Tharanga Chandrasekara

Over ten years of experience in developing and implementing software solutions within the banking, tourism, manufacturing, education and retail sectors. Proven success of technical and functional skills in Technical Solution Development, Technical Consultation, Business Process Analyst, Process Re-Engineering, Solution Design, Project Management, Research & ERP Implementations. Managed and participated in over 40+ successful ERP (Microsoft Dynamics NAV) implementations during the past 10+ years while building relationships and exceeding client and management expectations. Possess a strong ability to turn around at-risk projects and deliver unique results. Recognize the value of being friendly, calm and helpful when interacting with people in all areas of life and always willing to learn new skills to build on strengths and learn from experiences. Active member and a community moderator of the official Microsoft Dynamics NAV Community forum and regularly share knowledge with others through personal Dynamics NAV Blog, user groups and webinars. Strongly believes that "one small piece of knowledge someone shares today could be the cornerstone of a huge concept that changes the world tomorrow". Recognized as a Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. It is the only Dynamics NAV MVP in New Zealand and Sri Lanka. Specialities: » Development Languages: AL, C/AL, » ERP: Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0 to Business Central » Databases: MS SQL » Other: SANA, LS Retail

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Workflow Wizard with Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017

In previous version on Dynamics NAV, we had the option of creating workflows, which was one of the exsiting functionalities. For previoud blog post on Workflows click here In latest Dynamics NAV 2017 product, Microsoft has taken a extra step to ease the life of partners and users. In new product you can create a …

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Download Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017

Now you can download Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017!! Use below link to access the download page: Link PS: Thanks Freddy for the hot news.  Please provide your feedback with a comment. Thank you and Regards,Tharanga Chandrasekara

New Release Date : Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017

Microsoft has announced that they will not be realsing the new Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 version till end of this week. To be excat new realses date will be  28th October 2016.  Please provide your feedback with a comment. Thank you and Regards,Tharanga Chandrasekara

Date Shortcuts in Microsoft Dynamics NAV

I have seen many users are using T when they want to get the Today in the Dynamics NAV, however they do not know thre are few more shortcut keys they can use to ease their life when working with Microsoft Dynamics NAV.  Following are some of other options available in Microsoft Dynamics NAV related to …

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Report color code to identify blank rows

Hi, If you have been developing RDLC reports for Dynamics NAV, most probably you might have come across the situations where some blank lines are printing in the body of the report and just a glance you cannot identify from where these lines are coming from.  Very recently one of my colleague asked me to …

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My two cents on Dynamics NAV Extensions

Today morning I was reading few blog posts from Microsoft Dynamics NAV MVPs on Dynamics NAV future. In most of blog posts they have focused on the extensions and freezing Dynamics NAV code. Some of them have talked positive about it and some of them have talked against it.  Even though I do not attend any of the Dynamics NAV conferences due to …

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October 2016 Cumulative Updates for Microsoft Dynamics NAV

Microsoft has published new Cumulative Updates for October 2016: Please refer below links for more information Cumulative Update 12 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 (Build 47042) Cumulative Update 24 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 (Build 47039) Cumulative Update 36 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2 (Build 47043) Cumulative Update 43 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 …

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Now use Microsoft SQL Server 2016 with Microsoft Dynamics NAV

SQL Server 2016 released in June this year with many new and interesting capabilities. For further information, please take a look at the product information at this location:https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/cloud-platform/sql-server Over the last few months, the Dynamics NAV team has been testing compatibility with this new version of SQL Server, and we are now proud to announce …

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Microsoft Dynamics 365 first look

“Get your first look at the next generation of intelligent business applications” Join us Tuesday, October 11, at 2:30 PM EST for a first look at the next generation of intelligent business applications. You can be one of the first to hear Executive Vice President Scott Guthrie share Microsoft strategy for digital transformation and unveil …

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Workflows in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016

From now on you will be able to find some of my blog posts in the  Theta NAV Blog  as well.  Following is my first blog post under Theta NAV Blog.  Workflows in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 has been released with many new features which will cater for small to mid-sized …

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