Matthew Perren
@matnav.co.uk
#MSDyn365BC consultant. Reporting specialist
#PowerBI
#JetReports
#SQL
#Cosmos
Professional profile of @matthewperren.bsky.social
#PowerBI
#JetReports
#SQL
#Cosmos
Professional profile of @matthewperren.bsky.social
In case anyone was interested, the issue preventing VAT Returns being done from #MSDyn365BC in the UK was that the GovTalk app hadn’t been updated for v27
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
In case anyone was interested, the issue preventing VAT Returns being done from #MSDyn365BC in the UK was that the GovTalk app hadn’t been updated for v27
A lot of the MVPs don’t post here anymore. Steve Endow never arrived and Jeremy, Kristen, Shannon, Christian and others hardly ever post.
November 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A lot of the MVPs don’t post here anymore. Steve Endow never arrived and Jeremy, Kristen, Shannon, Christian and others hardly ever post.
Yeah but customers tended to not be on Twitter. Plus I couldn’t stay there once Musk started making increasingly destabilising changes to the platform
Shame. We had really good thing going there
Shame. We had really good thing going there
November 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Yeah but customers tended to not be on Twitter. Plus I couldn’t stay there once Musk started making increasingly destabilising changes to the platform
Shame. We had really good thing going there
Shame. We had really good thing going there
You can’t ask for help on LinkedIn because it’s a b2b platform so the likelihood is that the customer who you’re doing the work is also there.
November 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
You can’t ask for help on LinkedIn because it’s a b2b platform so the likelihood is that the customer who you’re doing the work is also there.
LinkedIn is vile. It’s a platform for self aggrandisement and no place for the kind of supportive warm community we built on Twitter.
November 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
LinkedIn is vile. It’s a platform for self aggrandisement and no place for the kind of supportive warm community we built on Twitter.
I’m migrating my client from a heavily modified Navision 5 to BC SaaS so it’s not straightforward.
But your suggestion is really helpful thank you
But your suggestion is really helpful thank you
October 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I’m migrating my client from a heavily modified Navision 5 to BC SaaS so it’s not straightforward.
But your suggestion is really helpful thank you
But your suggestion is really helpful thank you
I just needed “unputdownable” for bingo
September 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I just needed “unputdownable” for bingo
So he thinks the current serving army, navy and air force are not warriors, “just defenders”?
September 6, 2025 at 8:02 AM
So he thinks the current serving army, navy and air force are not warriors, “just defenders”?
If I want the right expression, I google it and then extrapolate the correct answer from the results. As I go I learn who to rely on. I don’t need a flaky third party to do it for me.
I’ve yet to be persuaded that AI is really worth exchanging humans for when looking for help.
I’ve yet to be persuaded that AI is really worth exchanging humans for when looking for help.
August 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
If I want the right expression, I google it and then extrapolate the correct answer from the results. As I go I learn who to rely on. I don’t need a flaky third party to do it for me.
I’ve yet to be persuaded that AI is really worth exchanging humans for when looking for help.
I’ve yet to be persuaded that AI is really worth exchanging humans for when looking for help.
Presupposing the query is right. You need to check. So you might as well write it yourself.
August 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Presupposing the query is right. You need to check. So you might as well write it yourself.
Other modest paramilitaries
August 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Other modest paramilitaries
I’m also “in IT” and have wasted far too much time explaining to customers why ChatGPT is wrong. Again.
August 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I’m also “in IT” and have wasted far too much time explaining to customers why ChatGPT is wrong. Again.
…so I could write about post about it for engagement.
I didn’t engage because these people oughtn’t to be rewarded for this bilge.
I didn’t engage because these people oughtn’t to be rewarded for this bilge.
August 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
…so I could write about post about it for engagement.
I didn’t engage because these people oughtn’t to be rewarded for this bilge.
I didn’t engage because these people oughtn’t to be rewarded for this bilge.
Well quite. I thought it might be an interesting article that might illustrate my long-looked-for use case for generative AI. But no. It was basically, “here’s a thing that most people who use excel more than once a week know and that google could tell me in seconds and yet I got an AI to tell me”
August 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Well quite. I thought it might be an interesting article that might illustrate my long-looked-for use case for generative AI. But no. It was basically, “here’s a thing that most people who use excel more than once a week know and that google could tell me in seconds and yet I got an AI to tell me”
I have spent the afternoon trying to shake off the feeling that Iain Duncan Smith and Mark E. Smith might also be brothers.
July 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I have spent the afternoon trying to shake off the feeling that Iain Duncan Smith and Mark E. Smith might also be brothers.
Dyer Dyer Pants on Fire
David Mitchell and Lee Mack have to decide if the unlikely sounding scenario described by the brothers is either Danny boasting; a scene from one of Geoff’s novels or actually the truth.
David Mitchell and Lee Mack have to decide if the unlikely sounding scenario described by the brothers is either Danny boasting; a scene from one of Geoff’s novels or actually the truth.
July 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Dyer Dyer Pants on Fire
David Mitchell and Lee Mack have to decide if the unlikely sounding scenario described by the brothers is either Danny boasting; a scene from one of Geoff’s novels or actually the truth.
David Mitchell and Lee Mack have to decide if the unlikely sounding scenario described by the brothers is either Danny boasting; a scene from one of Geoff’s novels or actually the truth.