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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

System table

The system table type contains user-maintainable information that pertains to the management or administration of the Business Central application system. System tables are created by Business Central; we cannot create system tables. However, with full developer license rights, we can modify system tables to extend their usage. With full system permissions, we can also change the data in system tables.

An example of a system table type is the User table, which contains user login information. This particular system table is often modified to define special user access routing or processing limitations. Other system tables contain data on report-to-printer routing assignments, transaction numbers to be assigned, batch job scheduling, and so on. The following are examples of system tables in which definition and content can be modified. The first three relate to system security functions:

  • User: The table of identified users and their security information
  • Permission Set: The...