Author Archives: Alex Chow

Displaying the Serial Numbers by Bins in Bin Contents

Overview In standard Dynamics 365 Business Central, if you enabled the Lot Warehouse Tracking in the Item Tracking Codes, you’re able to see a nice breakdown of what’s in the Bins when you go to the Bin Contents page: You can show this factbox using the Personalize tool in the Setup page. The Serial NumberRead more

Create Your Financial Statements using Account Schedules in 4 minutes

Overview Been wanting to record a video on this for a while. Account Schedules remains one of the most powerful, but least used tools in Dynamics 365 Business Central (or Dynamics NAV). Coming from other smaller accounting software where the income statement and balance sheet is predefined, Business Central does require a little bit ofRead more

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