Imagine you accidentally delete your launch.json file in your project, or you clone a git repo that does not have a launch.json file, then what do you do? Do you manually create a new launch.json file? Do you copy a launch.json file from another project? Do you go to #bcalhelp and ask for help? These … Read More →
Since the release of the new development environment, some thing have changed… And one of these things is how you, as a developer, run a query. Imagine you have created this amazing query object: Well, in the past you could have simply used Ctrl+R or the Run button in the object designer, to get a … Read More →
I recently was made aware that you can simply unzip the Microsoft Base Application, after you download symbols: How cool is that? (I knew that this was possible with your own apps, I simply did not know it was possible with the Microsoft Apps too.)
I have been waiting a long time for this to become available, but now you are able to create an Office 365 trial environment, for free, which can be used for a whole year. Demos.Microsoft.com has been available for some time now, for Microsoft Partners, and I have used it many times to create demo … Read More →
We at Plataan are proud to present: Business Central Booster, a case based learning program to support the in-stream of new Business Central professionals: In other words: Learn By Doing @ https://businesscentralbooster.com Our full encompassing learning paths will boost you in the Business Central professional life and consultancy practice. Real-world implementation scenario leads your learning … Read More →
Please have a look here, to find recently published learning paths on Microsoft Learn, about Business Central: https://aka.ms/bclearn When you apply the above link, these are the results: Deploy and configure Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/paths/deploy-configure-dynamics-365-business-central Return items in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/paths/return-items-dynamics-365-business-central Assemble items in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/paths/assemble-items-dynamics-365-business-central … Read More →
A question I got recently was, how can I visualize or create a dataset that can show/fetch information on a timeline? For example, I have a time-sheet and want to visualize the hours employees worked at certain projects, per day, week, month, year, and so on. In this example I will create an order intake … Read More →
Please have a look at this article from Brian Meier: https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/it/2019/07/17/power-bi-apps-for-dynamics-365-business-central-and-dynamics-nav/ Starting September 1, 2019, content packs are no longer supported on Power BI online. Because of that, updates are no longer supported, and these content packs have been removed from powerbi.com and replaced with Power BI apps. The Power BI apps are now available in Microsoft AppSource and … Read More →
What’s new and planned for Dynamics 365 Business Central? Would you like to know features that are planned to release from October 2019 through March 2020, then have a look here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365-release-plan/2019wave2/dynamics365-business-central/planned-features Here are the key dates for the 2019 release wave 2. Application enhancements We will continue to enhance the application through our focus on performance … Read More →
Drum rolls please.. announcing location and date for our first Business Central Hackathon session, bringing professionals together to challenge the Business Central system. We challenge the common way of developing and ultimately we dare you to challenge yourself. And it’s not just a common hackathon. It’s a top-notch event that will take place on different … Read More →
Imagine that you would like to build a report where you display the inventory by item by company: and you want to do this for Business Central (Saas) using the Power BI connector. Let’s see how that would normally go… Launch Power BI Desktop and Get Data using the Business Central connector: In the prompt, authenticate … Read More →
Recently I was ‘playing’ around in my Business Central instance when I noticed the following: At the right bottom of my tenant there’s: Ask us a question So I wondered what would happen when I would ask a question 🙂 And to my surprise, a couple of minutes later I got these emails: I was … Read More →
The current spring release of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is a new milestone in the transformation and historical journey from NAV to BC. Microsoft formally communicated at Directions Asia that this release will be the last release with a Windows Client, C/Side and C/AL. In October 2019 Microsoft ships her application in AL with … Read More →
Recently someone asked me if it is possible to programmatically access information from notes and add them on a page or report, so I thought, why not blog about it? The first thing you should know is that notes are saved in the table: “Record Link“: And you should also know that there’s a codeunit … Read More →
Frequently I get questions, remarks, observations from customers, partners, workshop participants, prospects,… about Business Central regarding what’s possible and what not. Question I’m asked frequently are: What are the current limitations when you develop with extensions? What are the current limitations when you compare Business Central Saas (Cloud) with On Prem? Can we still do … Read More →