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Programming Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central - Sixth Edition

By : Marije Brummel, David Studebaker, Christopher D. Studebaker
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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

Learn by experimentation

One of the most important learning tools available is experimentation. Report development is one area where experimentation will be extremely valuable. We need to know which Report layouts, control settings, and field formats work well for our needs and which do not. The best way to find out is by experimentation.

Create a variety of test reports, beginning with the very simple, and make them progressively more complex. Document what you learn as you make discoveries. You will end up with your own personal report development Help documentation. Once we've created a number of simple reports from scratch, we should modify test copies of some of the standard reports that are part of the Business Central system.


We must always make sure that we are working on test copies, not the originals!

Some reports will be relatively easy to understand, and others that are very complex will be difficult to understand. The more we test, the better we will be able to determine...