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AL development environment reference overview

This section describes all of the objects that are available with the AL Language development environment for Business Central. The AL Language development environment is used to develop extensions for Business Central.

Defining the AL data model

The AL Language development environment provides a set of objects that you can use to define the data model for your extension. These objects include tables, table extensions, and fields. In the table object, you define keys, indexes, and triggers.

To See
Learn about how to define new table objects for your extension. Table object
Learn about how to modify and extend existing table objects. Table extension object

Presenting the AL data

To present the AL data, you can define page objects, page extension objects, and page customization objects. You can also define profiles, reports, report extensions, xmlports, queries, and control add-ins.

To See
Learn about how to create new page objects for your extension. Page object
Learn about how to modify and extend existing page objects. Page extension object
Learn about how to create page customization objects. Page customization object
Learn about how to create profile objects. Profile object
Learn about how to create report objects. Report object
Learn about how to create report extension objects. Report extension object
Learn about how to create xmlport objects. XmlPort object
Learn about how to create query objects. Query object
Learn about how to create control add-in objects. Control add-in object

Controlling access to data

To control data access, you can define permission sets, permission set extensions, and entitlement objects.

To See
Learn about how to create entitlement objects. Entitlement object
Learn about how to create permissionset objects. Permissionset object
Learn about how to create permissionset extension objects. Permissionset extension object

Writing AL code

The AL code that you write for your extension is defined in codeunit objects, page objects, and table objects. You can also define methods, triggers, and properties for these objects.

To See
Learn about writing codeunits for your extension. Codeunit object
Get an overview of methods in AL grouped by the data type that they support. Data types and methods in AL
Get an overview of method attributes in AL in alphabetical order. Method attributes
Get an overview of option types in AL in alphabetical order. Option types
Get an overview of properties in AL grouped by the objects that they support. Properties overview
Get an overview of triggers in AL grouped by the objects that they support. Triggers overview

See also

Developing extensions
Get started with AL
FAQ for developing in AL
AL Language extension configuration