Create new instance in Business Central 210 and higher version

Hello Friends,

As you know that Microsoft has removed the Administration Tool from BC21 Version of On-Prime.

Now if we need to create new Instance for BC then it can only possible using BC Admin Shell.

Below are the steps for create new service instance and configure webclient.

1. Open BC Admin Shell as Administrator

2. Run blow command to create new service instance with name "BC210DEV"

New-NAVServerInstance -ServerInstance BC210DEV -DatabaseServer ISPLBCMIGRATION -DatabaseName "w1-ls-central-release-21-5-0-0" -ClientServicesCredentialType Windows -ManagementServicesPort 7145 -ClientServicesPort 7185 -SOAPServicesPort 7147 -ODataServicesPort 7148 -DeveloperServicesPort 7149

Note: You can give the different port which not in already use.

3. Run below command to create new web client instance.

New-NAVWebServerInstance -Server ISPLBCMIGRATION -ServerInstance BC210DEV -WebServerInstance BC210DEV

Note: You can find Server Name from IIS 

4. Change the service account and start the service.

5. You need to make change in navsetting.json file for web instance we create

Location for navsetting.json file

C:\inetpub\wwwroot\BC210DEV OR you can from IIS by Explore Folder Option

You need to verify and update value for below parameters

 - ServerInstance

 - ClientServicesCredentialType

 - ClientServicesPort

 - ManagementServicesPort

Restart IIS or Website to take effect.

Done...

You can use ServiceTierAdministrator Tool for easily update and manage BC services

Download from here - https://mibuso.com/downloads/service-tier-administration-tool

You need to change PublicWebBaseUrl key in new service to open BC auto while publish ext.

 <add key="PublicWebBaseUrl" value="http://192.168.0.118:8080/BC210DEV/Webclient/" />

Make sure that DeveloperServicesEnabled mark true

<add key="DeveloperServicesEnabled" value="true" />

Restart service to take effect.

Below is the VS Code launch.json file setting for publish extension for newly created instance

{

    "version": "0.2.0",

    "configurations": [

        {

            "type": "al",

            "request": "launch",

            "name": "BC210",

            "server": "http://192.168.0.118/",

            "serverInstance": "BC210",

            "port": 7049,

            "authentication":"Windows",

            "startupObjectId": 22,

            "startupObjectType": "Page",

            "breakOnError": true,

            "launchBrowser": true,

            "enableLongRunningSqlStatements": true,

            "enableSqlInformationDebugger": true            

        },

        {

            "type": "al",

            "request": "launch",

            "name": "BC210DEV",

            "server": "http://192.168.0.118/",

            "serverInstance": "BC210DEV",

            "port": 7149,

            "authentication":"Windows",

            "startupObjectId": 22,

            "startupObjectType": "Page",

            "breakOnError": true,

            "launchBrowser": true,

            "enableLongRunningSqlStatements": true,

            "enableSqlInformationDebugger": true            

        }

    ]

}

Note: You can refer second configuration of BC210DEV

Now all setup done!!!

You can able to run web client from link - http://192.168.0.118:8080/BC210DEV/

You can also direct publish or debug the extension in new web instance.

Thank you for reading.

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Change the Date Format in NAV 2016 Web Client to DD/MM/YYYY & Currency to Indian Format

Hello Friends,

This article explains how to change the date format in Microsoft Dynamics NAV web client.
I have tested this on Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016

A Brief History - 
1. Microsoft Dynamics Windows Client supports the date format as per Client System Date Format. 

2. Server Processes Like NAS and Web services support Date Format as per Defined in the service tier.

But Navision web client does not correspond to either of these two settings for date format.
Show the date in default English US format as following:

For NAV 2016 Web Client you can configure the Indian Date & Currency format from My Setting in web client.

Steps to configure date format in web client:
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1) Login to your web client NAV 2016

2) GoTo MySetting option (Top Left Corner)

3) Change the Region to "English (India)"

4) Sing Out & Log In again. It will now show you DD-MM-YYYY format

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Same way if you want to change date format + currency format in web service & NAS than you can configure it from NAV Service as following.

Issue is that system showing date in (mm-dd-yyyy) & currency in US format when it is run from web client or NAS Job Queue:

Default it is shows in US format because Service Language Default Set to (en-US)

Now just change the Service Language value to (en-IN) and restart the service
Service Default Time Zone = India Standard Time

Now the date format & currency format come to Indian format in reports (run from NAS & Web Client)

That's it.
Done

I hope it will help to some one.
Thank you for reading.

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