FOOD Manufacturing & Distribution

What's new in FOOD for D365 Business Central

Changes compared to a previous version of FOOD

Microsoft continuously adds new features to the application directly and via Feature Management. Sometimes these are public preview and become generally available in future releases. In other cases, they are already generally available, and you can choose to enable them. We are not currently testing compatibility with all new features or combinations. Once a feature is enabled at a customer environment and you have issues or questions related to new standard features and our solutions, contact us via STAEDEAN support.

For remarks on Microsoft features

BC22, Release Business Central 2023 Wave 1

  1. Aligned with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2023 Release Wave 1, update 22.0

    FOOD has been aligned with version Build 22.0.202307.

    Contains new integration events for Batch Planning. See Batch Planning Function events.

    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central features integrated within FOOD:

    1. Define an invoice posting policy for various users

    Microsoft added User Setup to define invoice posting policies on Sales and Purchasing. Within STAEDEAN Food we incorporated this feature where possible. However, in three places we automatically override the User Setup to Prohibited (Posting Invoice = false) because we do not want users to post invoices from these pages:

    • Order Receiving
    • Order Shipping
    • Commodity Manifests
    1. Undo transfer shipments

    Microsoft added a new feature to transfer orders, undo shipments, which we fully integrated for Container Management, Alternate/Dual Unit of Measure, and Catch Weight in transfer orders. For most location setups, the behavior is the same: when a container or item has been shipped and the undo transfer shipment runs, the container or item moves back to the original location and the posting status of the transfer order line changes from receive to ship. When part of a container is undone, this part enters the system as loose inventory, which you can place on a container later within the warehouse.

    1. Preview item journals and 20 other journals and documents before posting

    Microsoft added Posting Preview to several journals and documents. These are mostly for pages based on the item journal (for example, Item Journal, Consumption Journal, Revaluation Journal). We added Posting Preview to our pages based on the item journal:

    • Bin Reclassification Journal
    • Physical Inventory Journal with Tracking
    • Batch Reporting
    • Process Reporting

    We also added this to Repack Orders, which post item ledger entries (transfers and +/- adjustments) and are similar to Assembly Orders.

    Remarks on new Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central features:

    1. Easier to create opening balances for item-tracked inventory by adding item tracking on lines.

    Within STAEDEAN Food we disabled this new feature because we already have easy lot entry functionality in Item Journal pages and many documents throughout the system. Microsoft only added this to the Item Journal.

  2. Aligned with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2023 Release Wave 1, update 22.0

    FOOD has been aligned with version Build 22.0.202308.

    Contains new General integration events.

  3. Aligned with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2023 Release Wave 1, update 22.0

    FOOD has been aligned with version Build 22.0.202309.

    Contains new Improved Regional and Language Support.

  4. Aligned with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2023 Release Wave 1, update 22.4

    FOOD has been aligned with version Build 22.4.202310.

    Contains new Multi-item Container handling.

  5. Aligned with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2023 Release Wave 1, update 22.4

    FOOD has been aligned with version Build 22.4.202311.

  6. Aligned with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2023 Release Wave 1, update 22.4

    FOOD has been aligned with version Build 22.4.202312.

  7. Aligned with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2023 Release Wave 1, update 22.4

    FOOD has been aligned with version Build 22.4.202401.

  8. Aligned with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2023 Release Wave 1, update 22.4

    FOOD has been aligned with version Build 22.4.202403.

  9. Aligned with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2023 Release Wave 1, update 22.4

    FOOD has been aligned with version Build 22.4.202407.

BC21, Release Business Central 2022 Wave 2

  1. Aligned with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Release Wave 2, update 21.0

    FOOD has been aligned with version Build 21.0.202212.

    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central features integrated within FOOD:

    1. Promoted action groups and action references

    Microsoft changed from old "Promoted" action properties to the new "Promoted" action groups in the 2022 Wave 2 release, which affected over 160 STAEDEAN Food pages. Microsoft made a Visual Studio Code action available to make the change automatically. STAEDEAN decided not to group actions when there were three or fewer promoted actions on one page. The Split Button feature is also used to promote the usual choice.

