Report Extensions should be introduced
Since the only development and deployment method currently supports is Extension Development via a Sandbox using VS Code (AL Lang), isn't it great to have Report Extension Development capability too? There's always possible to dev Extensions for Standard Tables, Pages, CUs but why not Reports?...
Automatic unpublish and publish from VSCode
Working with extensions which have dependency on other extensions is currently not very easy. For example if we have a "main app" and a "test app", then in order to republish our main app, then we first have to unpublish the test app. Not only is there no way to do this from VSCode (except tha...
Extending keys in a base table from an AL table extension
When developing AL table extensions, it is possible to create one or more keys, but the scope of that key is solely in the extended table (not the base table that is being extended). VS Code will not allow you to create that key if the key references one or more fields found in the parent table...
Enable compile/intellisense for apps within same workspace
With a requirement to have automated tests in a separate (dependent) test extension for AppSource extensions, instead of having the test codeunits inside the same extension makes it impossible to do test driven development with Business Central. The current process of first having to download ...
Access to local and global variables and functions in table extensions and page extensions
"When creating a TableExtension and/or PageExtension object it would be really useful to be able to call the local functions / variables of the original object. This would also come close to the concepts of inheritance. You could also address the inherited object with Base.XYZ to call the functio...
Extend report dataset via AL extension
Currently the path to extend a standard report is to 1. Convert the report to AL 2. Add additional fields to the dataset plus code to populate the fields (if not just adding missing information from the existing source table) 3. Change application to call new report (depending on which report ...
Extend AL workspace to cover launch information
VS Code workspaces can save lauch information. Yet this is not implemented for AL. So in order to retrieve symbols in a workspace or publish out of a workspace we are still required to put a launch.json in every extension in a workspace. This is a nuisance and in many scenarions actually not nee...
Go To Usage for Publisher
Since the introduction of publishers and subscribers, it has always been difficult for the second developer to identify where these functions have been used in order to be able to make further adjustments or extensions if necessary. The "Event Subscriptions" window must always be filtered and ...
GETSELECTIONFILTER as a built in function on every page
Today we need to create an External procedure on every page, like [External] PROCEDURE ADVSetSelectionFilter@10008900(VAR SalesInvoiceHeader@10008900 : Record 112); BEGIN CurrPage.SETSELECTIONFILTER(SalesInvoiceHeader); END; This should be built in to every page similar to the GETRECORD functi...
Ability to suspend and restart Code Analysis
When developing in a big workspace and/or in a big single-folder solution it is not always helpful to have the code analyzed as You go. - Code Analysis will often be slow to react - Code Analysis will be surfacing errors and warnings not related to what You are actually doing at the moment So t...
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