Extending Microsoft Business Central with Power Platform: Leverage Power Platform to create scalable Business Central solutions [Team-IRA]

Cover
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Dedication
Contributors
Table of Contents
Preface
Part 1 – Part Fundamentals
Chapter 1: Business Central and Power Platform – Better Together
	Technical requirements
	How Business Central and Power Platform are better together
		Setting up your development environment
		Business use case – the K&S Solutions Inc. company
		The Business Central and Power Platform ecosystem
		Power Pages
		Power Virtual Agents
		Power Automate
		Power Apps
	Summary
Chapter 2: Getting to Know Business Central APIs
	Technical requirements
	An introduction to Business Central APIs
	How to connect to Business Central APIs
		Configuring Azure Active Directory for OAuth use with Postman and Business Central
		Adding API permissions
		Creating your first GET request in Postman
		Exercise 2.1 – using Postman to call an API in Business Central
	What are the limits of working with APIs?
	Tips and tricks to work with APIs and Business Central
	Summary
Chapter 3: Connecting to Business Central in the Cloud and On-Premises
	Key differences between connecting to Business Central versus on-premises
	Connecting to Business Central on-premises
	Connecting to Business Central in the cloud
		Building a Power Automate flow
	Summary
Chapter 4: Working with Virtual Tables and Dataverse
	Technical requirements
	Introduction to Microsoft Dataverse
		Setting up a Power Platform environment
		Creating a new table in Dataverse
		Integration between Dataverse and Business Central
	Understanding virtual tables
		Virtual tables – key benefits
		Virtual table restrictions and limitations
		Setting up virtual tables
	Creating a model-driven app
		Building the model-driven app
	Summary
	Further reading
Part 2 – Doing the Work of Designing, Building, and Implementing
Chapter 5: Best Practices for Building Power Apps for Business Central
	Technical requirements
		Exercise for creating the Contact canvas app
	Citizen developers versus pro developers
	Different types of Power Apps and deciding which type of app to create
	Data sources and their different types
	Repeatable components
		Reference apps
		Fluent Theme Designer
		How to import components
	Creating a canvas app
		Customizing fields, labels, and descriptions
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 6: Building Flows for Business Central
	Technical requirements
	Well-documented business process flows
	Triggers and actions for Power Automate
		Exercise – creating a flow for a new vendor
		Building a Power Automate flow from scratch
		Using a Business Event in a Power Automate flow
		Inserting a record into BC using Power Automate
		Advanced Power Automate setups
		Best practices
		Summary
Chapter 7: Delivering Solutions
	ALM for admin, citizen, and pro developers
	Environment overview
	Solutions
		Types of solutions
		Solution components
		Creating solutions
	Summary
	Further reading
Part 3 – Common Business Cases in Business Central for the Power Platform
Chapter 8: Automating Approvals and Reducing Manual Business Processes
	Technical requirements
	Setting up approvals in Business Central
		Configuring your environment for approvals
		Importing users into Business Central
		Configuring the approval process in Business Central
	Setting up Power Automate integration
		How to enable Power Automate in Business Central by user
		How to enable Power Automate permission in Business Central by user(s)
		Exercise for setting up purchase approvals using a Power Automate template
	Common troubleshooting tips for approvals
	Summary
Chapter 9: Connecting Power BI for Business Central Data
	Technical requirements
		Exercise for creating a Power BI report and dashboard
	Enabling Power BI reports within Business Central
		Adding additional Power BI reports to the Business Central home screen
	Connecting to data in Power BI using out-of-the-box APIs
	Reviewing different visuals and publishing reports
		Power BI visuals
		Power BI report editor
		Publishing the report
		Dashboard
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 10: Extending Functionality by Using Several Power Platform Solutions
	Extending functionality in Business Central using several Power Platform solutions
		Case study – creating a Power Apps app from Power BI Desktop
	Case study – a new item setup
		Creating a solution
	Best practices to extend functionality in BC using several Power Platform solutions
	Summary
Part 4 – Tips and Tricks for Common Issues
Chapter 11: User Adoption and Licensing Mapping Guide
	User adoption
		Envision
		Onboarding
		Scale
		Adoption best practices
	Power Platform Maturity Model
	Microsoft 365 plans and licensing
		The Microsoft 365 admin center
		Business Central license
		Power Platform license
	Summary
	Further reading
Chapter 12: Understanding the Center of Excellence and Why It Is a Valuable Tool
	Technical requirements
	Center of Excellence
		Creating a dedicated environment to run a CoE and import a CoE solution
		Importing the Creator Kit and CoE solution
	Additional admin tools and monitoring Power BI dashboards
		Power BI dashboards
		Production CoE dashboard
	Governance and audit compliance processes
	Business Central plus Power Platform
	Summary
	Further reading
Index
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