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Dynamics 365 for operations – Table extensions

Background Extensions are a new way to add functionality and custom code to the D365 system without changing the standard code. In fact, Microsoft has announced that edit standard elements like those that we have done in the past will not be possible after 2017. By using extensions, we can achieve the same result by simply extending the standard system => EXTENSIONS. To read more about the difference between overlaying and extensions follow this link https://ax.help.dynamics.com/en/wiki/customization-overlayering-and-extensions/#extensions Extending tables By using table extensions, we can create a new table that adds new fields, field groups, indexes, mappings, relations, methods, subscribe to event handlers and more. When extending tables we need to follow the naming rule as such: <TABLENAME><_Extension> the compiler understands the _Extensions suffix and knows that the table in question is extending a table from the standard system. This gives us access ...
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New Dynamics 365 for operations learning material

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Image resources and icons

Just wanted to point out this form here that can be used to view all the image resources that we can use as icons for example on list pages. The form can be found in the AOT under Forms\SysImageResources And here is how you can add custom icons/images as resources to Ax 2012, http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc621437.aspx

Using the Dynamics Ax Office Add-in

Hi everyone, I have been playing around with some Ax 2012 stuff and I was testing the Office Add-in and I think it is preatty cool. In order to use the Office Add-in it has to be installed with the Ax client and some settings needs to be made in the system as well. Lets dive into how it can be done, this is how I tested this function and it can most certainly be done in different ways. First I created a small query called MyCustTableQuery Next step is to provide information about the query and expose it so we can use the query in our office application, my application of choice was Excel. In Dynamics Ax 2012 go to Organization Administration> Setup> Document Management > Document datasources Here it is possible to select a query or service, in my example I used the query. So here i added a new record of data source type Query and then I selected my newly created MyCustTableQuery . Now the query is ready to use in what ever office application we ha...

Upgrading to Dynamics Ax 2012

I have been laying low the past weeks due to some healt problems that have hindered me from working and writing some blogs. Now I am slowly getting back after an operation on the 31st of August. Before I went on a sick leave in mid July I was working on an upgrade project from Dynamics Ax 4.0 to Dynamics Ax 2012. In this first post after the operation I just wanted to point out the importance of the data upgrade process and how important it is for all parties to work to gather to get it done. To success in the process the developer, consultant and the end customer must work as one. As a single unit the developer for example only has few pieces of the puzzle. He or she knows or at least should know how to write data upgrade scripts. But in order to succeed with that the developer needs to know how to transform the data and it is there where the consultant with the end customer come in to the picture. So togather the consultant and end customer decide how and what data needs to b...

2012 Enterprise Portal Development Cookbook

Yes it is here, the most interesting book of the year " Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Enterprise Portal Development Cookbook " Check it out my friends http://blogs.msdn.com/b/solutions/archive/2012/07/12/microsoft-dynamics-ax-2012-enterprise-portal-development-cookbook.aspx

Plug-able Authentication in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012

I have worked in many projects involving the Enterprise Portal for Ax ranging from version 2.5. One of the biggest issue for the end customer/user has been the ability to have a plug-able authentication for EP. This has been an issue for example for customers that have other portals based on Share Point as well as custom build ASP.NET web sites. All these portals are able to share the authentication with Single Sign On, SSO. But until now with version 2012 of Ax this has not been possible since earlier versions of Ax have only supported Windows Authentication. So in scenarios where you implement an EP site for a customer that has other portals and uses for example forms authentication, if you are not running Ax 2012 you have to have a special/dedicated log-on to EP. One of the biggest advantages is the fact that now external users do not have to be in Active Directory mixed up with all the internal users or located in an extra AD repository with all the administrative IT work l...