This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2024 Wave 2 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2024 Wave 2.

The 2nd of the new functionality in the Copilot and AI innovation section is chat with Copilot and learn to use installed add-on apps.

2024 release wave 2 introduced chat: a conversational experience where people can get assistance from Microsoft Copilot to find data, get unblocked, or learn new skills. Most of Microsoft’s customers install one or more ISV add-on apps from Microsoft AppSource to enhance Business Central with industry-specific solutions, localized functionality, or other critical capabilities that meet their needs. Now, Copilot in Business Central is able to explain and guide workers through using functionality of these add-ons, transforming Copilot from a simple “librarian” to an in-house expert that understands your unique Business Central.

Enabled for: Users, automatically
Public Preview: Oct 2024
General Availability: –

Feature Details

Copilot’s chat capabilities have been enhanced with the following:

• Users can ask questions about content from installed add-ons, such as new pages, fields, and business processes.
• Copilot explains and guides based on documentation provided by the apps installed to your Business Central environment.

About security, privacy and AI

Copilot is built on Microsoft’s comprehensive approach to enterprise security, privacy, compliance, and responsible AI. Microsoft’s philosophy is that your data is your data: customer data in Business Central is not used to train AI models.
For more information, go to FAQ for Copilot data security and privacy for Dynamics 365 and Power Platform

Looking for more details?

• Read the preview announcement for Chat with Copilot
• Learn about Chat with Copilot
• AI FAQ for Chat with Copilot

This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2024 Wave 2 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2024 Wave 2.

The 1st of the new functionality in the Copilot and AI innovation section is suggest number series with Copilot.

Getting started fast on new implementation and recurring maintenance of certain aspects of Business Central setup saves companies time and money. Copilot can reduce the time it takes to set up initial number series and make their maintenance quick and painless. For example, when updating year or month based numbering many draft and posted documents in Business Central.

Enabled for: Users, automatically
Public Preview: Oct 2024
General Availability: –

Feature Details

You can use Copilot for faster creation and updates of number series on the No. Series page. The Generate action opens the Generate No. Series with Copilot dialog, where you can enter a prompt to create new, or modify existing, number series.

Number series setup creation

To help you write the prompt, the Create new action in the Generate No. Series with Copilot dialog provides sets of prompt guides that you can use as inspiration.

When you chooseGenerate, Copilot creates proposals for one or more number series, and you can review the proposals in No. Series Proposals view. You can remove the proposals that Copilot generated that you don’t like, and edit the ones you do. When you’re ready, you can choose Keep it to add or update a proposal. In addition, Copilot updates various setup pages with the number series you decided to keep.

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This post is part of the New Functionality In Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2024 Wave 2 series in which I am taking a look at the new functionality introduced in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2024 Wave 2.

The 12th of the new functionality in the Application section is import, export product info using Shopify Metafields.

Metafields are a flexible way to add and store additional information about a Shopify resource, such as a product or variant. You can synchronize and manage metafield data from Business Central either using the UI or using the extensibility model to map fields, attributes, or related entries in Business Central to metafields in Shopify.

Enabled for: Users by admins, makers, or analysts
Public Preview: –
General Availability: Oct 2024

Feature Details

Shopify’s platform includes data models for fundamental commerce concepts out of the box. However, commerce is diverse and often requires more complex or specific data models. The custom data platform enables you to extend Shopify’s data models and create your own by using metafields. Metafields are a flexible way to add and store additional information about a Shopify resource, such as a product or variant. The additional information stored in metafields can be almost anything related to a resource. Some examples are specifications, size charts, downloadable documents, release dates, images, or part numbers.

Microsoft are adding the ability to import and export data stored in metafields into Business Central. Also, Microsoft are providing an extensibility model that allows developers to map standard or custom fields, attributes, or other related entries in Business Central to metafields in Shopify.

You can see and edit metafields using the Shopify Metafields page, which you open from the Shopify Products and Shopify Variants pages.