I Need Coffee - Episode 173 - Weekly BC Review!

1. Morning Routine and Podcast Setup:
   - The podcast begins with a casual morning greeting and the host setting up the production studio, indicating a live or semi-live format.
   - Acknowledges the effort required to prepare the podcast, mentioning a last-minute preparation due to time constraints.

2. Home Maintenance and Weekend Activities:
   - Discusses home ownership challenges, specifically replacing a broken sprinkler, which took a surgical approach and wasn’t enjoyable but was necessary.
   - Mentions landscaping tasks like preparing a flower bed after removing a problematic willow tree that caused damage to sprinkler pipes and bricks.
   - Describes attending an art fair in Newport Beach, California (not the Sawdust Festival), highlighting unique hand-carved wooden artworks and woven glass art, showcasing an appreciation for craftsmanship.

3. Business Central (BC) Challenges and Insights:
   - RDLC Report Layout Issue: A blank line appeared on the remittance section of a check stub layout, discovered when adding dollar signs. A custom function (`blank dollar sign`) was created to resolve this, marking the first use of custom code in RDLC reports for the team.

4. Technology and Tools:
   - AI and LLM Usage: The host uses Perplexity for various tasks (e.g., troubleshooting BC errors, researching ThinkPad models, checking Microsoft Teams NDI output), emphasizing its time-saving benefits for routine queries.


5. Business Operations:
   - Car Service Challenges: Discusses servicing a 2007 Volkswagen convertible, facing issues with obsolete parts (e.g., CV boots, axles) and a 3% credit card processing fee at the dealer, prompting a discussion on whether businesses should charge such fees.

6. Team Updates and Projects:
   - Continia Document Capture and McCormma Payment Hub: The team is learning these tools, with McCormma offering features like overflow remittance and electronic payments, seen as improvements over BC’s default remittance system.


7. Community and Infrastructure Developments:
   - Road Paving in Berlin, El Salvador: A significant infrastructure project to pave a road from the Literal Highway to Berlin, reducing travel time from the airport by 40 minutes, expected to be completed in 6–12 months.
   - Berlin English Academy: The team sponsors English training for job interview prep, targeting seasonal call center jobs to enable remote work opportunities for Berliners.

8. Business Central Extension Issues:
   - Upgrade Failure: A customer’s BC environment couldn’t upgrade to version 26.3 due to an incompatible extension (version 21.0.45) with a field conflict (“quantity in transit”). The lack of source code access (due to disabled source code download) complicates fixes, highlighting the importance of prefixing fields to avoid conflicts with Microsoft’s updates.
   - Stefan Marone’s BC Code History: Praised as a valuable resource for identifying when fields like “quantity in transit” were added (version 26.0).

9. Upcoming Events:
   - Summit NA and Directions AMIA: Events in October (Summit NA) and November (Directions AMIA in Poland) for professional development and networking.
   - Dynamics Con Regionals: Meetups in Denver, Dublin (Ohio), and Dallas in August and September.
   - Summit NA Road Shows: Recent event in Seattle with upcoming shows in Madison, Wisconsin, and Nashville, Tennessee.

10. Miscellaneous:
    - Palm Tree Maintenance: Describes the hazards of palm trees (coconuts and fronds) in El Salvador, requiring aggressive trimming for safety.
    - Anona Fruit: Mentions an exotic fruit (“wild dragon egg fruit”) in El Salvador, now expensive due to tourist demand.