Today 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
3 min readIn today’s beginner series article, we will look at Snippets in AL Language. What are snippets? How can we use them? What is the reason to know how to use them/when to use them? All these questions are answered in the video below!
1 min readThe first article from my new youtube channel is here (if you want to find out why I have decided to start my own youtube channel, see here)! This is the very first video for beginners – how to create a new AL project. In this video, we will look at how to create a
1 min readBusiness Central Bootcamp, a great event for all technical enthusiasts, has been postponed from March 5th – 7th to April 16th to 17th. You can still vote for both of my sessions!
1 min readIt is only four months since the last major version of the Business Central (2020 wave 2) has been released, and we can already look forward to another version that will be released in April. Microsoft has already provided the list of planned and confirmed functionality (available here). Let’s look at some of the planned
3 min readAL 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). Source codes are available online on GitHub Business Central https://github.com/TKapitan/ALRM-BusinessCentral VS Code https://github.com/TKapitan/ALRM-VSCode https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ARTAAAEfromCzechiaKeptycz.al-id-range-manager The project was originally created as a part of
1 min readAnother new functionality introduced with the Business Central 2020 Wave 2 (with version 17.1 in November specifically) is called “Monitored Fields”. This functionality is built over the original Change Log functionality and use the same tables and procedures; however, extends the core functionality with email notifications when any of the defined fields are changed. To
2 min readUPDATE 21. 02. 2021: Event postponed from 05. – 07. 03. 2021 to 16. – 17. 04. 2021 The first 2021 Business Central technical conference is here. If you are interested in my blog and topics, please vote for my sessions to be available at the conference! AL Language: Coding for performance Microsoft brought much
1 min readRight now, the only official Microsoft exam & certification for the Business Central (details of MB800 exam and details of certification) is in the full version! After more than 4 months when the exam was in beta version, Microsoft just switched the exam and corresponding certification to the full version available for everyone. I can
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