Kristen Hosman’s Dynamics 365 Business Central Blog

Being able to purchase completely blank check stock for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (BC) is a plus, however you'll have to know how to configure the system so the MICR line prints on the check stock. Microsoft added the MICR checks functionality in early 2020 and using it can be a challenge to use if you're not familiar with modifying layouts in BC. I'll walk you through the process of being able to use this functionality. I will be showing you how to do this within my Production environment test company. I will then show you how to update your production company once you've completed your configuration and modified the check layout.  You should also test within a test company and test with your bank prior to updating in production company. If you're only modifying check layout and not using MICR line then you should be ok not testing with your bank first.  Bank Account Card First step is adding the bank account and transit numbers to the bank account ca...

Microsoft has added some new functionality to Dynamics 365 Business Central v17 (wave 2) that allows companies to review new features (functionality) that are being added to newer versions of Dynamics 365 Business Central. Companies also will be able to disable features that they believe may cause a disruption in their processes, but only for a short period of time. By disabling the feature it allows companies to test the new functionality before the feature is automatically enabled on a certain date.  As of today I have seven features listed in my environment, version US Business Central 17.0 (platform 17.0.17020.18352).  Enabling feature If you'd like to enable a feature you can edit the list and select 'all users' from the drop down. Once selected then the current company status will switch to 'enabled' as well. You must sign out and back in for the changes to take effect.  While working my way down the list to enable all the features I did receive some mes...

One of my favorite features within Dynamics 365 Business Central is the ability to import multiple item pictures at once. This is very helpful when you need to setup multiple items at once and you don't want to import the pictures in one at a time. Prep Steps Create items within Business Central. Verify picture file name is the same as the item number in Business Central. Also important to note here that JPG's work best. Create a zip folder with all the item pictures you'd like to import into Business Central. Import Item Pictures Search for the import item pictures task and select it. Import Steps Open the import item pictures window. Select the zip folder that includes the item pictures you'd like to import into Business Central. Verify the information within the details section. Click import pictures on the menu bar. Couple things to note is that if the picture already exists within Business Central you are able to select the replac...