Tonya Bricco-Meske, Microsoft MVP

#HumpDayHacks – Avoiding Validation Chaos Have you used the AZ AL Dev Tools New AL File Wizard to create objects? It’s probably as fast as my cats running into the kitchen when they hear the pantry door open.  Quick, efficient, …

Today's #HumpDayHacks is Avoiding Validation Chaos, where I dive into a deceptively simple but critical detail: field order.

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#BusinessCentral #ALDevelopment #msdyn365bc

Query Methods for Business Central AL Development Queries are powerful tools for data analysis within Business Central, allowing us to perform a range of calculations that help us aggregate and make sense of our data. To do this, we set a Method property on a chosen column within our query, which gives us a clear way to "manipulate" the data. Among the built-in methods we have, there are several that work with numerical datatypes - like Decimal, Integer, Big Integer, or Duration - such as…

Query Methods for Business Central AL Development

Queries are powerful tools for data analysis within Business Central, allowing us to perform a range of calculations that help us aggregate and make sense of our data. To do this, we set a Method property on a chosen column within our query, which…

Live Share – VSCode Pair Programming As a developer, we oftentimes participate in code reviews where we are either sharing our screen, or viewing someone else’s code. How hard is it to identify where some code needs to be change…

👥 Pair Programming Just Got a Whole Lot Easier 🚀
If you've ever struggled to collaborate effectively in a remote dev environment, you're not alone. But there's a tool that can change the game: Live Share in @vscode.dev
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#VSCode #DevTools #msdyn365bc #MVPBuzz #RemoteWork

Code completions with GitHub Copilot in VS Code Enhance your coding with AI-powered code completions from GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code.

There is also the visual blue arrow ➡️ showing you the way to your next edit. You can also then use your mouse to Accept or Reject the change.

This is a game-changer for refactoring and maintaining code consistency!
Official release notes here: code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot...

GitHub Copilot just got even smarter! The new Next Edit Suggestions feature doesn't just autocomplete your code - it predicts where you'll need to make edits next across your codebase. ✨
Hit Tab to navigate between suggestions, then Tab again to accept.

Scheduled Performance Profiler in Business Central Performance issues can be the bane of our existence, especially in the middle of a busy workweek. Not only do they slow users down, but they are frustrating to try and troubleshoot, and it’s …

New Blog Post Alert: Scheduled Performance Profiler in #BusinessCentral #msdyn365bc
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Let's play a game. Best #autocorrect of your name. I'll go first.
Tonya Broccoli Medley. 🥦
Tonya Broccoli Mesquite is a close second. 🍖
#autocorrectfail

Developing Multilingual Reports for Business Central When developing reports, do you have to consider report usage in different languages? One of my latest implementations operates in English and French-Canadian. This blog posts collects some of the …

Are you developing reports for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central? 🌐 Check out my latest blog post on Developing Multilingual Reports for Business Central! 📝

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#msdyn365bc #BusinessCentral

Learning from the community, we can elevate our code quality. Love to see some of these old gems like SelectionFilterManagement being resurfaced. #msdyn365bc

Yaaassssss!!! I love it!!!!

Oooo, I like that question even better!
#thoughtsduringacodereview

Hello #msdyn365bc developer community.

Let's try something new. #BCCodeReview 🤓

if Item.Get(SomeOtherTable."Item No.") then ;

What happens when it doesn't find the item? it keeps going, even if the item doesn't exist.

Would you change it to just
Item.Get(SomeOtherTable."Item No.");

#bcalhelp

I always have more information to share than time alloted. Its tough to decide what makes the cut!

While the report itself will still be generated with the Report Caption, we now have more insights into the layout file 🎉

Creating an Excel layout report - Business Central Learn how to create a report using an Excel layout.

👀 I spy some new ReportRequestValues in Excel Report Layouts for #BusinessCentral #msdyn365bc
💫 Coming in BC26 (2025 wave 1) we have the following new metadata from the report that created the document:
- Layout Name
- Layout Caption
- Layout Id
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynami...

While the report itself will still be generated with the Report Caption, we now have more insights into the layout file 🎉

It's no joke, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2025 release wave 1 is live! 🥳 Time to get up to speed on the latest capabilities with the BC Launch Event videos at aka.ms/BCYouTube

#msdyn365bc #businesscentral

Thank you @betsyweber.bsky.social for all you do to support the MVP program! Rogan approves of our new office mate 😸 #MVPBuzz

I've been in Washington for a week, visiting family and attending #MVPSummit. Loving on my nephews because fur babies are family too! Say hi to Zeus, Nimbus and Yeti 😻

Quote of the day: if your product is easier to replace than to subscribe to, it won't last.

He wants to know if you consulted with Copilot.

Wow! That's really impressive!!!

Selection Filter Management + Query Development Now that you are using a Query object to collect your data for report development, you are probably wondering how do you leverage a request page so users can retrieve the relevant data. This blog p…

📢New Blog Post: Selection Filter Management + Query Development
Leverage System Libraries to filter your query for report development! #msdyn365bc
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So excited to be presenting with another #catperson at Directions North America next month! If you're a #msdyn365bc developer, you're going to want to attend @thedoubleh.dev and I's presentation!

I'm all about Selection Filter Management right now!

You must also include the customers who have 0 open orders.
I was thinking 💥BAM💣 use a SqlJoinType...but it doesn't work as one would expect.

When you spend 3-4 hours working on a presentation, and feel like you got no where 🐌
That's because something just doesn't work the way you think it should. 🤬
If you wanted to write a query, and have a list of ALL customers with a count of open orders, how would you write it?
#msdyn365bc

This is SO true!!!

With the amount of meetings and drop in messages I've had lately, this probably wouldn't have been accomplished for another 3 working days.

How do you as a #developer manage your time to maximize the creative juices? I'm thinking I need to start blocking off my calendar.

There's definitely something to be said about #deepwork where you can just focus without any distractions. I sat down tonight for 3 hours and hit my coding groove. All of a sudden I realized how late it was, but man, does it feel good to actually write some code!