prowess, than the name change to “Dynamics.” Now when I say confusing, I mean confusing in the sense that it is ridiculously confusing… Continue reading Dynamics NAV 2015: Confusingly Brilliant Dating using NAV CRM
On Repurposing NAV Table Fields, or The Forbidden Fruit of Danger
Sometimes, there’s a request to add a new field to a Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Navision) table. You might hear that request and think, “Hey, I don’t need to actually add a new field for that. I can just re-use a totally different field and change the caption and it will be fine. We’re not using… Continue reading On Repurposing NAV Table Fields, or The Forbidden Fruit of Danger
ArcherPoint’s Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 Favorites
With all the talk of Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 swirling in the community, we took to our own community here at ArcherPoint to see what our developers and internal end users are most excited about. Yes that’s right; we too use NAV and have made the upgrade to NAV 2015. We shared some of our… Continue reading ArcherPoint’s Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 Favorites
The Living Monolith, or Creating Custom Codeunits in Dynamics NAV
The codeunit is a specialized object in Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Navision), intended to hold a set of code functions that do something or that are related to a specific functional area. Sometimes, we need a codeunit that stands on its own, and sometimes, we need a sprawling codeunit that covers a lot of different areas.… Continue reading The Living Monolith, or Creating Custom Codeunits in Dynamics NAV
What’s New in Dynamics NAV 2015
The latest release of Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Navision) is filled with many new features that make upgrading and implementing NAV easier and better than ever. The newest version builds on the already powerful features that were included in NAV 2013 and NAV 2013R2, including Office 365 integration. Simply use one login to access your Office… Continue reading What’s New in Dynamics NAV 2015