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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.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This is the second part of series of three articles about integration between Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. 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. The first part expains how to create Azure Cosmos DB environment (Database, Container), how to add new values to your newly created database and how to obtain your API keys that will be used later for API authorization. The...
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New versions of ALRM for VSCode has been released
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...
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...
DynamicsCon 2021! It’s official!
I'm so glad that my session "AL Language: Coding for performance v2" ranked 6th from all 289 sessions. Today, the final conference agenda has been published, including my session! See the whole agenda on the official web sides: https://dynamicscon.com/agenda/. 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...
New versions of ALRM for VSCode & Business Central has been released
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...
Field Level Permissions (Restricted Fields)
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...
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...
Next conf session: Cust. Self Service & Power Portals Bootcamp
New technical conference has just been planned. I already submitted my session: https://events.powercommunity.com/sessions/basic-ticketing-portal-with-integration-to-business-central/ More sessions & other details will be announced in the upcoming weeks, so stay...
New blog layout
After three years, I decided to refresh this blog with a new, custom made layout. The layout has been online only since 22.06. so please excuse any formatting issues in old posts. I will update and fix all posts in the upcoming days.
How to install Business Central (developer) preview version
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'...
AL ID Range Manager (ALRM) for Business Central is available on Microsoft App Source!
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!
D365 Business Central database capacity changes valid from the 1st of July
On the Virtual Launch Event for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2021 Release Wave 1, the major changes to the cloud-based version (Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Online) have been introduced. The changes are not active yet; they will be effective from...
Forget Confirm() method; start with Confirm Management module
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...
Returning complex types in AL Language
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...
Next conf session: DynamicsCon 2021
The next Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central conference has just been planned, and I already sent a submission for my session! Link to the submission: AL Language: Coding for performance v2 and yes, I am no longer part of a rookie speakers track 😉 ) The...
