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Extending Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 Cookbook

You're reading from   Extending Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 Cookbook Extend Dynamics NAV 2016 to win the business world

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786460608
Length 458 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Writing Basic C/AL Code FREE CHAPTER 2. Advanced C/AL Development 3. Reporting and Data Analysis 4. .NET Interoperability in C/AL 5. Extending C/AL with COM Components 6. SharePoint Integration 7. Control Add-ins 8. Web Services 9. Events and Extension Packages 10. PowerShell

Managing the database

The very first daily task of a system administrator is the database backup. Other database management tasks come right behind it. The NAV administration module does not include database backup scripts - this is a task for the SQL Server. Instead of the database backup, you can export and import data from all database tables in an internal NAV format and import the file into a new database.

How to do it...

In the first recipe, we will see how to backup and restore a database with SQL Server cmdlets, then export and import NAV data via the NAV administrator shell. Besides, the recipe gives a brief overview of the PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment.

  1. Run the NAV 2016 Administration Shell from the Start menu. Start the shell with administrator credentials.
  2. To backup the demo database, run the Backup-SqlDatabase cmdlet with the following parameters:
    Backup-SqlDatabase -ServerInstance localhost -Database "Demo 
            Database NAV (9-0)" -BackupFile <backup...
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