I’m sometimes asked why an estimate for a simple change is so high. For example, a customer recently wanted to add a field to their Sales Order, which had no business logic behind it. If you are familiar with the Microsoft Dynamics NAV development environment, you know that this change can quite literally be done… Continue reading Microsoft Dynamics NAV: Estimating Costs for Code Changes
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Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2 Error – Unable to Verify Table Changes
What Every Developer Needs to Know In NAV 2013 R2, Microsoft has introduced multi-tenancy. That means that a corporation that has many companies can split their database into many databases with one set of applications in an application database. The difference allows them a little more flexibility in backing up the databases and other maintenance… Continue reading Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2 Error – Unable to Verify Table Changes
Login Error: Communication protocol mismatch between client and server
There are times when logging into NAV 2013 that you will be prompted for a username and password. But after entering the proper credentials, you receive an error prompt that says, “There is a communication protocol mismatch between the client and the server,” as shown below. Figure 1 – NAV error prompt stating there is… Continue reading Login Error: Communication protocol mismatch between client and server
Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 RDLC Reporting RBC Attacks: Part 3 of 10
NAV 2013 RDLC Reports can create a vast ocean of issues for the developer to resolve. Yet in the midst of our pain and frustration, there are answers. Within our own developer community, the Dynamics User forum and the Microsoft Business Solutions (MiBuSo) forum are full of answers to RDLC report problems. But…you need to… Continue reading Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 RDLC Reporting RBC Attacks: Part 3 of 10
Reason for #Error in Dynamics NAV RoleTailored Client Reports
A Common Reason for the #Error in Microsoft Dynamics NAV RoleTailored Client (RTC) Reports One of the common errors in RoleTailored Client (RTC) reports in Microsoft Dynamics NAV is #Error, and there are many reasons for it, but in this post I want to discuss one of the scenarios, which is the “Divide By Zero”… Continue reading Reason for #Error in Dynamics NAV RoleTailored Client Reports
The Tao of ERP
How you think about ERP solutions can be just as, if not more, important than the software solutions themselves. For example, no two people use a cell phone or drive a car in the same way. ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), while strictly utilized as business software, can yet be subject to the many vagaries of… Continue reading The Tao of ERP
Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 RDLC Reporting RBC Attacks: Part 2 of 10
In an effort to conquer and banish those dreaded RDLC Brain Cramp (a.k.a. RBC) pains in my head from working with Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 RDLC reports, I have first decided not to beat my head against the wall when I can’t resolve the report issue. That has helped. Secondly, I have found solutions to… Continue reading Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 RDLC Reporting RBC Attacks: Part 2 of 10
Dynamics NAV Testing Automation and False Positives and Negatives
One of the cool add-ons you can get for Microsoft Dynamics NAV is the Application Test Toolset. For details and a download link, visit Microsoft Dynamics NAV Team Blog. (NOTE: you’ll need a PartnerSource login to access the link.) In the blog entry, there are details about setting up the test tool, and it would… Continue reading Dynamics NAV Testing Automation and False Positives and Negatives
Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 RDLC Reporting RBC Attacks: Part 1 of 10
Ask any NAV developer and they can tell you exactly what an RDLC brain cramp feels like. It is a pain behind the eyes that causes you to want to stare into space for hours, and bite the heads off innocent gummy bears. This intense pain is preceded by hours wasted searching one forum after… Continue reading Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 RDLC Reporting RBC Attacks: Part 1 of 10
Avoiding Hard Coding and Creating Setup Reports for Projects
Part 1: I try not to hard-code things The other day, I was writing an import for a customer where they needed to take a file from their payroll processor, pull it into their system, and consolidate data from different fields in the file by department into a multitude of G/L accounts in a General… Continue reading Avoiding Hard Coding and Creating Setup Reports for Projects