Convert Microsoft D365 Business Central Permission Sets into AL Permission Set Objects in Minutes

Question

Your Business Central user-defined permission sets can be AL permission set objects in a few minutes, with real table names and not just numbers.

I built this free tool after converting permission sets by hand on a client upgrade project. Now you just drop in your files and download clean AL code.

What It Does

• XML and Excel/CSV input. Use the Export Permission Sets XML, or a permission set exported to Excel and saved as CSV.
• Real table names from the .app files in your .alpackages folder, so tabledata 17 becomes tabledata "G/L Entry".
• One .al file per permission set, downloaded as a zip and ready for your AL project.
• Runs in your browser. Nothing to install, and your files stay on your computer.
• Easy enough for functional consultants too. No scripts and no command line.

Links

• Full write-up: learnbeyondbc.com
• Try the tool: BC Permission Set Converter
• GitHub: jeffreybulanadi/bc-permissionset-converter

Free, MIT licensed, and open source. Give it a try on your next upgrade and let me know how it goes.

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