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
Category: Platform & Process
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
Get the CarFax Report for Microsoft Dynamics NAV ISV Software
I recently had to purchase a new car for my son. He’s 23 and had driven the same 1994 Nissan Altima I’d given him as a first car at 16. He drove it throughout high school and now into his senior year of college. But finally “Alti” took her last gulp of gas, let out… Continue reading Get the CarFax Report for Microsoft Dynamics NAV ISV Software
Spicing Up Your NAV 2013 Pages
Editor’s note: The following blog was originally posted on January 3, 2014. Two of the graphics were incorrect. The blog is being reposted with the correct graphics. We apologize for any inconvenience. If you have any questions, please contact ArcherPoint at emartin@archerpoint.com. I recently had to make a lot of chili. I mean, I made… Continue reading Spicing Up Your NAV 2013 Pages
The User Story Has Not Been Accepted and I am Thinking Crazy Thoughts
I constantly ask teams why user stories were not accepted during their previous sprints. Often, the teams are not sure, sometimes it is because the product owner was unaware that the story was available for review, and at times it is because the team just did not get around to finishing the work. I next… Continue reading The User Story Has Not Been Accepted and I am Thinking Crazy Thoughts
Beware the Third Parameter of MODIFYALL
The C/AL keyword MODIFYALL is tempting to use when a certain value must be changed for every record matching the current filtered recordset. One may or may not be aware of the third optional parameter for this keyword: TRUE/FALSE. FALSE is the default. If set to TRUE, the OnModify() trigger is executed when the record… Continue reading Beware the Third Parameter of MODIFYALL