--- id: video/KYsrBoHVA70 type: video title: "What's New: Business Central Mobile Apps Featuring Brand New Barcode Scanning Capabilities (2023)" summary: Business Central mobile app 4.0 (released October 2023) adds Tell me and data search on mobile, and native barcode scanning through the device camera or dedicated scanners. It covers the AL extended data type barcode property and the barcode scanner provider API, with demos in inventory, warehouse and sales. tier: official language: en tags: - barcode scanning - mobile app - tell me search - worksheet pages - qr codes - item tracking - assembly orders - warehouse operations - item references - al development - camera scanning - dedicated scanners system: inventory review: state: reviewed by: opus at: "2026-10-07T23:14:51.555Z" flags: [] generated: at: "2026-10-07T23:14:51.583Z" pipeline: 0.2.0 prompts: extract-video: 1 summarize-video: 2 input_hash: 4e4f5429f9f7c3e57dc61f71ca4dd9c0b23d695d0d5fa5740797ba1560ea3632 evidence: - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=228s title: "Worksheet pages on mobile phones: announced" date: "2023-12-04T14:01:19.000Z" commit: null t: 228 quote: coming in version 23.1 so not right now in October but a little bit later in November time frame - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=38s title: "What's New: Business Central Mobile Apps Featuring Brand New Barcode Scanning Capabilities (2023)" date: "2023-12-04T14:01:19.000Z" commit: null t: 38 quote: in October 2023 we have released the new version of our mobile app this is version 4 4.0 available of course for um IOS - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=58s title: "What's New: Business Central Mobile Apps Featuring Brand New Barcode Scanning Capabilities (2023)" date: "2023-12-04T14:01:19.000Z" commit: null t: 58 quote: this app is Backward Compatible so you can download it from the store and U used on your devices even if you are connecting - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=98s title: "What's New: Business Central Mobile Apps Featuring Brand New Barcode Scanning Capabilities (2023)" date: "2023-12-04T14:01:19.000Z" commit: null t: 98 quote: in order to enable that feature you have to go to feature management and turn it on and of course if you have a - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=228s title: "What's New: Business Central Mobile Apps Featuring Brand New Barcode Scanning Capabilities (2023)" date: "2023-12-04T14:01:19.000Z" commit: null t: 228 quote: coming in version 23.1 so not right now in October but a little bit later in November time frame uh this type of experience - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=329s title: "What's New: Business Central Mobile Apps Featuring Brand New Barcode Scanning Capabilities (2023)" date: "2023-12-04T14:01:19.000Z" commit: null t: 329 quote: we now in the new mobile application we support native barcode scanning that can be enabled via the AL language - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=382s title: "What's New: Business Central Mobile Apps Featuring Brand New Barcode Scanning Capabilities (2023)" date: "2023-12-04T14:01:19.000Z" commit: null t: 382 quote: we do support QR codes as well because we do know that our partners have actually asked for this specific thing - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=443s title: "What's New: Business Central Mobile Apps Featuring Brand New Barcode Scanning Capabilities (2023)" date: "2023-12-04T14:01:19.000Z" commit: null t: 443 quote: we are integrating in this new mobile app release with dedicated bar Cod scanner devices however with the caveat we only support devices that - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=477s title: "What's New: Business Central Mobile Apps Featuring Brand New Barcode Scanning Capabilities (2023)" date: "2023-12-04T14:01:19.000Z" commit: null t: 477 quote: all you need to do is actually annotate annotate a field of type code and text with the extended data type property equals barcode - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=822s title: "What's New: Business Central Mobile Apps Featuring Brand New Barcode Scanning Capabilities (2023)" date: "2023-12-04T14:01:19.000Z" commit: null t: 822 quote: two new actions one is called the item inquiry and the second is called item bin content inquiry both of these actions allows us - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=843s title: "What's New: Business Central Mobile Apps Featuring Brand New Barcode Scanning Capabilities (2023)" date: "2023-12-04T14:01:19.000Z" commit: null t: 843 quote: just by defining the uh extended data type as barcode and it automatically uh picks it up over here the barcode - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=1013s title: "What's New: Business Central Mobile Apps Featuring Brand New Barcode Scanning Capabilities (2023)" date: "2023-12-04T14:01:19.000Z" commit: null t: 1013 quote: the first step is to Define your barcode scanning provider and then you have to in Step number two you have to see if - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=1113s title: "What's New: Business Central Mobile Apps Featuring Brand New Barcode Scanning Capabilities (2023)" date: "2023-12-04T14:01:19.000Z" commit: null t: 1113 quote: this third scenario is actually tailored and um targeted specifically for warehouse employees who are actually used to scan multiple items in a span - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=1174s title: "What's New: Business Central Mobile Apps Featuring Brand New Barcode Scanning Capabilities (2023)" date: "2023-12-04T14:01:19.000Z" commit: null t: 1174 quote: only send the information to the topmost page that is the current page that the user sees and now in terms of code - kind: video url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=1270s title: "What's New: Business Central Mobile Apps Featuring Brand New Barcode Scanning Capabilities (2023)" date: "2023-12-04T14:01:19.000Z" commit: null t: 1270 quote: this is only supported in the latest version of the mobile app that is version 4.0 and also is only supported in the new links: learn: [] objects: - object/page/6530 - object/page/6531 - object/page/6510 - object/page/902 features: [] topics: [] localizations: [] videos: [] posts: [] guidelines: [] video_id: KYsrBoHVA70 channel: yt-microsoft source_name: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (YouTube) url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70 published_at: "2023-12-04T14:01:19.000Z" duration_s: 1334 captions: full audience: - developer - functional consultant - administrator - partner chapters: - t: 0 title: Introduction and mobile app overview - t: 98 title: Tell me feature on mobile - t: 151 title: Search for data on mobile - t: 207 title: Worksheet pages coming soon - t: 288 title: Barcode scanning introduction and technical approach - t: 382 title: Barcode scanning implementation scenarios - t: 557 title: Demo part 1 - item creation and assembly - t: 695 title: Demo part 2 - serial numbers and production - t: 802 title: Demo part 3 - warehouse and sales operations - t: 934 title: Scan multiple and order fulfillment - t: 1073 title: AL code implementation for camera barcode scanning - t: 1174 title: AL code for barcode scanner provider - t: 1250 title: Summary and closing features: - name: Tell me on mobile status: unclear t: 78 verified: false status_source: video - name: Search for data on mobile status: unclear t: 151 verified: false status_source: video - name: Worksheet pages on mobile phones status: announced t: 207 verified: true status_source: video - name: Native barcode scanning via camera status: unclear t: 329 verified: false status_source: video - name: Barcode scanning via dedicated devices status: unclear t: 370 verified: false status_source: video - name: Barcode scanning button in UI status: unclear t: 402 verified: false status_source: video - name: AL barcode scanning API status: unclear t: 497 verified: false status_source: video - name: Item references with barcode type status: unclear t: 635 verified: false status_source: video - name: GTIN barcode label printing status: unclear t: 577 verified: false status_source: video - name: Item bin content inquiry with barcode scanning status: unclear t: 822 verified: false status_source: video - name: Barcode scanning in sales orders status: unclear t: 878 verified: false status_source: video - name: Scan multiple item tracking action status: unclear t: 934 verified: false status_source: video - name: Camera barcode scanning provider status: unclear t: 993 verified: false status_source: video - name: Barcode scanner provider API status: unclear t: 1174 verified: false status_source: video - name: Barcode received trigger status: unclear t: 1209 verified: false status_source: video objects_mentioned: - page item inquiry - page item bin content inquiry - page item tracking lines - page serial number information card - page assembly orders - page warehouse worker role center - other extended data type property equals barcode - other barcode scanning provider - other barcode available function - other barcode failure function - other barcode scanner provider - other barcode received trigger quotes: - t: 38 text: in October 2023 we have released the new version of our mobile app this is version 4 4.0 available of course for um IOS check: exact - t: 58 text: this app is Backward Compatible so you can download it from the store and U used on your devices even if you are connecting check: exact - t: 98 text: in order to enable that feature you have to go to feature management and turn it on and of course if you have a check: snapped - t: 228 text: coming in version 23.1 so not right now in October but a little bit later in November time frame uh this type of experience check: snapped - t: 329 text: we now in the new mobile application we support native barcode scanning that can be enabled via the AL language check: exact - t: 382 text: we do support QR codes as well because we do know that our partners have actually asked for this specific thing check: exact - t: 443 text: we are integrating in this new mobile app release with dedicated bar Cod scanner devices however with the caveat we only support devices that check: exact - t: 477 text: all you need to do is actually annotate annotate a field of type code and text with the extended data type property equals barcode check: exact - t: 822 text: two new actions one is called the item inquiry and the second is called item bin content inquiry both of these actions allows us check: exact - t: 843 text: just by defining the uh extended data type as barcode and it automatically uh picks it up over here the barcode check: fuzzy - t: 1013 text: the first step is to Define your barcode scanning provider and then you have to in Step number two you have to see if check: exact - t: 1113 text: this third scenario is actually tailored and um targeted specifically for warehouse employees who are actually used to scan multiple items in a span check: exact - t: 1174 text: only send the information to the topmost page that is the current page that the user sees and now in terms of code check: exact - t: 1270 text: this is only supported in the latest version of the mobile app that is version 4.0 and also is only supported in the new check: exact --- # What's New: Business Central Mobile Apps Featuring Brand New Barcode Scanning Capabilities (2023) > Business Central mobile app 4.0 (released October 2023) adds Tell me and data search on mobile, and native barcode scanning through the device camera or dedicated scanners. It covers the AL extended data type barcode property and the barcode scanner provider API, with demos in inventory, warehouse and sales. [Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70) · Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (YouTube) · 2023-12-04 · 22:14 · tier official · reviewed (checked by Opus) ## Overview The video, published 2023-12-04, walks through the October 2023 mobile app release, version 4.0. It covers Tell me and data search on phones and tablets, both enabled in feature management, and worksheet page support for phones, which is described as coming in version 23.1. Most of the session is about barcode scanning. It explains the approaches (camera, dedicated devices, AL API), then demos item references with a barcode type, GTIN label printing, item bin content inquiry, sales order lines, assembly orders and scanning serial numbers in item tracking lines. It closes with the AL code for camera scanning and the barcode scanner provider. ## Key points - Mobile app version 4.0 was released in October 2023, and the app is backward compatible with older Business Central versions, including on-premises. - Tell me (alt Q) and data search on mobile must be turned on in feature management. Data search honors permissions as on desktop, and administrators can configure which tables are searchable. - Worksheet pages on phones are announced for version 23.1 (November time frame), with a header, footer and lines experience like document pages. - Camera scanning is enabled by annotating a Code or Text field with the extended data type property set to barcode. It supports 1D and 2D formats including QR codes. - Dedicated barcode scanner devices are supported only on Android. All the barcode scanning capabilities require mobile app 4.0 and Business Central release wave 2. - Item references can use a barcode type, and GTIN barcode labels can be printed. Scanning is demoed in item bin content inquiry, sales order lines and the Scan multiple action in item tracking lines. - For the AL barcode scanner provider API, several providers can register, but only the topmost page receives the data. The camera provider check returns false when running in a browser. ## Chapters - [0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=0s) Introduction and mobile app overview - [1:38](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=98s) Tell me feature on mobile - [2:31](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=151s) Search for data on mobile - [3:27](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=207s) Worksheet pages coming soon - [4:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=288s) Barcode scanning introduction and technical approach - [6:22](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=382s) Barcode scanning implementation scenarios - [9:17](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=557s) Demo part 1 - item creation and assembly - [11:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=695s) Demo part 2 - serial numbers and production - [13:22](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=802s) Demo part 3 - warehouse and sales operations - [15:34](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=934s) Scan multiple and order fulfillment - [17:53](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=1073s) AL code implementation for camera barcode scanning - [19:34](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=1174s) AL code for barcode scanner provider - [20:50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=1250s) Summary and closing ## Features | Feature | Status | At | Evidence | |---|---|---|---| | Tell me on mobile | status not stated | [1:18](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=78s) | | | Search for data on mobile | status not stated | [2:31](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=151s) | | | Worksheet pages on mobile phones | announced | [3:27](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=207s) | "coming in version 23.1 so not right now in October but a little bit later in November time frame" ([3:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=228s)) | | Native barcode scanning via camera | status not stated, demoed | [5:29](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=329s) | | | Barcode scanning via dedicated devices | status not stated | [6:10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=370s) | | | Barcode scanning button in UI | status not stated, demoed | [6:42](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=402s) | | | AL barcode scanning API | status not stated | [8:17](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=497s) | | | Item references with barcode type | status not stated, demoed | [10:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=635s) | | | GTIN barcode label printing | status not stated, demoed | [9:37](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=577s) | | | Item bin content inquiry with barcode scanning | status not stated, demoed | [13:42](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=822s) | | | Barcode scanning in sales orders | status not stated, demoed | [14:38](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=878s) | | | Scan multiple item tracking action | status not stated, demoed | [15:34](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=934s) | | | Camera barcode scanning provider | status not stated, demoed | [16:33](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=993s) | | | Barcode scanner provider API | status not stated, demoed | [19:34](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=1174s) | | | Barcode received trigger | status not stated, demoed | [20:09](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=1209s) | | ## AL objects mentioned As heard in the captions. A name that matches one object page by exact type and name links to it; the others stay as named. - [page 6530 "Item Inquiry"](../objects/page/6530.md) at [13:42](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=822s) - [page 6531 "Item Bin Content Inquiry"](../objects/page/6531.md) at [13:42](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=822s) - [page 6510 "Item Tracking Lines"](../objects/page/6510.md) at [11:42](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=702s) - page "serial number information card" at [12:02](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=722s) - [page 902 "Assembly Orders"](../objects/page/902.md) at [11:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=695s) - page "warehouse worker role center" at [13:42](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=822s) - other "extended data type property equals barcode" at [7:57](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=477s) - other "barcode scanning provider" at [16:53](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=1013s) - other "barcode available function" at [17:13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=1033s) - other "barcode failure function" at [17:33](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=1053s) - other "barcode scanner provider" at [20:09](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=1209s) - other "barcode received trigger" at [20:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=1230s) Not found in BC28-30: page "serial number information card", page "warehouse worker role center". ## Quotes - [0:38](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=38s) "in October 2023 we have released the new version of our mobile app this is version 4 4.0 available of course for um IOS" - [0:58](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=58s) "this app is Backward Compatible so you can download it from the store and U used on your devices even if you are connecting" - [1:38](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=98s) "in order to enable that feature you have to go to feature management and turn it on and of course if you have a" - [3:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=228s) "coming in version 23.1 so not right now in October but a little bit later in November time frame uh this type of experience" - [5:29](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=329s) "we now in the new mobile application we support native barcode scanning that can be enabled via the AL language" - [6:22](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=382s) "we do support QR codes as well because we do know that our partners have actually asked for this specific thing" - [7:23](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=443s) "we are integrating in this new mobile app release with dedicated bar Cod scanner devices however with the caveat we only support devices that" - [7:57](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=477s) "all you need to do is actually annotate annotate a field of type code and text with the extended data type property equals barcode" - [13:42](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=822s) "two new actions one is called the item inquiry and the second is called item bin content inquiry both of these actions allows us" - [14:03](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=843s) "just by defining the uh extended data type as barcode and it automatically uh picks it up over here the barcode" - [16:53](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=1013s) "the first step is to Define your barcode scanning provider and then you have to in Step number two you have to see if" - [18:33](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=1113s) "this third scenario is actually tailored and um targeted specifically for warehouse employees who are actually used to scan multiple items in a span" - [19:34](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=1174s) "only send the information to the topmost page that is the current page that the user sees and now in terms of code" - [21:10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=1270s) "this is only supported in the latest version of the mobile app that is version 4.0 and also is only supported in the new" ## Disclaimers in the video - [3:27](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=207s) coming-later: coming in version 23.1 so not right now in October but a little bit later in November time frame - [19:14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=1154s) other: only send the information to the topmost page that is the current page that the user sees - [21:10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYsrBoHVA70&t=1270s) other: this is only supported in the latest version of the mobile app that is version 4.0 and also is only supported in the new business Central release wave two Presenters (as heard): Baj Koto, Kim, Gloria, Claus, Kasim, Aim.