Collectible Errors?! Is it already in use? This is the second part of my new article series about Collectible Errors. Let's check out the first part here: Collectible Errors?! | Microsoft Dynamics 365 - Ing. Tomáš Kapitán (kepty.cz) or you might be interested in my...
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Collectible Errors?!
Collectible Errors?! It has been already almost a year since ErrorInfo datatype & CollectibleErrors were introduced (I already have an article about basic structure: ErrorInfo data type & Collectible Errors). This article was released for the first time in...
Report layouts in Excel? Yes!!!
Everyone is surely aware of how strong Excel is as a software. It has been deeply ingrained in corporate operations worldwide, whether it be for assessing stocks or companies, creating budgets, or organizing customer sales lists. Usage of Excel Layout Due to the fact...
Substituting standard reports
Report objects cannot be extended in versions previous to the Business Central 2021 release wave 1 version when ReportExtensions object was introduced. Since then, many of changes we need to do in reports can be done without creating a new copy of object. On the other...
Isolated events
With Business Central 2022 wave 1, a new setting for event publishers was introduced. Until this version, any error in any event subscriber caused interruption to the current running process and stopped the whole activity. In some cases (such as log-in), this is...
Custom Filter Tokens
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...
How to invoke Microsoft Flow for changed records
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...
How to let users choose field(s) properly
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...
Working with Translation Files (XLIFF)
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......
1D & 2D Barcodes in Business Central 19.1
Business Central (cloud-only!) includes one-dimensional (1D) barcode fonts since Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2020 wave 2 (17.0) was released in October 2020. It is a great improvement to how developers can handle requirements from their clients to print...
ErrorInfo data type & Collectible Errors
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...
BCQuizzes by Kepty
Public quizzes BCQuizzes by Kepty are my new project that will be available for everyone. The quizzes are available for anyone interested in Business Central Processes & Development. Do you have any idea how to improve the existing quizzes? Do you have new ideas...
Exploring CosmosDB with Business Central, part 2
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.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
My plans for 2022 sessions
2021 is slowly coming to an end, with no other Microsoft conferences planned for this year. However, the conference dates for the next year are slowly beginning to be announced! What are my plans for 2022? This year will be huge! My plans are to have at least four...
Exploring CosmosDB with Business Central, part 1
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...
DynamicsCon 2021 session recording available!
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...
Directions EMEA
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...
Performance in AL Language development (BC2021 wave 2)
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...