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• Preface
• Who this book is for
• What this book covers
• To get the most out of this book
• Get in touch
• Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central’s Online Momentum
• Dynamics 365 Business Central’s evolution
• The Universal Code initiative
• The role of open source and social networks
• The future perspective
• Summary
• Mastering a Modern Development Environment
• The Visual Studio Code user interface
• Code editor
• Status bar
• Activity bar
• Manage
• Command Palette
• Sidebar
• EXPLORER (Ctrl + Shift + E)
• SEARCH (Ctrl + Shift + F)
• SOURCE CONTROL (Ctrl + Shift + G)
• DEBUG (Ctrl + Shift + D)
• EXTENSIONS (Ctrl + Shift + X)
• Panels area
• PROBLEMS
• OUTPUT
• DEBUG CONSOLE
• TERMINAL
• Visual Studio Code – the editing features
• Comment lines
• Delimiter matching
• Text selection
• Code block folding
• Multiple cursors (or multi-cursors)
• Mini-map
• Breadcrumbs
• IntelliSense
• Word completion
• Go to definition
• Find all references
• Peek definition
• Renaming symbols
• Understanding the AL Language extension
• AL Language
• launch.json
• app.json
• Understanding symbols
• Inside symbols
• AL Language extension settings
• Understanding code analyzers
• GitHub Copilot for AL developers
• Summary
• Extension Development Fundamentals
• Technical requirements
• Basic concepts regarding extensions
• Understanding the basics of AL
• Creating a new workspace
• Defining objects using snippets
• Table object definition
• Page object definition
• Table extension object definition
• Page extension object definition
• Codeunit object definition
• Event object definitions
• XMLport object definition
• Query object definition
• Enum object definition
• Profile object definition
• Understanding AL project structure best practices
• Naming guidelines and AL object ranges
• Working on AL coding guidelines
• Summary
• Developing a Customized Solution for Dynamics 365 Business Central
• Translating a business case into a real-world extension
• Developing the Dynamics 365 Business Central customization
• Customer category implementations
• Table definition
• Page definition
• The tableextension definition
• The pageextension definition
• Codeunit definition
• Handling event subscribers
• Gift campaign implementations
• Table definition
• Page definition
• Codeunit definition
• Vendor quality implementations
• Table definition
• Page definition
• The pageextension definition
• Codeunit definition
• Promoting actions
• Creating page views
• Installing and upgrading codeunits
• Defining permission sets in AL
• Summary
• Writing Code for Extensibility
• Why do we need extensible code?
• Business scenario
• Events and the “Handled” pattern
• Writing a dependent extension
• Interfaces in AL
• Extension’s code protection
• Summary
• Advanced AL Development
• Understanding immutable keys
• Access modifiers in AL
• Handling errors with TryFunctions
• Using collectible errors
• Handling actions on errors
• Creating and extending role centers
• Customizing the headline
• Handling XML and JSON files with the AL language
• Understanding Isolated Storage
• Working with control add-ins
• Creating a PDF-Viewer control add-in
• Notifications inside Dynamics 365 Business Central
• Understanding page background tasks
• Using Azure Key Vault in AL extensions
• Namespaces in AL language
• Summary
• Handling Files with Dynamics 365 Business Central
• Handling files with AL
• Handling attachments
• Reading and writing text data from blob fields
• Using the Media and MediaSet data types in AL code
• Using XMLport in AL code
• Handling XML and JSON files with AL
• Using persistent blobs
• Isolated Storage
• Using Azure Blob Storage from AL
• Creating a storage account in Azure
• Using Azure Blob Storage from AL code
• Handling Dynamics 365 Business Central attachments in Azure Blob Storage
• Using Azure file shares from AL
• Summary
• Report Development
• Anatomy of the report object
• The report extension object
• Tools to use for RDL, Word, and Excel layouts
• The RDL, Word, and Excel layout features
• Part 1 – Designing the dataset
• Part 2 – Creating a simple RDL layout
• Part 2.1 – Creating the RDL report header
• Part 2.2 – Adding a table control to the RDL report body
• Part 3 – Understanding grouping
• Part 4 – Building a simple request page
• Part 5 – Adding database images
• Part 6 – Adding a Word layout
• Part 7 – Adding an Excel layout
• Report extension object: a basic example
• Cloning and refactoring reports
• Feature limitations when developing RDL or Word layout document reports
• Understanding report performance considerations
• Summary
• Printing
• Understand cloud-ready printing
• Email printers
• Microsoft Universal Print printers
• Universal Print connector
• Universal Print portal
• Universal Print Integration extension
• Deep dive into the modern printing structure
• Alternatives to Microsoft Universal Print
• Summary
• Debugging
• Running in debug mode
• Debugging logs: verbose mode
