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How to Review & Update your BCUG/NAVUG Privacy Settings & Discussion Signature

By Marghet Hager
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Here on BCUG/NAVUG, you can control what information shows to others on your BCUG/NAVUG profile! Reviewing your BCUG/NAVUG profile privacy settings periodically will allow you to understand what information of yours is viewable on our site and allow you to protect your information. To access your privacy settings, go to your BCUG/NAVUG profile and click on MY SETTINGS>PRIVACY SETTINGS. What are my Privacy Setting options? You can set your information to four different settings: Public: This will allow anyone, even those who is not logged into BCUG/NAVUG, to view this information Members Only: This will only allow people who have a BCUG/NAVUG ...
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For The Love of NAV!

By Holly Kutil
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For The Love of NAV! Success & the Admin!             By Holly T. Kutil 02/14/19 I am grateful for a dear friend and mentor in the NAV space, Cynthia Priebe, it was our first encounter back in 2008 that sparked the flame that ignited into the blaze of passion I have for our beloved ERP we have called Navision, NAV and now Business Central.   It was a simple encounter where she pointed out that typing "t" in a date field would fill in the current date of 02/14/19 or "today's" date.  That tip sure seems like a small thing, but when you work in an ERP and type in the date 02/14/19 more than 100 times a day . . . It becomes a "BIG" thing!   That ...
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A Successful Admin Is Not An Island!

By Holly Kutil
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A Successful Admin Is Not An Island! Success & the Admin!             By Holly T. Kutil 01/30/19   If you are an ERP Administrator and you find yourself sitting in a corner office or the basement, (depends on how much your boss likes you) looking out the window or staring at a computer monitor, waiting for the rest of the employees to knock on your door, I am here to tell you that you are doing it wrong.  If you have not found a group of ERP Administrators to network with on a regular basis, again you are doing it wrong.  An admin cannot live on an island and cannot do it alone so today we are going to talk about how to thrive and not just survive!  ...
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My Role as the Gatekeeper

By Holly Kutil
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My Role as the Gatekeeper Success & the Admin!             By Holly T. Kutil 01/16/19   I think it would be ridiculously entertaining to have a business card that read…Holly T. Kutil, Gatekeeper, don't you?  At first thought you may not think being the ERP Administrator and the Gatekeeper have anything to do with one another, but I am here to share my thoughts on just how this role relates to you as the ERP Administrator, your company and your partner.  The Gatekeeper, a person in charge of a gate, usually to identify, count, supervise, etc., the traffic or flow through it, a guardian, a monitor, a person who controls access. Is it starting ...
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D365 BC Subject Matter Expert Assistance

By Savanne Rogowski
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Hello BCUG!  My name is Savanne and I work for Celero Solutions - an IT company based out of Canada.  Our offices are located in Calgary AB, Regina Sask and Winnipeg MB.  Celero spent time in 2018 looking at ERP solutions and we believe  D365 Business Central is a best fit for the organization.  We have had extensive talks with Microsoft vendors, but those talks are on hold for the moment.  Before we move forward with D365 BC, we’d like to get some time with a non-vendor-affiliated consultant who has a wealth of experience in D365 BC (or D365 NAV, its predecessor).  The SME would be someone who could review our business requirements, help us build out a ...
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ERP systems are essential in ensuring compliance with food safety standards

By Vanessa Rodulfo
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Great Blog that I wanted to share in the community https://blog.columbusglobal.com/en-us/erp-systems-are-essential-in-ensuring-compliance-with-food-safety-standards ERP systems are essential in ensuring compliance with food safety standards February 07, 2019 Joshua Hatton February 07, 2019 With the continued threat and reality of food related illnesses and product recalls, food safety remains a high priority for consumers and produce processors. Today’s health conscious consumer not only prefers higher quality ingredients, but also an end product that meets their dietary preferences. A recent   Consumer ...
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UG Focus Comes Early in 2019

By Suzanne Scanlan
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User Group Focus 2019 - Houston, TX The annual BCUG | NAVUG Focus conference will take place in Houston, TX at the Royal Sonesta March 13-14, 2019. This is a popular event with Dynamics users to immerse themselves in focused, deep-dive training sessions. Content for this year's event will be presented by Microsoft, MVPs, and Subject Matter Experts in 90-minute classroom sized sessions. There will also be strategically planned networking times so you can get the most out of this event by connecting with like minded individuals. Why you should join ArcherPoint at User Group Focus User Group Focus is a deep-dive training opportunity, comprised of 90-minute, ...
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ERP Admin…What is that?

