Get started

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Overview

Get started groups five subtopics. Learn gives orientation: an overview of supported business functionality, design details for complex features, CRONUS walkthroughs, Contoso Coffee demo data, and partner learning resources.

Develop and Sell are aimed at partners. Develop covers building, publishing, maintaining and retiring apps and per-tenant extensions. Sell covers reselling Business Central Online, selling apps through Marketplace, onboarding customers and configuration packages.

Frequently asked questions collects practical answers on AppSource publishing, AL development, library apps, migrating to online and the Windows client deprecation. Help and support is also part of the section, but no summary of its content was provided. Start with Learn if you are new to the product, or with Develop or Sell if you are a partner.

Key points

• Learn offers a functionality overview, CRONUS walkthroughs and Contoso Coffee demo data.
• Learn also has design details for complex features and partner learning and community resources.
• Develop is the largest subtopic, with 36 pages on building, publishing, maintaining and retiring apps and per-tenant extensions.
• Develop covers publisher onboarding, customization options, localization, marketplace submission, update lifecycle and Microsoft versus partner responsibilities.
• Sell covers reseller enrollment, licensing, app plans and entitlements, onboarding tools and configuration packages.
• FAQs address AppSource app publishing, testing, updating and validation, AL development, library apps, migrating to online and the Windows client deprecation.
• Help and support has 10 pages, but its content is not described in the available summaries.

Subtopics

• Learn (6 pages)
• Develop (36 pages)
• Sell (5 pages)
• Frequently asked questions (9 pages)
• Help and support (10 pages)

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 2500 “Extension Management” · via Sell
• Page 5194 “Contoso Demo Tool” · on Table 5161 “Contoso Demo Data Module” · via Learn
• Page 8610 “Config. Questionnaire” · captioned “Configuration Questionnaire” · on Table 8610 “Config. Questionnaire” · via Sell
• Page 8613 “Config. Question Areas” · on Table 8611 “Config. Question Area” · via Sell
• Page 8614 “Config. Package Card” · on Table 8623 “Config. Package” · via Sell
• Page 8615 “Config. Packages” · captioned “Configuration Packages” · on Table 8623 “Config. Package” · via Sell
• Page 8620 “Config. Template List” · captioned “Configuration Templates” · on Table 8618 “Config. Template Header” · via Sell
• Page 8632 “Config. Worksheet” · captioned “Configuration Worksheet” · on Table 8622 “Config. Line” · via Sell
• Page 9000 “Whse. WMS Role Center” · captioned “Shipping and Receiving - Warehouse Management System” · via Learn
• Page 9004 “Bookkeeper Role Center” · captioned “Bookkeeper” · via Learn
• Page 9005 “Sales Manager Role Center” · captioned “Sales Manager” · via Learn
• Page 9006 “Order Processor Role Center” · captioned “Sales Order Processor” · via Learn
• Page 9007 “Purchasing Agent Role Center” · captioned “Purchasing Agent” · via Learn
• Page 9009 “Whse. Worker WMS Role Center” · captioned “Warehouse Worker - Warehouse Management System” · via Learn
• Page 9010 “Production Planner Role Center” · captioned “Manufacturing Manager” · via Learn
• Page 9016 “Service Dispatcher Role Center” · captioned “Service Manager” · via Learn
• Page 9017 “Service Technician Role Center” · captioned “Outbound Technician - Customer Service” · via Learn
• Page 9020 “Small Business Owner RC” · captioned “President - Small Business” · via Learn
• Page 9022 “Business Manager Role Center” · captioned “Business Manager” · via Learn
• Page 9024 “Security Admin Role Center” · captioned “Administration of users, security groups and permissions” · via Learn
• Page 9026 “Sales & Relationship Mgr. RC” · captioned “Sales and Relationship Manager” · via Learn
• Page 9027 “Accountant Role Center” · captioned “Accountant” · via Learn
• Page 9030 “Account Manager Activities” · captioned “Activities” · on Table 9054 “Finance Cue” · via Learn

Learn also names 1 object with no object page: page/2502.

Source: Microsoft Learn (CC BY 4.0). Descriptions are Learn’s own.