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Extending Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 Cookbook

By : Alexander Drogin
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Extending Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 Cookbook

By: Alexander Drogin

Overview of this book

Microsoft Dynamics NAV is an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software suite for organizations. The system offers specialized functionality for manufacturing, distribution, government, retail, and other industries. Its integrated development environment enables customizations with minimal disruption to business processes. The book starts explaining the new features of Dynamics NAV along with how to create and modify a simple module. Moving on, you will learn the importance of thinking beyond the boundaries of C/AL development and the possibilities opened by with it. Next, you will get to know how COM can be used to extend the functionalities of Dynamics NAV. You’ll find out how to extend the Dynamics NAV 2016 version using .NET interoperability and will see the steps required to subscribe to .NET events in order to extend Dynamics NAV. Finally, you’ll see the cmdlets available to manage extension packages. By the end of the book, you will have the knowledge needed to become more efficient in selecting the extending methods, developing and deploying them to the Dynamics NAV, and practicing the best practices.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Extending Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 Cookbook
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Preface

Updating NAV data with the Excel add-in


The Microsoft Office Excel add-in enables the user to establish a persistent link between the Dynamics NAV server and an Excel worksheet. This connection makes it possible to update records exported from NAV inside an Excel worksheet.

Getting ready

Microsoft Office Excel add-in is a prerequisite for this recipe. The Excel add-in is provided in Dynamics NAV installation media and must be installed on the client computer on which this walk-through is going to be executed. For details, refer to the recipe Installing NAV Development Environment in Chapter 1, Writing Basic C/AL Code.

How to do it...

In this recipe, we will build a pivot table based on NAV data, and use the Excel add-in to refresh data from the Excel worksheet.

  1. Run the Microsoft Dynamics NAV client, and open the page Item Ledger Entries. Make sure the following fields are displayed in the page:

    • Posting Date

    • Item No.

    • Invoiced Quantity

    • Cost Amount (Actual)

    • Sales Amount (Actual)

    If any of these fields...