By Holly Kutil
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  ERP Admin…What is that? Success & the Admin!             By Holly T. Kutil 01/19/19 Many titles are given to the role of ERP Administrator , such as the IT Manager, Business Analyst, System Manager or Admin, and in some companies CIO (Chief Information Officer) and of all of them past and present my favorite is NAV Admin.  I was fortunate to work at a company that saw the importance and necessity of employing someone to keep a finger on the pulse of the company’s heart beat through their ERP, technology, and automation.  Not all companies see the need for someone in that position or feel they have the luxury of allocating funds to this position ...
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Does your organization use Power BI, Power Apps, or Microsoft Flow?

By Kenzie Jenson
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Did you know we offer a full schedule of training courses for these products? Year-round we hold Academy training classes either virtually, on-site, or both. We’re bringing in the experts to deliver the knowledge and skills you need to leverage these products to their highest potential. Sign up for one of these spotlight classes or view the schedule of upcoming Power Academy classes here .   Academy - Design, build, test and implement your very own PowerApp! – Daniel Christian Academy - Getting Started with Power BI | 2 Day Workshop March 2019 – Christina Wheeler   Power UP! Event: Intro to PowerApps and Flow – unique, 2-day offering ...
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Success & the Admin!

By Holly Kutil
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Success & the Admin! The blank page before us. . .I always see the blank pages of the New Year as the greatest adventure yet to come!  With the onset of a new year, there are usually new budget, new goals, and a crispy clean new calendar.  The start of the New Year is a great time to reflect on your successes and opportunities from the past year and commit to making 2019 an epic year through the little daily action steps of continuous improvement. When we choose as human beings to become the administrators, managers, and leaders of our own lives both personally and professionally we can't help but inspire and encourage the world around us to choose to ...
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Success & the Admin!

By Holly Kutil
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Success & the Admin! The blank page before us. . .I always see the blank pages of the New Year as the greatest adventure yet to come!  With the onset of a new year, there are usually new budget, new goals, and a crispy clean new calendar.  The start of the New Year is a great time to reflect on your successes and opportunities from the past year and commit to making 2019 an epic year through the little daily action steps of continuous improvement. When we choose as human beings to become the administrators, managers, and leaders of our own lives both personally and professionally we can't help but inspire and encourage the world around us to choose ...
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Cumulative Updates of Business Central (on-Prem)

By Saurav Dhyani
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Hi All, There were so many rumors about Cumulative Updates for Microsoft Dynamics Business Central 365. One of the slides said Next update on Business Central 365 next big update will release in April 2019. After discussing with Microsoft on a support ticket - Microsoft has planned to release cumulative updates for Business Central (on-prem) and two Cumulative updates are available for everyone to download and use with our customers. Business central Cumulative updates are available for 19 localized versions and for W1.  Countries for which cumulative updates are released are listed below -  AT - Austria AU - Australia BE - Belgium CH - Switzerland CZ - ...
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New Community Features: Reply Email Notifications, Inline Replies, Save Posts as Drafts

By Marghet Hager
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We are excited to announce three new community features on the www.navug.com websites: new reply notifications, inline replies, and save a post as a draft. New Reply Notifications Participants will now receive a real-time email notification when there is a new reply on a discussion thread that you started or when there is a new post to which you’ve replied. You will see a star icon next to the title of the post that will be automatically filled in when you create or participate in a discussion. When the star is filled in, that means you will receive email notifications. Interested in following getting a notification on a thread that you did not ...
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Join Your Local PowerApps and Microsoft Flow Community Today! - It's FREE

