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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What’s New in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017​ [Published]

Microsoft has released the “What’s New in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017” document and related documents. You will be able to find many details about Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017.  Following are few links that you might be interested of : Get Ready Page What’s New in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017​ ​Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 Beta Program Learning Plan …

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Microsoft Dynamics 365 Pricing and Licensing

Microsoft Dynamics 365 is the next generation of intelligent business applications in the cloud. Microsoft 365 unifies CRM and ERP capabilities by delivering new purpose-built applications to help manage specific business functions, including Sales, Customer Service, Field Service, Operations, Marketing, Project Service Automation and Financials.  In order to provide detailed training Microsoft has created pricing …

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Force Lock

Microsoft Dynamics NAV Object Designer have a option to “Force Unlock” the Objects which are locked by another developer. However I feel that it should have a option to “Force Lock” the objects. What you think? It will be much more easier than Force Unlock and then Lock again. Please provide your feedback with a comment. Thank you and …

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What is New in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017?

Microsoft has published a “What’s New in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 Limited Beta” document on partnersource and it contain some of the very limited functionalities of Dynamics NAV 2017. I feel that there will be much more functionalities will be available on the actual Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 version.  According to the released document following are the main …

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Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 – Limited Beta Version Available for Download

Microsoft has released the Limited Beta Version for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017!! You can download it from the below link:  Download NAV 2017 Limited Beta. You need to fill the Dynamics NAV 2017 Limited Beta Agreement before you download theapplication. Stay tune for more info on Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 Please provide your feedback with …

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Error: Configuration file required – Microsoft Dynamics NAV

Double click on the Dynamics NAV icon but open up this window?  This error message pop up mainly because Microsoft Dynamics NAV cannot find the “ClientUserSettings.config” in the client computer. Most of the time Microsoft Dynamics NAV create this file itself and very rarely Microsoft Dynamics NAV will not be able create the file for you. In those kind …

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Few more weeks to go : Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 & Roadmap

In few weeks time Microsoft will release the Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017. Few months ago Microsoft has published the latest Dynamics NAV roadmap and from that we can get a glimpse of what will be on next version.  You can check more related videos from the “World Partner Conference“. As  mention in his blog post following are …

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Fatal Error During Installation – Microsoft Dynamics NAV

Today I tried to install Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 to my computer to test few objects and soon after I click on install I got below error message. This is not a new error message and I thought why not share it in my blog.  As the error message says by itself, this is due …

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The profile owner has not been specified. Contact your system administrator – Microsoft Dynamics NAV

Check my previous two blog posts on how to Open the Microsoft Dynamics NAV RTC Client in Configuration Mode.  Open the Microsoft Dynamics NAV RoleTailored Client in Configuration Mode – Part 01 Open the Microsoft Dynamics NAV RoleTailored Client in Configuration Mode – Part 02 Once you tried to open the RTC in the configuration …

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September 2016 Cumulative Updates for Microsoft Dynamics NAV

Microsoft has published new Cumulative Updates for September 2016: Please refer below links for more information. CU 11 for Dynamics NAV 2016 (Build 46773) CU 23 for Dynamics NAV 2015 (Build 46765) CU 35 for Dynamics NAV 2013 R2 (Build 46774) CU 42 for Dynamics NAV 2013 (Build 46772) It is always good to update …

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