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Business Central Cloud renaming a PDF report using FileManagement.BLOBExport

On the Business Central Cloud, to save a report in PDF format and change its name while saving, you can use a STREAM BLOB through the “Temp blob” codeunit. Once this is done, use the function then the BLOBExport function present in the “File Management” codeunit…

12 February 2021

Dynamics NAV & BC Tips & tricks

Understanding renaming/moving files with git

Source code files are living things. We add new ones and change their content on daily basis. Occasionally we delete them, too. Git is amazingly efficient when it comes to tracking these kinds of changes. However, sometimes we need to change the file name, or file…

2 December 2020

Dynamics NAV & BC Tips & tricks

How to REALLY rename all AL-files of your Business Central app..

You remember this post? I tried to warn you that when v16 comes out, there will be a new code rule that will check your filenames – and you’ll have to (if you don’t disable it) comply with the file name convention of Microsoft. If you…

17 April 2020

Dynamics NAV & BC Tips & tricks

Why and how to rename all AL-files of your app with the “CRS AL Language Extension”

So now – “let’s get started” with .. Why would I rename all my AL-files? Well – because of Microsoft and their new (upcoming) code analysis rule about file name conventions. You might already have complied with their previous conventions, and … they will change. Even…

16 January 2020

Data & Analysis

Rename Blank in a Slicer in Power BI

A common problem I see some people struggle with in Power BI is when a slicer contains a (Blank) record for some reason. The cause of the problem is not obvious and hence it is not clear how to fix it. This article describes what causes…

14 December 2018

Dynamics NAV & BC Tips & tricks

AL with VSCode: Symbol Rename

When you’re a NAV developer, you’re not really spoiled with developer tools. So these are exciting times .. and I think I can speak for many developers when claiming I’m very much looking forward to the upcoming developer tools. Basically because it brings us VSCode ..…

7 June 2017

Dynamics NAV & BC Tips & tricks

Renaming Records in Microsoft Dynamics NAV

One of the more interesting features of Microsoft Dynamics NAV is the ability to rename a record. Within NAV, you can rename a Customer, a Vendor, an Item – almost anything. NAV will go through the entire database and rename the record everywhere it is found.…

7 July 2014