This article is part of the Using Extended Texts In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central series, but articles within it will also be part of the larger ongoing In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, how do I… series which I am posting as I familiarise myself with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.
Extended Texts can be used to add additional description or text to items, stock-keeping units, general ledger accounts and resources in Business Central.
All of these types of data allow descriptions to be added, but are typically limited to a maximum of one or two hundred characters. Sometimes, however, a longer description is required, and extended texts is how Business Central allows you to manage these extended descriptions.
Multiple extended texts of unlimited number of lines, although each line is limited to 100 characters, on a record are supported and they can be limited by a start and end date for when they are available; they can also be limited to the type of purchase or sales transaction to which they can be added.
In subsequent posts of this series, I will show how extended texts can be added to records as well as used on transactions in the purchasing and sales modules.
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