Knowledge is key

Designing for Business Central requires more forethought and knowledge of the operating details of the application than was needed with traditional models of ERP systems. As we have seen, Business Central has unique data structure tools (SIFT and FlowFields), quite a number of Business Central-specific functions that make it easier to program business applications, and a software data structure (journal, ledger, and so on) that is inherently an accounting data structure. The learning curve to become an expert in the way Business Central works is not easy. Business Central has a unique structure, and the primary documentation from Microsoft is limited to the embedded Help, which improves with every release of the product. The Business Central books published by Packt can be of great help, as are the Business Central Development Team blogs, the blogs from various Business Central experts around the world, and the Business Central forums that were mentioned earlier...