My experiments with Microsoft Dynamics NAV

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Oct-2018 Cumulative Updates for Microsoft Dynamics NAV This October 2018 updates applies to Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016, NAV 2017 and NAV 2018 Cumulative Update 36 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 Below is the NAV 2016 CU 36 Link for downloading: NAV 2016 CU 36 Download Link Cumulative Updates 23 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 Below is the NAV 2017 CU 23 Link for downloading: NAV 2017 CU 23 Download Link Cumulative Update 10 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018 Below is the NAV 2018 CU 10 Link for downloading: NAV 2018 CU 10 Download Link Keep updated with Microsoft monthly updates 😃 Thanks! Jaymesh Shah

Sep-2018 Cumulative Updates for Microsoft Dynamics NAV This September 2018 updates applies to Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016, NAV 2017 and NAV 2018 Cumulative Update 35 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 Below is the NAV 2016 CU 35 Link for downloading: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=57313 Cumulative Updates 22 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 Below is the NAV 2017 CU 22 Link for downloading: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=57308 Cumulative Update 09 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018 Below is the NAV 2018 CU Link for downloading: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=57307 Keep updated with Microsoft monthly updates 😃 Thanks! Jaymesh Shah

NAV Setup Checklist Vs. Business Central Manual Setup  In NAV & Business Central application Setup is very commonly used terminology during different stages of project life-cycle. When I saw Manual Setup screen during my experiments with Business Central, it hit my brain and reminded me of an era of  older versions/classic versions of NAV. If I remember it correctly, we used to get Setup Checklist until NAV 6.0 release. Later version of NAV somehow did not include this feature. However with Business Central we again see this made available to business users/implementation consultant. Classic NAV Version-setup Checklist Business Central-Manual Setup Both the functionality is useful for configuring the NAV & Business Central applications respectively. The main use of this functionality is to simplify the process of setting company in the respective application. The window contains a list of the tables to which you have access (according to your licen...

August-2018 Cumulative Updates for NAV Following are the cumulative updates released by Microsoft in the Month of August 2018 Cumulative Update 34 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 This August 2018 update applies to  Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016, NAV 2017 and NAV 2018 for all countries. Below is the NAV 2016 CU 34 Link for downloading: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4346805/cumulative-update-34-for-microsoft-dynamics-nav-2016-build-50528 Released Cumulative Updates for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 Below is the NAV 2017 CU Link for downloading: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3210255/released-cumulative-updates-for-microsoft-dynamics-nav-2017 Cumulative Update 08 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018 Below is the NAV 2018 CU Link for downloading: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4346807/cumulative-update-08-for-microsoft-dynamics-nav-2018-build-23572 Thanks! Jaymesh Shah

Hello, This post is about my earlier Microsoft Dynamics NAV implementation experience and  how Microsoft Dynamics NAV platform has evolved gradually with the new features. Earlier during our NAV implementation/ training programs we used to get concerns/queries from business users related to Account Schedule design and G/L Account mapping to particular account group/category. What if one forgets to configure G/L account to specific Account Schedule (Financial Statement)? As a NAV consultant I've spent my time investigating the G/L account mapping issue to Account schedule and explaining the business user about missing G/L account mapping with specific Account Schedule (Financial Statement).  Now with Microsoft Dynamics 2017 and later releases like NAV 2018, Dynamics 365 Business Central we can auto generate Account schedule (Financial Statement) from the NAV system by following few steps. To demonstrate this feature I have used Dynamics 365 Business Central (C...

Microsoft Dynamics NAV Master Data gathering during Implementation Implementation is a very broad term while implementing NAV/any other ERP system. There are different methodologies for the Microsoft Dynamics implementation like SureStep Methodology, Rapid Implementation Methodology. There are many stages of Implementation project along with its challenges but, for this article, I am going to focus on one of the implementation project challenges called Master Data Gathering. Master data like Customer Master, Item Master, Chart of accounts and many more masters as per the scope of the NAV implementation. Generally, what I have observed during my earlier implementation of NAV classic versions like NAV 5.0, NAV 2009, is that there was no such in-built configuration package tool as we do have after Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 release. A configuration package is a thoughtfully developed tool within Microsoft Dynamics NAV which gives seamless control over the progress of Master data...

As a part of my series of articles on Microsoft Dynamics NAV, I am sharing you my next article on “How to connect Microsoft Dynamics NAV with Power BI” Power BI is a Business Intelligence application from Microsoft that can be easily integrated with Microsoft Dynamics NAV (ERP). Power BI visualizations can be embedded directly into Dynamics NAV Role-Center Page/Dashboard to give detailed insights into your data and help you make more informed decisions. Microsoft Power BI also comes as a standalone application where you can customize dashboards and reports and also publish/synchronize it to NAV instance to give an end-to-end view of your business from one application. Microsoft Power BI retrieves the data from multiple data sources like Excel, Text/CSV, XML, JSON, SQL Server Database, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central,...