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In my business, each product has both a carton quantity and weight quantity. The items are stored and transported in cartons and the weight is used to calculate the price. Some items have a set weight per carton while others fluctuate.
How do record both these quantities for an item and input both in an invoice or purchase order? Further how do I allow differences in weight for the items that do not have set weights?
Basically I'd like the customisations to produce invoice lines like this.
Any ideas would be helpful. Open to suggestions on coding or other add-ins/implementation providers that can help do this
Hi, just adding some learning resource, hope this helps as well.
Business Central uses a different programming language than NAV, AL language. It also uses Extensions. Extensions are a programming model where functionality is defined as an addition to existing objects and defines how they’re different or modify the behavior of the solution.
Collection: Extend Business Central
Thanks.
ZHU
Here is a good starting point that will help you get started with the tools and setup you need to begin developing in AL.
learn.microsoft.com/.../devenv-get-started
When it comes to the specific details around the specific solution you want to develop i do have some idea around that. I developed a similar solution some years ago.
Hi Inge,
I'd like to do the customisations myself on business central online. Our business is running on a small budget and implementation could get very expensive, so I'm planning to learn the development skills myself.
Are there any procedures you would suggest to get started and codes you may know for this quantity customisation?
Thanks Inge,
In relation to customisation, is there anyway I can customise the code myself as opposed to getting a third party?
What would the procedure to customising entail?
[/quote]Hi LindaZ
If you are not a trained Business Central developer or you plan on becoming one then I would seek help for this task.
But if you are ready to achieve the skills needed to do this it is a task you can get started with.
The challenge with this specific is that it requires that you interact with the standard functionality of the system.
If you are running Business Central online there is no cost if you want to do the customizations yourself, If you run Business Central on prem you will need a license for the program objects you will be using,
Thank you Daniele,
I could not find the option for 'Fields' in the item card, could that be something that requires customisation at all?
[/quote]Daniele is describing functionality that is not a part of Business Central, so that makes his answer a bit confusing.
To add new fields you need to develop and extension to the item table using AL and Visual Code.
And to add logic for those fields for the rest of the application - more development is needed.
So to get the perfect solution to your requirement you will need customization.
Thanks Inge,
In relation to customisation, is there anyway I can customise the code myself as opposed to getting a third party?
What would the procedure to customising entail?
To allow different weight on different packages of the same product you will need a customization. There is no support for that out of the box in Business Central.
For items like that i would recommend that you use weight as the base unit of measure and customize the handling of the number of packages.
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