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I want to update my version of Productivity by NAV-X

When we release a new version of the Productivity by NAV-X Application, you will want to upgrade to that version. The upgrade does not happen automatically, unless your environment is upgraded to a new major release. This happens in the Spring and Fall of every year. Between those major upgrades, you will need to manually update your extensions.

To update your extensions, you can log on to the Business Central Admin Center and select your environment. The environment would be either the production environment or one of the sandboxes you have the app installed in. After selecting the proper environment, you can then display all apps that are installed. If you have an app with an update available, it will show there and you can easily update it directly from there. More details are described in the Microsoft Documentation.

As an alternative, you can also update the app directly from within Business Central. This is a little bit more work, though. To update your extensions, you can choose the Tell me what you want to do icon, enter Extensions, and then choose the related link. Alternatively, you can also select Setup & Extensions > Extensions from the Role Center. Then find the extension called Productivity by NAV-X and click on Show More Options, which is represented by the three dots in the upper right corner of the extension. Select Uninstall and follow the instructions.

Once you have uninstalled the extension, please make sure that you are again on the Extensions page and select Manage > Extension Marketplace. You then can enter Productivity by NAV-X in the Search Microsoft AppSource box. Click on the Free Trial button and follow the prompts. You can monitor the status of the installation from Extensions by selecting Manage > Deployment Status.

You now have installed the latest version of the extension and can start taking advantage of the latest issue fixes and features.

My License Expiration Explained

You can find your license information on the About NAV-X page. To open this page, choose the Tell me what you want to do icon, enter About NAV-X, and then choose the related link to open the related page. On this page, you will see the different NAV-X apps that you have installed at the bottom under Our Installed Apps.

You will see the license type for each NAV-X app that is installed in your system. If your license type shows Trial, you are currently using our free trial. We provide everyone downloading and installing our apps on a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central SaaS tenant a 30 day free trial. Once the trial is over, you will see that you are not licensed anymore. You will have to purchase a license for the app you wish to use to be able to use it.

If the license type shows Full, you have a valid license and can use the app. As all licenses are subscription licenses, the License Expiration Date shows the date one month from the date you purchased the product or renewed the subscription. If you are on a monthly subscription, you get charged monthly for the subscription and the expiration date advances. If you are on an annual subscription, you get charged on an annual basis, but the license expiration date still only shows a monthly expiration and gets automatically renewed.

Errors Answers

An unknown error occurred communicating with the licensing server

From time to time our apps try to communicate with our licensing server to ensure that your subscription is still active. If this is not possible, you will receive an error message. There can be various reasons for this, however, the most common one is that the system does not allow the communication with our servers.

To rectify this, you can choose the Tell me what you want to do icon, enter Extensions, and then choose the related link. Alternatively, you can also select Setup & Extensions > Extensions from the Role Center. Then find the extension called NAV-X Library by NAV-X and click on Show More Options, which is represented by the three dots in the upper right corner of the extension. Select Configure. In the page opened, please ensure that the field Allow HttpClient Requests is active.

Please also Provide details on the errors that you are receiving.

Unable to see Productivity by NAV-X functionality

There are various reasons why you cannot see the Productivity by NAV-X functionality. We will go through the different reasons why you might be experiencing the issue:

  1. You don't have a license Choose the Tell me what you want to do icon, enter About NAV-X, and then choose the related link to open the related page. On this page, you will see the different NAV-X apps that you have installed at the bottom under Our Installed Apps. Please validate that the License Type is set to Trial or Full and that the Expiration Date is in the future.

If you do not have a license, your system administrator can validate within the Microsoft Admin Center, if you have a license assigned or if additional licenses are available to be assigned to you. If no additional licenses are available, you can buy extra licenses directly through AppSource. 2. You have a license, but the license information is not up to date If you have paid for the subscription, but your license information does not show up in the About NAV-X page, please choose the Tell me what you want to do icon, enter About NAV-X, and then choose the related link to open the related page. Then select the action Reset License Information. If your license then shows up properly, please ensure that you log out and log back in again. 3. You do not have the correct permissions If you have the proper license and it shows up properly, please validate that your user has the proper permissions defined. Your user should either have the SUPER user role or the permissions provided with the app. Learn more about Permission Setups. 4. You have to sign out and sign back in If you make any changes to the license or the permissions, please ensure that you log out of Business Central and log back in. When logging in, your configuration is refreshed and should then enable the Application Area that is used to show or hide the various fields. If you have not enabled credit card processing in the setup yet, you should now see a notification on the role center asking, if you want to start or complete the setup process. You can also select the Action Setup & Extensions > Assisted Setup and scroll down to the NAV-X group.

If you cannot see the setup wizard, please choose the Tell me what you want to do icon, enter Application Area, and then choose the related link to open the related page. Please search for the application area called NAV-X Productivity and validate that it has a check mark.

If you still have issues, please feel free to contact us