Individual companies inside the database can also be created, removed, or renamed with PowerShell cmdlets. Now we will run several simple examples illustrating basic operations with companies.
The cmdlets illustrated in this recipe, create a company in the database, create a copy of the company, and rename it.
- First, create a new blank company in the demo database:
New-NAVCompany ` -ServerInstance DynamicsNAV90 -CompanyName TestCompany
This cmdlet will create a
TestCompanycompany in the databaseDemo Database NAV (9-0)database that is the source database for theDynamicsNAV90service. - To verify that the company has been successfully created, run the NAV client and choose the menu action Select Company in the main application menu:
- The new company is available in the list:
- Cmdlet
New-NAVCompanycreates a blank company without any data. Another cmdlet,Copy-NAVCompany, creates a copy of an existing company in the same database:Copy-NAVCompany ` -ServerInstance DynamicsNAV90 ` -SourceCompanyName "CRONUS International Ltd." ` -DestinationCompanyName CronusCopy
This command will create a new company
CronusCopyand will copy all contents ofCRONUS International Ltd.into the new company. The database for both source and destination companies is taken from the configuration of the serviceDynamicsNAV90service that is passed to the cmdlet in theServerInstanceparameter. - To rename a company, invoke the
Rename-NAVCompanycmdlet:Rename-NAVCompany ` -ServerInstance DynamicsNAV90 ` -CompanyName CronusCopy -NewCompanyName MyCompany
This will rename the
CronusCopycompany toMyCompany. - Delete the test company when you no longer need it:
Remove-NAVCompany -ServerInstance DynamicsNAV90 -CompanyName MyCompany