Aphorisms about Microsoft Dynamics NAV

Making apps I have tried different translation tools, both on-premise and cloud versions, but I have been disappointed every time. I mean, how hard can it be: I want to be able to create multiple projects for translation. I want to be able to translate the same project to multiple languages. I want to be able to import the source file. Then I want the tool to be able to translate automatically. However ridiculous the translations might be, most are actually ok. I want the translation…

Some time ago I saw this as a picture on LinkedIn. I thought it was such a good idea, that I started using it as a mantra during my AL Development workshop. Earlier we needed to rely on backups that could be up to a week old if they existed at all. Now using Visual Studio Code and Git together with GitHub or DevOps we have an excellent opportunity to get a close-to real time protection. But that is only if we implement this mantra: Git Commit – Committing the changes made since the last…

During my classes I always get at least one Ahaaaa from a delegate or maybe even a "(#¤%&/(%¤ I have wasted half my life not knowing that" so I have been urged to share some of my little tricks here on my blog, and if you get just one new thing, it's all worth it. So here they are: Expand Lines on documents How to expand the lines sub-page on documents from NAV 2016 and forward. Everybody tries to expand the Lines here: But there is actually a secret line underneath the totals, and…

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Thank you for four hectic days in Las Vegas, Nevada. We took Version Manager out for a spin at Directions NA, and the interest was fantastic. Using the functionality of Version Manager to help the company SOX compliance, has proven to be a great idea. In 2002, the United States Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) to protect shareholders and the general public from accounting errors and fraudulent practices in enterprises, and to improve the accuracy of corporate disclosures. The…

I have received a number of requests to repeat my two days Extension for Dynamics 365 Business Central workshop for partners in US. Since I am going to Directions NA in Las Vegas, I thought that it would be a great opportunity to create a two days workshop leading up to the actual event May 5th to 8th. If we can gather 10 participants, we will do it. For more information, send me a mail info@b-a.dk. The agenda will be: The Visual Studio Code Editor Native Github integration Using…

At just about every Manufacturing course that I have conducted, I get the same question: "What does the Update Unit Cost do when Changing the Production Order Status?". My answer is usually: Forget it, it does not work properly. If we look at the latest course materials from NAV 2009, the explanation is: The window, shown in the figure, allows the user to select the desired status for this production order. Enter the appropriate Posting Date and select whether the unit costs of this production…

At my last Manufacturing course at eSeven in Stavanger, I promised to demonstrate the integration between the manufacturing module and advanced warehousing. I didn't get around to demonstrate it because we ran out of time. So, I thought, what better way to spend a Sunday afternoon still nursing the remainder of a flu and getting ready to catch the 18:10 to Stockholm, than making a blog post about how the integration works. Firstly, let's start with the easy one: Production is in the same…

I might have been a liiiiittle fast out of the gates, proclaiming the new Non-Inventory items to be the next cure for AIDS. Ralf Daugbjerg from Elbek & Vejrup tested the solution a little further than I did, and it seems that Microsoft haven't thought this functionality through all the way. Value Entries with a value in the "Cost-Amount (Non-Invtbl.)" field are costs, that do not create any G/L accounts according to Olof Simren's blog post: https://www.olofsimren.com/things-to-know-about…

In previous versions of Dynamics NAV, working with infinite components have always been a little cumbersome. What are infinite components, You might ask? Infinite components are items that must be added to the production, but they are not purchased in a normal manner. Infinite items in the production could be: Electricity Water Natural gas Meaning we do pay for them, but they come into the production automatically and we pay for the consumed quantity. Previously we have always…