Friday, January 23, 2015

Enable System Indicator

System indicator.

System indicator is a eye-catching marker in NAV, so user can tell which database/company that he/she's currently use. this feature is very useful for me since i open a lot of databases at the same time during development, I often make mistakes working at the wrong database, since they look all the same. system indicator helps me to avoid this.

this is how system indicator looks :









following is how-to enable system indicator (taken from NAV help server)

To enable the system indicator
  1. In the Search box, enter Company Information, and then choose the related link.
  2. Expand the System Indicator FastTab.
  3. In the System Indicator field, select one of the following options.

    System indicator typeDescription
    NoneNo text is shown.
    Note
    When you are in configuration mode, the Configuration status is always displayed. You cannot turn this text off.
    Custom TextShows text that you enter in the System Indicator Text field.
    Company InformationShows text that you enter in the Name field.
    CompanyShows the company name.
    DatabaseShows the middle-tier host name and database name.
    Company+DatabaseShows the company name, the middle-tier host name, and the database name.
  4. In the System Indicator Style field, select from the Standard and Accent1 through Accent9 options to add a certain style to the system indicator.
  5. In the System Indicator Text field, enter custom text to show. To show the text, you must select the Custom Text option in the System Indicator field.
  6. Choose the OK button, and then restart Microsoft Dynamics NAV to see the changes.

*tested on NAV2013 R2

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