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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

Business Central page structure

Let's take a look at what makes up a typical page in the Business Central web client. The page in the following screenshot includes a list page at its core (the content area):

Here is a brief description of all of these options:

  • The title bar (1) displays page caption and product identification.
  • The company indicator (2) acts as a home button. It allows the user to navigate to the Role Center or to refresh the Role Center depending on where the user is at the moment of using the link:

  • The filter button is where the user controls the filtering to be applied to the page display.
  • If we click on the down-facing arrowheads in the filter button, child menu options will be displayed in a drop-down list, as shown in the following screenshot. The same list of options subordinate to Sales Orders is displayed both in the drop-down menu from the filter button and in the detailed list of options in the navigation pane:

  • The search field (4) allows users...