Fri, Nov 21 2008 0:50

The NAV PG is listening to us.

Well I just got back from Convergence in Copenhagen. I will write up my general impressions over the next few days, as well as blog about some of my experiences there. One thing I do want to point out that I think is great news is the feedback I got from the NAV Product Group, and form others that are taking notice of bloggers out there. A number of people I spoke with know of the regular NAV bloggers, and take note of what we are saying. As a blogger myself, it's always encouraging to hear that...
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Thu, Oct 30 2008 13:30

What if Homer Simpson became a Navision consultant?

The Homer At first look, this sounds like a rather bizarre proposition that Homer would be a Navision consultant, yet in reality most new consultants that join the world of Dynamics NAV think exactly like Homer. ;) Take a look at the episode Oh Brother Where Art Thou? Homer finds that as a child he was separated from his brother. His brother as it turns out is very wealthy, and "owns" a large automobile manufacturer; Powell Motors. Define the base standard. The most common trait that most...
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Thu, Oct 30 2008 7:00

The most powerful tool that a Dynamics NAV consultant can use.

So you are planning to become a Navision consultant. You are going to show people how to use Navision, how to run their business, and more importantly how to make their business run better. Of course you already know that NAV application from start to end. You can post any Sales Order, and know exactly how it will affect the G/L. You know exactly which tables will be hit and what the entries will be. You understand Business Process Re-engineering. You are able to perform an ROI on any request that...
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Fri, Jul 25 2008 20:31

Dynamics NAV 50,000 range objects.

All NAV clients know that to add additional functionality to NAV they must purchase run time license access to access the development made by their partner. A very few lucky clients will be told this by their partner during the sales process BEFORE they sign a contract. The majority will learn this before Go-Live during the gap-fit analysis when the development estimates come in. Then a very unlucky few will learn after they have committed to an enhancement and it's too late to do anything except...
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Tue, May 27 2008 14:54

Which RSS aggregator do you use to read Dynamics NAV blogs?

Well I know its not an exciting Blog topic, and probably really belongs in the Forums as its not a true Blog as such, but putting it here as well, means that the people using RSS to read Blogs will most likely see this. I think I need to change my RSS reader, and I was curious which one people are happiest with for reading Navision type blogs. The sort of things that concern me are: Clear indication of what was updated. Ability to sort by topic or date etc. Able to group many differnet feeds in a...
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Sun, Mar 30 2008 15:52

Why I don’t want my clients to use SANs for Dynamics NAV (Navision)

I am sure I am not the only person that has had to argue with a client as to how hardware needs to be configured in a Dynamics NAV environment. Typically bigger companies with larger internal IT support generally have their way of doing things, and its often very hard to sway them to do things "The Navision Way" As well as new implementations, I often will be asked by a client if they should switch to SANs This Blog really is about and kind of "Virtual Storage" system, and to...
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Fri, Mar 14 2008 16:00

Select * FROM and how to do it better in NAV

Some background I met with Mark in Barcelona some time back at Tech Ed. We had both just been to a SQL (not NAV related) session, and it opened both our eyes at that moment as to why the Select * in NAV is so bad. I did my first NAV performance tuning job in 1993, (Navision on OS/2 Warp) so I am not new to performance tuning, and since most of my years in NAV have been spent recovering clients form disasters, I generally get to see the worst end of it all. Now-a-days I am seeing a few largish NAV...
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Thu, Mar 13 2008 14:57

Creating a Blog on Dynamics Users Direct from Word (part 2)

In an earlier Blog of mine http://dynamicsuser.net/blogs/singleton/archive/2007/09/07/creating-a-blog-in-word.aspx I discussed creating a Blog directly in Word. This is a great way to blog, because you can just create a word doc and start typing away. If you have SnagIt, you just drop screen shots into the document, create tables, basically most of what you can do in Word. And when you are finished just hit the publish button. But looking back, that post was pretty short on detail. So what I am going...
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Thu, Mar 13 2008 14:48

Test Blog From Word 2

Just a test as a part of my next Blog. With a picture:
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Sun, Mar 2 2008 5:41

If it takes one person 10 days to dig a ditch, how long does it take 10 people to dig the same ditch?

A simple question from primary school math class. If your answer was "one day" then you are wrong, if you said 10 days you are probably also wrong. If you said 5 you are getting warmer. My first job after University was working on a Gold Mine. I eventually worked up to mine manager, and managed the largest Vat Leaching Gold Retreatment operation in Australia, so moving dirt is something I know a lot about. I am not sure how many people out there have to dig big holes in the ground, but...
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Sun, Nov 4 2007 17:08

Directions 2007 (Orlando)

Passport Many years back, Navision USA used to run a Navision event called Passport. This was a Navision Partner (NSC) only event. Basically it was a networking event, though since most of the people there were competitors, there was not too much practical networking and there were no heavy technical sessions, so it was more of a gathering of like minds than anything else. In any case though, Passport was a great event. After the Microsoft acquisition, passport died, mainly because the event was...
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Sat, Oct 20 2007 13:02

Dynamics NAV 5.0 comes of age

Ok, the product we thought of as 5.0 then 5.1 and now 6.0 (or just "The Three Tier Client") has been delayed. Ranting and raving won't change that, I don't want to comment in this blog about my opinions of the product delay itself, but I will say "Microsoft you really should have done a better job of communicating all this to your customers" . So let's get back to business, and concentrate on 5.0. Dynamics NAV 5.0 – the red headed step child. Unfortunately 5.0 really...
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Fri, Sep 7 2007 14:11

Creating a Blog in Word

This is just a test, but could be very usefull. If you have Office 2007, then you can create a Blog entry directly in Word. You save it like a normal .DOCx file, and when finished, just hit the publish button. So you can do all Word type stuff Name Web Site Text Customer 1 DUG Blah Blah Customer 2 Dynamics Freelancer Test Test Test All this done in word and I didn't even open the DUG Blog Page
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Mon, Aug 20 2007 12:07

Learn Dynamics NAV (Navision) in India

Through the years I have watched Navision grow through different phases in different countries at different times. The pattern is always quite similar, and at one stage it reaches a point where growth in the country out paces the time needed to properly learn Navision implementation skills, this means Analysis, Consulting, Development etc. Generally its not a lack of good people with great business and computer skills, its not normally even a problem getting up to speed with Navision development...
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Sun, Mar 18 2007 18:01

Boeing 787 Dreamliner part 2.

OK, so back to computers. Well often we do hear comparisons between the evolution of computers, aircraft and cars. Mostly they are somewhat arbitrary, but still. This year we saw the release of Vista and Office 2007. Later we will see never versions of Great Plains 10 and Navision 5.1. In terms of revolution, 5.1 is revolutionary, it is as big a jump as the jump from Dos to Windows. But when most people think of Office 2007 and Vista, its much like the 787, just another upgrade. Both Vista and Office...
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