C/Side Introduction in Microsoft Dynamics® NAV 2013

NB: Microsoft have retired this course in March 2017. The exam is shortly going to be retired. However we are still offering this course as a large number of our customers still need access to this.

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At Course Completion

• Present the basic object types in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013.
• Describe fundamental aspects of Microsoft Dynamics NAV Development Environment.
• This includes the UI, application objects, and basic metadata concepts.
• Explain the physical and logical database structure.
• Explain the features for multi-developer environments.
• Explain the concepts of tables and table components.
• Examine the concept behind primary and secondary keys, and explain how to set them.
• Create a simple table with primary and secondary keys, and add data to the table.
• Review the concept of table relations.
• Set table relations with a filter and condition.
• Describe special table fields.
• Use special table fields to improve table features.
• Explain the concepts of pages and page components.
• Describe Page Designer and Action Designer.
• Create a simple page and add basic controls to the page.
• Provide an overview of different page types and their characteristics.
• Discuss best practices in designing pages.
• Create a Card page, add a container, FastTabs, and fields.
• Create a List page and link it to the Card page.
• Create a main page and a Part page, and link the two pages.
• Describe the concepts and basic use of C/AL code elements.
• Describe the concepts of data types, simple data types, and complex data types.
• Explain the concepts of identifiers, variables, and syntax.
• Explain the syntax of identifiers.
• Explain the scope of variables.
• Explain the initialization of variables.
• Create a simple codeunit to show how to define variables, assign data types, and investigate several default values that are initialized for several data types.
• Explain the concepts of assignment, statement, and assignment statements.
• Describe the syntax of statements and introduce the statement separator.
• Describe automatic type conversions for string, numeric, and other data types.
• Use assignment statements and the Symbol Menu.
• Understand the concepts of expressions, terms, and operators.
• Describe the syntax of an expression.
• Describe the string operator.
• Use the string operator.
• Describe the MAXSTRLEN and the COPYSTR functions.
• Use the MAXSTRLEN and the COPYSTR functions in an expression.
• Define numeric expressions, arithmetic operators, and operator precedence.
• Describe the arithmetic operators, and provide examples.
• Use the arithmetic operators and examine the operator precedence.
• Define relational and logical operators and expressions.
• Describe how to use relational expressions for comparison.
• Describe how to use relational expressions for set inclusion.
• Describe how to use logical expressions.
• Use logical and relational expressions in a page.
• Define conditional statements and Boolean expressions.
• Describe the IF statement, the IF-THEN, and IF-THEN-ELSE syntax.
• Describe the EXIT statement and code indentation.
• Describe the CASE statement and the syntax of the CASE statement.
• Define compound statements and comments.
• Describe the syntax of compound statements with BEGIN and END.
• Understand the concepts of nested IF statements and the rule of correct indentation.
• Describe the syntax of comments.
• Use the IF, EXIT, CASE, and compound statements in a page.
• Test knowledge about C/AL statements.
• Define arrays and describe the components of arrays.
• Describe the syntax of arrays.
• Explain the power of arrays.
• Describe how to use strings as arrays of characters.
• Introduce repetitive statements that are available in C/AL.
• Use arrays and repetitive statements in a page.
• Describe the WITH statement, record variables, and the syntax of the WITH statement.
• Explain the concepts of functions and parameters.
• Explain the C/AL Symbol Menu.
• Describe the use and syntax of data access, filtering, and manipulation functions.
• Describe the use and syntax of user interaction functions.
• Describe the use and syntax of string functions.
• Describe the use and syntax of system functions.
• Describe the use and syntax of date functions.
• Describe the use and syntax of number functions.
• Describe the use and syntax of array functions.
• Describe the use and syntax of several other important functions.
• Provide an overview of the benefits of creating custom functions.
• Explain the concepts of local functions and local variables.
• Create custom functions in a page and call the functions from Actions.
• Explain the concepts of reports and report components.
• Provide an overview of different report types and their characteristics.
• Describe the difference between the logical and the visual design of reports and introduce Report Designer.
• Describe the logical design of a report.
• Create the data model for a new report by defining data items in the Report Dataset Designer.
• Describe the visual design of a report and introduce Microsoft Visual Studio Report Designer.
• Design the report layout.
• Introduce Request Page Designer.
• Design the Request Options page.
• Explain the concepts of grouping and totaling in a report.
• Create a grouping and totaling for a report.
• Add advanced features to a report.
• Describe the fundamentals of an XMLport and its components.
• Review how to design XMLports.
• Explain the Request page functionality.
• Describe how to use XMLports from C/AL code.
• Create XMLports for export and import with XML format.
• Create XMLports for export and import with a fixed and a variable text format.
• Explain the concepts of codeunits.
• Provide an overview of designing codeunits.
• Provide an overview by using codeunits.
• Define variables and functions in a codeunit.
• Use the SMTP Mail codeunit.
• Explain the .NET Interoperability features.
• Describe the concept of constructors.
• Communicate between client-side and server-side objects.
• Describe how to respond to events that are raised by .NET objects.
• Examine mapping between C/AL and .NET data types.
• Review the most important C/AL functions for managing .NET objects.
• Use arrays, collections, and enumerations.
• Explain how to stream data between C/AL and .NET objects.
• Present the Query Designer and its features
• Explain the principles of the query design process
• Show how to select, join, filter, aggregate, and order data
• Demonstrate how to access queries from C/AL code
• Explain how to export data from queries.

Course Requirements:

Students looking to take this course (80436) must already have the following technical knowledge:

• Knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013
• Basic knowledge of programming concepts and programming languages.