NAV2018 : Unexpected value ‘String’ of type ‘Microsoft.Dynamics.Nav.CodeAnalysis.NavTypeKind’
When you work with NAV2018 extension, you may encounter an error that is difficult to figure out. This time, I encountered another one when trying to publish the extension. The app was compiled without any error, but it would error out when I tried to publish it. The request for path /NAV/dev/apps?tenant=default&SchemaUpdateMode=synchronize failed with code 422. Reason: Unexpected… Continue Reading thatnavguy’s Article...
D365 Business Central : Edit Table Data Directly
D365 Business Central does not allow you to directly modify the table data, especially for Cloud SaaS customers. There are some good reasons why we are not supposed to do that, such as for safety, consistency, audit, etc. Tempering the table data without knowledge on how the system works can cause you more issues at the end. However, what if we know what we are doing and we want to fix… Continue Reading thatnavguy’s...
D365 Business Central : Hide Enum Values
Enum is great way to centralized your list of options in Business Central. You can define an enum, then use the enum on every objects (such as table, page, report, etc) and they will all have the same list of options. However, what if you want to hide some of the options on specific pages or tables because it is not valid option for them ? It’s a good design to only provide user with only… Continue Reading...
Date Formula in Business Central
If you are working with NAV / Dynamics 365 Business Central, you will hear the term Date Formula. A date formula is a formula, abbreviated using combination of signs, letters and numbers, to calculate date. It is generally used to calculate date, such as Due Date or the next date for recurring job (Job Queue, Recurring Journals, etc). The date formula can contain a maximum of 32… Continue Reading thatnavguy’s Article on...
Find Duplicate AL Code
AZ AL Dev Tools has just released a new command called “Find duplicate AL code”. It helps you a lot especially when you are working on refactoring your (or someone else) code. To use it, open the command palette and type Find Duplicate AL Code. Specify the minimum no. of statements to be considered as duplicate. The command will search your current project and open a panel… Continue Reading thatnavguy’s Article...
NAV2018 Token StartAttribute XML Error
While working with NAV2018 extension, I encountered this strange error when trying to build the package. The error message doesn’t explain much as well. Processing of message ‘al/createPackage’ failed with error: ‘Token StartAttribute in state Element Content would result in an invalid XML document. It turned out the issue was on the compiler bug. One way to fix this issue was to… Continue Reading...
Generate Symbol on NAV2018 (BC11)
When we are working with NAV 2018 extension, we should avoid changing standard objects. However, there are times when we need to change it, such as adding an event or changing the visibility from internal to external. If we try to make changes (for example Codeunit 90) then try to download the symbols, we will find out that the Codeunit 90 is no longer in the symbol. In order to… Continue Reading thatnavguy’s Article on...
License Configuration
D365 Business Central 2022 Release Wave 1 (BC20) is almost here. One of the new features in BC20 is the License Configuration. When you get new users in Business Central, BC will automatically assign you the User Group automatically. Prior to BC20, If you want to change the default user group, the only way to do this is by manipulating User Group Plan. With License Configuration,… Continue Reading thatnavguy’s Article on...
VSCode Extension: Bookmark
If you are using VS Code, there are lots of VS Code extensions that can increase your productivity. One of them is Bookmark. It lets you create a bookmark (and label them) anywhere in your files. You can then quickly navigate between bookmarks easily without searching your code. Here are some of the features that Bookmarks provides: Mark/unmark positions in your codeMark positions… Continue Reading...
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D365 Business Central : Quantity Rounding Precision
The value xxx in field Quantity is of lesser precision than expected. Note: Default rounding precision of 0.00001 is used if a rounding precision is not defined. Microsoft introduced Quantity Rounding Precision on BC 2021 Wave 2. The purpose is to reduce rounding issues when converting between unit of measure. I first noticed this when I got an error when I tried to enter decimal into… Continue Reading thatnavguy’s Article...
Quantity Rounding Precision
The value xxx in field Quantity is of lesser precision than expected. Note: Default rounding precision of 0.00001 is used if a rounding precision is not defined. Microsoft introduced Quantity Rounding Precision on BC 2021 Wave 2. The purpose is to reduce rounding issues when converting between unit of measure. I first noticed this when I got an error when I tried to enter decimal into… Continue Reading thatnavguy’s Article...
Create Notifications in BC
Notifications What is a notification ? Notifications are non-intrusive information to give users information about a current situation, but do not require any immediate action or block users from continuing with their current task. For example, you could have a notification that a customer’s credit limit is exceeded or not enough inventory or overdue balance, etc. Using notification is a… Continue Reading...
