Useful things I've learned along the way
When using a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Azure cloud-hosted environment, you may receive an error message relating to a D365 invalid certificate. In this article, I will describe the steps required to resolve this error. Certificates are used to secure communications over the Internet. They expire after a specific period and need to be renewed. Therefore,... Continue Reading →
Each item in a D365 map stores a key and a corresponding value, making a pair. Each key in a map collection is unique, but the associated value does not need to be. Additionally, the data type of the key and the value does not need to be the same. For example, a developer can... Continue Reading →
A D365 set is a unique, unordered collection that contains elements of all the same data type. This is similar to a mathematical set. The allowed values are all of the possible types of the Types base enum. If you try to add a duplicate value, it will not be added. Sets are very useful... Continue Reading →
As an X++ developer, I am very used to using 'while select' statements to loop through records stored in a database. However, as a C# developer, I often loop through lists of class objects. In this article, learn how to add values to a D365 list and loop through it. Additionally, learn how to add... Continue Reading →
In Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, there are several ways to store a collection of values, known as D365 collection classes. Quite often, developers will insert values into tables that have different field names and can each have their own data type. Each record is saved to the database for reading later. With... Continue Reading →
When something goes wrong while running a complex process, it can be challenging to understand how to correct it. Understanding how to save error messages in D365 will help give you the information needed to take further action. https://youtu.be/g7w9z-YoLnY Example Scenario Oftentimes, a custom process will call base Microsoft code that shows info, warnings, and... Continue Reading →
In the last article, I explained how to create custom logs in Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations. In this lesson, learn how to expand custom logs to create D365 performance logs to help understand where performance may be improved. While performance improvement is a vast topic, this tutorial will show you how to... Continue Reading →
You can log information in Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations in several different ways. However, it can be very helpful in some cases to have a specific D365 custom log table and form to provide detailed information on complex processes. A custom log is able to store multiple specific pieces of information in ways... Continue Reading →
Developers add code to show D365 infolog messages to help the user understand what occurred during a process. Oftentimes, a D365 user will see exactly what data they are interacting with on the form they have open. However, other times, a user will perform an action, such as saving a record or pushing a button,... Continue Reading →
Learn how to apply a D365 service update in this tutorial. Microsoft releases four service updates, containing new hotfixes and features. Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations administrators use Life Cycle Services (LCS) to apply these updates to the environments. In a previous article, I explained the schedule of when these updates are released and... Continue Reading →
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