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New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2024 Wave 2: Extend and Customize Profiles from Other Extensions

Wednesday 21st Aug 2024Saturday 20th Jul 2024 Ian Grieve3 minute read0 comment

This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2024 Wave 2 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2024 Wave 2.

The 11th of the new functionality in the Development section is extend and customize profiles from other extensions.

One of the current extensibility gaps is the lacking ability to extend profiles. This implies that partners have been forced to copy profiles defined in other extensions whenever they needed to do some changes for them. In this release, it’s now possible to define profile extension objects.

Enabled for: Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically
Public Preview: Oct 2024
General Availability: Oct 2024

Feature Details

With this feature, you can now create profile extension objects in your AL code. They can be used to modify the target profile’s caption, role center, or even include/remove it from the role explorer. It’s also possible to add page customizations to a specified profile.

In addition to the language support, additional coverage in IntelliSense, AL Explorer, and analyzer rules have been added.

The following code example shows a profile extension:

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New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2024 Wave 2
Auto-Apply Templates When You Synchronize Data With Dataverse
Use New Reports And Demo Data for Financial Reporting
Manage Subscription Billing and Revenue and Expense Recognition
Integrate Field Service with Service Management
Archive Service Management Documents
View Item Availability in Field Service Work Orders
Export Posted Sales Invoices to Shopify
Replenish Items for Projects
Reconcile Payment Transactions in Shopify with Invoices
Use Directed Put-Away and Pick Warehouses with Projects
Capture Data from E-Docs with Azure AI Document Intelligence
Add Invoice and Receipt Documents to E-Documents in Bulk
Import, Export Product Info Using Shopify Metafields
Define Shipping Information For Shopify Shipping Fees
Enable Locations In Shopify Refunds
See Improved Usability For Service And Projects
Allow More Than One User To Post Warehouse Entries at a Time
Add An Item As A Shopify Variant
Use Excel Reports For Consolidation And Fixed Assets
Synchronize Product Translations To Shopify
Use Specific Prices And Discounts When Synchronizing Prices In Shopify
Add Extended Text To Project Planning Lines
Use A Default Quantity Of 1 For Accounts On Documents
Suggest Number Series with Copilot
Chat with Copilot and Learn to Use Installed Add-On Apps
Complete Bank Account Reconciliation Faster with Copilot
Create Product Information Faster with Copilot
Summarize Any Record with Copilot
Experience Enhancements to Analysis Assist with Copilot
Start Using Copilot Without Having to Set Things Up
Create Sales Lines Easily with Copilot
Automate Tests for Your Copilot Extensions with the Business Central Test Toolkit
Start Creating Power Automate Flows With Copilot
Raise Awareness Of Copilot Actions On Card, Document, And Listplus Pages
Display Errors And Messages In Copilot Prompt Dialogs
Experience Enhancements To Chat With Copilot
Get Usage Telemetry On Copilot Extensions As An ISV
Start Using Integration with IRS for 1099 Submissions
Start Using E-Documents Framework Localized for Germany
Enable Additional Countries and Regions
Show Features With Demo Dataset For Czechia
Deferral Accounting – Posting The Original Amount As Correction – Czechia
Posting Of Alternative Customer-Vendor Posting Groups – Czechia
Calculate And Post Vat Settlement By Activity Code – Italy
Advance Letters With Reverse Charge – Czechia
Vat Return Feature Now Available – Czechia
Include Employee Transactions In Exchange Rate Adjustment Report – Czechia
Improve Vat Reporting And Adjustments – Czechia
Allocations Functionality In Cash Desks – Czechia
Sales Advance From The Project – Czechia
Enable Use Of Other Currencies – Czechia
Set Up Easier In-Client Performance Profiling with Rules
Use the Ternary Operator when Coding in the AL Language
Pull Extension Source from GitHub when Opening Visual Studio Code from the Web Client
Use the 'This' Keyword for CodeUnit Self Reference
Restore Extensions if Publishing from Visual Studio Code Fails
Use Improved Features for Report Documents
Package Resources in Extensions and Access from AL
Run Code Action for 'With' for File, Project, or Workspace
Type Testing and Casting Operators for Interfaces
Extend Al Interfaces
Extend and Customize Profiles from Other Extensions
Remove Friction When Working With External App Dependencies
Specify And Use Full-Text Search Indexes On Table Fields
Manage Environment Updates More Flexibly
Migrate Record Links and Notes with Cloud Migration Tooling
Manage Per-Tenant Extensions in Admin Center
View App Compatibility with Future Versions in Admin Center
Get Notified About Issues with Job Queue Background Processing
Get List of Manageable Environments for Microsoft Entra Apps
Support IPv6 for Enhanced Security and Scalability
Encrypt Data At-Rest With Customer-Managed Encryption Key
Get External Notifications When Job Queue Entries Fail
Use E-Documents with Power Automate
Use Multiple VAT Numbers for a Customer
Achieve Sustainability Scorecards and Goals
Navigate the Sustainability Manager Role Center with Ease
Add Attachments When You Send Electronic Documents
Record Greenhouse Gas Emissions Using Purchase Invoices
Report Sustainability Entries with Financial Reports
Use New Service Providers in the E-Documents Framework
Purchase Carbon Credits
Enable Internal Carbon Fee Calculation in Sustainability
Track Sustainability Certificates For Items And Vendors
Use Multiple Subcategories For One Sustainability Account
Use Embedded Power Bi Reports Out Of The Box
Do Ad Hoc Analysis On Fixed Assets, Projects, And Services
Use Advanced Settings In The Power Bi Connector
Use Built-In Named Formulas In Excel Layouts
Access Keys with Key Tips In More Languages
Use Drag and Drop On File Upload Dialog to Attach Multiple Files
Resize Columns Even when Personalization isn't Enabled
Change The Data Search Method In Lists

