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Getting Started with Dynamics NAV 2013 Application Development

By : Alex Chow
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Getting Started with Dynamics NAV 2013 Application Development

By: Alex Chow

Overview of this book

So, your company has made the wise decision to use Dynamics NAV as its main business software for all its enterprise resource planning. Dive in and learn the ins and outs of the software from a development standpoint and unlock the software's full potential.The book will walk you through creating an application from start to finish. Once you know how to create a working application that users can access, you will have the knowledge and the resources needed to create other applications based on the tutorials covered in this guide.You will start by obtaining a free trial version of Dynamics NAV and then be introduced to the world of analyzing and deriving user problems into a requirements list. Finally, you will be shown how to use the software to knock out these requirements. You will learn everything you need in order to begin creating your own applications, from translating the user's requirements to creating and modifying your system applications. Use Dynamics NAV's capability to create an application and address the user's needs, while also learning best practices and simple solutions. "Getting Started with Dynamics NAV 2013 Application Development" will help you on your way to becoming a great developer!
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Getting Started with Dynamics NAV 2013 Application Development
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Exploring the different departments


From the beginning, Dynamics NAV was designed to be used as an integrated system. It started off with the basic General Ledger functionality, and from there it has been extended to different functions and modules to what Dynamics NAV is today.

One of the main selling points of Dynamics NAV is that it is a fully integrated ERP software. The data structure is built like a spider web; you can easily drill down and drill across data from different modules anywhere in the system. This integrated data approach is in sharp contrast to the best-of-breed or the Frankenstein approach used by other ERP software. This approach requires the modules to be "bolted on" by a developer, and they need to be reconciled periodically by the end user.

The end result with the Dynamics NAV approach is a seamless ERP system without the different interfaces and data integration errors. Not to mention the ability to navigate on a certain transaction and have every related transaction...