Base application
by Mark Brummel, Christopher Studebaker, David Studebaker, David Roys, Vjekoslav Ba
Microsoft Dynamics NAV
- Microsoft Dynamics NAV
- Table of Contents
- Microsoft Dynamics NAV
- Microsoft Dynamics NAV
- Credits
- Preface
- 1. Module 1
- 1. Exploring Microsoft Dynamics NAV – An Introduction
- Understanding Microsoft Dynamics NAV
- The functional areas within Dynamics NAV
- History of Dynamics NAV
- Functional areas
- Accessing Dynamics NAV
- Summary
- 2. What's New in NAV 2016?
- Application changes
- Improvements for the application users
- Tablet client
- New application features
- Automatic payment and bank reconciliation
- Signing up for the Bank Data Conversion Service
- Reconciling payments automatically
- Reconciling bank statements automatically
- Social Listening
- Power Business Intelligence
- RapidStart services
- Schedule reports
- E-mailing documents
- Document exchange service (OCR Services)
- Exchange rates update
- Native integration with Dynamics CRM
- Universal app
- Workflow management
- Posting Preview
- Deferrals
- Development changes
- IT changes
- Summary
- Application changes
- 3. Dynamics NAV – General Considerations
- 4. The Implementation Process – From the Reseller
- 5. The Implementation Process on the Customer Side
- 6. Migrating Data
- Tools to migrate data
- RapidStart Services
- Using XMLports to migrate data
- Writing your own tools
- Converting data from the old system to Dynamics NAV's needs
- Master data
- Open entries
- Historical data
- Open documents
- Choosing a go-live date
- Summary
- Tools to migrate data
- 7. Upgrading Microsoft Dynamics NAV
- Upgrading philosophy
- Upgrades prior to Dynamics NAV 2013
- Upgrades from Dynamics NAV 2013 forward
- Upgrading process checklist
- Upgrading steps to NAV 2013
- Upgrading tools
- Summary
- 8. Development Considerations
- 9. Functional Changes on Existing Implementations
- 10. Data Analysis and Reporting
- 11. Debugging
- 12. Popular Reporting Options with Microsoft Dynamics NAV
- 1. Exploring Microsoft Dynamics NAV – An Introduction
- 2. Module 2
- 1. An Introduction to NAV 2015
- NAV 2015 – an ERP system
- Significant changes in NAV 2015
- A developer's overview of NAV 2015
- Hands-on development in NAV 2015
- Summary
- Review questions
- 2. Tables
- An overview of tables
- Enhancing our sample application
- Creating and modifying tables
- Assigning a Table Relation property
- Assigning an InitValue property
- Adding a few activity-tracking tables
- New tables for our WDTU project
- New list pages for our WDTU project
- Keys, SumIndexFields, and table relations in our examples
- Modifying a standard table
- Version list documentation
- Types of tables
- Summary
- Review questions
- 3. Data Types and Fields
- 4. Pages – The Interactive Interface
- Page design and structure overview
- Types of pages
- Page Designer
- Page components
- WDTU Page Enhancement – part 1
- Page controls
- WDTU Page Enhancement – part 2
- Page Actions
- Learning more
- Summary
- Review questions
- 5. Queries and Reports
- Queries
- Reports
- Report components – overview
- Report data flow
- Report components – detail
- Creating a Report in NAV 2015
- Summary
- Review questions
- 6. Introduction to C/SIDE and C/AL
- 7. Intermediate C/AL
- 8. Advanced NAV Development Tools
- NAV process flow
- Role Center pages
- XMLports
- Web services
- Summary
- Review questions
- 9. Successful Conclusions
- Creating new C/AL routines
- Multi-language system
- Multi-currency system
- Navigate
- Debugging in NAV 2015
- C/SIDE Test-driven development
- Other Interfaces
- NAV Application Server (NAS)
- Client Add-ins
- Customizing Help
- NAV development projects – general guidance
- Design for efficiency
- Updating and upgrading
- Supporting material
- Summary
- Review questions
- 1. An Introduction to NAV 2015
- 3. Module 3
- 1. Introducing Dynamics NAV Patterns and Software Architecture
- What do we mean by 'patterns'?
- Microsoft Dynamics NAV Design Patterns
- Patterns elements and hierarchy
- Building blocks
- Metadata
- Base application
- Summary
- 2. Architectural Patterns
- 3. Design Patterns
- 4. Building an Example Application Using Patterns
- 5. Coding Best Practices
- 6. Anti-patterns and Handling Legacy Code
- 7. Building Solutions Using Patterns
- 1. Introducing Dynamics NAV Patterns and Software Architecture
- Bibliography
- Index
Most development projects in Microsoft Dynamics NAV don't start from scratch as empty projects. They often start from the base application that Microsoft ships. This is an ERP application that allows their users to streamline business processes.
The application originated in the 1980s just as the programming language did, and has grown organically since its first introduction.
To be an excellent Microsoft Dynamics NAV developer, understanding business processes is maybe even more crucial than understanding the language, objects, and design patterns.
Microsoft Dynamics NAV allows you to administer many of the functional processes. Although they all have different purposes, such as general ledger, inventory, sales, purchasing, jobs, and manufacturing, they all use the same elements that make the application recognizable for the end user.
If a user is able to post something to the general ledger, it is very likely that they can easily understand posting to the inventory. Posting sales and purchase documents have the same similarities.
This is possible by using the same structures across the application. This also makes it easier for developers to learn new parts of the application.
Many of these structures have been in the application for a long time, since they are very closely related to ERP programming. Others have been added more recently, since they are more related to intuitive UI in correlation with app-like programming.
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