Mohana Krishna Yadav | #MSDYN365BC

Allow Posting From/To DateFormula: No More Monthly Date Updates from Business Central v28 Business Central 28 introduces DateFormula-based posting period fields that automatically calculate your allowed posting range. Here's wha...

Every month, the same story.

Someone forgets to update the "Allow Posting From" and "Allow Posting To" dates in GL Setup.

#MSDYN365BC 28 just fixed this:

You set a formula once. Like <-CM> for the start of the current month and <CM> for the end.

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Who Keeps Moving My Business Central Work Date? Let me paint you a picture. It's Monday morning. You fire up Business Central. You've set your Work Date to March 31st because you're d...

Ever log into a #MSDyn365BC company and wonder why your Work Date keeps changing to a date you never set?

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Create Purchase Orders from Drop Shipments If you have worked with drop shipments in Business Central, you know the process has always been a bit... indirect. You would create a sales...

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You can now create purchase orders directly from a sales order using the new "Create Purchase Orders" action. No more switching to the purchase side and pulling lines in manually.

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Define Item Attributes for Item Variants The public preview for Dynamics 365 Business Central 2026 release wave 1 (BC28) is now available, and there’s a feature in this release that...

You can now define item attributes at the variant level in #MSDyn365BC. No more workarounds. No more creating separate items just to get the right attribute values.

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Create Purchase Quotes for Contacts in Business Central The public preview for Dynamics 365 Business Central 2026 release wave 1 (BC28) is now available, and there are some really useful features ...

#MSDyn365BC 2026 release wave 1 (BC28) brings a small but impactful change to purchasing: you can now create purchase quotes for contacts without setting up a vendor first.

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According to the latest Known Issue (ID 6105087), point-in-time restores are currently failing for environments running major version 27. To prevent customers from ending up in an unhealthy state if an update fails, Microsoft has temporarily paused environment updates.

Why API Templates Don't Work on Business Central Custom API Pages If you've ever tried to set up an API template for a custom API page in Business Central and wondered why nothing seems to apply, you're n...

Ever set up an API template in #MSDyn365BC and wondered why it's completely ignored on custom API pages?

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Testing Your MCP Connection with Real Business Central Questions and Best Practices (BLOG 4 OF 4) Validating Your BC MCP Setup with Real-World Queries Introduction Your BcMCPProxy is built, Claude Desktop is configured, and the BC MCP...

"Show me budget vs actual for all projects with a nice graphic view."

That's it. That's the prompt. Claude Desktop connects to #MSDyn365BC via MCP, pulls the project data, and builds an interactive chart. No Excel. No export. No pivot tables.

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Building BcMCPProxy.exe and Connecting to Claude Desktop (BLOG 3 OF 4) Introduction In the previous posts, we covered the concepts ( Blog 1 ) and the BC MCP Server setup ( Blog 2 ). Now it’s time to get hand...

I just connected Claude Desktop to #MSDyn365BC. Here's exactly how I did it.

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The Business Central MCP Server (BLOG 2 OF 4) Enabling, Configuring, and Understanding the Architecture Introduction In Blog 1 , we explored what AI agents and MCP are. Now let’s foc...

MCP is the open standard that lets AI agents discover and call external systems on their own.

The #MSDyn365BC MCP Server applies that concept to your ERP. It exposes your BC API pages as tools that any MCP-compatible AI client can find and use.

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Understanding AI Agents and MCP (BLOG 1 OF 4) What They Are and Why They Matter for Business Central Introduction The world of enterprise software is being reshaped by AI agents. Ima...

MCP enables any AI client, such as Claude, Copilot, or custom agents, to dynamically discover the capabilities of #MSDyn365BC and execute tasks accordingly.

This innovation transforms our approach to ERP interaction.

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Ever run into the AVS0109 error when uploading an extension in Business Central?
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Honored. Humbled. Grateful.

I’m incredibly proud to share that I’ve been awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for the 14th year!

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20250512 - Lessons learned from using Power Automate approvals with Business Central It's quite easy setting up Power Automate approvals to work with Business Central. However, after the initial setup there are quite some pitfalls and you may find yourself wrestling with unexpected behavior. This session will discuss various lessons learned from implementing Power Automate approvals with Business Central. We will discuss the proper way of canceling approval requests, monitoring progress, exception handling and maintaining and upgrading existing approval flows. Combined with many demos this session will give you a lot of take-aways that can be applied immediately in your daily work. Presenter: Arend-Jan Kauffmann Moderator: Bert Verbeek 00:03:19 - Introduction Arend-Jan 00:03:51 - Lessons learned while... 00:06:25 - Common Sense 00:08:34 - Maintaining existing flows 00:09:45 - Using variables for environment and company 00:14:35 - Demo 00:25:19 - Power Automate Approvals 00:33:46 - Demo 00:44:59 - Canceling an approval flow 00:47:22 - Demo 00:50:28 - Upgrading approval request 00:54:46 - Request an approval as delegated admin 00:56:38 - Delete approval workflow as delegated admin 00:58:03 - Investigating why a flow is stuck 00:59:35 - Handling error situations 01:02:58 - Q&A

😯 Did you learn your lessons? 🫢

@aj.kauffmann.nl told us he did!

