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New NAV 2013 Books available!

Marq — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 22:00:00 GMT

Recently Packt Publishing released two great new books about Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013.

Implementing Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013

This book is written by Laura & Cristina Nicolas and it covers the functional part of the application and especially the how to implement NAV.

Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013

Written by one of my best friends David Studebaker and his son Chris. Here they cover the technical aspects of the application, how to enhance the functionality.

Reviews

Packt was kind enough to send me copies of both books to review and post on my blog. Currently I am reading both books and my findings will be online shortly.

And what about your book Mark?

This is a question I've been asked many times last year. I regret to say that due to personal priorities I have decided not to update my book for NAV 2013 yet. With 4 young kids growing up and me being part of that process it would simply be impossible. My wish would have been to update the book with the theories of the Partner Ready Software methodology which honestly would mean a major rewrite of the book. An update with just the application changes covered between 2009 and 2013 would be to simple in my opinion.

So watch my blog for the reviews and don't hesitate to order both books!

I would like to quote David Machanick: "You only need to learn one thing from the book to justify the purchase". And I can promise each and every reader that this will be the case.

The NAV/SQL Performance Field Guide - E-Book

stryk — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:00:00 GMT

Hi folks!

It has been a very long time, since the last release of the "NAV/SQL Performance Field Guide" in 2009 ... mea culpa ...

Reason is - or actually was - some struggle about the contract with my publisher: many people were asking to get the PFG as an E-Book, but so far it wasn't possible - until now!

From today (20th March 2013) on the PFG is indeed available on paper and as an e-Book (Kindle, iBook, etc.)

Please regard that this is still the old version from 2009. As this contract-hassle has been clarified now I'm working on an update which probably will be released this fall.

Cheers,

Jörg

WANTED: FEEDBACK !

Marq — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 22:00:00 GMT

It has been 2,5 years since my first book was published about Dynamics NAV application design.

Since then much has happened. My youngest son Daan was born, we moved to a new house which we are fixing up etc.

I also helped starting up the Dutch Dynamics Community and initiated Partner Ready Software together with Eric and Gary.

But now its time to update the book.

During the last years I have had many compliments about the book, had many "thank you's" etc.

What I want now is to hear what the book is lacking! What to you want it to change?

It's not going to be a complete rewrite. The Table of Contents will not change, I think the general structure of the book makes sense.

Off course I will implement the basics of PRS what we have been evangelising for a while and explain the design of Dimensions, Assembly, Time Sheets, etc in 2013.

What else would you like?

(Be carefull, I will moderate feedback to what I like... )

Microsoft Dynamics Mayhem

vbabic — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:00:00 GMT

If you thought “here he comes again” with the bugs and stuff, no – this is not about it. This is just about a new sales campaign launched by PACKT Publishing, the good guys who published my and Dave’s book three years ago, and plenty other good books thereafter, as well. So, if you haven’t [...]

Review | Professional Reporting

Marq — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 23:00:00 GMT

Just before I traveled to Denmark for KT3 my copy of Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009: Professional Reporting arrived. Packt asked me to review it.

As an author I think reviews are very important feedback for the writers so I decided to try and write more than, "mandatory reading" or "must have".

So here it goes.

First thing I should mention is that Packt asked me to write this book right after I finished my own. I decided to say no because I was in the middle of moving houses and honestly glad that I finised my first book. Still it is good to see someone has taken on the job and see the end result.

Outline

The book contains seven chapters and 325 pages which is way more than the Administrating book but almost half the size of David Studebakers Programming book which also contains a chapter about reporting. More about that later.

The chapters in the book are:

Charts and Dimensions
Creating a Report in the Classic Client
Creating Role Tailored Client Reports
Visialisation Methods
Developing Specific Reports
Other Reporting and Business Intelligence Tools
View of the Future

Looking at this outline already clarifies that this book contains more than reports in classal "paper" approach. The first chapter does not even touch reports but explains RTC Charts and how to use dimensions to create reports using the built in BI tools in NAV.

Charts and Dimensions

The book starts by explaining what you can do in NAV without creating report objects in the system. Altough it feels awkward to start with this it is important to understand the built in capabilities in NAV that allow you to analyse your data without creating new objects.

Creating a Report in the Classic Client

If you are an experienced NAV user/developer in older versions than this is probably a chapter that does not contain many new things, but still it is important to have in a book that covers the complete reporting process. The contents of this chapter is basically identical to what already is in David Studebakers book and explains the basic report design process.

Creating Role Tailored Client Reports

For me personaly, this is where the book is starting to be interesting, the new report stack in NAV 2009. It contains a good explaination of RDL vs RDLC which is important to understand. This chapter does a much better job in explaining the VS part of report design than the Programming book but there is still a lot of overlap.

Visialisation Methods

RDLC gives us the possibilities all NAV customers have been asking for a long time: formatting, collors graphs etc. That is what this chapter is about. There are really good explanations and examples of formatting and conditional formatting and using the different VS controls like lists and matrixes. It also explains charts, images, linking reports etc.

Developing Specific Reports

When you think you know all about reporting in NAV, you still should read this chapters. It's basically a compilation of tips and tricks for report design.

