Have you hit the midweek slump, and realized you have been putting off debugging that one weird issue all week? If you are on Business Central version 28 (or later), you can now let Copilot do some of the heavy lifting for you.
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Tag: Business Central
Building Business Central Excel Reports with Copilot
Organizations rely on Business Central for operational and financial reporting, but many teams still export data to Excel when they need flexible analysis, custom layouts, or presentation‑ready visuals. Traditionally, this meant a significant amount of manual work: formatting, building pivot tables, adding calculated fields, and assembling dashboards.
What’s changed recently isn’t just one new feature, it’s the combination of Copilot capabilities across M365, and how they now naturally show up inside of Excel. When you put Excel Copilot, Agent Mode, and in‑place editing together, Excel stops being a passive spreadsheet tool and starts acting like an active reporting assistant.
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#HumpDayHacks: RecreateSalesLines
Have you ever seen a custom Sales Line field’s data just disappear? You sit there wondering why is that getting cleared out.
There is a procedure on the Sales Header RecreateSalesLines() that deletes and rebuilds all lines for the document after key header changes. It copies existing lines into temporary tables, validates header-driven changes, and then re-inserts lines via CreateSalesLine().
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GitHub Copilot Playbook: Reusable Prompts
Prompts are markdown files that are used by GitHub Copilot to assist in common development tasks. Instead of having to type out the same instructions, you can pull prompts into your chat to reuse the logic and speed up your development workflow.
Let’s talk about how we can create our own custom reusable prompts for GitHub Copilot!
Read More » GitHub Copilot Playbook: Chat Modes
GitHub Copilot is more than a fancy auto-complete, as it offers multiple chat modes that empower developers to interact with their code in natural language to streamline development. Whether you need quick answers, automated refactoring, structured planning, or autonomous multi-step execution, Copilot’s chat modes provide tailored solutions for every stage of your development process. This playbook will guide you through each mode, illustrating how to leverage them effectively to boost productivity and maintain coding flow.
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#HumpDayHacks: Event Subscriptions Page in BC
Have you ever wondered which apps are listening to specific events in Business Central? Or maybe you’re troubleshooting why something is behaving unexpectedly. There is a hidden page that is going to change your debugging style…
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