Category: Microsoft Software

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

Out with the Old, in with the New: Is it Time for an ERP Update?

As my birthday creeps closer, I realize another year has gone by, and I can’t help but sit here and think, man! I’m getting old! I certainly realize how comical it was to feel so invincible in my teen years.  Now I can look back at the stories from my childhood about the fountain of… Continue reading Out with the Old, in with the New: Is it Time for an ERP Update?

The Importance of Version Tags in Dynamics NAV Objects

Every object in Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Navision) has a version tag. You’ve probably seen them in the Object Designer; they look kind of like this: NAVW17.00.00.35026,NAVNA7.00.00.35026,JM7.0.18,SE0.55.12,AP7.00.006 That one comes from the Sales Header table for a customer running NAV 2013 who has several add-ons and customizations installed. It’s awfully long, isn’t it? I’ll try to… Continue reading The Importance of Version Tags in Dynamics NAV Objects