Image | New Area in Dynamics NAV 2017

Task #8210 | Update 5051.100

With the launch of Dynamics NAV 2017 (October 2016), Microsoft has introduced the new “Media” data type. It is useful for displaying images and other media. Using the appropriate tools, the existing image of the employee is automatically migrated during an upgrade from an older NAV version. However, if this migration is performed incorrectly during the upgrade, the image will be available in the new NAV 2017 database, though not visible.

For this purpose, we created the “Migrate pictures” function that can be found directly in the Employee photo infobox in the Employee List/Employee Card. If you click this function, the following message will appear:

This function copies the image from the old field ‘Image’ to the new field ‘Image’. The existing images will be replaced. Would you like to continue?

Answer this question by chosing Yes. The images will then be displayed.

Important note: This feature must be executed once per client.

Another advantage is that the images can be directly imported/exported in the infobox.