• Visual Studio Code debugger sections
• Debugger sidebar
• VARIABLES
• Watch
• Callstack
• Breakpoints
• Debugger toolbar
• Debugging in attach mode
• Non-debuggable items
• Snapshot debugging
• Performance profiling
• Summary
• Telemetry
• Signal fundamentals
• Dimensions
• Aggregated signals
• Microsoft’s recommendations
• Example
• Enabling partner telemetry in Dynamics 365 Business Central online
• KQL log analysis
• Statements
• Operators
• Functions
• Application Insights
• Alerts
• Dashboards
• Workbooks
• Tools to analyze telemetry data
• Power BI telemetry apps
• Custom signals
• Summary
• Coding for Performance
• Defining an efficient data access layer
• Table extension changes from Dynamics 365 Business Central version 23
• Setting the transaction isolation level in AL code
• Writing efficient pages and reports
• Writing performant installation and upgrade AL codeunits
• Events and performance
• Running asynchronous patterns
• Using StartSession in AL code
• Using Task Scheduler in AL code
• Testing and validating performances
• Summary
• Dynamics 365 Business Central APIs
• Using the OData protocol for APIs
• Configuring OAuth authentication for Dynamics 365 Business Central APIs
• Registering an application in Microsoft Entra ID
• Setting the application permissions
• Creating a client secret
• Microsoft Entra application registration in Dynamics 365 Business Central
• Acquiring an authentication token from Microsoft Entra ID
• Using Dynamics 365 Business Central standard APIs
• Creating a custom API in Dynamics 365 Business Central
• Implementing a new API for a custom entity
• Implementing a new API for an existing entity
• Using the read-only database replica
• Dynamics 365 APIs’ operational limits
• Using OData bound actions
• Using OData unbound actions
• Using OData batch calls with Dynamics 365 Business Central APIs
• Using Dynamics 365 Business Central webhooks
• Summary
• Extending Dynamics 365 Business Central with Azure Services
• Overview of Azure Functions
• Creating functions with Azure Functions
• Using Azure Functions from AL
• Overview of Azure Logic Apps
• Creating workflows with Azure Logic Apps
• Summary
• DevOps for Dynamics 365 Business Central
• AL-Go for GitHub: an introduction
• Creating a new per-tenant extension with AL-Go for GitHub
• Branching strategies
• Master-only branch
• Feature/developer branches
• Release branching
• Other strategies
• Git flow
• GitHub flow
• Git merge strategies
• Fast-forward merge
• Squash commit
• Rebase
• Git in Visual Studio Code
• Visual Studio Code GUI for Git
• Workflow
• Handling the CI/CD pipeline
• Setting up your self-hosted GitHub runner
• Handling dependencies between applications
• Adding a test application to an existing project
• Registering a customer sandbox environment for continuous deployment
• Creating a release for your application
• Registering a customer Production environment for manual deployment
• Adding a performance test app to your repository
• Using AL-Go for GitHub for AppSource development
• Summary
• Dynamics 365 Business Central and Power Platform Integration
• Technical requirements
• Power Automate and Dynamics 365 Business Central
• Example 1: Adding a default image to a Customer record
• Example 2: Exporting a selected invoice as PDF to OneDrive
• Creating a Power Apps app with Dynamics 365 Business Central integration
• Scenario: Expense app with offline capability
• Part 1: Creation of the canvas app project
• Part 2: Establishing a data connection to Dynamics 365 Business Central
• Part 3: Working with Dynamics 365 Business Central data from the canvas app
• Part 4: Adding controls and business logic to the canvas app
• Part 5: Adding offline capabilities to the application
• Part 6: Calling a Power Automate flow to execute actions in the app
• Exposing Dynamics 365 Business Central data to Dataverse by using virtual tables
• Exposing Dynamics 365 Business Central events to Dataverse
• Summary
• Useful and Proficient Tools for AL Developers
• Who is Waldo?
• What tools to use
• The AL Extension Pack
• The waldo’s CRS AL Language Extension
• Run objects
• Renaming / Reorganizing files
• Search on Google/Microsoft Docs
• Snippets
• Feedback to Waldo
• Waldo GitHub repo
• Free Visual Studio Code extensions for AL developers
• AZ AL Dev Tools/AL Code Outline (by Andrzej Zwierzchowski)
• AL Code Actions (by David Feldhoff)
• AL Object ID Ninja (by Vjeko.com)
• BusinessCentral.LinterCop (by Stefan Maron)
• AL Toolbox (by Bart Permentier)
• AL Navigator (by Waldemar Brakowski)
• Free Visual Studio Code extensions for AL Language side features
• Summary
• Creating Generative AI Solutions for Dynamics 365 Business Central
• Introduction to generative AI main concepts
• Introducing Azure OpenAI Service
• Dynamics 365 Business Central and Azure OpenAI Service
• Deploy an AI model with Azure OpenAI Service
• Creating a generative AI solution for Dynamics 365 Business Central
• Summary
• Other Books You May Enjoy
• Index