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Coffee Break: Simplify Your Customer Service

Following up on our previous posts, this is the latest edition of the NAVDiag tool, aimed to inspire...

Date: 05/08/2017

Dynamics NAV Performance Tooling Part 2: Ghostbusters

After patrolling some of the installations out there, our Ghostbusters team has decided it is about...

Date: 04/19/2017

Hello NAV_Developer

The NAV_Developer blog is coming back into action as a NAV supporter’s place. This will be by and...

Date: 02/17/2017

Dynamics NAV Performance Tooling, Part 1

This is the first in the series of posts to help you monitor and understand your system's...

Date: 02/16/2017

Overview of NAV 2013 builds Cu Number Release Date KB Number Build Number Download 47 Feb 7. 2017...

Date: 02/14/2017

Overview of NAV 2013 R2 builds Cu Number Release Date KB Number Build Number Download 40 Feb 6. 2017...

Date: 02/14/2017

Overview of NAV 2015 builds Cu Number Release Date KB Number Build Number Download 28 Feb 6. 2017...

Date: 02/14/2017

Overview of NAV 2017 builds Cu Number Release Date KB Number Build Number Download 3 Feb 2. 2017...

Date: 02/08/2017

Coffee Break: NAVDiag

In the previous two posts, Automation Part 1 and Part 2, we talked about how to easily bring...

Date: 02/03/2017

Is still around. Currently evaluating the need to start posting again around topics of NAV Support /...

Date: 12/16/2016

Goodbye Nav_Developer, hello NAV Team-blog

To make things just a little bit simpler, some of the NAV blogs have now been combined into the NAV...

Date: 10/20/2009

How using SQLIndex property can affect which index NAV uses

The usual rule for specifying a key in NAV is, that it will chose the first key that matches all the...

Date: 09/18/2009

Problems in transformation forms to pages using TransformationTools

After Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 SP1 release more and more developers start using it and trying to...

Date: 09/14/2009

Table Information including Index information (Usage, Blocks and Reads)

The query below combines these three queries into one:Index Usage QueryRecent Bocking HistoryTable...

Date: 08/25/2009

Troubleshooting multi-machine installations of NAV 2009

The NAV 2009 documentation walkthroughs provide step-by-step instructions for installing NAV 2009 on...

Date: 08/17/2009

Translate this site using Windows Live Translator

A new translator service is now available for all whose browser is set to one of the following...

Date: 08/12/2009

Index Usage Information Tool

Attached at the end of this post is a set of NAV objects that collects index usage information, and...

Date: 07/16/2009

Converting company names for NAV Web Services

A few weeks ago I saw an up tick in the number of cases having problems accessing exposed web...

Date: 07/10/2009

How to set dynamically the Key and Sort Order for the pages using NAV 2009 Web Services feature.

The default methods exposed when a page is published are the so-called CRUD (Create, Read, Multiple...

Date: 07/08/2009

How to read a SQL Profiler trace file into a SQL table

Just a small tip that I use often when I have a large SQL Profiler trace. Rather than reading...

Date: 07/07/2009

Strange errors come during change SourceExpr value in NAV report designer...

Our colleague raised problem: why he receives strange error during report compile, after he changed...

Date: 07/02/2009

Where is the zup file again?

I keep forgetting where the CustomSettings.config, ClientUserSettings.Config etc files are. So I...

Date: 07/01/2009

How to manage NAV DBCS data using C#

  It is known that NAV CC (Classic Client) does not support natively DBCS (Double-Byte...

Date: 06/16/2009

What do SPNs actually do - NAV 2009

Three terms keep coming up when setting up NAV 2009 when NAV-server (middle tier) runs on a...

Date: 06/15/2009

Setting up NAV 2009 on Three machines

Setting up delegation and SPNs for NAV 2009 on three machines (when the NAV Server and SQL Server...

Date: 06/12/2009

SQL Query to show tables, their indexes and index usage

The SQL query below shows a list of tables sorted by the largest tables first. For each table, the...

Date: 06/04/2009

How to use WCF Performance Counters with NAV 2009 Server

NAV Server (middle tier) utilises Windows Communication Foundations (WCF), which includes a number...

Date: 05/19/2009

Upgrading to Dynamics NAV 2009

Upgrade procedure to Dynamics NAV 2009 is not very different from upgrade procedures we had in...

Date: 05/18/2009

Running an older databases in NAV 2009 runtime

It's quite normal to upgrade the runtime (executables) to newer versions while leaving the database...

Date: 05/08/2009

Dynamics NAV, customizing style sheets for export to MS Excel

A while a go we posted a blog decribing how to make some basic customizations to style sheets used...

Date: 04/22/2009

Beware the SQL Index property on NAV 5.0 SP1

The discussion of the changes starting with Microsoft Dynamics NAV version 5 regarding the use of...

Date: 04/10/2009

RIM Tool on NAV 2009

With the release of 5.0 SP1, a new data type conversion routine was introduced with codeunit 5302 -...

Date: 04/03/2009

The physical location of .net components

The virtual table 2000000046 "Automation Server" shows you the physical location of the automation...

Date: 03/12/2009

Report Headers

In classic reports, adding a header to your report is as easy as just copying the Header section...

Date: 02/24/2009

Labels in NAV2009 Report Design

When adding fields to a report, the caption is typically added automatically or with a bit of drag...

Date: 02/24/2009

Customizing style sheets for MS Excel

As of version 5.0, Dynamics NAV introduced the option to export forms to MS Office (Word or Excel)....

Date: 02/18/2009

Platform updates for NAV 5 SP1 Upd1

This overview of KB-releases and build numbers, is an extension to this one: "Servicepacks &...

Date: 01/27/2009

GetCompaniesList error configuring Outlook Sync to use Web Services

In NAV 2009, Outlook Synchronization includes the option to use the new Web Services functionality...

Date: 01/20/2009

Much like the setup of the RTC/NAV Server connection in NAV 2009. NAV 2009 Web Services needs to...

Date: 01/16/2009

Upgrading Application Objects - Tips

Some partners use the Merge tool in the NAV Developer Toolkit to attempt to merge the FULL set of...

Date: 01/06/2009

Dynamics NAV 2009 and MS Office Integration, send-to Excel and Word

This blog describes changes in office integration feature, send-to Excel and Word, when using RTC...

Date: 12/16/2008

Dynamics NAV and export to Excel: Export dates as true excel dates

When running Send-to Excel functionality and exporting data to MS Excel using style sheets, all data...

Date: 12/16/2008

Overview of NAV blogs in 2008

Always read the manual first! Then search the www for what you need to know. A lot of useful...

Date: 12/06/2008

Using variables and C/AL code in a report in NAV 2009

This previous blog "NAV 2009 - The structure of reports in VS report designer" describes how to get...

Date: 11/19/2008

One thing is to make a report look pretty. But before you can do that, you have to make it work...

Date: 11/16/2008

Microsoft Dynamics NAV has always had its own report designer. In NAV 2009 it still does, but in...

Date: 11/15/2008

Dynamics NAV 5.0 SP1 and export to Excel

A number of issues previously reported when running with Dynamics NAV 5.0 and using send-to Excel...

Date: 11/11/2008

Basic SQL - Restoring a SQL Server backup

This post is part of "Overview of NAV-specific SQL features for application consultants". You can...

Date: 11/08/2008

Basic SQL - Creating users in NAV on SQL

This post is part of "Overview of NAV-specific SQL features for application consultants". Before you...

Date: 11/08/2008

Basic SQL - How to attach a database to SQL Server

This post is part of "Overview of NAV-specific SQL features for application consultants". If you...

Date: 11/08/2008

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