Prior to implementing NAV, LS Retail, or any software package for that matter, it is important to have documented requirements approved by the stakeholders. The Project Management Office here at ArcherPoint engages with our clients in what we call a “project preparation work effort” to help identify these requirements, which lays the foundation for upcoming… Continue reading The Elephant, I mean Project Budget Question, in the Room
Comparison of Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Dynamics GP, Dynamics AX
Comparing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, specifically Microsoft Dynamics NAV (formerly Navision), Microsoft Dynamics GP (formerly Great Plains), and Microsoft Dynamics AX (formerly Axapta), can be quite confusing, as these ERP products appear to be similar, but they are actually quite different. While Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Microsoft Dynamics GP collectively represent the largest install… Continue reading Comparison of Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Dynamics GP, Dynamics AX
Microsoft Dynamics NAV Quick Tip: Become Speedier with Calculations
You may not know that you can perform calculations in a numeric field inside of Microsoft Dynamics NAV. Doing the math inside the cells will save you time, rather than having to go to Microsoft Excel or using a calculator. Note you are not able to use parentheses (), as Dynamics NAV only works with basic… Continue reading Microsoft Dynamics NAV Quick Tip: Become Speedier with Calculations
NAV: Kit BOM on Sales Order Does Not Match Item Card
Recently, I had a support question come across my desk asking why inventory was not showing correctly for “Qty. on Kit Sales Lines” for items with kit components. After a little investigation, my colleagues and I uncovered that the inventory was showing correctly, but the Kit Bill of Material (BOM) was removed from the Item… Continue reading NAV: Kit BOM on Sales Order Does Not Match Item Card
Current State Meets Future State: The Magic of Starting ERP Projects
How do you make planning ERP projects into reality? There are often various demands for an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system to perform some automation or another that the system is not currently able to do, or perhaps the entire system itself needs to be upgraded or reimplemented. These ERP projects, large or small, require… Continue reading Current State Meets Future State: The Magic of Starting ERP Projects
Microsoft Dynamics NAV Resources – Help Please!
When facing a question in Microsoft Dynamics NAV, I often feel like I am the only person in the world who has a question. In fact, however, there are users like you and me in more than 102,000 companies that use Microsoft Dynamics NAV worldwide. With that in mind, odds are that someone else has… Continue reading Microsoft Dynamics NAV Resources – Help Please!
Microsoft Dynamics NAV: Notes Attached To Documents Are Links
I learned something useful (or maybe I relearned something useful) today that I want to make sure and write down for future reference—not only for my future reference, but everyone else’s, too. I need to give credit to Ed Fager, my esteemed ArcherPoint colleague who told me about this. Microsoft Dynamics NAV has both Links… Continue reading Microsoft Dynamics NAV: Notes Attached To Documents Are Links
Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2: Mysterious Mysteries
Now that Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2 is in the wild, we’re starting the process of learning its quirks. And there’s something I’ve found that is difficult to figure out—unless someone tells you about it. I’ve seen it mentioned in a few other places, but I want to put it up here to spread the… Continue reading Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2: Mysterious Mysteries
Microsoft Dynamics NAV: Viewing Fields in Tables and Data in Fields
When working in Microsoft Dynamics NAV, the process for viewing the fields and the data within those fields is called “zooming the record.” This is a great tool for investigating your data. Note that when you zoom the record, however, the flowfields’ data contents are not showing. I have outlined the steps for the different… Continue reading Microsoft Dynamics NAV: Viewing Fields in Tables and Data in Fields
Microsoft Dynamics NAV: How Code Changes Save Hours of Execution Time
Coding for Performance C/AL, the Microsoft Dynamics NAV programming language, is very flexible. There are a lot of ways to do the same thing, but not all ways are created equal. This typically doesn’t matter for smaller customers, where there simply isn’t the transaction volume to see a noticeable difference, so some developers may not… Continue reading Microsoft Dynamics NAV: How Code Changes Save Hours of Execution Time