New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2024 Wave 1: Export and Import Multiline Text Using Configuration Packages

This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2024 Wave 1 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2024 Wave 1.

The 20th of the new functionality in the section is export and import multiline text using Configuration Packages.

Avoid having to manually export and import multiline text by using an improved configuration packages capability that allows you to do that with efficiency and ease. This feature is especially useful for businesses that deal with large amounts of multiline texts and need to transfer them between different companies or environments.

Enabled for: Users, automatically
Public Preview: Mar 2024
General Availability: Apr 2024

Feature Details

You can now use BLOB type fields, which usually contain multiline text, to import and export data using Configuration Packages.

Simply choose Include Field on the Config. Package Fields page to include fields that contain multiline text, such as the Work Description field, in your package.

Export data by choosing the Export to Excel action in the Config. Package Card page to update it in Excel.

Update your data in Excel, for example, by adding multiline text in the Work Description column.

Back in Business Central, import the updated Excel file by choosing the Import from Excel action on the Config. Package Card page. After you validate the data, import it by choosing the Apply Package action.

After you apply the package, open a sales document that you updated, such as a sales quote, to verify that you imported multiline text to your sales document.

My Opinion

I’ve been doing some work with a client implementing Business Central recently and this function would have been useful for bringing some data ito the system.