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Every business runs differently. Maybe your drivers need to capture delivery photos. Maybe your floor staff need to log safety checks. Or perhaps you wish you could tweak that one screen in Business Central to track something your team actually cares about.
Good news: you can.
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Home » Blog » Build It Yourself: How Business Central Users Are Creating Their Own Mobile Apps Without Code
Every business runs differently. Maybe your drivers need to capture delivery photos. Maybe your floor staff need to log safety checks. Or perhaps you wish you could tweak that one screen in Business Central to track something your team actually cares about.
Good news: you can.
Using the same tools Insight Works used to create its warehouse apps, you can design your own mobile extensions for Business Central — without writing a single line of code. All you need is Warehouse Insight and its built-in App Designer, which puts app-building power directly into the hands of the people who use the system every day.
When Your Process Doesn’t Fit the Software
Even with a system as powerful as Business Central, there’s always that one gap — the task that falls between modules, the extra step your team tracks on paper or in a spreadsheet.
Traditionally, closing that gap meant custom development: scoping requirements, waiting on dev time, and paying for updates every time your process evolved. It worked, but it was slow and expensive.
Today, that model feels outdated. Why should small workflow changes require big projects?
The Turning Point: Build Your Own Add-Ons
Here’s where things change. With Warehouse Insight’s App Designer, Business Central users can now build their own mobile experiences — no coding required.
The App Designer is part of Warehouse Insight, connecting directly to your Business Central data. You can create pages that scan barcodes, capture photos, record signatures, or walk users through inspection checklists — all through a simple, drag-and-drop interface.
It’s the fastest way to make Business Central truly fit your operation’s day-to-day needs.
A “Hello World” Moment
To understand how simple it is, imagine building your first mini-app — a button on your handheld that says Hello World!
In Warehouse Insight, you’d open the Applications page, create a new app, and drag controls onto a design canvas:
- An event to trigger when the form opens.
- An interaction to display a message.
- A variable to hold the text “Hello World!”.
That’s it. Save the app, add it to your device’s menu, and it will appear instantly on your handheld. Tap it, and your message pops up. No code. No deployment scripts. Just pure configuration.
Once you understand that, you realize how easily you could swap that message for something useful — a safety checklist, a quality inspection form, or a delivery confirmation screen.
Proof of Delivery: Real Proof That It Works
The Proof of Delivery (PoD) add-on was built entirely within Warehouse Insight, using the App Designer.
It captures signatures, timestamps, photos, and GPS coordinates from any mobile device, feeding all that data back into Business Central in real time. No separate app. No external development.
It’s a living example of what’s possible when Business Central users take control of their own workflows.
Why It Matters
- Faster innovation: Test and refine workflows in days, not months.
- Lower costs: Skip the dev queue for small changes.
- Consistency: Keep all warehouse and production data inside Business Central.
- Empowerment: Give super users real control over how work gets done.
- Scalability: Build once, deploy everywhere — across sites, teams, or companies.
This is Business Central evolving from a system you use to a system you shape.
From Idea to Action
What could you build next?
- A safety inspection checklist for your floor staff.
- An equipment maintenance log linked to asset records.
- A delivery confirmation workflow for drivers.
And you wouldn’t be alone. Businesses are already creating their own add-ons using the App Designer — tools like Fixed Asset Count, Create License Plate, Over Picking, Enforce Expiry Entry, and even Batch License Plates were all designed the same way. Each started as a simple process gap and became a fully functional Business Central extension.
If you can imagine the process, you can build the app — as long as you’re running Warehouse Insight with the App Designer.
Your Next Step
You don’t have to wait for a developer to make Business Central fit your business. Start with something simple — maybe your own “Hello World.” Download the Proof of Delivery add-on as a free example of what’s possible. You’ll need a licensed copy of Warehouse Insight to explore or build your own apps, but once you do, you’ll see just how far you can go.
Business Central was built to be flexible. Now, with Warehouse Insight, you can make it your own.