Enum is a new data type in the Business Central introduced with the very first version of Business Central. Since then many changes have been done to them and currently, they are usable instead of Option data type without any hesitation. In compare to Option, Enums have more benefits and moreover, they can be shared
2 min readApplication development is not possible without testing. For mobile development there are two primary possibilities – test the application on a mobile device with Android or using Android emulator. If you have an Android device (especially the one for which you are developing) it’s usually better to work with this device; however, in many cases,
2 min readTo be able to create your app in Dart & Flutter, you have to set up your environment first. Flutter Download here: https://flutter.dev/docs/development/tools/sdk/releases Extract the ZIP file to your computer (do not put them in any system directory like Program Files). Register your new directory with extracted files in your system PATH environment. On the
2 min readThe new version of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central has just been released! Version is called 2019 Wave 2 and its internal number is 15.0. I already described some of the most anticipated functions, and I probably describe some other in the upcoming weeks. However, the full list of major changes can be found directly
1 min readEven if customizing of the core apps is not recommended, sometimes it is still necessary (as I already described in the previous article). So let’s look at how to do it. Requirements There are no special requirements to change the Base App. The only thing that needs to be checked is whether the instance is
1 min readDescription of the standard functionality that allows data inspection as so as inspection of the current page.
1 min readAs from my point of view, the original mobile app for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is not suitable for some industries, especially when there are some requests on special behaviour (such as automation, bar code scanning & automation or special system functionality). Over the last year, I’ve spoken a lot with my clients about
3 min readOne of the most known problem, especially in systems with many users, is managing DB locking for records, that require many updates. In term of Business Central (and previously NAV too) this problem is mostly known from No. Series. The new version of the Business Central come with new setting in No. Series called “Non-Blocking
1 min readWith upcoming new major version of Business Central (2019 wave 2 /15.0), there is a lot of breaking changes that we have to work with. One of the first any developer probably find out is warning about using of TempBlob record variable. This record is usually used as a way how to work with BLOB
1 min readAlthough it is really not the way how we should develop new functionality, it is sometimes still necessary to customize standard code in Base Application. I do not usually allow developers working on my projects to customize the standard apps if it is not absolutely necessary. Even if I allow it, the customization is done
1 min readIt’s tricky when a customer wants to cancel or return the item they bought from your company. One of the best ways to handle this through Business Central is to create a “sales credit memo” or a sales post that highlights the specific change. By doing this, you’ll be making an automatic and documented command
4 min readYou can’t get anywhere as a business if you don’t produce sales through selling your items. But it’s also just as important to keep as much inventory coming in as what’s going out, so it’s good to keep a clean record of your purchases, prices for those purchases, and a clean way to apply discounts
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