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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

Adding a composite primary key


Based on what we have learned, we know that Dynamics NAV will automatically assign the first field on the table as the primary key when the table is created. In our case, Document No. will automatically be set as our primary key. However, just using Document No. as the primary key will not be enough to satisfy our requirement of allowing us to enter multiple lines. Don't believe me? Try entering two lines with the same document number.

So we need another field as part of the primary key. What do you think it should be?

That's right! The answer is to look at what existing functions Dynamics NAV already has. If you guessed anything else, go back to the previous chapter. Again, the function in Dynamics NAV that most resembles what we're trying to do is Sales Order; more specifically, the Sales Line table.

  1. Go back and look at what the primary key for the Sales Line table is.

    We've already stated that Document Type is not needed for what we're trying to do. So that...