T Johnston

I'm trying to figure out how to write md docs to feed to Copilot for mods. Would be great if I could write one document that could serve for user doc, Copilot prompt, and Copilot tuning for user questions in BC.

Baby steps- but to your point, Copilot is using foreach based on my prompt.

This only applies on insert. What if you want it to apply every time a user opens an order.
Our users rarely remember to update posting date so in NAV we updated it OnOpen of the form (yes that old).
Tough in BC due to loopy code.

As the community fractures, you have to pick where to spend your time. I find more posts on X than bsky. When time is limited, bsky doesn't get checked or posted to.

Mibuso anyone?

#msdyn365bc
Is there an way to use Item Templates without a No. Series for items?
It would be nice to see the Item Template choices after entering the item no.
Would want an item template by category, but Item No is prefaced with a vendor id.
Let's not argue about intelligent item no again, please.

BTW- thanks for the update. Hopefully, MS will not enable this in the future without a way to disable.

Lovely. I hate this!
Users accept the values and don't think.

If you have such simple rules, hide the fields and use templates so you control the rules.

How often have I received question, why did this happen after users changed/set fields they did not understand. Now we will rely on AI???

I'm at a customer. I end up "consulting" on everything then developing. I started in NAV 25 years ago as a PM, learned functional, then learned dev.
Prefer functional- solving problems. Love to dev when needed.
Hate that, other than the owner, I'm probably the only one who has a wholistic view.

I am getting used to it, and agree it makes code more readable.

What about exit(). If I'm in a function without an exit value, I have to use exit and get a cop warning with exit()

Another good reason to use Linter Cop!

As annoying as it was to "fix" all issues it found when I first started (but the code compiles....), it certainly looks to save me a lot of grief in the future.

Yun Zhu just had a post on this: t.co/L3D2pOadEX

I would add the excellent Import Export Toolbox from Insight Works. It's free.

Opened Admin Center from BC today and see a number of updates from AppSource apps. Is there a standard way I can find out what changed?
Last thing I want is for an app to add a field/function we don't understand, have users start using it and get errors/bad results.

#msdyn365bc

Let Microsoft know if you are a partner with access to Yammer.......

(Yes, sour grapes, I know....)

Processing only report or codeunit and standarddialog page?
Need to build a new process to populate the Physical Inventory Order based on SKUs not Items. Do I copy the MS paradigm of using a report?
#msdyn365bc

Dynamics 365 in 2025 and Beyond: Microsoft’s plan to collapse apps into AI agents Why Microsoft is setting today’s Dynamics 365 applications on a path toward being phased out and replaced by AI agents

ICYMI.
Concerning: msdynamicsworld.com/story/dynami...

I wrote the following comment, then WP wanted me to login, sorry, don't have that password anymore so I took a screenshot and post it here. Hope it is readable. Please read Stefano's full blog post first.
My ramblings.....

Lost count of how many vendors I've eliminated from consideration due to this.

Also lost count of the "very affordable" IT products (system management, device management) which might be affordable for companies three times our size.

If you target SMB, publish your pricing.

Jesse Singal: Bluesky Has a Death Threat Problem It was supposed to be a gentler, left-wing alternative to X. My grim experience proves that just isn’t the case.

Not good. Hopefully just growing pains that will be sorted shortly.
www.thefp.com/p/jesse-sing...

Can kill? Will there be a video?

Wait, wait, wait.
Stupidest is a superlative and we are talking about Microsoft.....

From my experience data literacy is low.
Folks just not prepared to formulate actionable questions of data.
For years I've exported NAV data to Excel and used Pivot Tables to show lots of stuff.
I always end up having to do the analysis myself and export to a diff Excel sheet for the user. Sigh...

This is one of my nightmare scenarios.
Obtain an appsource app (buy or free).
Integrate it into a business critical process.
Receive no notice of vendor going OB or app EOL.
Find out when next major/minor pipeline fails.
Code not available.
MS needs some way to protect customers from this.

Your work has been very helpful to me this year. The training you've done- excellent!
Your book- I've purchased one for me and one for our web programmers.
Please know that there is a large community that values you and is grateful for all you do!
Thank you!

How about flagging all G/L accounts in posting setups that also have Direct Posting set true?

7zip.
Cloud based backup (BackBlaze)
Firefox (for when a Chrome update kills BC)

Other problems due to a dependency on a custom PTE from a vendor that does not use GitHub. .app in a zip file to the right location- not easy.
Now, I need to figure out:
Dev -> Test
Test -> prod
test apps
performance apps
etc.

All while managing the NAV -> BC conversion.

At minimum, AL-Go is helpful without pipelines to move code to GitHub. Having an offsite copy is important.
I agree with the setup complexity. It took me a year to get my app to compile on GitHub due to having dependencies on AppSource. Need the update MS did this fall to solve that.

I'm noticing a lack of physical phones.

Am I just that much of a dino that I still have one (with a headset)? It is definitely a pain as I seek to re-organize my desk.

ImportExport power tool from Insight Works uses tab delimited files.

Very fast.

Nope.

Don't care about leaving X for ideological reasons.

Not all the content I am interested in is here. So, I'm stuck checking in on both.

If you can use Google Calendar or other web based planner, use a Raspberry Pi with a touchscreen. So small they are easy to put together and the support is great.

I have used Android boxes in the past. Check your hardware compatibility with your touchscreen before purchase.