The NAV community, including the ArcherPoint technical staff, is made up of developers, project managers, and consultants who are constantly communicating, with the common goal of sharing helpful information with one another to help customers be more successful. As they run into issues and questions, find the answers, and make new discoveries, they post them… Continue reading ArcherPoint Dynamics NAV Developer Digest – vol 223
Category: Platform & Process
Creating a Report in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central or NAV
This blog provides an overview of how a report is created in Microsoft Dynamics 365/NAV and how to publish it to the client. It also discusses how to build a report in the SQL Server Report Builder. Developers will know that you need to configure the app.json and launch.json. Set up all the basic settings… Continue reading Creating a Report in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central or NAV
Customizing Microsoft Dynamics Business Central on premises using AL Code Functions
If you’re new to Microsoft Dynamics Business Central on premises, you need to know how to easily customize it. In this blog, you’ll learn how to do customizations using AL code functions, including use of Message statements, how to insert a record, and how to modify a record, which makes it easy and fast. This… Continue reading Customizing Microsoft Dynamics Business Central on premises using AL Code Functions
How Your Finance Department Benefits from Cloud ERP
Organizations depend on technology for productivity and maintaining a competitive advantage. With cloud technology sweeping the business landscape, those opportunities multiply. With ERP in the cloud, the finance department can also take full advantage of technology. Here are several opportunities for your finance department to leverage your ERP. Reporting Your leadership needs to know how… Continue reading How Your Finance Department Benefits from Cloud ERP
ArcherPoint Dynamics NAV Developer Digest – vol 221
The NAV community, including the ArcherPoint technical staff, is made up of developers, project managers, and consultants who are constantly communicating, with the common goal of sharing helpful information with one another to help customers be more successful. As they run into issues and questions, find the answers, and make new discoveries, they post them… Continue reading ArcherPoint Dynamics NAV Developer Digest – vol 221
Customizing Microsoft Dynamics Business Central on premises using Extensions
Extensions make it easy and convenient to create customizations in Microsoft Dynamics Business Central without interfering with the way the base code operates or affecting future upgrades. This blog demonstrates how to use Extensions for adding fields to the Customer table, using the AL programming language. Create a new file for table extension.Figure 1… Continue reading Customizing Microsoft Dynamics Business Central on premises using Extensions
Publishing and Testing Webservices in Microsoft Dynamics NAV or Business Central
Publishing and testing webservices in Dynamics NAV or Business Central is a necessary task and can be very simple by following these instructions. Create an XML Port for Customer The following example illustrates creating a new XML port and adding required customer fields: Open the XML port: NAV Development Environment → Objects → XML… Continue reading Publishing and Testing Webservices in Microsoft Dynamics NAV or Business Central
Customizing ERP: Advantages and Disadvantages
“No customization” is one of the most common mantras we hear about ERP systems among our global client base. However, as ideal as a zero-customization ERP implementation might sound, the unfortunate fact is that most organizations must customize their ERP systems – at least to some degree. While most executives want to manage their implementations… Continue reading Customizing ERP: Advantages and Disadvantages
How to Code in AL for Dynamics Business Central Without Using Docker
It’s been a while since I have descended into the blog mines to dig with my hands and find precious blog ore. Today, we’re going to talk about Microsoft Dynamics Business Central (BC) development. Most everything you read about BC development involves using Docker containers. Let’s start with what many of us are thinking: “I… Continue reading How to Code in AL for Dynamics Business Central Without Using Docker
ArcherPoint Dynamics NAV Developer Digest – vol 219
The NAV community, including the ArcherPoint technical staff, is made up of developers, project managers, and consultants who are constantly communicating, with the common goal of sharing helpful information with one another to help customers be more successful. As they run into issues and questions, find the answers, and make new discoveries, they post them… Continue reading ArcherPoint Dynamics NAV Developer Digest – vol 219