Dynamics 365 Business Central – Create an XML File in AL

XML (eXtensible Markup Language) is a standard for encoding documents and is used to structure data for storage and transport. XML files are just plain text files that use custom tags to describe the structure and features of the document. Many describe the file’s structure as self-descriptive and intended to be both human and machine-readable.

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Configuring the Data Exchange Definition for EFT in Business Central

In this new how-to video from ArcherPoint, the topic is configuring the Data Exchange Definition for Electronic File Transfer (EFT) in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Before you can send and receive electronic documents or import and export bank files, you must set up the data exchange framework to process the data files or streams.

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Upload Files to SFTP via Powershell

I was asked how to upload files to SFTP from Business Central, there are several ways to do it and several posts published about it for Business Central.

In this case, without going through other Azure services, PowerApps etc., it is possible to do it directly and simply via Powershell and, given that the previous post on Powershell was quite successful, I also report this functionality in the blog.

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Using Azure File Share: best practices

Azure Files is essentially a fully managed serverless file share hosted on Azure accessible via the industry standard protocols like SMB, NFS and Azure Files REST API.

Azure file shares can be mounted concurrently by cloud or on-premises deployments and they are extremely useful for replacing or supplementing on-premise file servers.

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How to attach from a zip file to a Sales Order in Business Central

Hello, I want to share a little code that allows you to import multiple files in a .zip and attach them to a “Sales Order“.

This process could easily be adjusted to any Business Central list that can upload attachments. (In case the list page doesn’t have them, you would have to first create a little customization before using this code).

If we go to the page code “page 1174 “Document Attachment Factbox” we can check which master tables we could attach files to.

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