Quickly view the complete history of an object in Dynamics NAV or Business Central. Object History is a cloud-based search tool running on Microsoft Azure, ready for use in your browser.
Object History is the true Microsoft Dynamics NAV professional alternative to “googling” the issue. The search function quickly provides the necessary and accurate information, focusing entirely on solving object issues.
Skip the research part through the official Microsoft pages and instead enter your index number and object type.
Object History has a built-in code compare function. For any update, you will be able to perform a code compare to see the exact changes in the object.
Object History includes two overviews, showing either results by object or product version and country code.
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View undocumented changes that Microsoft at times does not provide in the official hotfix release notes.
The search engine runs on Microsoft Azure to ensure the safety of your data. Feel secure when doing a search and open it from any browser.
Using the search function requires a login, which can be made freely without additional fees. We will take you through the basic steps fast, so you can get started.
1. Create a new account here at NAVToolbox
2. Confirm your email and log on
3. Navigate to the Object History menu at the top
Then you’re all set for your first search
Enter your search critera.
Mandatory to do the search you must add the following to complete the search:
Optionally, you can add a product version or a country version to scope down the search further, if too many object results are shown in each overview.
The code comparison is the best feature for object analysis, when looking for changes between the standard code and your custom code.
This feature can be found after pressing the hotfix number in the top overview and scrolling all the way to the right. Alternatively, scroll all the way to the right in the bottom overview.
Look for a small 
icon.
The code compare feature is a pay-per-use feature (currently set to 3 coins per use).
A new browser window will open with a new page to inspect the code. You also get the option to download both versions of the code.
Occasionally Microsoft does not provide any documentation for objects they change as part of a cumulative update. This makes it difficult to identify, whether a particular issue has been officially addressed or if a custom fix should be developed.
Object History identifies such undocumented changes and makes them visible to you.
A notice about undocumented changes can be found in the column “Functional Area” in the bottom overview.
Alternatively, you can press one of the numbers in the “Hotfixes” column in the top overview. A new pop-up window will appear with more details.
Find the “Functional Area” column, where undocumented changes are shown.
The Object History search engine warns you about conflicts between the official release notes from Microsoft and what has been changed for an object in a specific cumulative update release.
In certain cases Microsoft added the change in a later cumulative update without specifying it in the updates. It will be necessary to manually investigate, whether Microsoft provided the change in a later update.
A red warning will show in the column “Missing in Object”, if there is a noticeable conflict.
Get more out of your search by filtering irrelevant objects from the search. You will here find several ways to narrow down the search.
In Object History we have provided 3 different ways to filter your search and get the desired results.
We have provided each overview with a standard search field. Enter what you’re searching info for and get all matching results shown in the columns. Try entering “VAT” and have all other results excluded from the view.
Check the advanced search box to get visible search fields above each column. This allows you to filter information such as other countries away, so only the desired results are shown.
Press on one of the filter icons to extend the options for further filtering. Choose whether to include or exclude a keyword or phrasing with the “and/or” function.
With Object History you can quickly find the whole history of an object, you are looking for. Compared to traditional search methods, this tool provides a much faster overview of objects in Dynamics NAV.
See for yourself how you can search for relevant object hotfixes in no time with this extraordinary search tool and change your approach to database analysis for good.
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