Converting BC PermissionSet XML to PermissionSet Object
Since BC18, we can define PermissionSet object on our app to replace the PermissionSet XML. The PermissionSet object is much simpler and clear to use than the XML. If you already using XML in your app, you will eventually need to convert it from XML to Object, then maps all your users usage of the old Xml PermissionSet to the new PermissionSet object. Currently, there is no standard way to… Continue Reading thatnavguy’s...
Printing 1D and 2D Barcode
Barcode Printing Microsoft recently added support for printing 2D barcode. If you are on cloud, you don’t need to purchase the barcode font because Microsoft has already provided and licensed them for you. The cloud font packages are provided by IDAutomation Inc. We are going to see how to print both 1D and 2D barcode. Read Microsoft documentation here to see the list of supported… Continue Reading thatnavguy’s...
Selection Filter Management
G/L Account Totaling field Ever heard of SelectionFilterManagement codeunit ? It’s a centralized codeunit that is used to built up filter string based on multiple selected records on the page. An example of usage of SelectionFilterManagement codeunit can be seen on G/L Account Card under Totaling field. When you click on Assist Edit button on Totaling field, the G/L Account List lookup… Continue Reading thatnavguy’s...
Business Central Code History
Business Central code gets updated from time to time. It’s hard to keep track which ones get updated on each version. Thankfully, Stefan Maron has done a fantastic job creating and sharing the repository for us. GitHub – StefanMaron/MSDyn365BC.Code.History: Contains the Microsoft Business Central Code. Updated each month. This repository holds all versions of the Buisness Central Apps. The purpose is to quickly be able to...
The Mysterious Case of Bin Content Quantity
I was working on getting inventory availability using Bin Contents and for some reason, I could never get the correct quantity for each Bin. Bin Contents Quantity field in Bin Content is a FlowField which means the field is not a physical field. It is calculated when needed from Warehouse Entry. Quantity is related to the Unit of Measure. Quantity (Base) is related to the Base… Continue Reading thatnavguy’s Article on...
Filtering OData Feeds
Last time we talked about getting OData Feeds into Excel, this time let’s talk about how to filter that OData Feeds. When you connect and pull data using OData, it pulls ALL the records from the feed that you have selected. If you are dealing with large data, it is expensive to pull large data every single time you do the pull. Historical data such as ledgers can take from minutes to… Continue Reading thatnavguy’s...
Getting D365 Business Central Data to Excel Using OData Feeds
Excel with OData Feed Apart from Open in Excel or Copy Paste, there is another way to get your data from D365 Business Central to Excel using OData feed. After pulling the data from BC to Excel, you can then use Excel functionality to do charts or pivots to produce the report that you want. Let’s take a look on how to do this. Start by searching for Web Services page. The Web Services… Continue Reading thatnavguy’s...
Purchase Order Dates
Purchase Order Last time we talk about Sales Order Dates. Now let us talk about the purchasing side. Similar to Sales side, there are a lot of date fields on purchase orders which can be confusing, especially the dates on the Purchase Lines. However, if used correctly, you can use these dates to improve your purchase order processing. You can measure your vendor performance more… Continue Reading thatnavguy’s Article on...
Sales Order Dates
There are a lot of date fields on sales orders. The dates can be confusing, especially the dates on the Sales Lines. However, if used correctly, you can use these dates to improve your sales order processing. You can fulfill your customer’s requirement better and measure your DIFOT more accurately. The dates can be located on Header only, Line only, or both Header and Line. If the date… Continue Reading thatnavguy’s...
Vendor Lead Time vs Item Lead Time
Requisition Worksheets In Business Central, you can put a lead time against Vendor or Item card. One of my clients was asking what will happen if you put lead time on both Vendor and Item card. Will BC give suggestion based on Vendor or Item Lead Time ? To test the lead time, I create a Sales Order with Requested Delivery Date and Planned Shipment Date on 31 December 2021. If I run… Continue Reading thatnavguy’s Article on...
Where is Edit/Open in Excel in BC19?
Dynamics 365 Business Central has recently been updated to October 2021 Wave 2 update. If you are wondering why you can no longer find Edit/Open in Excel, you are not alone. But don’t worry ! It’s still there. Microsoft decided to move it inside a new share icon (along with the new Teams sharing feature). Cool ! But what about my query/smart list page ? I couldn’t find the share… Continue Reading...
Delete Special Characters in Text
If you want to remove any specific characters in a text, such as removing -*!? characters, you can use below code. NewText := DelChr(OldText, ‘=’, ‘-*!?’); If you want to do it the other way around, such as keeping only A-E characters and remove the rest, you can use below code. NewText := DELCHR(OldText,’=’,DELCHR(OldText,’=’,’ABCDEabcde’)); Continue Reading...
