Use Company Badges to Identify the Company
Company badges in Business Central give each company a visual identifier, which helps when working across several companies and environments. The video shows how to set badge style, color and text (up to six characters) in Company Information, and that badge shape shows environment type: round for production, square for sandbox.
- Introduction to Company Badges
- Visual Identification Benefits
- Badge Customization and Environment Types
- Accessing Company Information Settings
- Configuring Badge Styles and Text
Overview
The video, about two minutes long, shows why a visual identifier helps when you work with multiple companies and environments. The presenter has four environments, some with several companies, and uses badges to tell them apart.
It then goes to the Company Information page and shows how to set the badge style and text and choose different colors. It also explains that the badge shape reflects the environment type.
Key points
- Company badges visually identify a company, which is useful with multiple companies and environments.
- Badge shape shows environment type: round for production, square for sandbox.
- Badge text can be up to six characters.
- Badge colors and text can be set per company to tell companies and environments apart.
- Badge settings are configured on the Company Information page, including whether the badge is custom and which style it uses.
Features
Every feature below: status not stated, demoed.
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.
Quotes
- 0:00 “when you work with multiple companies and multiple environments in business Central it can be useful to have a visual identification”
- 0:18 “I have four environments in this case and in some environments I have multiple companies and I like the visual identification”
- 0:38 “you may want to choose different colors notice that I can also set different texts on these company badges”
- 0:52 “round company badges signify produ C environments Square company badges signify sandbox environments”
- 1:12 “you can determine how the company badge you look in terms of should it be a custom one what is the style and”
- 1:32 “you can enter up to six characters in the company badge”