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Programming Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central - Sixth Edition

By : Marije Brummel, David Studebaker, Christopher D. Studebaker
Book Image

Programming Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central - Sixth Edition

By: Marije Brummel, David Studebaker, Christopher D. Studebaker

Overview of this book

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is a full ERP business solution suite with a robust set of development tools to support customization and enhancement. These tools can be used to tailor Business Central's in-built applications to support complete management functions for finance, supply chain, manufacturing, and operations. Using a case study approach, this book will introduce you to Dynamics 365 Business Central and Visual Studio Code development tools to help you become a productive Business Central developer. You'll also learn how to evaluate a product's development capabilities and manage Business Central-based development and implementation. You'll explore application structure, the construction of and uses for each object type, and how it all fits together to build apps that meet special business requirements. By the end of this book, you'll understand how to design and develop high-quality software using the Visual Studio Code development environment, the AL language paired with the improved editor, patterns, and features.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)
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Successful Conclusions

Management codeunits

There are over 150 codeunits with the word Management (or the abbreviation Mgt) as part of their description name (filter the codeunit names using *Management*|*Mgt* – don't forget that such a filter is case-sensitive). Each of these codeunits contains functions whose purpose is the management of some specific aspect of Business Central data. Many are specific to a very narrow range of data. Some are more general because they contain functions we can reuse in another application area (for example, codeunit 396—NoSeriesManagement).

When we are working on an enhancement in a particular functional area, it is extremely important to check the Management codeunits that are utilized in that area. We may be able to use some existing standard functions directly. This will have the benefit of reducing the code we have to create and debug. Of course, when a new version is released, we will have to check to see if the functions on which we relied...