Copy Production to Sandbox (the new way)
We used to be able to create a copy of production to sandbox under New button. I noticed this morning that the option is no longer there. Where is the Copy Environment option ? Microsoft has moved the option to the environment itself. You can open the environment and use the Copy function. Continue Reading thatnavguy’s Article on their blog Copy Production to Sandbox (the new way) We used to be able to create a copy of...
Style Color
Highlighting your field can be a very helpful for your user. For example, overdue invoices are colored in red, so users can quickly recognize and pay more attention on those invoices. Business Central offers a way to highlight these fields using Style property. Though limited in style selection, it is still pretty powerful tool to use. field(Description; Rec.Description) { … Continue Reading thatnavguy’s Article on their...
Page Inspection
Page Inspection The page inspection feature enables you to get details about a page, providing insight into the page design, the different elements that comprise the page, and the source behind the data it displays. Page inspection is especially designed for administrators, power users, support personnel, and developers. It is ideal for learning the data model behind a page and… Continue Reading thatnavguy’s Article on...
Report Limit
To ensure the availability and quality of Business Central services, Microsoft put a certain limitation on the reports, such as Max Execution Timeout to prevent report running continuously for days. You can see this limitation when you run any report under Advanced section. If you go over the limit, the report will be canceled. Below is an example where I setup the Maximum Rows as… Continue Reading thatnavguy’s Article on...
Sandbox Cleanup Event
When a sandbox is created as a copy of a production environment, BC will do the following things automatically: The job queue is stoppedAny base application integration settings are clearedOutbound HTTP calls from extensions are blocked by default and must be approved for each extension. This is done to prevent any unwanted email / result coming from your sandbox. What happen if… Continue Reading thatnavguy’s Article on...
Checking Lot Numbers in Bin Content
When we use Item Tracking, BC will capture the Serial or Lot Number by Location in the Item Ledger Entries table, and by Bin in the Warehouse Entries table (if we enable “Lot Warehouse Tracking”). However, when you look at the Bin Content, it only tells you the quantity on that Bin. It doesn’t tell you which Serial or Lot Number is currently on that bin. If you click on Quantity… Continue Reading...
Page OnLookup Trigger
There are multiple ways in BC to create a Lookup button for a variable in a page or report. Generally speaking, I have seen three following methods being done to achieve the lookup button. 1. Using Table Relation field(fieldItemCode1; ItemCode) { ApplicationArea = All; Caption = ‘Item Code 1’; TableRelation = Item.”No.”; trigger OnValidate() begin … Continue Reading thatnavguy’s Article on their...
Get Client Type in AL
If you want to know, if a user accessing BC from a device, desktop, or API, you can use the Client Type. Let’s say for an example, you want to limit user modifying from from tablet or phone, you can use CurrentClientType method. field(12; “Item No.”; Code[50]) { Caption = ‘Item No.’; DataClassification = CustomerContent; trigger OnValidate() begin if… Continue Reading thatnavguy’s Article...
Docker Desktop Failed to Initialize
After updating the Docker Desktop to the latest version successfully, the docker was acting up and refused to start up. To fix this issue, try to delete below folders. %USERPROFILE%AppDataLocalDocker%USERPROFILE%AppDataRoamingDocker%USERPROFILE%AppDataRoamingDocker Desktop Once deleted, you should be able to start Docker Desktop as normal. If the docker is stuck at… Continue Reading thatnavguy’s Article on their blog...
Quickly Navigate to a File in VS Code
If you are working with hundreds of files in VS Code, you can easily navigate to that file by using “Ctrl + P” (Quick Open) and start typing in the file that you are looking for. Ctrl + P If you want to navigate between all currently opened files in an editor group, Hold Ctrl and press Tab to switch between it. Hold Ctrl + Press Tab Extra tip: You can also use @ to access the file… Continue Reading thatnavguy’s...
Add Total Page Number to Report
To add total page number into RDLC report, you can use =Globals!TotalPages on the textbox. If you want to reset the Total Page, for example when you print a new Document No., you can set the ResetPageNumber to True under the PageBreak properties. Using Report Builder Using Visual Studio Code __ATA.cmd.push(function() { __ATA.initDynamicSlot({ id:… Continue Reading thatnavguy’s Article on their blog Add Total Page Number to...
Batch Export All Item Pictures to a Zip File
Item Pictures If you want to export Item Picture into a file, you can use below code: DownloadFromStream(FileInStream, ”, ”, ”, FileName); However, if you try to export multiple pictures, BC will only export the last picture. This is an issue which I hope Microsoft will address in the future. The workaround is to compress it into a zip file using Data Compression… Continue Reading thatnavguy’s Article on...
