How can you set one on one approval workflow in Business Central?
Introduction: One of the scenarios where you want the Person A approval request should be approved by Person B and Person B approval request should be approved by Person A. How to achieve this goal: Go to Workflows page I want to create a Purchase Order Approval Workflow from Templates. Go to New-> New Workflow from Template Then select the Purchase Order Approval Workflow from Workflow Templates Click on Add record restriction in the Response field Select the Create approval request option from the Response tab and then set the values Approve Type to be Approver and Approver Limit Type Direct Approver which means whoever is approver the request will go that user only. And then enable the workflow. Then now go to Approval User Setup where we are going to assign which user’s approval request will be sent to which user. Now I will assign my approval request should be sent to the manager and the manager approval request should be sent to me. Now let’s test it go to Purchase order I am currently in my account and send the approval request from Purchase Order Now my manager will get the request which I have sent. The manager will sign in on his account and then go to the Request to Approve page and approve the request which I have sent. And then once the request is approved by my Manager I will get the status as approved in Purchase order-> Orders-> Approval Let’s try vice versa as well repeat the same steps for the manager as well Now I will be able to see the request from the Manager in the Request to Approve Page Conclusion: Thus we saw how we can set the request approval to be send one on one in Business central Thank you very much for reading my work. Hope you enjoyed the article!
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How to use multiple email account to send different documents using Email Setup.
Introduction: There must be a requirement from client where they want to send different documents using different email accounts.It is possible using Email setup. Steps to achieve the goal: Go to Set up Email -> Click on Next Business Central gives you an option to choose the account type. I am going to use Microsoft 365 account Give Account name and assign the email address from which you need to send the documents. Don’t turn the default button as it will set this account as default and all documents will be shared from this new account which you added and then click on finish. Go to the email accounts page you will be able to see two accounts one account which will be the default one and another account which I created then go to Email Scenarios Assign the Email scenarios to stated which accounts to be used for sending specific documents. I just want the Sales Invoice to be sent from the new account which I added. Click on Ok. You can assign any scenario you want as well you can remove scenarios Go to Feature management to allow all the users to use this feature And then go to Sales invoice -> click on Print/Send action -> A screen appears with from details and to details and then click on send email. Conclusion: Thus we saw how we can use multiple email accounts to send the specific documents. Thank you very much for reading my work. Hope you enjoyed the article!
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How to Modify Existing Report Layout in Business Central
Introduction: To modify the layouts you can remove the fields, tables, or change the position fields. There is an option to extend the Table and Page but to make changes in the existing report there is no extension yet but there is a way you can change the layout of the report. Steps to achieve the goal: Search for Report Layout selection. Select the Report ID which you want to modify. Go to Process ->Custom Layout. Make a copy of the layout file to do that select new action it will ask you to insert RDLC or WORD according to it will create a file. Then go to layout action in Custom Layout Page->Export layout. Make changes in that file again. Import new modified layout using Import layout action. Make sure to update the layout. Import layout will only import your file you need to update as well. And then go to the Report layout selection page choose the selected layout of the report to be Custom Layout and select your modified report file in the Custom layout description. You can test your new report by Reports-> Run Report. Conclusion: Thus we saw how we can change the layout of existing reports using Report Layout Selection. Thank you very much for reading my work. Hope you enjoyed the blog!
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How to add fields in the Business Central standard reports
Introduction: There are some needs where the client wants to add fields in the standard business central report. You cannot make changes in the Standard Business central report. We can change the layout of standard reports by using a custom layout that is present in Report Layout Selection. Steps to achieve the goal: 1. Go to Visual Studio Code -> Download the AL Object Designer Extension I want to modify Sales Credit Memo and I will make a copy of the standard report from the AL Object designer. Create a new report and paste the standard report code. Change the Report ID and Name and add a field that you want to be present in the Standard report. Build and Publish the code in business central. Go to Report layouts selection->Custom layouts download the original layout of the standard report and import it to the new report which you created -> Update Layout. Download the report layout from the new report. Change the layout according to your needs add the new fields which you want to be in the standard business central report. After adding the fields in the new report layout. Import the layout file and Update it. And use your customized report. Conclusion: Thus we saw how we can add fields in a standard business central report by using the AL Object Designer extension. Thank you very much for reading my work. Hope you enjoyed the article!
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How to replace your customized report with the existing Business Central standard report
Introduction: There is a need where you want to replace your customized report with the standard business central report. In which the customized report is a copy of the standard report along with new fields added. So how can you avoid to show two reports with same caption one is your customized report other is standard Business central report. Steps to achieve the goal: In my example, I want to add a field in the Vendor Payment Receipt field. I copied the standard report code. Once you have updated the Layout and add the field publish the code you will be able to see two reports of Vendor Payment Receipt. So in order, that client doesn’t use the old report we can use the Report Management Codeunit. Publish the code and open the report you will be redirected to your Customized Report. Conclusion: Thus we saw how we can replace the Standard report with our own Customized Report using the Report Management Codeunit. Thank you very much for reading my work. Hope you enjoyed the article!