Dictionary is one of the useful tools for developers in Business Central. In this post we will be discussing below points :
-What is Dictionary?
-Introduction to Dictionary.
-Usage of Dictionary.
-Use cases
Dictionary is one of the useful tools for developers in Business Central. In this post we will be discussing below points :
-What is Dictionary?
-Introduction to Dictionary.
-Usage of Dictionary.
-Use cases
If you are working with older Dynamics NAV versions you need to handle the old fashioned objects by using fob or txt files.
Powershell is very powerful and if you need to split a big txt file full of objects, you can use or powershell script:
The Query Object is often overlooked in Business Central, but it does give SQL’ish access to creating queries, check it out:
Run an AL object with multiple parameters in Business Central
I publish a simple APP that allows you to see not Used objects compared to those assigned in customer license (useful on BC On-premise).
For example, the customer can extract the list of all objects loaded in the APP as customizations. Even if the objects numbered 50000 are practically free to use for the Cloud, the Onpremise ones are licensed; with a specific report it is possible to identify those already used with respect to those assigned.
In this video, I look at how to create a function that creates a record variable from a JSON object. Check it out:
Recently, some developers asked me about the methods when creating BC development documents. They need to record the Object Type, ID, Name used in the project to the development documents, and they also need a list of AL file names. Is there an easier way?