This part explains how to connect to Azure Cosmos DB from your Business Central extension using AL Language and how to get some values from the database.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
Azure Cosmos DB is a fully managed NoSQL database for modern app development. Data in this database are available using APIs. To find out how to get Azure Cosmos DB, licensing and all other details see Microsoft portal...
Finally, recordings from DynamicsCon 2021 Autumn edition are available! Check the official youtube channel. It was a great conference with over 250 people during my live session! I definitely hope I will be able to attend the next in-person DynamicsCon as a speaker...
Directions4Partners EMEA 2021 is still in progress here in Milan. I want to share all details about each day, but unfortunately, there are so many amazing things to see, watch and try I have almost no time. So today just a few words about the day before the...
A major change to AL Language development is here! Collectible errors can hugely improve any validation procedures. And what's new? Everything is about a new data type ErrorInfo. ErrorInfo data type ErrorInfo is a new data type introduced in Microsoft Dynamics 365...
In just a few days the new major version of Business Central 2021 wave 2 will be introduced! This is again a huge set of changes that comes with this new version. In this article, we will look at the most important changes in AL Language performance (performance...
How does the translation file work? In Microsoft Dynamic 365 Business Central, displaying different languages is done using the XLIFF files extension (.xlf). The generated XLIFF files have strings that are specified in properties like Captions, Tooltips......
I have just released a new version of my main, publicly available project, ALRM extensions for VS Code. The latest versions of both extensions (VS Code & Business Central) are available for download on my GitHub and also directly in VS Code marketplace for free...
As a user of the Business Central you have some constants you can use to filter or insert values. These constants contain useful values for data manipulation such as t / today for date field - return current dateq / quarter for date field filters - return range of the...
Microsoft Flow is a great tool for managing your integrations and for task automation. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central have some prepared packages & functionality that allows creation flow with no code (if you want to code, you can). In this article, we...
I have just released a new version of my main, publicly available project, ALRM extensions for VS Code as well as for Business Central. The latest versions are available for download on my GitHub and also directly in VS Code marketplace for free for any developers in...
I just add a new project to my GitHub repositories. It is a new extension for Business Central that extends security functionalities with field-level permission. Using this extension, users are able to define who can or can not change specific fields in any table in...
When some complex functionality is developed, it is sometimes necessary to let users choose a specific field. This can be required for field permissions, mapping imported values or any similar process. Earlier, the usual way was to create a link on the Field table...
In the last weeks, I got some questions about installing the developer's preview version (the Insider build) of the Business Central. This version is available through Artifacts for docker similarly to standard versions; however, they are available only for Microsoft'...
I am super happy to announce that my solution for AL Language Developers for Business Central has just been certified by Microsoft and is available on Microsoft App Source for everyone for free!
For a long time, if we wanted to get input from the user to confirm something, we used Confirm() method. This method is straightforward - it has two parameters (+ unlimited number of constant values similar to StrSubstNo() method). The first one accepts text shown to...
In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2021 w1 (released in May 2021), a profound change was introduced to ways how we can design our applications Until this version, the only way to return complex data types (like records, codeunits, Lists etc.) was using the var...
I have just released a new version of ALRM extensions for VS Code as well as for Business Central. The latest versions are available for download on my GitHub and also directly in VS Code marketplace for free for any developers in AL Language. And what is new? - VS...
