This topic describes the Data management framework’s package representational state transfer (REST) application programming interface (API). The package API lets you integrate by using data packages. The REST API can be used with both cloud deployments and on-premises deployments. For on-premises deployments, this functionality is currently available for Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations,…
A composite entity is a concept that allows you to build a single entity by leveraging multiple entities that are related to each other. What is a composite entity? Composite entity is concept that allows you to build a single entity by leveraging multiple entities that are related to each other. The concept is heavily…
This topic is intended to help architects and developers make sound design decisions when they implement integration scenarios. The topic describes integration patterns, integration scenarios, and integration solutions and best practices. However, it doesn’t include technical details about how to use or set up every integration pattern. It also doesn’t include sample integration code. Note…
This topic describes how you can use the data management framework to manage data entities and data entity packages in Finance and Operations. The data management framework consists of the following concepts: Data entities – A data entity is a conceptual abstraction and encapsulation of one or more underlying tables. A data entity represents a common…
A data package for a Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations app can consist of one or many data entities. A typical data package consists of a group of entities for a specific task, process, or function. For example, the data entities that are required for general ledger setup might be part of one data package.…
This is Update and Update_RecordSet Code sample. Result of both will be same . //Update_Recordset
Compares, and if it is possible, displays differences between two files, files in two folders, or a shelveset and a local or a server file. Required Permissions To use the difference command, you must have the Read permission for all specified items set to Allow. For more information, see Permissions and groups reference.Copy Copy Copy Copy Parameters Argument Description itemspec Required.…
To compare the code of a modified class there are 3 options : In Team Explorer, select Compare with Latest Version. In Team Explorer, select Compare with Workspace Version Run the diff command Example:In Team Explorer, right-click FMRental.xml, and select Compare with Latest Version. Choose Compare with Latest Version to see how the changes you…
Recurring integration does the following things: It builds on data entities and the Data management framework. It enables the exchange of documents or files between Finance and Operations and any third-party application or service. It supports several document formats, source mapping, Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT), and filters. It uses secure REST application programming interfaces…
This topic shows a comparison of features available in cloud vs. on-premises for the following applications: Dynamics 365 Finance Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Dynamics 365 Commerce Dynamics 365 Human Resources Information about the development and administration features is included, as well. The following tables list the application areas. Cloud and on-premises support is listed for the…
This topic discusses the embedded business intelligence (BI), aggregate measurements, dimensions, and data entities, and aggregate programming model. Embedded business intelligence The term embedded business intelligence (BI) refers to experiences that use highly intuitive and fluid visualizations to provide insights that are relevant to a task, so that user is more informed and can make…
KPI Create a new item of type ‘Key Performance Indicator’ TransAmountKPI. Provide a label and help text for this KPI. Select ‘TransAggregateMeasurements’ in measurement property. Create a new node under Value > Ranges node. Name it ‘Area’. Select dimension as ‘Area’, attribute as ‘AreaId’ and ‘Value’ in filter property. Optionally add nodes under ‘Trends’ node.…
In AX7 we have various new ways to execute a time consuming operation on the user client. We all know the feeling if we execute a very long operation on a program window that operation blocks all the user interface until it is completed. To prevent this, in AX 2012 we used either the progress bar to…
This article describes the new class extension model in X++. Because over-layering is a very intrusive feature, we recommend that you not use it. The alternative to over-layering is extension. Extension lets you extend existing artifacts in a new model. Extensions are easier to maintain, but the amount of extension that can be done during…
The edit method modifier is used to indicate that a method’s return value is to be displayed on a form, and users can edit that value. If you don’t want users to edit the value, use a display method. Use the edit method modifier on the following: Table methods Form methods Form data source methods…
The display method modifier indicates that the method has a return value that can appear on a form or a report. A display method is any method that includes the display keyword as a method modifier. You can use the display method modifier with the following kinds of methods: Table methods Form methods Form data…
An enumeration (enum) is made extensible by setting the following enum properties: Is Extensible = True UseEnumValue = No If you set these properties, downstream implementors can extend the enum with more elements. The values of the elements are determined at deployment time and won’t be identical across systems. However, the following behavior is ensured:…
To modify properties on an existing field in a table, you must first create an extension for the table. You can modify the following properties: Label Help text Country Region Codes Extended Data Type – You can select only extended data types (EDTs) that are derived from the currently selected EDT. The lookup in the property…
In this example I am selecting Puchlines which have PurchTable in a backorder status
To modify properties on a table, you must create an extension of that table. In Application Explorer, right-click the table, and then select Create extension. A new table extension is created in the selected project, as shown in the following illustration. You can now modify the following properties through the property sheet: Created By Created Date…
There are several properties that can be customized on existing extended data types (EDTs) through extension: Label Help text Form help Country region codes String size You can only modify the value if the EDT does not extend from another EDT. You can only set the new String size to a value equal to or…
This topic describes how to extend decimal point precision for selected data types. You can create extensions of specific extended data types of the type Real, to change the decimal point precision for certain scenarios. To change the decimal point precision, change the NoOfDecimals property as needed. Extended data types are hierarchical and inherit behavior from the…
This topic describes the concept of form patterns and discusses the process for applying and removing patterns. A list of frequent questions are also answered in this topic. Dynamics AX 2012: Form styles and templates In Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, several form styles were introduced and formalized. Primary data types are represented by the List…
An index is an on-disk structure associated with a table or view that speeds retrieval of rows from the table or view. An index contains keys built from one or more columns in the table or view. These keys are stored in a structure (B-tree) that enables SQL Server to find the row or rows…
This article provides information about computed and virtual fields, which are the two types of unmapped fields that a data entity can have. The article includes information about the properties of unmapped fields, and examples that show how to create, use, and test them. The sample code is targeted towards creating or modifying an entity…
There are two possibilities : Right-click the base form and select view references. In the search bar on the form extension element, enter the text e:. Customization and Extension – Example: Navigate to FMRental.Extension in the Tree DesignerIn the Visual Studio, in Solution Explorer, in the FleetManagement Discounts project, expand User Interface > Form Extensions.…
Triggers using business event in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Wondering how to quickly configure D365FO to get alerts based on activities/events and be able to make informed decisions? If you have been using LogicApps, MS Flow, PowerApps and wondering when would triggers be made available with D365FO then from PU24 and onwards a…
Use the following procedure to configure the properties of a conditional decision. A conditional decision is a point at which a workflow divides into two branches. To configure a conditional decision, in the workflow editor, right-click the conditional decision, and then click Properties to open the Properties form. Name a decision Follow these steps to enter a name for…
This topic provides information about the Simple List and Details form pattern. This pattern is used to maintain data for entities of medium complexity. Usage The Simple List and Details (SL+D) pattern is used to maintain data for entities of medium complexity. Entities of medium complexity are those entities that have six or more fields.…
Example of Restricted –Suppose we have two tables (Customer & Order) and the relation is of One-To-Many i.e Customer can have many orders.So on a parent table i.e.(Customer) if I set a delete action property to “RESTRICTED” for Order table. Then If I go and delete the record from a Customer table. It will first…
Here, you will learn how to write LINQ-to-Entities queries and get the result in Entity Framework 6.x as well as in Entity Framework Core. Visit LINQ Tutorials to learn LINQ step by step. The DbSet class is derived from IQuerayable. So, we can use LINQ for querying against DbSet, which will be converted to an SQL query. EF API executes this SQL query…
In the Model-First approach, you create the entities, relationships, and inheritance hierarchies directly on the design surface of EDMX and then generate the database from your model. First of all, add the new Entity Data Model by right clicking on the project in the solution explorer in Visual Studio (2012/2015/2017) -> Add -> New Item. This will open…
The functionality for class extension, or class augmentation, has been improved. You can now wrap logic around methods that are defined in the base class that you’re augmenting. You can extend the logic of public and protected methods without having to use event handlers. When you wrap a method, you can also access public and…
Creating branches for your Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) repositories are useful to isolate risk. Consider some challenges team members typically face when they work on a software project that is staffed by more than five or ten people: The group has a few (or maybe several) different feature teams, each working on a set…
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n Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, code can be compiled to CIL and run in the .NET CLR. But what does CIL mean and what is it used for?CIL stands for Common Intermediate Language and is in essence an object-oriented assembly language. It complies with the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI), which is a specification that was…
Whenever I setup Cues for customers in AX 2012 I use dynamic filtering to create actionable cues representing relevant data. I do tend to forget the precise name of the methods and number of parenthesis etc. so here is the full list of end-user available methods based on the SysQueryRangeUtil class: Most used: Name Used…
Instead of direct assignment of the values to the query build range value, we can use SysQuery class methods to avoid the errors of datatype conversion. So here in this post I gave some useful methods. QueryBuildRange qbr; —To set the value we usually follow as below mentioned code qbr.value(“Our Value”); qbr.value(queryValue(“Our Value”)); –We can set the value using…
1. In Microsoft Visual Studio, on the Dynamics 365 menu, click Model Management > Refresh Models.2. Open Application Explorer by clicking View > Application Explorer.3. Right-click the AOT root node, and then click Model view.A list of installed models is displayed.Reference:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/fin-ops-core/dev-itpro/dev-tools/manage-runtime-packages
I recently had an issue when trying to create a new integration for the Dynamics Connector between Dynamics AX 2012 and CRM. The Connector integration would run, but no records were returned from the AX service that I had created for the integration. I needed to be able to see the SELECT statement that was…
Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Trace Parser – Trace Parser ships with Microsoft Dynamics AX. Trace Parser consolidates information from multiple sources, such as remote procedure calls (RPCs) and Microsoft SQL Server, to provide an integrated view of application performance at run time. Following are the details to installation and usage of trace parser: Installation procedure…
This topic describes the various tools that Microsoft Dynamics Lifecycle Services (LCS) provides to help you monitor, diagnose, and analyze the health of the Finance and Operations environments that you manage. To have a successful onboarding experience to the cloud service, you must know the health of your environments at all times. You must also…
A report data provider (RDP) class is an X++ class that is used to access and process data for a report. An RDP class is an appropriate data source type when the following conditions are met: You cannot query directly for the data you want to render on a report. The data to be processed…
static void DialogSampleCode(Args _args) { Dialog dialog; DialogField field; ; dialog = new Dialog(“My Dialog”); dialog.addText(“Select your favorite customer:”); field = dialog.addField(extendedTypeStr(CustAccount)); dialog.run(); if (dialog.closedOk()) { info(field.value()); } }
Unable to check-in your class (or other object,) to TFS and cannot see the object in list of available checkin objects? Then goes to your project and re-add your class to “Version control”
Open your AX Project. Go in DataDictionary –> Tables Go in AOT –> Visual Studio Projects, search for your report and click “EDIT” Visual Studio will open Build and Deploy your Visual Studio Project
There have been times in Dynamics AX, when I have had to check in a project that includes a lot of objects. Whenever we do a new design or bug fix we always create a project and then add in all the objects that we are making changes to. When completed, we check in the project…
Determining a Report Name If you want to know the name of a report that you see in the Microsoft Dynamics AX client, the menu item indicates the report name. The following procedure describes how to determine the report name. To determine a report name In the AOT or in Application Explorer, expand the Menus node and…
The current version of Axapta, namely Dynamics AX 2012 (the AX2012) all reporting is built on MS Sql Server Reporting Services (SSRS), the use of old technology reporting is possible, but not desirable, and create reports in AX2012-based SSRS not quite trivial . To help new developers, we decided to write a short article describing the minimum…
//Get InventDim buffer inventDim.InventLocationId = importTable.InventLocationId; inventDim.wMSLocationId = importTable.WMSLocationId; inventDim.InventSiteId = InventLocation::find(importTable.InventLocationId).InventSiteId; inventDim = inventDim::findOrCreate(inventDim); inventSum = inventSum::find(importTable.ItemId, inventDim.inventDimId);
//Get InventDim buffer inventDim.InventLocationId = importTable.InventLocationId; inventDim.wMSLocationId = importTable.WMSLocationId; inventDim.InventSiteId = InventLocation::find(importTable.InventLocationId).InventSiteId; inventDim = inventDim::findOrCreate(inventDim);
One of least understood but most powerful Axapta features is the so-called Expressions in query ranges syntax. This is not the same as simply using a QueryBuildRange object in a query and specifying a criteria for a single field. Contents [hide] 1 Introduction 2 Syntax 3 Examples 3.1 Simple criteria 3.2 Complex criteria with combined AND and OR clauses 3.3 WHERE clauses referencing fields from…
HcmWorkerRecId hcmWorkerRecId = DirPersonUserEx::findUserWorkerReference();
You can use X++ to add a custom lookup form to a control. To achieve this, you override the lookup method of the control. This allows you to create a query and define a lookup form specific to the control. However, note that the lookup functionality will only be available for the specified control and…
With the following code we can able to import the project budget and revising too
It is not always obvious what request is actually executed on SQL Server. The most confusing is probably exists join in X++. Let’s analyze how joins in select statement in X++ are translated into T-SQL statement sent to SQL Server. 1. join in X++: select AccountNum from custTablejoin TaxGroupId from custGroupwhere custGroup.CustGroup == custTable.CustGroup; CROSS JOIN in T-SQL: SELECT T1.ACCOUNTNUM,…
[ExtensionOf(formdatasourcestr(HcmWorker, HcmWorker))]
Hi, Vendor address state value can be retrieved from tables VendTable, DirPartyTable, DirPartyLocation, LogisticsLocation and LogisticsPostalAddress (or) through the view DirPartyPostalAddressView(mentioned in the blogs suggested by Vilmos) You can use the following job(query) to get the data and to update the state:static void VendorState(Args _args){VendTable vendTable;DirPartyTable dirPartyTable;DirPartyLocation dirPartyLocation;LogisticsLocation logisticsLocation;LogisticsPostalAddress logisticsPostalAddress;LogisticsAddressState LogisticsAddressState; while select vendTablewhere vendTable.AccountNum…
The Application Integration Framework in Dynamics AX is an extensible framework for data transportation and reception. It support the separation of transport technology (e.g. MSMQ, XML/SOAP Webservices, Filesystem Share) security aspects (services, permissions, transported data) and data manipulation. Creating new adapters to support other transport technologies is simple. Here is an example to support FTP.…
select count(RecId) from AssetTable;
Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations has several convenient ways to view, edit and publish data. One convenient way is a feature that opens information in Excel. This feature uses some out-of-the-box Excel templates. By using these templates you directly view, edit and delete data from Excel without any additional import/export functionality. Although there…
This walkthrough describes how you can add a computed column to a view in Microsoft Dynamics AX. A computed column is the output of a computation that inputs a regular column. For example, suppose your table has a column that is named AnnualRent. Your view could return a computed column that is named MonthlyRent and…
This video clip will show you how to Create Simple View In Ax 2012 using multiple tables. In this clip I shown example of table inventtrans and Inventtransorigin . Mostly people face how to get all inventory transaction order wise like sales order,purchase order,production order etc . Then you can follow steps shown in clip to…
