STAEDEAN Business Central Documentation

Publishing a Cloud app

Apps that cannot be installed via App Source, but are published to the Cloud via a publish request. This is achieved by modifying the URL of your Business Central environment and adding the Publish URL querystring. This query opens page 2503 which gives the option to publish the app defined by it's ID in the URL. For more see here

Prerequisites

The user publishing the apps must have Install and Managing apps permissions.

Modifying the URL

The starting point is the URL you end up after logging in at businesscentral.dynamics.com

This URL may look like one of the following configurations

From this URL, strip everything after the question mark [?] and replace it with the publish URL:
As example for Connectivity Studio this would mean
from
https://businesscentral.dynamics.com/{Environment}/?company=CRONUS%20USA%2C%20Inc.&dc=0
to
https://businesscentral.dynamics.com//?aid= FIN&page=2503&filter=%27ID%27%20IS%20%27514632c7-4954-461d-bd92-6d2070429537%27&signInRedirected=1

As example Quality Management this would mean:
from
https://businesscentral.dynamics.com/{Environment}/?company=CRONUS%20USA%2C%20Inc.&dc=0
to
https://businesscentral.dynamics.com//?aid= FIN&page=2503&filter=%27ID%27%20IS%20%f80d3b56-cbb2-438f-8f04-612f117dae77%27&signInRedirected=1

Please note: These are examples and per app you might have to publish multiple packages. For the latest url's go to the respective Installation and Update pages

Navigate to the new URL to start the installation.

Page 2503 Extension Installation

When the previous step was succesful, the next page pops up. Press Install to begin the deployment. InstallExtension.png

During Installation you can see the progress via Extension Management - Extension Deployment Status ExtensionDeploymentStatus.png

Available apps

  • For available BIS/ANY apps, see here
  • For available JMS apps, see here
  • For available QM apps, see here