tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29744821479055847462024-03-12T10:21:08.388+05:30Microsoft Dynamics AXThis site contains some Microsoft Dynamics AX X++ Codes for use in your day to day use. However please use them with caution in production environment. I will not be responsible for any Goof ups. These Codes were created during my free time and may have bugs. Use them at your own discretion.
Arijit Basu | IndiaArijit Basuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01185979527817805880noreply@blogger.comBlogger23710125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2974482147905584746.post-2823553016116767702007-06-02T15:11:00.000+05:302008-12-09T11:56:32.471+05:30Search Windows Live from AX<span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I finally got some free time and was doing some R & D on Windows Live Services, trying to explore some ways of using these services within AX. I found the Live Search Box resources and wrote some code within AX so that any user can search Windows Live [ and my BLOG :) ] within AX. Its really very simple . Before trying it yourself, go through these links below:</span> </span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(0,0,153); FONT-FAMILY: verdana" href="http://dev.live.com/">Windows Live Services </a></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(0,102,0); FONT-FAMILY: verdana" href="http://search.live.com/siteowner">Live Search Box</a> </span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">This small utility will allow users to search Live.Com within AX (Provided he has Internet Access). </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">It looks like this :)<br />You can search any specific page and also <a style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,255)" href="http://www.live.com/"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Live Search</span></a>.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ITZBX8tC1Jskpiun24vBZgPv9Ax_8ddFwwyBv98wRpHw0yzeSz9VAhVNwyTT2KJcnqNFbqTwk_OLFwAHFWVpcknxpd8GpxbuujN4P6VWrALChwYipnA6L5B2Hust5cF_-gjUI1_W5Fs/s1600-h/Live+Search.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5071404556146731058" style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ITZBX8tC1Jskpiun24vBZgPv9Ax_8ddFwwyBv98wRpHw0yzeSz9VAhVNwyTT2KJcnqNFbqTwk_OLFwAHFWVpcknxpd8GpxbuujN4P6VWrALChwYipnA6L5B2Hust5cF_-gjUI1_W5Fs/s400/Live+Search.JPG" border="0" /></a> </span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Happy Searching :)</span> </span>Arijit Basuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01185979527817805880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2974482147905584746.post-27279326554699802602007-06-07T17:50:00.000+05:302008-12-09T11:56:32.373+05:30Microsoft Dynamics Developer Center on MSDN<span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:78%;" >Check out the MSDN – Microsoft Dynamics Developer Center. Landing page for developer content across all Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Dynamics AX and NAV..<br />Great Resource :) Click on the MSDN logo<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics/default.aspx"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGcnrhOdQ_Y8Oo9NFQi3c8iOTASaC5-EAYHZotkhE7DndxjsW1gGXiwRpQnVa12yyoGLz9RpHtySBNM2h-pYzueUITVsEVY9tLI9bNzv6seFGbNSfmBjhiZWOHYCeFUPV-HIK557HP_Lo/s400/msdn.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5073296791180473874" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-weight: bold;">Happy DAX-ing :)</span><br /></span>Arijit Basuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01185979527817805880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2974482147905584746.post-10871357896644779882007-06-12T14:01:00.000+05:302008-12-09T11:56:32.192+05:30Dynamics AX EnterprisePortal Dashboard<span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:78%;" >I was researching about how to create dashboards for the EP and I came across a wonderful Tool called <a href="http://www.dundas.com/Products/Chart/SharePoint/index.aspx"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dundas Chart for SharePoint</span></a>. You can get more detailed information by visiting their <a style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.dundas.com/">website</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">.</span><br /><br />Dundas Chart for SharePoint is a must-have for those looking to add advanced charting functionality to SharePoint 2007 projects which can easily be extended to AX EP ( WSS 2.0 & WSS 3.0). Its really very simple and you do not have to write any .NET codes. The output is stunning, eye popping. Its a great feature which can be deployed on AX EP. For this you must get the required DUNDAS Components (<span style="font-style: italic;">I've used a Trial Copy</span> so <span style="font-style: italic;">there is a watermark</span>).<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Its a MUST lookout for the DAX EP and the results are awesome. It can easily be configured and the best part is that its all within the AX portal. I have configured this chart with Dynamics AX Demo data (The Global Trade & Manufacturing Company data for 4.01). My EP is on WSS 3.0 & .NET 3.0. Ive created a new EP Header by customizing the Web Menu <span style="font-weight: bold;">\Web\Web Menus\EPGlobalMenuV3 </span>to incorporate the new page named " Dashboard". </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">EP Developers, Sales teams must have a look.