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Announcement: Business Central v24 (Wave1 2024) release is out

ANNOUNCEMENT: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central v24(Wave 1 2024) release is out. You can create a new environment in Business Central Admin Center. The first look for Business Central is as follows - Dashboard Copilot on the Ribbon Updated Settings to include Page Scripting For more details check the announcement from Microsoft below -    Microsoft Announcements Lotte Cordt Ihlemann  - General Available: Dynamics 365 Business Central online |... Lotte Cordt Ihlemann   –   14 hours ago   Announcement: General Available: Dynamics 365 Business Central online | 2024 release wave 1 Today marks the general availability of Business Central online 2024 release wave 1 . New customers will automatically get the latest builds of Business Central 2024 rw1 (version 24).   We continue to offer an extended 60-day update window for this release. What’s new in Business Central 2024 release wave 1 (version 24) The best place to get updated on what is new is to attend the Business Central launch
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New way of Developing Promoted Action Categories in Business Central

Introduction:  We know about the PromotedActionCategories and how Promoted action looks and feels in Business Central. In this blog, I will explain the new action bar-related changes in Business Central AL Development and how to create new promoted action categories. Pre-requisites:  Basic Understanding of  Promoted Action Categories Books & References:  https://yzhums.com/20903/ Demonstration:  Currently, there are two ways to have Promoted Action Categories Microsoft has introduced a new action area feature in Business Central which makes adding Promoted Actions easy on the Action bar. Earlier, we used to create the Promoted Action Categories by defining them in Page Property and using the PromotedCategories in action. Refer link in References This will be allowed but moving forward, we will need to use the new way. 1. Create Action: You will create the actions as usual with the area as processing or creation page 50100 Test {     PageType = Card;     ApplicationArea = All;    

Business Central Copilot Edition Developer Insights

Introduction:  In this blog, let's explore the Business Central Co-Pilot Edition in Business Central. This blog is regarding the Business Central integration with Open AI(ChatGPT) from Microsoft. Pre-requisites:  Business Central v22(Copilot Preview) Books & References:  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/ai-preview-getstarted https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/ai-overview Demonstration:  1. Setup Business Central Co-pilot Edition: Before the release of Business Central v22, a co-pilot preview was released. This edition provided the AI tools used by Business Central to do the basic marketing texts and reporting. You could earlier create a preview for Copilot. But with BC v22, you will get it included. Below is the Business Central version with a co-pilot edition 2. How to use: Open the Item Card, and you will see the Marketing Text. This will generate the Marketing Text based upon the attributes present in Item Card. Agree

Resolving Error - 'Invoke-NAVApplicationDatabaseConversion: An unexpected error occurred after a database command was cancelled.'

Introduction: While doing Data Migrations from BC14 to BC22, there was an error ' Invoke-NAV ApplicationDatabaseConversion: An unexpected error occurred after a database command was cancelled.' in Business Central in the Database Conversion. I confirmed the DB connectivity is working fine and failed only at Invoke-NAVApplicationDatabaseConversion. Pre-requisites: 1. Understanding of BC Data Migrations 2. Basic understanding of SQL versions Demonstration: As you know that while upgrading NAV / Business Central, you are requested to run the Application Database Conversion. In this case, I was directly trying to convert from BC14 to BC22 and I ended up with this error. To confirm this I checked the Upgrade compatibility matrix  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/upgrade/upgrade-v14-v15-compatibility  and then there was an unexpected error. I tried to do the steps again and seem to receive the error again. After checking the Event Viewer it wa

Resolution to Cloud Migration Error - Enable Change Tracking in DB

Introduction: While I was trying to upgrade BC14 On-Premise to BC22 Saas, I noticed the following error in Cloud Migration Setup. Business Central Cloud Migration Error " Change tracking must be enabled in the source database with a recommended retention period of at least three days" This blog provides a step-by-step guide on how to resolve this issue. To know how to setup Cloud Migration follow the link -  Cloud Migration Setup Pre-requisites: Understanding of Cloud Migration Business Central v14 On-Premise Business Central Saas Subscription Books & References: https://www.olisterr.tech/2022/03/migrating-data-from-business-central-on.html https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/track-changes/about-change-tracking-sql-server?view=sql-server-ver16 Demonstration:  1. Error scenario: While setting up the Cloud migration with BC On-premise to BC Saas, I got the error  Change tracking must be enabled in the source database with a recommended retention perio

Business Central Office Hours Calls - On Demand Recordings

What is Business Central Office Hours call? The Business Central office hours call is your opportunity to learn more and connect with the Business Central engineering team. At each call, Microsoft presents a current topic related to the development. The presentation is followed by a Q&A session, where you can get answers to general questions related to the topic. How to register for a Business Central Office Hours call? Click on the link below and register for the sessions listed. https://info.microsoft.com/WE-NOGEP-CATALOG-FY22-06Jun-09-DKWC045-Business-Central-Office-Hours-Calls-SRDEM116158_Catalog-Display-Page.html Where are the recordings for Business Central Office Hours Call? You can access the recordings by clicking on the link below. For simplicity, I have listed them below. https://aka.ms/BCOfficeHoursRecordings Date Topic Link 16-05-2023 Business Central administration overview DKWC045 Business Central administration overview | Watch Now