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EnvironmentName and EnvironmentType in launch.json

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Posted on by Bilal Haider 408

I have noticed that while doing development in Visual Studio code for Business Central (runtime 6.0 for platform 17) we now need to write environmentType and environmentName in launch.json. Environment Type can be "OnPrem", "Production" and "Sandbox". Earlier we mention Sandboxname only. But now we can pick Environment Type as Production as well.

Does anybody know why its needed and what is its purpose?

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    Bharatesh J R Profile Picture
    Bharatesh J R 95 on at
    RE: EnvironmentName and EnvironmentType in launch.json

    Hi Bilal,

         The EnvironmentType  Specifies which environment to use to connect to Business Central. There are three types Onprem, Sandbox, Production.

         The EnvironmentName Specifies which production, or sandbox environment to use.

         The EnvironmentType and EnvironmentName are used to connect to business central and publish the app based on environment you Specify.

     

  • Bilal Haider Profile Picture
    Bilal Haider 408 on at
    RE: EnvironmentName and EnvironmentType in launch.json

    thanks for reply. You are right that they are used to connect to BC and publish the app. But with Visual Studio Code we cannot connect to production and deploy app directly. Then what is purpose of giving environment type production there.

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    Bilal Haider Profile Picture
    Bilal Haider 408 on at
    RE: EnvironmentName and EnvironmentType in launch.json

    Asked this on a forum and answer to this as per Stefano Demiliani: Sandboxname will be obsoleted. environmentType specifies the environment to use to connect to Business Central, environmentName its name. Actually only sandbox environment type can be used from VS Code. News will follow...

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    Teddy Herryanto (That NAV Guy) Profile Picture
    Teddy Herryanto (Th... 14,209 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
    RE: EnvironmentName and EnvironmentType in launch.json

    as far as I know, the environment type production is only used to download symbol from production (instead of sandbox). You still publish to sandbox.

    Also the environment type is not working now. there is a bug and it will be fixed in release 6.1.352568.

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