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
Destination Future State
What do BYOD (bring your own device), wearable technology and Shadow IT have to do with each other and ERP? Major technology trends are impinging on and impacting IT in the businesses we serve and to which we belong. Automation is doing more with less. Mix that in with new gadgets, consumerism, more bandwidth and… Continue reading Destination Future State
Clearing up Old Received but Not Invoiced Purchase Orders in NAV
It is not uncommon to find clients who have posted Purchase Receipts but have not invoiced that receipt correctly. In order for Microsoft Dynamics NAV to accurately value inventory and Cost of Goods Sold, all Purchase Receipts must be invoiced. The question, then, is, “How do I clear out the old received but not invoiced… Continue reading Clearing up Old Received but Not Invoiced Purchase Orders in NAV
My Dynamics NAV Database is Huge! What is using up all that space?
“We’re gonna need a bigger boat.” Roy Scheider, “Jaws” Maybe a disk drive is starting to get full. Maybe backups take too long to run. Whatever the reason, sometimes it’s nice to know what is using up all of that database space. There are two ways to figure out which tables are to blame –… Continue reading My Dynamics NAV Database is Huge! What is using up all that space?
How to Determine Who Has a Table Locked in Microsoft Dynamics NAV
I recently fielded a support call from a frantic customer that went something like this: “Help! Nobody can post anything! All we get is a message that Item Ledger Entry is locked by another user! AAAAAAHHH!!!” Very useful. The system knows enough to realize there is a block, but won’t bother to tell you which… Continue reading How to Determine Who Has a Table Locked in Microsoft Dynamics NAV
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
Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Beautiful
A Practical Guide to the Microsoft Dynamics NAV RoleTailored Client “Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful!” I feel like this is what the Microsoft Dynamics NAV RoleTailored Client would say (if it could talk) to Classic Client users who are hesitant to move to it. Why is that? Today if you mention migrating to the… Continue reading Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Beautiful
Project Planning and Identifying Requirements
This past summer I agreed to spend our family vacation camping. My brother-in-law and his family were driving down from British Columbia to meet our family halfway. Sounded simple, fun, and a low cost vacation! During preparation month, consisting of menu planning emails, compiling camping cargo to the middle of the garage, and writing the… Continue reading Project Planning and Identifying Requirements
Not a daily status meeting – a daily standup!
Communication overkill and budget overruns. That was the first thought that came to my mind when I first began managing using the agile approach to project management. I didn’t think it was possible to have any more meetings to discuss a project, which would surely blow the budget. As I continued to use this methodology… Continue reading Not a daily status meeting – a daily standup!
What's New in NAV 2013 R2 Part 1: Multi-tenancy
Multi-tenancy is a principle of software architecture where a single instance of the software runs on a server and supports multiple customers or tenants. The overarching principle to multi-tenancy is to have zero-overhead for each tenant. In other words, it is a shared application. That sounds like a simple idea on the surface, and to… Continue reading What's New in NAV 2013 R2 Part 1: Multi-tenancy