Olof Simren - Microsoft Dynamics NAV & 365 Business Central Blog

The 2016 version of Microsoft Dynamics NAV comes with a new C/AL editor. This is a big step forward for people that are writing code within Microsoft Dynamics NAV. The C/AL editor have, in my mind, always been much behind other code editors in terms of usability, but with the 2016 version Dynamics NAV catches […]

One of the new super useful features in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 is the capability to record table data permissions by simply going through the process in the application. For those of you that have been implementing NAV/Navision when the classic client was around are probably familiar with this process since the classic client came […]

Just like with processing of shipments, there are four ways to process receipts of inventory in Microsoft Dynamics NAV. Choosing the most suitable method is important in order to get the software to support the business as efficient as possible. Below is a description of each of the four methods together with some of the […]

When implementing Microsoft Dynamics NAV in a manufacturing environment this question is always discussed; should the time posted against production orders be according to the expected values (e.g. the setup and run times in the routings, sometimes also referred to as nominal values) or should it be according to the actual time (entered by a […]

I have previously described how production orders are posting into the general ledger which I have received a lot of positive feedback on. This time I will described how assembly orders are posting into the general ledger in Microsoft Dynamics NAV (which is a lot simpler). The assembly orders in Microsoft Dynamics NAV was introduced in […]

Using alternative production BOMs or routings is quite common in a manufacturing environment. It could for example be that larger orders are run in higher capacity machines, versions of products are produced with slight variations in components (like different colors), or you might produce the same item in two different locations and therefor need two […]

One of the nicer things about the assembly functionality in Microsoft Dynamics NAV is the option to assemble to order. What this means is that you can stock the components and not assemble them until it is time to ship the order (very useful if you sell kits of products for example). In this blog […]

In one of my previous blog posts about processing shipments I mentioned a batch job I developed many years ago to automatically create warehouse shipments. I have since that post received many requests and questions about this batch job, so here it is! The objects themselves are available in the downloads section and the details about the functionality […]

Being able to handle consignment inventory in Microsoft Dynamics NAV is a common requirement. There are four scenarios of consignment inventory that I frequently bump into; 1. Inventory at a Customer 2. Inventory at a Vendor 3. Customer Owned Inventory 4. Vendor Owned Inventory Some may argue that case 2 and 3 is not consignment, […]

By accident I discovered something quite interesting last week and I thought it was worth sharing it through a blog post. When you create an object type variable in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 and you leave out the name then NAV will automatically suggest the name based on the subtype. So, when creating variables that are forms, records, […]