Business Central – Download Symbol Struggles

Hey Friends,

I hope and pray all of you are doing great with the grace of God. I am writing after a long time and the reason being I was Covid+ for last a month and finally now recovered, thanks to almighty.

This is the first post am writing on Business central and that’s why I wish to dedicate it to the the very first step where in I saw people experiencing difficulties downloading symbols, which actually makes the al package in VS Code.

So after you downloaded the VS Code here’s the very first step that needs to be done to start writing the very first AL Program

Download the AL extension from the Marketplace.

This will make the al package in your Solution. Next step is to go Command Palette(ctrl + shift + p) and open Al: Go! , this will make a new solution folder for your project, complete the process with the authentication.

Check your launch JSON file and enter the correct information for your Server, Server Instance, Authentication and Environment type. These are very crucial information so make sure everything is correct.

Now the next step is to go with the Download symbols, so navigate back to Command Palette and search for Download Symbols and execute it. It takes just moment to get this downloaded but when it starts giving error it can take hours for you :).

I will list out some major check points for this so that it went smooth –

1. launch JSON should have all the valid information’s.
2. check the port in launch JSON if its not the default one.
3. Account has all the major permissions needed.
4. Developer service endpoint is enabled on Service tier.

CHEERS