Manufacturing version 27: use Gitlens & Github BC code history to detect the code differences
Covers the manufacturing report changes in Business Central version 27 (2025 Wave 2) and shows how to find code differences between versions using Stefan Maron's BC code history repository on GitHub with the GitLens extension in Visual Studio Code. In the Where Used Top Level report, the RDLC layout is obsolete and Excel is now the default. In Quantity Explosion of BOM, RDLC is obsolete and the default layout is Word, with Word and Excel as the main layouts.
- Introduction to Business Central 2025 Wave 2 and manufacturing changes
- Microsoft Dynamics Business Central YouTube channel and manufacturing analytics video
- Manufacturing reports and identifying changes
- Stefan Maron's GitHub BC code history repository
- Cloning the repository and navigating to manufacturing reports
- Installing GitLens extension for Visual Studio Code
- Comparing version 26 and 27 changes using file history
- Report rendering options and data export
- Running and analyzing the Where Used report
- Code changes in Where Used report structure
- Quantity Explosion of BOM report updates
- Manufacturing analytics and personas
- Ad hoc analysis, Excel export features, and conclusion
Overview
The video covers what changed in the manufacturing module reports in version 27, including word layouts, Excel layouts, some obsoletions and documentation updates. The presenter shows how to clone the BC code history repository by MVP Stefan Maron, open the manufacturing reports, install GitLens in Visual Studio Code, and compare version 26 and 27 through file history.
The presenter then runs the Where Used report and reviews code changes in it and in Quantity Explosion of BOM. In these reports Microsoft removed the default RDLC layout and made Excel the default. The video ends with the manufacturing analytics site, ad hoc analysis on ledger pages and opening list pages in Excel.
Key points
- Stefan Maron’s GitHub BC code history repository has branches per country and for W1, covering versions 15 through 27.
- GitLens in Visual Studio Code adds file history and diffs, so you can compare versions 26 and 27 of a report file.
- In version 27 the Where Used Top Level report dropped its default RDLC layout and now defaults to Excel. The RDLC layout is marked obsolete, and new labels support the Excel layout.
- Quantity Explosion of BOM now defaults to the Word layout. Its RDLC layout is obsolete, a new indent level column was added, and Word and Excel are now the main layouts.
- When the Where Used Top Level report runs, only Download appears, so there is no in-browser report viewer. The RDLC layout may still appear if the installation is not clean.
- Send To lets you get only the report’s data set, without layout rendering.
- Reports covered include Where Used Top Level, Quantity Explosion of BOM, Production Order Work in Progress, Production Order Statistics, and the new Production Order List.
Features
| Feature | Status | At |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing reporting changes in BC 2025 Wave 2 | status not stated, demoed | 0:24 |
| Production Order Work in Progress report | status not stated, demoed | 5:33 |
| Production Order Statistics report | status not stated, demoed | 5:48 |
| Production Order List report | status not stated, demoed | 6:00 |
| Stefan Maron BC code history repository | status not stated, demoed | 6:44 |
| GitLens Visual Studio Code extension | status not stated, demoed | 1:34 |
| RDLC layout removal and Excel layout default | status not stated, demoed | 12:35 |
| Report data export to data set only | status not stated | 14:49 |
| Manufacturing analytics site | status not stated | 20:42 |
| Ad hoc analysis on manufacturing ledger pages | status not stated, demoed | 21:27 |
| Open in Excel from list pages | status not stated, demoed | 22:23 |
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.
- report “Production Order Work in Progress” at 5:33
- report 99000791 “Production Order Statistics” at 6:00
- report “Production Order List” at 6:00
- report “Where Used Top Level” at 10:55
- report “Where Used” at 13:50
- report 99000753 “Quantity Explosion of BOM” at 18:21
Not found in BC28-30: report “Production Order Work in Progress”, report “Production Order List”, report “Where Used Top Level”, report “Where Used”.
Quotes
- 0:02 “we continue today with what’s new in Business Central 2025 wave 2 uh also known as version 27”
- 0:12 “the changes uh that uh have affected uh manufacturing module and those changes are uh quite significant in terms of uh uh the reports”
- 1:21 “developers mostly developers uh can figure out what’s been changed between uh a previous version and the current version”
- 8:15 “we have code repository branches for code repository for versions from 15 all the way to 27”
- 13:08 “Microsoft removed the default layout RDLC and they made now the default layout the Excel layout”
Disclaimers in the video
- 14:38 other: It’s possible that you might see the RDLC layout if your installation of Business Central is not clean.
Presenters (as heard): Kenny Pontopidan, Stefan Maron, Kenny.