Business Central allows us to set or select the fields that will be initially loaded when the record is retrieved from its data source, improving the performance of objects such as OData pages and reports, and particularly beneficial when using table extensions in the application.
Microsoft invited me behind the scenes of Business Central with a camera!
Join me as I visit Microsoft Development Center Copenhagen and chat with the team that builds Business Central. Check it out:
Dynamics 365 Business Central: breaking change when adding a return value to a procedure
I’ve received a request from a partner asking why adding a return value to a procedure in a Dynamics 365 Business Central extension that previously had no return value is considered a breaking change during AppSource validation.
InDataSet, do we still need this?
Many NAV developers are still adding InDataSet attributes to lists, but is it needed anymore? Check out the video:
Business Central 2022 wave 2 (BC21) new features 1
Launch in a specific company from Visual Studio Code (startupCompany parameter)
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Switch companies across environments
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View size of text, code fields in page inspection
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ApplicationArea on fields defaults to page value
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Enable NoImplicitWith feature by default (New feature setting in app.json file)
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New command to generate or update AL permission set
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Record tooltip has new primary key indicator (PKx – the order of the field in the key)
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See the primary key for table fields in IntelliSense (PKx – the order of the field in the key in the IntelliSense list)
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Promoted action groups, action references, and ShowAs Property (New Modern Action Bar)
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Financial reporting replaces account schedules (Account Schedules -> Financial Reports)
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Exclude temporary records when debugging record writes (“breakOnRecordWrite”:”ExcludeTemporary”)
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Exclude Try functions when debugging errors (“breakOnError”: “ExcludeTry”)
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Resource exposure policies for apps are on by default (“allowDebugging”: true, “allowDownloadingSource”: true, “includeSourceInSymbolFile”: true)
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Use option access syntax in formulas (18 -> Database::Customer)
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Make entry of variant codes required (Variant Mandatory if Exists)
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Use new dedicated APIs for financial reporting (Advanced APIs -> reportsFinance/beta)
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Choose the report layout on request page (Select a report layout before printing)
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Developers can write faster upgrade code (New DataTransfer data type)
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New Company Badge (System Indicator)
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Configure OneDrive integration (New assisted setup: Connect your files to the cloud)
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New VAT Date field on documents and entries
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More document lines are searchable (Posted and non-posted document lines)
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Apply resource exposure policy to DEV extensions (“resourceExposurePolicy”:”applyToDevExtension”)
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View SQL locks during AL debugging (Locks in Database Statistics)
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Easily access setup pages for new apps (How to add primary setup object)
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Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 2: introducing the new DataTransfer data type
I’ve talked some days ago about some UI improvements in the Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Wave 2 release (version 21). You can read the details here. There’s another quite hidden feature that I love a lot in this new release (not yet documented) and it’s related to the availability of a new construct for writing faster upgrade code.
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.