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166 articles · Page 9 of 14AL ID Range Manager is VS Code & Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central extensions made for developers who need to manage their object/field IDs across multiple projects (or in the multi-developers environment). If you want to know more about this project, check my previous article. The project was originally created as a part of our
2 min readLast Saturday, I had a session at another great tech conference (unfortunately, due to Covid still online) – Business Central Bootcamp (list of all sessioon is here). Once the recordings are available, I will give you some tips about other sessions that were the most interesting from all tracks from both days. Business Central Bootcamp, 16th
1 min readA few weeks ago, I described a solution for importing an Excel file to the Business Central using Excel Buffer in AL Language (see here). In today’s article, we will look at how to build a more complex solution that can be used for file imports without the needs to identify the imported file type.
4 min readThe Business Central Bootcamp conference is almost here! Let’s check all sessions and find your favourite ones at https://events.powercommunity.com/business-central-bootcamp/. You can register for the event using this registering form for FREE! I am part of this conference with a session “AL Language: Coding for performance session”. If you are interested in AL Language development, the
1 min readThe first quarter has ended, and as always, the new major version of the Business Central is here – Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2021 wave 1 (BC2021w1). What is new in this version? All the main changes are described directly on the Microsoft Docs. Some of the new functionality I also described during last
1 min readNot all fields in AL Language are stored in SQL Database. Flowfields are a great example of these fields. Flowfields are special field type that allows you to create a field that loads a value from another field within the same or even different table. In the AL Language, flowfields are very often used, and
1 min readI am glad to announce that my session “AL Language: Coding for performance” has been chosen as one of the developer’s sessions at the upcoming conference “D365 Business Central Bootcamp”! The session took place in the middle of the event, on Saturday 17th of April 10:00 – 11:00 am (GMT/UTC). Also do not forget to
1 min readDynamics Con 2021, another great technical conference for all Dynamics 365 apps including Business Central starts today! You can join the event on https://dynamicscon.com/. To see the agenda of the event, check the Agenda section. There are many great speakers and technical gurus who would like to share their knowledge. Let’s enhance your experience and
1 min readToday I have released a new version of both the ALRM (AL ID Range Manager) extension for Visual Studio Code and Microsoft Business Central. If you do not know what ALRM is, check some of previous articles here on my blog. Both extensions are available on my GitHub (link below). The new version of VS
2 min readLast week, I saw a question about importing data from Excel file to Business Central using AL Language. A few years ago, the only solution was to use DotNet integration. However, with the Business Central, there is a much quicker and better approach. All functions for working with Excel files are available in a table
2 min readIn today’s beginner series article, we will look at how to create a basic entity such as Item, Customer, Vendor etc. Creating basic entities is one of the core things anyone has to know. It is also necessary to know which properties must be defined (LookupPageID, CardPageID), which type of PageTypes should be used etc.
1 min readOne of the news in AL Language that is coming with the upcoming major version (Business Central 2021 W1) in April is a new trigger AnAfterLookup. The new trigger is described on Microsoft Docs (however, the description is still a bit confusing…). As the Lookups are often used, I already tried what’s new and how
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