New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2024 Wave 2: Extend Al Interfaces

Wednesday 21st Aug 2024Wednesday 21st Aug 2024 Ian Grieve3 minute read0 comment

The 10th of the new functionality in the Development section is extend AL interfaces.

The support for extensible interfaces in programming languages offers significant business value by enabling creation of flexible and adaptable extensions that can evolve over time to meet changing business needs. They enable developers to add new functionalities without altering the core system, which can save time and resources while reducing the risk of introducing errors into the existing codebase. They are a key component in modern software engineering, providing the agility and flexibility needed to drive innovation and maintain a competitive edge in today’s fast-paced business environment.

Enabled for: Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically
Public Preview: Oct 2024
General Availability: Oct 2024

Feature Details

You can now extend one or more existing interfaces when you declare an interface. When implementing an interface that extends other interfaces, the implementor must also implement all methods from all extended interfaces.

The feature also works with the testing and casting operators is and as, which are also new additions to the AL language in this release.

The syntax is shown in example below. Here, TheImplementor can be used as both IFoo, IBar, and IFooBar.

Example of extending an existing interface.

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New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2024 Wave 2
Auto-Apply Templates When You Synchronize Data With Dataverse
Use New Reports And Demo Data for Financial Reporting
Manage Subscription Billing and Revenue and Expense Recognition
Integrate Field Service with Service Management
Archive Service Management Documents
View Item Availability in Field Service Work Orders
Export Posted Sales Invoices to Shopify
Replenish Items for Projects
Reconcile Payment Transactions in Shopify with Invoices
Use Directed Put-Away and Pick Warehouses with Projects
Capture Data from E-Docs with Azure AI Document Intelligence
Add Invoice and Receipt Documents to E-Documents in Bulk
Import, Export Product Info Using Shopify Metafields
Define Shipping Information For Shopify Shipping Fees
Enable Locations In Shopify Refunds
See Improved Usability For Service And Projects
Allow More Than One User To Post Warehouse Entries at a Time
Add An Item As A Shopify Variant
Use Excel Reports For Consolidation And Fixed Assets
Synchronize Product Translations To Shopify
Use Specific Prices And Discounts When Synchronizing Prices In Shopify
Add Extended Text To Project Planning Lines
Use A Default Quantity Of 1 For Accounts On Documents
Suggest Number Series with Copilot
Chat with Copilot and Learn to Use Installed Add-On Apps
Complete Bank Account Reconciliation Faster with Copilot
Create Product Information Faster with Copilot
Summarize Any Record with Copilot
Experience Enhancements to Analysis Assist with Copilot
Start Using Copilot Without Having to Set Things Up
Create Sales Lines Easily with Copilot
Automate Tests for Your Copilot Extensions with the Business Central Test Toolkit
Start Creating Power Automate Flows With Copilot
Raise Awareness Of Copilot Actions On Card, Document, And Listplus Pages
Display Errors And Messages In Copilot Prompt Dialogs
Experience Enhancements To Chat With Copilot
Get Usage Telemetry On Copilot Extensions As An ISV
Start Using Integration with IRS for 1099 Submissions
Start Using E-Documents Framework Localized for Germany
Enable Additional Countries and Regions
Show Features With Demo Dataset For Czechia
Deferral Accounting – Posting The Original Amount As Correction – Czechia
Posting Of Alternative Customer-Vendor Posting Groups – Czechia
Calculate And Post Vat Settlement By Activity Code – Italy
