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 on… Continue reading ArcherPoint Dynamics Developer Digest – vol 114
How to Decipher an EDI Functional Acknowledgement
Reading a Functional Acknowledgement When sending an EDI document such as an 810 – a sales invoice –the Trade Partner will generally send back a 997 Functional Acknowledgment (FA) in acknowledgement of receipt. The Trade Partner will tell you whether the document was Accepted, Accepted with Errors, or Rejected. Some Trade Partners will also give… Continue reading How to Decipher an EDI Functional Acknowledgement
Dynamics NAV How To: BLOB Fields and GUIDs as Primary Clustered Key
Security — Sensitive Data Encapsulation Early this year the Microsoft Dynamics NAV blog published an article entitled, “Design Pattern: Security – Sensitive Data Encapsulation.” Table 1261 Service Password is used as an example in the article. However, what really caught my eye (and ultimately led to this article) was the use of GUID as the… Continue reading Dynamics NAV How To: BLOB Fields and GUIDs as Primary Clustered Key
Dynamics NAV EDI Functional Acknowledgement Status Page
Lanham’s EDI includes several underutilized tools. One of those is the Functional Acknowledgement (FA) Status Page. When you send an EDI document such as an 810 – a sales invoice – the receiver will send back a 997 Functional Acknowledgment to acknowledge receipt of the document. Figure 1 – The Functional Acknowledgement Status Page in… Continue reading Dynamics NAV EDI Functional Acknowledgement Status Page
Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 1099 Tax Form Preparation
Prepare Early Although the end of the year may still seem far away, starting your preparations now will ensure you are prepared and have time to tackle any challenges you may encounter. As part of that preparation, it is a good idea to review your 1099 reports and settings in Microsoft Dynamics NAV: 1099s should… Continue reading Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 1099 Tax Form Preparation
Auto-Testing in ERP
In the Microsoft World In theory, I completely agree with auto-testing. In the past, I’ve been on development teams that heavily leaned on unit and system testing. However, at least in NAV practice, I can see a huge imbalance between test maintenance and benefit. Microsoft runs tests on all their supported NAV versions twice a… Continue reading Auto-Testing in ERP
Hustleman
From time to time I visit my family in my hometown which is about two and half hours from where I live now. On one particular weekend, my kids and I were visiting my parents as my son just turned 10 years old the week prior. I had a few hours before my brother and… Continue reading Hustleman
Solve the Right Problem
“It isn’t that they can’t see the solution. It is that they can’t see the problem.” ~ G.K. Chesterton A young woman taking a brisk stroll noticed a child looking into a tree. Following the child’s gaze, she saw a cat on a branch, perhaps 15 feet high. Quickly grasping the lowest limb of the… Continue reading Solve the Right Problem
Microsoft Azure and Multifactor Authentication
Multifactor Authentication or MFA for those in know, is a method of logging into your various devices. You may be familiar with MFA from using physical fobs to generate an authentication number. Typically, you log in with a user name and a single form of authentication being the password. As cloud technology progresses, security needs… Continue reading Microsoft Azure and Multifactor Authentication
Getting the Most out of NAV by Creating On-the-Fly List Reports or Saved Views
In this blog, we will explain how to create saved views to help in your daily work process. When you think of how to make your day more efficient, think about what data or groups of data you need to see on a regular basis. Inside of NAV you can have different list views – the… Continue reading Getting the Most out of NAV by Creating On-the-Fly List Reports or Saved Views