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Overview

This section collects learning material for people new to Business Central. Two subtopics provide hands-on practice: step-by-step business process walkthroughs that use the CRONUS demonstration company, and Contoso Coffee demo data, a fictitious company dataset for trying out scenarios.

Two standalone pages point to further help. Resources for users links to documentation, community forums, release plans, apps, mobile access and support materials. The video library links to introduction videos, product videos reached from Role Centers, and the Business Central YouTube channel.

Start with the video library or Resources for users for orientation. Then use the walkthroughs for common finance, sales, purchasing and warehouse tasks, or Contoso Coffee for manufacturing, warehousing, service and quality management scenarios.

Key points

• Business process walkthroughs (9 pages) are step-by-step scenarios in the CRONUS demonstration company.
• Walkthrough topics include sales campaigns, prepayments, purchase approvals, projects and WIP, warehouse picking, cash flow forecasts, and the Shopify Connector.
• Contoso Coffee demo data (23 pages) is a fictitious company dataset for learning the product.
• Contoso Coffee scenarios cover manufacturing, warehousing, service and quality management.
• Resources for users links to documentation, community, release plans, Marketplace apps, mobile app access, reporting guides and Power Platform integration.
• The video library offers introduction videos, how-to videos, a Product Videos tile in Role Centers, and the YouTube channel.

Subtopics

• Business process walkthroughs (9 pages)
• Contoso Coffee demo data (23 pages)

More Learn pages

• Resources for users: Resources for users are a set of resources, services, and tools for using Business Central.
• Visit our video library: Visit our video library for assistance from getting-started videos that illustrate common “how to” tasks to subject matter product videos.

Business Central pages and reports

The pages, reports and queries this hub’s Learn pages name (ms.search.form, API reference), joined to the code by exact object id (data/index/docs-objects.json); a page shows the table it runs on.

• Page 9000 “Whse. WMS Role Center” · captioned “Shipping and Receiving - Warehouse Management System”
• Page 9004 “Bookkeeper Role Center” · captioned “Bookkeeper”
• Page 9005 “Sales Manager Role Center” · captioned “Sales Manager”
• Page 9006 “Order Processor Role Center” · captioned “Sales Order Processor”
• Page 9007 “Purchasing Agent Role Center” · captioned “Purchasing Agent”
• Page 9009 “Whse. Worker WMS Role Center” · captioned “Warehouse Worker - Warehouse Management System”
• Page 9010 “Production Planner Role Center” · captioned “Manufacturing Manager”
• Page 9016 “Service Dispatcher Role Center” · captioned “Service Manager”
• Page 9017 “Service Technician Role Center” · captioned “Outbound Technician - Customer Service”
• Page 9020 “Small Business Owner RC” · captioned “President - Small Business”
• Page 9022 “Business Manager Role Center” · captioned “Business Manager”
• Page 9024 “Security Admin Role Center” · captioned “Administration of users, security groups and permissions”
• Page 9026 “Sales & Relationship Mgr. RC” · captioned “Sales and Relationship Manager”
• Page 9027 “Accountant Role Center” · captioned “Accountant”
• Page 9030 “Account Manager Activities” · captioned “Activities” · on Table 9054 “Finance Cue”
• Page 103 “Account Schedule Names” · captioned “(Financial Report) Row Definitions” · on Table 84 “Acc. Schedule Name” · via Business process walkthroughs
• Page 104 “Account Schedule” · captioned “(Financial Report) Row Definition” · on Table 85 “Acc. Schedule Line” · via Business process walkthroughs
• Page 108 “Financial Reports” · on Table 88 “Financial Report” · via Business process walkthroughs
• Page 488 “Column Layout Names” · captioned “(Financial Report) Column Definitions” · on Table 333 “Column Layout Name” · via Business process walkthroughs
• Page 489 “Column Layout” · captioned “(Financial Report) Column Definitions” · on Table 334 “Column Layout” · via Business process walkthroughs
• Page 4764 “Jobs Module Setup” · captioned “Contoso Coffee Project Demo Data” · on Table 4771 “Jobs Module Setup” · via Contoso Coffee demo data
• Page 4765 “Manufacturing Module Setup” · on Table 4766 “Manufacturing Module Setup” · via Contoso Coffee demo data
• Page 5194 “Contoso Demo Tool” · on Table 5161 “Contoso Demo Data Module” · via Contoso Coffee demo data
• Page 7335 “Warehouse Shipment” · on Table 7320 “Warehouse Shipment Header” · via Business process walkthroughs
• Page 7337 “Posted Whse. Shipment” · on Table 7322 “Posted Whse. Shipment Header” · via Business process walkthroughs
• Page 7339 “Warehouse Shipment List” · captioned “Warehouse Shipments” · on Table 7320 “Warehouse Shipment Header” · via Business process walkthroughs
• Page 7340 “Posted Whse. Shipment List” · captioned “Posted Warehouse Shipments” · on Table 7322 “Posted Whse. Shipment Header” · via Business process walkthroughs
• Page 7341 “Whse. Shipment Lines” · on Table 7321 “Warehouse Shipment Line” · via Business process walkthroughs
• Page 7362 “Posted Whse. Shipment Lines” · on Table 7323 “Posted Whse. Shipment Line” · via Business process walkthroughs
• Page 9008 “Whse. Basic Role Center” · captioned “Inventory Manager” · via Business process walkthroughs
• Page 20400 “Qlty. Management Setup” · captioned “Quality Management Setup” · on Table 20400 “Qlty. Management Setup” · via Contoso Coffee demo data
• Page 20402 “Qlty. Inspection Template” · captioned “Quality Inspection Template” · on Table 20402 “Qlty. Inspection Template Hdr.” · via Contoso Coffee demo data
• Page 20404 “Qlty. Inspection Template List” · captioned “Quality Inspection Templates” · on Table 20402 “Qlty. Inspection Template Hdr.” · via Contoso Coffee demo data
• Page 20408 “Qlty. Inspection List” · captioned “Quality Inspections” · on Table 20405 “Qlty. Inspection Header” · via Contoso Coffee demo data
• Page 20416 “Qlty. Inspection Result List” · captioned “Quality Inspection Results” · on Table 20411 “Qlty. Inspection Result” · via Contoso Coffee demo data
• Page 30101 “Shpfy Shop Card” · captioned “Shopify Shop Card” · on Table 30102 “Shpfy Shop” · via Business process walkthroughs
• Page 30102 “Shpfy Shops” · captioned “Shopify Shops” · on Table 30102 “Shpfy Shop” · via Business process walkthroughs
• Page 30106 “Shpfy Customer Card” · captioned “Shopify Customer Card” · on Table 30105 “Shpfy Customer” · via Business process walkthroughs
• Page 30107 “Shpfy Customers” · captioned “Shopify Customers” · on Table 30105 “Shpfy Customer” · via Business process walkthroughs
• Page 30113 “Shpfy Order” · captioned “Shopify Order” · on Table 30118 “Shpfy Order Header” · via Business process walkthroughs
• Page 30115 “Shpfy Orders” · captioned “Shopify Orders” · on Table 30118 “Shpfy Order Header” · via Business process walkthroughs
• Page 30126 “Shpfy Products” · captioned “Shopify Products” · on Table 30127 “Shpfy Product” · via Business process walkthroughs
• Page 30156 “Shpfy Companies” · captioned “Shopify Companies” · on Table 30150 “Shpfy Company” · via Business process walkthroughs
• Page 30157 “Shpfy Company Card” · captioned “Shopify Company Card” · on Table 30150 “Shpfy Company” · via Business process walkthroughs

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