In this session, with a lot of demos, he told all about his "Lessons learned from using Power Automate approvals with Business Central".

Link to the learning material on YouTube: bit.ly/3F7NNH6

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Boost String Number Handling in AL with the New IncStr Parameter You've probably used the IncStr method to increment numbers embedded in string variables, especially when dealing with number series. Tradit...

#MSDyn365BC AL developers could only increment numbers inside a string by 1 using the IncStr method.

Now supports an optional increment parameter. You can bump numbers embedded in strings by any integer value without extra parsing or logic.

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Extending CardPageId on List and ListPart Pages in Business Central In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, developers often want to customize the page that opens when a user double-clicks on a record in ...

Extend CardPageId on List & ListPart Pages!

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✅ Replace the default card page with a custom one

If multiple extensions set the property, the last one wins — so PTE's can override AppSource behavior too.

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I am excited to share that 2 of my sessions have been selected for the Directions ASIA conference in Bangkok!

Honored to be a speaker at this amazing conference. Looking forward to connecting and sharing insights! #DirectionsASIA #Speaker #Dynamics365BC

Reopening Finished Production Orders in #msdyn365bc

Ever completed a production order only to realize later that something was missing? Now, you can reopen finished production orders in Business Central to make corrections.

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Block Items or Variants from Production Output in Business Central In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2025 Wave 1, you can prevent specific items or item variants from being used in production by b...

Ever needed to prevent certain items or variants from being used in production? With #msdyn365bc 2025 wave 1, you can easily block an item or variant with Production Blocked field on the Item Card, Item Variants, or Item Variant Card pages.
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Enhanced Manufacturing Product Design in Business Central 2025 Release Wave 1 (v26) As always, Microsoft takes a proactive approach to improving Business Central with each release. In the case of the 2025 Release Wave 1, t...

Enhanced Manufacturing Product Design in #msdyn365bc 2025 Wave 1

🔹 Select & Add Multiple Items

🔹 Go to Active Production BOM Version

🔹 Compare BOM Versions with a Baseline

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New in #msdyn365bc: Document Attachments for Manufacturing!

With the latest Business Central 2025 release wave 1, you can now attach critical documents—like drawings and inspection reports—directly to Production BOMs, Routings, and Orders.

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How to Preview PDF Attachments Directly in Business Central Web Client Overview In the upcoming Business Central 2025 Wave 1 release, Microsoft has introduced a new feature that allows users to preview PDF ...

With the #msdync365bc 2025 Wave 1 release, Microsoft has introduced a new feature that allows users to preview PDF attachments directly in the web client!

We can enable a "View File" action to open the attachment inside Business Central itself.

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How to Check When a Business Central Service Was Last Restarted One of my colleagues recently asked how to determine the last restart time of a Business Central service. If you've ever needed to check w...

How to Check the Last Restart Time of a #MSDyn365BC Service Using PowerShell.

Instead of navigating through event viewer logs, a simple PowerShell command can do the trick!

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How to Display the Latest 10 Posted Sales Invoice Lines in a Sales Order FactBox In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, users often need quick access to historical sales invoice data while working on Sales Orders. ...

Added a Posted Sales Invoice Lines factbox to the Sales Order page in #MSDyn365BC!

✔️ Linked to Sales Lines
✔️ Updates dynamically
✔️ Shows only the last 10 records

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#msdyn365bc 2025 Release Wave 1 (v26) PREVIEW is now available!
It’s time to explore the latest capabilities and take your Business Central experience to the next level!

what is holding them at NAV 4.0?

Automating Field Updates Upon Workflow Approval in #msdyn365bc

Ever wondered how to automatically update a field once a workflow approval is completed in Dynamics 365 Business Central? 🤔

🔎 How do we achieve this?
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Is it Possible to Set "Receive" by Default or Disable "Invoice" Options in Purchase Order? In Business Central, purchase orders typically allow users to either receive items, invoice them, or both. However, in some cases, busin...

Did you know you can restrict invoice posting in #msdyn365bc for Purchase Orders, Sales Orders, and Service Orders?

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Multi Level User Group Approval Workflows in Business Central The requirement is to design an approval workflow in Business Central with the following structure: Level 1 Approval Group: This group consi...

Multi Level User Group Approval Workflows in #msdyn365bc

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