While some of these customizations can easily be done by the layperson, others may require a developer skillset or more Microsoft expertise than the average Joe. This article will walk you through a little of both.
The first customization that can occur is simple designer changes that affect the user interface. You can change dashboards to hide columns or show hidden data fields. Drag and drop makes it simple to put fact boxes where you need them. To do this, you simply use the Designer tool; it takes no coding skills.
There are also more sophisticated ways to change the UI; if you know Visual Studio, you can use it to further customize by adding table and page extensions. Devs can test their work in a developer sandbox like Docker.
Now let’s tackle a more sophisticated customization only available to those with administrative rights. Business Central lets you connect to external tools you use every day by adding functionality as extensions. There’s an Extension Management window on the Home page that lets you add Microsoft extensions, including:
As you might imagine, these customizations are extremely useful. We expect Microsoft will add more of these “connectors” in later iterations of Business Central.
The new Business Central allows users to build their own custom applications. What’s cool is that the interfaces are so user-friendly and templatized that you don’t need to be a developer to build your own app. You can use Microsoft’s Go-To-Market services to monetize your app if you like. The app you build could even cull data from Business Central and use tools like Poer BI or Cortana to make the app more functional and impressive. You can do all of these things without writing a single line of code.
There are a number of other customization choices in Microsoft Business Central. Here a few:
While these are just some of the customizations that can occur, developers have a whole host of additional functionality they can add. If you’d like to find out more about Dynamics 365 Business Central, contact your IES team.