I was recently on a business trip with a colleague, and we found ourselves at a Chinese and sushi restaurant in New Jersey. At the end of the night, I opened up one of the best fortune cookies of my life. Ever. “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” These are definitely words… Continue reading Agile Project Management: It’s okay to drink the Kool-Aid!
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
Microsoft Dynamics NAV Scalability: NAV 2009 Classic vs NAV 2013 RTC
Table locked by another user? Sluggish performance? These are just a couple of issues that often make customers think that they have outgrown their Microsoft Dynamics NAV system. After all, that’s the marketing message: Dynamics NAV is for small to medium sized businesses, so it obviously can’t support a large number of users or high… Continue reading Microsoft Dynamics NAV Scalability: NAV 2009 Classic vs NAV 2013 RTC
Microsoft Dynamics NAV: Identify Licensed and Out of Range Objects
If you are upgrading Microsoft Dynamics NAV and want to export the objects as text files, the process can generate errors related to the license range. It would be handy to identify all the out of range objects at one time rather than handle them one at a time. Regular Way If you simply start… Continue reading Microsoft Dynamics NAV: Identify Licensed and Out of Range Objects
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
Architectural Renderings and ERP: A Unique Perspective
What do Architectural renderings, Hawaiian Christmas cards, and ERP have to do with each other? Very little on the surface, yet strangely enough, there is a path…or maybe I’d just rather be hiking. Amongst other things, my father’s long career as an illustrator was focused on architectural renderings. He was a master of his craft… Continue reading Architectural Renderings and ERP: A Unique Perspective
Convergence 2014: 3 Reasons to Visit ArcherPoint
It’s that time a year again, and with Convergence 2014 approaching in less than a week, everyone is feeling the conference buzz. The hours of planning and preparation are finally over, and it is time to relax and enjoy the conference. Convergence 2014 is a Microsoft premier event that brings the Dynamics community together to… Continue reading Convergence 2014: 3 Reasons to Visit ArcherPoint
Microsoft Dynamics NAV Deadlocks Version 2.0
“The men I killed needed killin’.” Clint Eastwood OK, Clint never actually had that line in a movie. But if anyone should have said that line, it was Clint. Western Clint, not San Francisco cop Clint. Inspector Callahan would have never bothered to take the time to explain why he had killed someone; he would… Continue reading Microsoft Dynamics NAV Deadlocks Version 2.0
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