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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Control Add-in – Part 01

Have you ever wondered how to extend Dynamics NAV RTC to a different level and how to add extra functionality to Dynamics NAV within its own framework ?? Take a look at below images. (Taken from MSDN) You can do this with the use of Control Add-in. Control Add-in allow you to extend RoleTailored client with custom functionality. …

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Event : What’s new on Microsoft Dynamics 2013 R2

On 24th September 2014 at Cinnamon Lakeside, ZILLIONe Business Solution Sri Lanka hosted a gathering for Microsoft Dynamics NAV users. During the discussion we introduces Dynamics NAV 2013 R2 and new features comparing with Dynamics NAV 2009. Existing clients were really excited about the new look of the NAV 2013 R2 and new features. They were really excited about the assembly management and new dashboards of Dynamics NAV 2013 …

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Event : A cocktail evening of Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2

On 25th September 2014 at 8 Degrees North, Cinnamon Lakeside, ZILLIONe Business Solution Sri Lanka hosted a cocktail evening for new prospects. During the gathering we introduces Dynamics NAV 2013 R2 to invitees and had a wonderful Q&A session with them. It was a great evening with lot of new chit chat about the product and everyone of them were …

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1st ever Sri Lankan Microsoft Silver competency partner for ERP – ZILLIONe Business Solution Sri Lanka

ZILLIONe Business Solution Sri Lanka achieves another milestone by becoming the 1st ever Sri Lankan Microsoft Silver competency partner for ERP Proud to be a part of the journey! Thank you and Regards,Tharanga Chandrasekara

Manage and control number of active user loggins

Even though client license says it is for 10 users there are some chances more than 10 users can access the system at the same time. I have faced this situation many times and we didn’t had a option to control No. of user loggins. To achieve and control the number of user loggins I have written a small …

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Length of G/L Account name in Microsoft Dynamics NAV

I was reading Vjeko.com and I found this article about Length of the G/L account. May be you already know this and may be not. Therefore I thought to share it with you all again. In earlier versions of Dynamics NAV (before NAV 2013) default length of the G/L Account Name in the G/L Account table was …

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How to kill a session in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 using session page in the windows client.

If you want to kill a session by force then use following method. There are few other methods available to achieve the same output, but this is one of the easiest methods. 1. First open the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Development environment. 2. Open Object designer (Shift + F12)3. Go to Page 9506 (Session List)4. Create a new action and name …

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How to Shutdown SQL Server without interrupting existing users.

Is there a way to shutdown SQL server without interrupting to existing users? Yes you can. I am sure you have opened Window Services or SQL Server configuration manager many times before. Have you ever notice that when you right click on the SQL Server it gives you 5 options. One of this options does the trick for …

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Error : The transaction cannot be completed because it will cause inconsistencies – NAV 2009 SP 01 | NAV 2009 R2

Today one of our client complained that he can’t unapply a payment, at first we thought he was doing it wrong. So we remotely logged to their system and asked him to unapply the entry. Here comes the error.. To find the problem and a solution I started to surf. I found 2 fine articles and I have …

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How Do I Video Series – Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2

Below are the “How DO I” video links available on MSDN for  Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2 How Do I: Create a Web Service that is based on Account Schedule KPIs in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2 How Do I: Import and Reconcile a Bank Statement in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2 How Do I: …

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