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Implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central On-Premise - Fourth Edition
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Implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central On-Premise - Fourth Edition

by Alex Chow, Roberto Stefanetti
December 2018
Intermediate to advanced
764 pages
31h 47m
English
Packt Publishing
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Using XMLports to migrate data

An XMLport is a Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Dynamics 365 Business Central object type; it's an object or can be declared as a data type (an instance of the object) used to import and export data encapsulated in XML format. Fixed text and variable text formats are also available on an XMLport to import and export data from a plain text file. 

XMLports can be developed by the internal designer; you can also develop XMLports using AL language and these can be used in the online version of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.

XMLport Designer can be found in Object Designer, as shown in the following screenshot:

By using XMLport Designer, we specify all of the XML tag names and their types (element or attribute). ...

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