Author Archives: Alex Chow

Independence with Dynamics 365 Business Central online

Overview I’m sure you’ve already read a lot of good reasons on why moving to Dynamics 365 Business Central Online is the greatest idea ever. I will 110% agree with that statement. But this article, I’m going to list out some of the reasons that comes to my mind when working with clients on DynamicsRead more

Extension Development for Non-developers for Dynamics 365 Business Central

Overview A lot of people using Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central want to learn how to develop and publish an extension on their Business Central tenant. What drives this is that in the old Dynamics NAV, the users are able to easily add fields onto a page even if they’re not developers. Now that they’veRead more

Export to Excel in Dynamics 365 Business Central v19

Overview Relax folks, Microsoft didn’t remove the Export to Excel function in Dynamics 365 Business Central starting from v19. It’s just been moved. The Difference Old Version (or versions prior to Business Central v19): Starting from Business Central v19: Why The Change? The direction from Microsoft is to integrate more and more Microsoft 365 applicationRead more

Permission Setting – Preventing Malice vs Accidents

Overview Permission setting in Dynamics 365 Business Central is a serious, but not serious topic. When a company coming from a legacy system or no system, they will always want to restrict everything. The older systems are easier to restrict because there’s not a lot of functions you need to worry about. A considerable amountRead more

How to Enter Beginning Bank Balance for Dynamics 365 Business Central v18 and Above

Overview On Dynamics 365 Business Central release 18, Microsoft made significant changes to the bank reconciliation features. Most of the articles and videos on entering beginning bank balances are still based on the older versions Dynamics 365 Business Central or Dynamics NAV. Just thought I would share with the community on setting up your beginningRead more

Accepting Dynamics 365 Business Central as a Mediocre Solution

Overview I’ll admit that I’m a bit of an old school person when it comes to implementing Dynamics 365 Business Central (formerly called Dynamics NAV). I believe when you make a decision to implement Dynamics 365 Business Central for your business, the transition should be smooth with minimal disruption. In fact, these transition often makeRead more

Quick Video on Closing the Year in Dynamics 365 Business Central and Dynamics NAV

It’s that time of the year again. Close out the year! Most companies align their fiscal year to the calendar year so right around this time, we usually get a ton of support calls from people that forgot how to close the year end and need a quick refresher. So I made a quick 2Read more

The One Huge Mistake You’re Making When Setting Up WMS for Dynamics 365 Business Central

Overview I mentioned In my previous article that there are multiple ways of setting up warehouse management. In reality, however, there really are two ways: there’s the option of setting up your warehouse with Directed Pick and Put-away…and the wrong way. In almost all companies where bin location management (or warehouse management using wireless scanners)Read more