Advance Letters With Reverse Charge – Czechia
Vat Return Feature Now Available – Czechia
Include Employee Transactions In Exchange Rate Adjustment Report – Czechia
Improve Vat Reporting And Adjustments – Czechia
Allocations Functionality In Cash Desks – Czechia
Sales Advance From The Project – Czechia
Enable Use Of Other Currencies – Czechia
Set Up Easier In-Client Performance Profiling with Rules
Use the Ternary Operator when Coding in the AL Language
Pull Extension Source from GitHub when Opening Visual Studio Code from the Web Client
Use the 'This' Keyword for CodeUnit Self Reference
Restore Extensions if Publishing from Visual Studio Code Fails
Use Improved Features for Report Documents
Package Resources in Extensions and Access from AL
Run Code Action for 'With' for File, Project, or Workspace
Type Testing and Casting Operators for Interfaces
Extend Al Interfaces
Extend and Customize Profiles from Other Extensions
Remove Friction When Working With External App Dependencies
Specify And Use Full-Text Search Indexes On Table Fields
Manage Environment Updates More Flexibly
Migrate Record Links and Notes with Cloud Migration Tooling
Manage Per-Tenant Extensions in Admin Center
View App Compatibility with Future Versions in Admin Center
Get Notified About Issues with Job Queue Background Processing
Get List of Manageable Environments for Microsoft Entra Apps
Support IPv6 for Enhanced Security and Scalability
Encrypt Data At-Rest With Customer-Managed Encryption Key
Get External Notifications When Job Queue Entries Fail
Use E-Documents with Power Automate
Use Multiple VAT Numbers for a Customer
Achieve Sustainability Scorecards and Goals
Navigate the Sustainability Manager Role Center with Ease
Add Attachments When You Send Electronic Documents
Record Greenhouse Gas Emissions Using Purchase Invoices
Report Sustainability Entries with Financial Reports
Use New Service Providers in the E-Documents Framework
Purchase Carbon Credits
Enable Internal Carbon Fee Calculation in Sustainability
Track Sustainability Certificates For Items And Vendors
Use Multiple Subcategories For One Sustainability Account
Use Embedded Power Bi Reports Out Of The Box
Do Ad Hoc Analysis On Fixed Assets, Projects, And Services
Use Advanced Settings In The Power Bi Connector
Use Built-In Named Formulas In Excel Layouts
Access Keys with Key Tips In More Languages
Use Drag and Drop On File Upload Dialog to Attach Multiple Files
Resize Columns Even when Personalization isn't Enabled
Change The Data Search Method In Lists

In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (Power Automate Triggers), how do I… Create a Flow for a Record on Delete

Wednesday 21st Aug 2024Wednesday 17th Jul 2024 Ian Grieve3 minute read0 comment

This article is part of the In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (Power Automate Triggers), how do I… series, a sub-series of the In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (Power Automate), how do I… series and of the wider In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, how do I… series which I am posting as I familiarise myself with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.

There are a number of triggers available in Power Automate for Business Central which allow flows to be started. In this small series, I am going to take a look at creating a flow for each of the triggers.

The third trigger which is available is the When a record is deleted (V3). This trigger seems t be of very limited use; it triggers when the record is deleted, which means that by the time the first action within the flow runs, the record is already gone and all you have is the record id (not the number or code, but the GUID ID which is of no practical use.

This type of flow is created as an automated flow in the Power Automate portal; enter a Flow name and search for Business Central, scroll down the list of available triggers and select When a record is deleted (V3). Click Create: