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Use the picture carousel

With External File Storage, the Item & Variants Pictures factbox on the Item Card shows an image carousel: the item picture and the pictures of all its variants in one place.

  • The main picture at the top: the item picture, or the variant selected below.
  • A strip of thumbnails below it: first the item, then every variant of the item.
  • Placeholders for the item or variants without a picture. They remain drop targets, so you can drop an image on them.
  • A stock badge on each variant thumbnail, with that variant's inventory over all locations. The badge colour shows whether the stock is positive, zero or negative.
  • A status line at the bottom with the result of the last drop.

Browse the pictures

To... Do this
Show the next or previous picture Choose the › or ‹ button, or press the right or left arrow key.
Show a specific picture Choose its thumbnail.
Open a variant's card Double-click the variant thumbnail, or double-click the main picture while a variant is shown. The Item Variant Card opens.

Upload a picture

Drop an image file on the carousel. See Drop pictures on an item.

Things to know

  • The carousel is not shown with Tenant Media as storage source. The Item Card then shows the standard Business Central picture factbox.
  • In a consumer company, the carousel shows the source company's pictures, and dropping is switched off. See Multi-Company.
  • Pictures are loaded when you open or move to an item. For an item with many variants, this can take a moment, because every picture is read from the storage account.