AX 2012 introduced a new type of form control called “Replacement group”. It’s very handy, nevertheless quite a few developers still don’t know about it or are not sure how to use it effectively. This post is not going to details; the intention is rather to show something simple, though still from end to end.…
Recently got a requirement to create a run base batch for posting inventory journals.So, I created below class. Please change the code according to your requirement. Step 1 – Copy and paste the below code in a new classStep 2 – Create a new action button and attach the class to it.Step 3 – Add…
HcmWorkerRecId hcmWorkerRecId = HcmWorkerLookup::currentWorker(); HcmWorker::userId2Worker(curUserId());HcmWorker::worker2Name(HcmWorker::userId2Worker(curUserId()));
static void WorkerLineManager(Args _args){HcmPosition hcmPosition,hcmPositionLoc;HcmPositionDetail positionDetail;HcmPositionWorkerAssignment workerAssignment,workerAssignmentLoc;HcmPositionHierarchy positionHierarchy, positionHierarchyLoc;HcmWorker hcmWorker,hcmWorkerLoc; select positionHierarchyjoin hcmPositionwhere hcmPosition.RecId == positionHierarchy.Positionjoin workerAssignmentwhere workerAssignment.Position == hcmPosition.RecIdjoin hcmWorkerwhere hcmWorker.RecId == workerAssignment.Worker&& hcmWorker.PersonnelNumber == “891”;{ select positionHierarchyLocjoin hcmPositionLocwhere hcmPositionLoc.RecId == positionHierarchy.ParentPositionjoin workerAssignmentLocwhere workerAssignmentLoc.Position == hcmPositionLoc.RecIdjoin hcmWorkerLocwhere hcmWorkerLoc.RecId == workerAssignmentLoc.Worker; info(strFmt(“%1–line manager %2”, hcmPositionLoc.PositionId,hcmWorkerLoc.PersonnelNumber));}}
See article –> https://docs.microsoft.com/it-it/learn/modules/build-reports-finance-operations/
Refresh a DataSource is a very common task to Dynamics AX developers, as you’ll most likely perform changes on a record and have to present it to the user, on a form. The most commonly used method to refresh the DataSource to make a form show what you have changed on a record is the research method.The…
If(tableId2Name(this.RefTableId) == tableStr(SalesQuotationTable)
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X++ developers seem to be having a lot of trouble with these 4 datasource methods, no matter how senior they are in AX.So I decided to make a small hands-on tutorial, demonstrating the common usage scenario for each of the methods. I have ordered the methods based on the impact on the rows being displayed…
HcmWorker hcmWorker;HcmEmployment hcmEmployment,hcmEmploymentup;DimensionAttributeValueSetStorage dimStorage = new DimensionAttributeValueSetStorage();DimensionAttribute dimAttrC,dimAtrrCC;DimensionAttributeValue dimAttrCValue,dimAtrrCCValue;DimensionDefault defaultDimension; int i;str costcenter1,costcenter2, name1,name2; dimStorage = DimensionAttributeValueSetStorage::find(this.NewDefaultDimension); for (i=1 ; i<= dimStorage.elements() ; i++){if(i==1){name1 = DimensionAttribute::find(dimStorage.getAttributeByIndex(i)).Name; // cost centercostcenter1 = dimStorage.getDisplayValueByIndex(i);}else{name2 = DimensionAttribute::find(dimStorage.getAttributeByIndex(i)).Name; // classcostcenter2 = dimStorage.getDisplayValueByIndex(i);}} select firstonly hcmWorker where hcmWorker.PersonnelNumber == this.PersonnelNumber;select firstonly hcmEmployment where hcmEmployment.Worker == hcmWorker.RecId; defaultDimension = hcmEmployment.DefaultDimension;dimStorage = DimensionAttributeValueSetStorage::find(defaultDimension);…
In my earlier post, I had explained how we can set financial dimensions. In this post, I will provide a job by which we can replace one attribute value in a combination of financial dimensions. The class that we can use is the DimensionDefaultingService and method to use is “serviceReplaceAttributeValue”. For this purpose, we will use…
Default dimensions are used very commonly in D365FO and DAX 2012. During development or customization of the system, it is very common that we often stuck at the time when we have to create default dimension using our own dimension values. To solve this problem, I am sharing this code. You just have to alter…
Modify/ Update the Default Dimension in AX 2012 R3 Using X++ Code. static void RB_ModifyDimension(Args _args){ ItemId itemId; str costCentre; DimensionAttributeValueSetStorage dimStorage = new DimensionAttributeValueSetStorage(); DimensionAttribute dimAttribute; DimensionAttributeValue dimAttributeValue; …
Requirement is to display a column from InventTable on Movement Journal lines form based on the selected item. 1. Create a new class and give a name, best practice is to give a name of the object with extension keyword 2. Once class is created, make sure you are using proper syntax and namespaces as…
In this post we’ll learn how to add report parameter and show it in the report dialog for a Query based SSRS report. Please follow the development steps below to achieve it: 1. Create an AOT Query MAKCustTable.2. Drag CustTable table to the Data Sources node of the query.3. Set Dynamic property to Yes on the Fields node to add all the fields available in the table…