How to Accidentally Break Business Central (for Fun)

From time to time, I like to write about the fun stuff in Business Central. You know — those moments where curiosity meets “oh no, what have I done?” This time, I played around with Analysis Mode. Spoiler alert: if you follow my steps carefully, you might just manage to kill the session… or inContinueContinue reading “How to Accidentally Break Business Central (for Fun)”

Conditional Page Breaks in Word Layouts for Business Central Reports

If you’ve ever tried to introduce conditional page breaks in Word layouts for Business Central, you already know: it’s a troublesome path filled with hacks, quirks, and a bit of wizardry. Recently, I had an interesting conversation about this topic, so let me share the insights in blog form. The Question A fellow developer asked:ContinueContinue reading “Conditional Page Breaks in Word Layouts for Business Central Reports”

Understanding the Contoso Demo Data Tool in Business Central

From time to time, I hear discussions about how to manage demo and setup data in a fresh Business Central environment. Historically, Microsoft handled this using RapidStart Configuration Packages, which were used behind the scenes when creating new companies. However, this approach was mostly reserved for Microsoft and wasn’t available to partners publishing on AppSource.ContinueContinue reading “Understanding the Contoso Demo Data Tool in Business Central”

Streamlining Subscription Billing: Business Central 2025 Wave 1 Updates Explained

Microsoft recently updated the release plan for Business Central 2025 Wave 1, introducing significant changes to the Subscription Billing module. If you missed it, here’s what Søren Friis Alexandersen announced on LinkedIn: Link. This post summarizes the most impactful updates—so buckle up! Align Subscription Billing with standard user experience and terminology Several changes have beenContinueContinue reading “Streamlining Subscription Billing: Business Central 2025 Wave 1 Updates Explained”

E-Document Integration in Business Central: Key Features and Benefits

The new E-Document functionality has been released with Dynamics 365 Business Central 2023 Wave 2. Since introduction, Microsoft has included a connector named Pagero and announced that Avalara connector will be available from 25.1. Some more localized connectors are “cooking” in the Microsoft’s kitchen, but the general idea is to address the fact the eInvoicingContinueContinue reading “E-Document Integration in Business Central: Key Features and Benefits”

Dynamics 365 Business Central: Intro to Subscription Billing

My colleagues and I started developing the module called “DYCE Subscription & Recurring Billing” in mid-2020, based on Singhammer’s expertise in this area. We were a team of two developers and two consultants backed up with the circle of few more people that were brainstorming the concepts. Later on, we got some reinforcement and onContinueContinue reading “Dynamics 365 Business Central: Intro to Subscription Billing”

Dynamics 365 Business Central: Conditional Page Break in Word Layout

From time to time, I receive a question if the conditional page break is possible in Business Central when Word Layout is used for a report. And there is a nice German word for this type of answer: Jein. In English: yes and no. That in my book means that in order to achieve somewhatContinueContinue reading “Dynamics 365 Business Central: Conditional Page Break in Word Layout”

Warnings Cleanup in AL

Warning! This is a post for developers only. If you are not a developer, the chances are that you will not benefit of reading this post except if you really like reading my blog or me personally. This story is about the legacy Business Central app named SITE that was developed for more than twoContinueContinue reading “Warnings Cleanup in AL”

Reservations challenges in Microsoft Dynamics Business Central

I would like to share another topic that drew my attention recently as I wasn’t aware of the “problem”. Here is the simple scenario: Create a Sales Order and a Sales Line for an Item Create a Purchase Order and a Purchase Line for an Item Try to (auto) reserve the Sales Order Line againstContinueContinue reading “Reservations challenges in Microsoft Dynamics Business Central”

Price and discount groups – New pricing experience in Business Central

With the introduction of New Pricing Experience in Business Central, requirements for usability improvements are picking up. One of those is the subject of this article. Entering and viewing of the prices and discounts using new pricing experience is seen as somewhat cumbersome. In a single price list, there are following Assign-to Types available: AllContinueContinue reading “Price and discount groups – New pricing experience in Business Central”