Yesterday Microsoft announced the availability of preview environments for Business Central 2021 release wave 1, and as of todayĀ was able to actually create one š So how do you do this? Well it’s actually very simple. In your current Business Central Saas environment, open the Admin Center: Or use this URL: https://businesscentral.dynamics.com/YOURTENANTID/adminĀ and replace YOURTENANTID … Read More →
It’s been a while since I posted, and I have a lot of posts coming about Business Central and Power BI, but I wanted to put your attention first on some idea’s that I created. Let’s have a look at these ideas: Add Business Central as a Data Source in DataFlows Enable incremental refresh for … Read More →
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Interested in some basic and in depth knowledge and lot’s of demos on Power BI and Business CentralĀ @Dynconference ? Then vote for me here: https://dynamicscon.com/submissions/?query=rendersā¦ DynamicsCon 2021 is a FREE virtual learning experience for Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365), Dynamics GP, & Power Platform users and professionals happening March 16 ā 18 2021. Experience expert … Read More →
Did you know? Since BC introduced the Application App, you should omit the dependencies on the System App and Base App: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/developer/devenv-json-files#Appjson In previous versions the references to base and system application were stated explicitly under dependencies in the app.json file of the extension. Instead you must now use the Application version property in the … Read More →
You might be aware of this idea: https://experience.dynamics.com/ideas/idea/?ideaid=c7f30764-d247-e911-867a-0003ff68f3db And if you haven’t yet, please vote š Now recently I came across a post from Bert De Temmerman on Yammer: https://www.yammer.com/dynamicsnavdev/threads/736254082498560Ā and that got my inspiration flowing… He suggests that when you add this action to the “Report Layout Selection” page, you can export any dataset by … Read More →
Recently Microsoft added the Table Information page to Business Central. See here. And underlying are these objects: Table Information (8700, List) Table Information (2000000028) So I was thinking, hey let’s use this in Power BI. Then my first thought was to create a query object using the Table Information table as a data item, but … Read More →
Recently I stumbled upon Manage Sessions in the Business Central Admin Center: In the Admin Center, open an environment: Then select: Manage sessions: Now you can see and cancel sessions: More information is available here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/administration/tenant-admin-center-environments#managing-sessions TheĀ Manage SessionsĀ page displays information about active sessions on an environment and lets you cancel selected sessions. To open … Read More →
I recently discovered this cool feature in Business Central: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-US/dynamics365/business-central/admin-feature-management When Microsoft releases features or feature design improvements as part of minor updates, some features aren’t immediately enabled. Administrators can learn about these features and independently enable each feature from theĀ Feature ManagementĀ page. Once a feature is enabled, it becomes available for all users on that … Read More →
I recently discovered this cool feature in Business Central: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/admin-view-table-information The pageĀ 8700 Table InformationĀ provides information about all system and business tables in a Business Central solution. In particular, the page displays information about the amount of data the tables contain. This information is useful for troubleshooting performance problems, because let’s you see the distribution of … Read More →
I recently discovered this cool feature in Business Central: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/admin-view-database-locks https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/administration/monitor-database-locks TheĀ Database LocksĀ page gives snapshot of all current database locks. To view database locks, open pageĀ 9511 Database LocksĀ in the client. TheĀ Database LocksĀ page gives a snapshot of all current database locks in SQL Server. It provides information like the table and database resource affected by the … Read More →
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Recently Renato Fajdiga and I were asked to do a webinar about Power BI and Business Central. In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, we have a more intuitive and faster way to create new Power BI reports that you can share with other users in Business Central. In this webinar, you will learn how to … Read More →
Since C/Side has gone forever, when installing Business Central on Premises you might wonder how to import or upload a license (flf) file into the service tier. Well the solution is very simple. First open the Business Central Administration Shell: Then use the command: Import-NAVServerLicense: More information is available here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.dynamics.nav.management/import-navserverlicense?view=businesscentral-ps-16 After importing a new … Read More →
Microsoft released Dynamics Business Central on Premises 2020 Wave 1 and you can download the On Prem installation DVD here: https://mbs.microsoft.com/partnersource/northamerica/support/support-news/msdbcentralonprem20wave1 But when you do an installation, you might get the following error: This happens if you don’t meet the system requirements: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/deployment/system-requirement-business-central-v16 To confirm, you don’t need the SQL enterprise edition, SQL Express is … Read More →