Introducing the Newbie

One of the daunting issues with learning Navision is the sheer volume of knowledge that a new user is presented with in order to use and customize the system. To paraphrase Douglas Adams:

“Navision is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to Navision.”

One of my goals as the newbie programmer at Small Square Services is to leave a record, a path if you will, for those that come after me to learn without getting as lost as I have sometimes become. Accordingly, I’ll be posting some of the things I’ve learned with an emphasis on a very inexperienced view of how to get around in Navision. Writing about shortcuts, insights into the underlying structure of Navision, and how to find some of the more tucked away components will be my emphasis. For those of you reading this that are already experienced NAV developers, this may not teach you much, but hopefully if you ever have to train somebody else you can point them this way to get them started.

It is worth noting that while the competition for newbie Navision programming blogs is sparse, I am not a pioneer in this arena. I highly recommend the Navision Girl blog for an already well populated set of articles and tutorials.