Get Started CheckList
When you updated your Business Central to 18.1, as part of “Onboarding Experience”, you will now get this “Get Started Checklist” showing up for all users in every company. Every user with Business Manager role center can see the checklist and goes through the steps which can cause issue on the existing configurations. You can skip every steps to make it go away, however, every user… Continue Reading...
Dampener Quantity
On the Item Card, there is a field called Dampener Quantity. What is that field and how to use it ? Microsoft Help describes it as a field to block insignificant change suggestions for an existing supply, if the change quantity is lower than the dampener quantity. The Dampener Quantity is used in relation to Requisition Worksheet or Planning Worksheet. BC is designed with the concept of… Continue Reading thatnavguy’s...
Business Central IWs License
What is IWs license? When assigning Business Central license to the users, you will notice that you have Dynamics 365 Business Central for IWs. What is it and why do you have 10000 of it ? IWs is a demo license / free evaluation license. When you signup for Business Central trial using the self-service sign-up, 10000 IWs licenses are added to your Azure AD. It allows you to assign… Continue Reading thatnavguy’s Article on...
Using Device License in BC
The Dynamics 365 Business Central Device license allows multiple users to simultaneously use a device that is covered by the license. For example, this might be a point of sales, shop floor, or warehouse device. The number of users assigned to the Dynamics 365 Business Central Device Users group can sign in at the same time using device license. Before you set this up, make sure… Continue Reading thatnavguy’s Article on...
Permission Set Object
Starting from BC18 (2021 Wave 1), we can use Permission Set Object to write our app permission set. You can still use the XML permission, but we now have option to use Permission Set Object. So much easier, simpler to use. Hello Permission Set Object You can even extend an existing permission set. How good is that ? But there’s more than that. You can even split and join multiple… Continue Reading thatnavguy’s...
Set Default User Group
When you get new users in Business Central, BC will automatically assign you the User Group automatically. What if you want to change the default user group ? There is no official way to do this, but there is a trick to do it in BC. The table responsible for it is Table 9007 – User Group Plan. BC assign the default user group based on the user license / plan (essential, premium,… Continue Reading thatnavguy’s Article...
Looping Through Enum
Sometimes you may need to loop through Enum. To do this, you can use List Data Type. local procedure EnumLoop() var MyEnum: Enum "My Enum"; EnumIndex: List of [Integer]; iMax, iLoop : Integer; begin EnumIndex := ScanSource.Ordinals(); iMax := EnumIndex.Count(); If iMax <= 0 then exit; iLoop := 1; repeat //loop here MyEnum :=… Continue Reading thatnavguy’s Article on their blog...
TLS Issue on NAV2013
Microsoft recently decided to start disabling the Transport Layer Security protocols: TLS 1.0 and 1.1 on Microsoft 365 service. Due to this new policy, one of our clients who currently using NAV 2013 became unable to send email. Every time users try to send an email, they will get the error from SMTP Mail Server saying “Authentication failed because the remote party has closed the transport… Continue Reading...
Sales Quote Expiry Date
You can specify the Sales Quote expiry date on a field called Quote Valid To Date. If you want BC to calculate the expiry date automatically, you can specify the date formula in the Quote Validity Calculation field on the Sales & Receivables Setup page. If you want to batch delete expired sales quotes, there is a function called Delete Expired Quotes that only accessible from… Continue Reading thatnavguy’s Article on...
Unit Volume vs Cubage
BC has two places to put Volume or Cubage information: the Item Card and Item Units of Measure. Why and which one to use for your business process ? Item Units of Measure – CubageThe cubage field is automatically calculated from the Item Unit of Measure’s width, length and height and is predominantly used in WMS documents (pick, put-away, movement, etc) to calculate if an item can be… Continue Reading...
Change Default Map From Bing to Google Maps
Business Central uses Bing as the default online map. You can change the default from Bing to Google Maps from the Online Map Setup. You will need to add a new Map Parameter Setup Code. Create a new GOOGLE code with below parameters.Maps Service : http://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query={1}+{2}+{4}Directions Service :
Drag and Drop File in BC
Drag and Drop As of now, BC still does not have an official way to do drag and drop for file. However, there is a hidden workaround it. When the Choose File dialog box appears (before the actual Windows file picker), you can actually drag and drop your file onto the “Choose…” button. Make sure you put the file on the button. The file will get imported straight away. Continue Reading thatnavguy’s Article on their blog...
Error on Posting Purchase Invoice – Item Entry Relation does not exist
There are times when BC does not give you a clear error messages. This is one of them. When you try to post purchase invoice for item receipt but not invoiced, the “Item Entry Relation does not exist” error shows up. Upon inspection, the issue is actually coming from the Item Tracking Lines. You will see that Qty. to Invoice is zero there. Update the Qty. to Invoice,… Continue Reading thatnavguy’s Article on...