Credit Card Payment Processing in Microsoft Business Central II: ChargeLogic Payments and iPayment solutions
Feb19

Credit Card Payment Processing in Microsoft Business Central II: ChargeLogic Payments and iPayment solutions

In our previous post we’ve reviewed the standard functionality for invoice payment with credit card in Business Central. This is however limited to click-to-pay invoices only and does not allow storing information and creating payment profiles. Luckily there are other options – Chargelogic and iPayment – 3rd party add-ons that allow you easier payments and integration with your Microsoft… Continue Reading Petras...

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How to Extend Microsoft Business Central Trial?
Feb13

How to Extend Microsoft Business Central Trial?

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central gives the opportunity of running Business Central trial for 30 days for free. If you need more time to finish the evaluation you may extend your trial for another 30 days. Make sure to extend the trial within 90 days because if not extended or subscribed, your evaluation data would be lost. What are the ways to extend the trial? Contact us to… Continue Reading Petras Butenas’s...

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How Many Users Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central supports?
Feb06

How Many Users Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central supports?

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (prev. known as Dynamics NAV) is a solution for Small and Medium sized Enterprises. You may be wondering if this solution is right for you if you are planning growth. We hear this from both small companies and bigger companies, so we’d like to address the following questions: 1. Are there any large enterprises using Business Central / Dynamics… Continue Reading Petras Butenas’s...

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Where to find service name of Dynamics NAV / Business Central?
Feb05

Where to find service name of Dynamics NAV / Business Central?

Have you ever wondered how to see NAV service name for the environment you’re currently running? There is a way to check for this information, regardless if you’re using NAV Windows client or Web client. When you open Dynamics NAV App, you will notice a little blue button with a triangle pointing down, in top left corner: Clicking this button, you’ll open a menu: Go and… Continue Reading Elmin Bandic’s Article...

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How to Test Premium License Experience in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central?
Jan21

How to Test Premium License Experience in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central?

Do you have a trial of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central but cannot access the Premium features? Premium experience in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central gives you the ability to access all features from Service and Manufacturing departments. This means you can register service items, service contracts, create production BOM for items, production routings, and much more. To… Continue Reading Elmin Bandic’s...

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Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central on MacOS
Jan10

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central on MacOS

Since the release of Business Central, Microsoft has made a lot of progress with allowing the users of Mac computers to use this ERP system. Placing Business Central in the Cloud, to access Business Central on Mac computer, all you need is an Internet connection and a supported Internet Browser. Looking into official System Requirements for Business Central, you can see that recommended… Continue Reading Elmin Bandic’s...

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How to Post a Purchase Invoice for Partial Receipts in Business Central?
Dec30

How to Post a Purchase Invoice for Partial Receipts in Business Central?

You can post one purchase invoice for more than one purchase receipt. For example, you have partial receipts from vendor but vendor only issues one invoice per month, and you also need to create only one purchase invoice. You can cover all those receipts with only one invoice. Let’s say, you already have few purchase receipts posted and you need to create a purchase invoice. After the… Continue Reading Elmin Bandic’s...

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Credit Card Payment Gateways and Payment Processors in Microsoft Business Central
Sep25

Credit Card Payment Gateways and Payment Processors in Microsoft Business Central

To improve your Account Receivables, you might want to implement an easier gateway for your customer to pay your invoices. You can choose to have a payment link on your sales invoices automatically with a unique link to pay using a credit card or PayPal or WorlPay balance, and thus shorten your receivables cycle. Business Central has three payment extensions that come standard in Business… Continue Reading Petras Butenas’s...

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Banking Extensions Setup and Differences in Business Central
Sep19

Banking Extensions Setup and Differences in Business Central

One of the key functionality you are looking for in ERP is reconciling your bank transactions. There are two most popular extensions for banking in Business Central and we will explore the difference for choosing and setting up one of these two: Envestnet Yodlee and AMC Banking. Setup Envestnet Yodlee is the standard extension and it comes together with Business Central so you do not… Continue Reading Petras Butenas’s...

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Adding an External Accountant to Business Central: Steps and Error Messages
Sep11

Adding an External Accountant to Business Central: Steps and Error Messages

Over the time we have seen different issues and challenges you might have with adding an external accountant  to your solution so we‘ve decided to share them all in one place. Let‘s start with the steps you should take to add the external accountant user. The following steps should be taken: Contact your Partner of Record to add an external accountant  license type (free) to your… Continue Reading Petras Butenas’s...

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5 Misconceptions About a Dynamics NAV / Business Central Upgrade
May22

5 Misconceptions About a Dynamics NAV / Business Central Upgrade

I have heard many misconceptions from customers about their Microsoft Dynamics NAV / Business Central solution upgrade, some of them have strong basis, some are just fear. If you are considering an upgrade and you need some more convincing, let’s explore together what are the main misconceptions. 1. <strong>My database is too big</strong> There is no too big database for a Dynamics NAV upgrade…. Continue Reading...

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Keyboard Shortcuts in Dynamics 365 Business Central
Apr03

Keyboard Shortcuts in Dynamics 365 Business Central

They keyboard shortcuts make it work for its users, whether its accountants or warehouse managers. It makes it easier to enter data and navigate the system. Shortcuts are the same for different browsers, though they may vary slightly. Some shortcuts may be different for macOS. Please find below the most common shortcuts: General Alt+Q Alt+Up Alt+Down Arrow Alt+Right Arrow … Continue Reading Petras Butenas’s Article on...

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Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018 Stops Sales on April 1st, 2019
Mar12

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018 Stops Sales on April 1st, 2019

Microsoft Dynamics NAV, the predecessor of Dynamics 365 Business Central, will stop new sales from April 1st, 2019. It means that if you have not bought the license until this day, you will not be eligible for an implementation or an upgrade to that system. So what should you do if you are an end-customer running an older version of Navision / Dynamics NAV looking to upgrade or a customer… Continue Reading Petras Butenas’s...

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How to Create Accounting Periods in Dynamics 365 Business Central?
Feb19

How to Create Accounting Periods in Dynamics 365 Business Central?

Whether your fiscal period starts in June or October, you can setup all that easily yourself in Dynamics 365 Business Central. You can also divide it into any number of periods as you wish. In this example, let’s explore the most common way of doing fiscal periods – dividing them into 12 months and ending December 31st. To create accounting periods, perform the following: 1. Open the… Continue Reading Petras Butenas’s...

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How to Close a Fiscal Year in Dynamics 365 Business Central?
Jan23

How to Close a Fiscal Year in Dynamics 365 Business Central?

It’s the year end again in your company and you are looking to close the fiscal year in Business Central. In this example, let’s explore how to and what conditions should be met. It’s important to note that you can only have two fiscal years open at the same time. If you wish to open a third one – you would have to close the oldest one before that. To close a fiscal year, you must… Continue Reading Petras Butenas’s Article...

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