By Sue Whitney
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Users Helping Users! Join your local PowerApps and Microsoft Flow Communities today – it’s FREE! PowerAppsUG and FlowUG offer online and in-person communities where you can share best practices, take part in exclusive training opportunities, and connect with other passionate PowerApps users from various professions and industries. You’re already part of the BCUG|NAVUG community and your sign in credentials will give you access to PowerAppsUG.com and FlowUG.com for FREE – just take the following steps to update your profile: Sign in at navug.com  Click on the down arrow located next to your profile picture in the top right corner  Click on ...
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Editing PowerBI Reports in Business Central

By Aleksandar Totovic
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Having embed PowerBI in Business Central is well known fact, but recently in Fall ’18 release, Microsoft made it even better because now you have already added PowerBI reports on all pages where they were planned to be. OK, it is nice to have and it can be time saver, because you don’t need to waste your time to add reports to page-by-page. But what if you are not satisfy with it how these reports looks like? If you want to change something? Previously it was locked, but now… Now it looks amazing. You don’t need to leave your Business Central environment… everything you need, you will find in your Web Client (of course I’m speaking about cloud version ...
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2018 BCUG/NAVUG Awards Given at Summit Phoenix

By Laura Gariano
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Every year, thousands of conversations take place in the BCUG/NAVUG online communities, at chapter meetings, in virtual programming and at BCUG/NAVUG conferences and events. We are honored to recognize your BCUG/NAVUG community leaders who go above and beyond to share their knowledge and experiences to serve their Dynamics 365 Business Central/Dynamics NAV peers. The following annual volunteer recognition awards were announced and presented to deserving recipients at BCUG/NAVUG Summit Phoenix: BCUG/NAVUG All Star Awards The highest award given in your BCUG/NAVUG community, the All Star Award recognizes BCUG/NAVUG members who have a passion for Dynamics ...
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Social Network Posting Tip - Text Replacements

By Lewis Rosenberg
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​Do you Tweet?   We always encourage #BCUG #NAVUG community members to pay it forward, share knowledge and information. All those hashtags can be helpful, but they also can be challenging for our large fingers on those small smart phone virtual keyboards. If you use an Apple iPhone or iPad to send your Tweets and other social medial posts, this tip can help you save some keystrokes. You can ceate some short codes to represent common hashtags and phrases like @NAVUG #NAVUGSummit or anything else that you include frequently in your posts.     Simpy go to Settings, General , Keyboard and then Text Replacement on your i-device. Type the long phrase (including ...
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Non-Financial Data

By Pam Smith
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Is it possible to use NAV to track non-financial data?  (i.e. Headcount).  We have found some documentation on simulation entries but not sure if that's the right track.
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Enjoy BCUG/NAVUG Magazine on you iPad or iPhone

By Lewis Rosenberg
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Now that User Group Summit 2018 has come and gone, this blog may be a little late, but still may be useful the next time you are traveling (User Group Focus?).  I had a long trip from Philadelphia to Phoenix and thought I could pass some time reading the current issue of BCUG | NAVUG magazine.  Unfortunately, I had not yet received it in the mail, so I figured out how to download it to my iPad. Here are some simple steps to download BCUG/NAVUG Magazine to your iPad or iPhone.  If you know of a better or easier way, please post a reply.   Step 1:  Go to NAVUG.com and scroll to the bottom of the home page for the site map (or simply go to:  https://www.navug.com/resources/magazine ...
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Save the Date: User Group Summit North America Location Announced for 2019

By Janet Lampert
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Whew, this week is flying by at User Group Summit in Phoenix, Arizona! We’re having a blast learning from peers and experts, sharing knowledge, and making lasting connections that will fuel the year ahead. Additionally, the energy and excitement during the keynote announcing the location for next year’s event was incredible and we want everyone to be a part of it. The much-anticipated location for 2019 is… Orlando, Florida! Don’t miss this premier event by adding User Group Summit, located in Orlando to your 2019 budget. You won’t want to miss it. Before User Group Summit in Phoenix is officially a wrap, we wanted to share some highlights from the week. ...
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