General guidelines

Depending on the requirements, the functional changes will be different. Some will just require a few actions to complete the change; others may require many actions, which are not just related to the functionality being changed. There are a few things to take into account when implementing a functional change. In this section, we will provide some general guidelines. Later on, we will follow the guidelines for all the examples in the chapter.

The following diagram shows the general steps that should be performed to implement a functional change:

The steps in detail are as follows:

 

1. The first step is to clearly define the functional change.
2. Think about how this change will affect existing Microsoft Dynamics NAV or Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central functionalities and whether those functionalities will need to be changed as well.
3. Define a list of all the actions that will have to be completed to be able to implement the functional change.
4. Choose the right time to implement...