Other Reporting and Business Intelligence Tools

When Packt asked me to write this book, the first thing that came in my mind was how can you create a book on just reporting. This chapter and chapter 1 confirm this tought. Chapter 6 is like 1 not about NAV reports but explains other ways to get your data out of NAV and do reporting with for example RDLC or Excel. You can argue if this should be in this book and where to start and stop. Still it has good contents and should get you started with these kind of reporting tools altough it is not complete.

A View of the Future

This chapter reveals a little of what we might see in future releases of NAV and SQL Server. Easier and more advanced reporting is one of the big deliveries in NAV7. Part of that delivery will be because of VS2010 and I urge everyone in NAV reporting to look at that version, since it is already available and should clarify a lot of what is there to come for us.

Overall thoughts

My overall conclusion is that the book is definately a must have and must read for all who want to do NAV reporting. The big disclaimer of this review is that I am not an average NAV guy. 95% of the contents of the book is not new for me so I cannot give a good indication if things are complete enough or need more clarification.

The recommendation to the author would be to add another 100 or 150 pages in the next copy to include more examples and detailed how to's. My general feeling is that this book will be purchased by end users a lot and for this audience it would help to have more deep dive contents.

Two more Microsoft Dynamics NAV books

vbabic — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 22:00:00 GMT

As reported by Marq, two more Microsoft Dynamics NAV books have been published by PACKT this week: Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 SP1 Programming Cookbook by Matt Traxinger and Microsoft Dynamics NAV Administration by Amit Sachdev and Sharan Oberoi. With Vincent’s and Chandru’s Sure Step book announced yesterday, this makes for three Microsoft Dynamics books in [...]

New Dynamics Books from Packt!!

Marq — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 22:00:00 GMT

This is an exiting week for the knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics.

This week THREE new books are released and/or announced! Amazing!

Here is a list:

1. Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step 2010 | Chandru Shankar, Vincent Bellefroid

2, Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 SP1 Programming Cookbook | Matt Traxinger

3. Microsoft Dynamics NAV Administration | Amit Sachdev, Sharan Oberoi

From writing a book myself I know how dificult it is to accomplish such amazing task! Thumbs up guys! Good job.

For the last book in the list I have also been doing some review work, even before I started writing my own book. I am curious to see the results.

I seems that October (and just before Directions) is a good month to release a book. My book was also scheduled for this month, but I pushed it forward because we moved houses.

Buy the books, enjoy the knowledge!

And don't forget! Next week I will sign your book at Directions USA!

Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step 2010: RAW

vbabic — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 22:00:00 GMT

I woke up this morning with a fantastic news in my mailbox: Chandru’s and Vincent’s upcoming book Microsoft Dynamics NAV Sure Step 2010 is already available at PACKT Publishing’s web site in a format I wasn’t even aware it existed: RAW (Read As we Write). The book isn’t finished yet, but you can already purchase [...]

The lifecycle of an Application Design Book

Marq — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 22:00:00 GMT

My book has been available now for about 4 months and during that period I had some really nice comments and reviews.

For example:

http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Dynamics-2009-Application-Design/product-reviews/1849680965/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

http://mibuso.com/blogs/kriki/2010/08/14/reviewmicrosoft-dynamics-nav-2009-application-design-written-by-mark-brummel/

http://midynav.blogspot.com/2010/07/book-review-microsoft-dynamics-nav-2009.html

http://dynamicsuser.net/blogs/vanvugt/archive/2010/08/19/brummel-s-application-design-filling-the-gap.aspx

But Waldo beats them all with the images he sends me every now and then. And I want to share them with you, weather you like it or not.

I got the first physical copy of the book when I as in Vedbaek, Denmark for a Microsoft meeting and Waldo was there to make pictures.

Me opening the envelope with the first copy...

Proud! It was very special to receive the first copy when visiting the place where the product is created.

One of Waldo's purchases. He claims to have bought 22 copies in total...

A book after a few months of intensive use...

And you? Do you have any cool pictures of the book? Just send them to me and I will update this post!

/Mark

Directions USA 2010 | Presenting & Book Signing

Marq — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 22:00:00 GMT

Directions USA 2010 is just around the corner. From October 3rd to 6th the best Dynamics NAV conference of the year will take place for the 6th time. In San Diego this time. A sad place to be in October.

For me it will be the 4th event. I missed the first and fouth edition.

I still remember my pleasant supprise when I went there the first time. The atmosphere is warm and friendly.

And this year will be extra special for me.

First of all I am very proud to be asked to open the Technical Track as the first speaker. The session title is Tools/Tricks that make Development Easier and more Organized. A title that works asks for a very interesting presentation. Especially if you ask to define "Organized". We all know that Dynamics NAV is not forcing engineers to be organised but we also know that over organising will cost flexibility. Interesting huh.

Then secondly my colleagues of Liberty Grove Software USA and Packt Publishing have arranged a Book Signing possibility and prize draws. You can win a free copy of my book.

http://dynamicsuser.net/blogs/mark_brummel/archive/2010/06/01/new-nav-book-microsoft-dynamics-nav-2009-application-design.aspx

I you have already bought my book, don't hesitate to bring it and have it signed. If you have not yet bought it and don't want to take the risk of not winning, then buy it before Directions at Amazon.

You will find that on Amazon there are four "five star" reviews of which I am very proud.

So, end of this announcement and see you in the States.

/Mark