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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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Alexander Drogin Alexander Drogin
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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

Creating custom tables


Data is the core of any business application. We will start developing our solution from designing the data model. The first recipe will show how to create custom tables, set up field references and configure FlowFields that are calculated by the NAV platform based on table data.

How to do it...

In this recipe, we design the data model for the solution.

  1. Open Object Designer and select Table in the list of object types. Click New. Table designer will open.

  2. Each table field must have a number, a name, and a data type. Number 1 is already assign automatically. In the Field Name field enter No. and choose Code as Data Type. Finally, enter 20 in Length. This will create a Code[20] field.

  3. Move to the next empty line. Field No. will automatically increment. Enter CA Code in Field Name, Code in Data Type, and 20 in Length.

  4. Create other fields as given in the following table:

    Field No.

    Field Name

    Data Type

    Length

    1

    No.

    Code

    20

    2

    CA Code

    Code

    20

    3

    Item No.

    Code...

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