David Singleton's Navision Blog

The NAV PG is listening to us.

David Singleton — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:50:41 GMT

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...(read more)

What if Homer Simpson became a Navision consultant?

David Singleton — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:30:40 GMT

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...(read more)

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

David Singleton — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:00:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Dynamics NAV 50,000 range objects.

David Singleton — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:31:09 GMT

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...(read more)

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

David Singleton — Tue, 27 May 2008 12:54:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

David Singleton — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:52:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Select * FROM and how to do it better in NAV

David Singleton — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:00:58 GMT

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...(read more)

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

David Singleton — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:57:42 GMT

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...(read more)

Test Blog From Word 2

David Singleton — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:48:23 GMT

Just a test as a part of my next Blog. With a picture:...(read more)

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

David Singleton — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:41:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Directions 2007 (Orlando)

David Singleton — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:08:49 GMT

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...(read more)

Dynamics NAV 5.0 comes of age

David Singleton — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 11:02:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Creating a Blog in Word

David Singleton — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:11:01 GMT

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...(read more)

Learn Dynamics NAV (Navision) in India

David Singleton — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:07:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Boeing 787 Dreamliner part 2.

David Singleton — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 19:01:00 GMT

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...(read more)