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You're reading from Implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central On-Premise Explore the capabilities of Dynamics NAV 2018 and Dynamics 365 Business Central and implement them efficiently

Product type Paperback

Published in Dec 2018

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781789133936

Length 764 pages

Edition 4th Edition

Tools

Dynamics 365

Concepts

Enterprise Resource Planning

Authors (2):

Roberto Stefanetti

Alex Chow

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Preface

1. Exploring Dynamics NAV and MSDYN365BC – Overview FREE CHAPTER

2. Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018 – An Overview

3. General Considerations

4. Implementation Process – Partner's Perspective

5. Implementation Process – Customer's Perspective

6. Migrating Data

7. Upgrading to Dynamics NAV and MSDYN365BC

8. Development Considerations

9. Implementing Functional Changes

10. Data Analysis and Reporting

11. Debugging with Dynamics NAV and MSDYN365BC

12. Popular Reporting Options

13. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

14. Working and Developing with Docker and Sandboxes

15. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Master data

Master data can be defined as information key to the operation of a business that is often non-transactional but supports transactional processes and operations.

Customers are a good example of master data. Data about customers (their names, addresses, phone numbers, and so on) is not transactional data, but will support a transactional operation, for example, a sales order for a customer.

Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central have several master data tables, namely, Customer, Vendor, Item, Contact, Resource, and Fixed Asset. Each master data table is the primary table in an application area. The Customer table is the main table in the sales application area, while the Vendor table is the main table in the Purchases application area.

Secondary tables, such as Sales Prices, support transactions just as the master tables do. You'll also need to take the secondary tables into account when migrating the master data.

The master and secondary tables that will...