Objects in NAV
Each development element in NAV is referred to as an object. There are seven types of objects in NAV.
Forms (used only in the Classic client)
Pages
Tables
Code units
Data ports
XML ports
Reports
The user can modify any of these objects provided the license has proper development privileges and object ranges. Based on the business requirements, these objects can be exported, modified, and updated in the system using the import function. The prior versions of NAV did not allow import of objects if the modified range was not included in the user's license. But starting from version 5.1, this restriction is no longer applicable. This implies that the modifications, although not in the license range, can be imported in NAV, the usage of which is still restricted by license ranges.
Updating objects
Updating objects in NAV is quite simple. However, as there is no formal object version management tool or check-in/check-out tool available in NAV, one has to be careful while updating these...
