Food Manufacturing & Distribution
Getting Started
To get started with Food Manufacturing & Distribution the following table provides links to and descriptions of the topics in this section.
| To | See |
|---|---|
| Installation and Updates | Installation and Updates |
| What's New in FOOD for Business Central. | FOOD releases for Business Central |
| Creating an FOOD demo database | Checklist to create a demo database |
Food Manufacturing & Distribution for Dynamics 365 Business Central Wave 2 requires the granules as indicated in the below table. This table also shows the relation to the Application Areas (Basic, Extended, Advanced) in de FOOD Application on AppSource. In the FOOD Application User Experience and Application Area are linked:
- User Experience – “empty” = Application Area: Basic
- User Experience – Essentials = Application Area: Extended
- User Experience – Premium = Application Area: Advanced
The following table lists the experiences that are currently available.
| Experience | Impact on User Interface |
|---|---|
| Essential | Shows all actions and fields for all common business functionality. |
| Premium | Shows all actions and fields for all business functionality, including Manufacturing and Service Management. |
When you have made a change to users plans in Office 365 Admin Center, such as assigned more users to the Premium plan, you must reflect the change in Business Central.
- Sign is as an administrator.
- Type Alt-Q, enter Users, and then choose the related link.
- In the Users window, choose the Refresh all User Groups action.
All new information about the users’ plans and their assigned user groups are now updated according to the plan changes.
To select the Premium experience You can now proceed to select the new experience.
- Type Alt-Q, enter Company Information, and then choose the related link.
- In the Company Information window, on the User Experience FastTab, select Premium in the Experience field.
Additionally You have to install the FOOD Premium Application to enable the Advanced application area:
- Type Alt-Q, enter Extension Management, and then choose the related link.
- In the Extension Management window, select the FOOD Premium Application.
- Select Show More Option in the line and click Install.