    Another change is the naming of groups. Microsoft uses Home and Process for the same action groups depending on the page type, which STAEDEAN cannot change. This means that on some pages the Process group is now named Home. Be aware that users may comment on this.

    1. Make entry variant codes required

    Microsoft added the new feature "Make entry variant codes required" in the 2022 Wave 2 release. STAEDEAN made adjustments to support this feature in:

    • Container Management
    • Repacking
    • Commodities
    • Food Anywhere processes

    Remarks on new Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central features:

    Behavior changes due to Auto-save as you work.

    Microsoft added the new feature "Auto-save with every field save" in the 2022 Wave 2 release. When this is enabled, changes (OnModify) made by the user are saved immediately. This causes Business Central to respond differently to alerts and errors than users expect. STAEDEAN cannot change this behavior by adjusting code. We therefore advise not to enable this feature. Microsoft will provide an update in the future to turn Auto-save off. Users may still choose to use this feature, but STAEDEAN cannot adjust the changed behavior if users report issues.

  2. Aligned with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Release Wave 2, update 21.0

    FOOD has been aligned with version Build 21.0.202301.

  3. Aligned with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Release Wave 2, update 21.2

    FOOD has been aligned with version Build 21.2.202302.

    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central features integrated within FOOD:

    Although not new, integrated in 2020, some "Post & Print" functionality in Food has been changed to "Post & Send," in line with earlier Microsoft adjustments.

    "Post and Send" is added to three pages:

    • Order Shipping-Sales
    • Terminal Market Sales Order
    • Term. Market Sales Order List

    As a result, "Post and Print" is marked pending obsolete on the following pages:

    • Order Shipping-Sales
    • Terminal Market Sales Order
    • Term. Market Sales Order List
    • Sales Order List

  4. Aligned with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Release Wave 2, update 21.2

    FOOD has been aligned with version Build 21.2.202303.

    Contains enhancements on Auto-save as you work:

    1. Auto-save as you work enhancements: changes the behavior of Auto-save as you work.

  5. Aligned with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Release Wave 2, update 21.4

    FOOD has been aligned with version Build 21.4.202304.

  6. Aligned with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Release Wave 2, update 21.4

    FOOD has been aligned with version Build 21.4.202305.

  7. Aligned with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Release Wave 2, update 21.4

    FOOD has been aligned with version Build 21.4.202306.

  8. Aligned with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Release Wave 2, update 21.4

    FOOD has been aligned with version Build 21.4.202307.

  9. Aligned with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Release Wave 2, update 21.4

    FOOD has been aligned with version Build 21.4.202308.

  10. Aligned with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Release Wave 2, update 21.4

    FOOD has been aligned with version Build 21.4.202309.

  11. Aligned with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Release Wave 2, update 21.4

    FOOD has been aligned with version Build 21.4.202310.

    Contains new Multi-item Container handling.

  12. Aligned with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Release Wave 2, update 21.4

    FOOD has been aligned with version Build 21.4.202311.

  13. Aligned with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Release Wave 2, update 21.4

    FOOD has been aligned with version Build 21.4.202312.

  14. Aligned with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Release Wave 2, update 21.4

    FOOD has been aligned with version Build 21.4.202401.

  15. Aligned with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Release Wave 2, update 21.4

    FOOD has been aligned with version Build 21.4.202403.

  16. Aligned with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2022 Release Wave 2, update 21.4

    FOOD has been aligned with version Build 21.4.202407.

For the 2022 Wave 1 (BC20) releases, see this page.

For the 2021 Wave 2 (BC19) releases, see this page.

For the 2021 Wave 1 (BC18) releases, see this page.

For the 2020 Wave 2 (BC17) releases, see this page.

For the 2020 Wave 1 (BC16) releases, see this page.

For the 2019 Wave 2 (BC15) releases, see this page.

See Modern Lifecycle Policy