</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:78%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYIzLZaziKeXU_25uMr9Ignh9pK3oCMHS4Ha61WZkAY6_LR5-ZVKSIX3HHxwM2PcwGKF5h8cnS2WxhX4cubrDf5oImxMg457efklvRYoZl6P1zTPvPqVAuGszGOMyHbpN18LaerTipyo8/s1600-h/DUNDAS.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYIzLZaziKeXU_25uMr9Ignh9pK3oCMHS4Ha61WZkAY6_LR5-ZVKSIX3HHxwM2PcwGKF5h8cnS2WxhX4cubrDf5oImxMg457efklvRYoZl6P1zTPvPqVAuGszGOMyHbpN18LaerTipyo8/s400/DUNDAS.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075093646583330338" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:78%;" >Configuration is simple , theres a nice wizard :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8MbKU6qsbzsZR3iEGydISIUGq00hOH0UyKd7Co0gWtW0E4F648CxRCGrxXi5NhGd6QkOV0jDltX__ewX7XXnpgGWcUwUWg_b5T35qE6MhFQFsqeGHUTSXOpq1hbxCntvqCos3D9ac1-o/s1600-h/DUNDAS+Config.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8MbKU6qsbzsZR3iEGydISIUGq00hOH0UyKd7Co0gWtW0E4F648CxRCGrxXi5NhGd6QkOV0jDltX__ewX7XXnpgGWcUwUWg_b5T35qE6MhFQFsqeGHUTSXOpq1hbxCntvqCos3D9ac1-o/s400/DUNDAS+Config.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075094067490125362" border="0" /></a><br /><br />There are lots of stunning graphs to choose from and all this can easily be done by an end user with little training.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirE3CNn4d29ez9jNmJ0fqfq5q3eXrBojrWV5AgY81iY3tG9wox5jcWBWcRfF0Dbg9QxXT0qjMl0vSdEhx4uX8ATFPgnSBlYyNMJICaYgcwtJVH0nvFE-DVlhSP6DEp7PIha6GM3XavPsM/s1600-h/DUNDAS+Config+Graph.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirE3CNn4d29ez9jNmJ0fqfq5q3eXrBojrWV5AgY81iY3tG9wox5jcWBWcRfF0Dbg9QxXT0qjMl0vSdEhx4uX8ATFPgnSBlYyNMJICaYgcwtJVH0nvFE-DVlhSP6DEp7PIha6GM3XavPsM/s400/DUNDAS+Config+Graph.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075094393907639874" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" >A MUST try out :)<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">For Licensing & Costs you need to contact DUNDAS.</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:78%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:78%;" ><br /></span>Arijit Basuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01185979527817805880noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2974482147905584746.post-3164722028569597022007-07-02T17:21:00.000+05:302008-12-09T11:56:31.784+05:30Convergence 2007 Copenhagen<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/convergence/default.aspx/"><span style="font-size:78%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082566668455636434" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfujnN_xtU-W9KfbUNVPll2yWnX6X8VkkR-UrlvGtC7-FaDlabkylIsXc89J_wnxyU50adq1PQrG_8vGPYA9ejdDRd4mVz1Ou_I67D6OqDylKsB4li5LiiYgBqssv8y1RyVbTqebosQug/s400/AXConvergence.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-size:78%;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">Convergence is the premier Microsoft Dynamics event, bringing customers, partners, team members and industry experts together in an environment created for you to discuss solutions, address business needs and establish a true community that can be leveraged throughout the year. Its a must attend for all Dynamics folks. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#660000;"><strong>Lots n Lots n Lots of Dynamics........ Lots of Action :)</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">Microsoft is excited to offer over 115 breakout sessions at Convergence 2007 Copenhagen built around the 10 core tracks. All sessions will be posted within the Communications Network in mid June. The Communications Network is the repository for all information to build your personal schedule while attending Convergence, including Keynote Schedules, Breakout Sessions, Chalk & Talks and much more.</span><br /><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/convergence/copenhagen/track_overview.aspx#GP"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#000099;">Microsoft Dynamics GP</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#000099;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/convergence/copenhagen/track_overview.aspx#AX"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#000099;">Microsoft Dynamics AX</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#000099;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/convergence/copenhagen/track_overview.aspx#NAV"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#000099;">Microsoft Dynamics NAV</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#000099;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/convergence/copenhagen/track_overview.aspx#CRM"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#000099;">Microsoft Dynamics CRM</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#000099;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/convergence/copenhagen/track_overview.aspx#C5"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#000099;">Microsoft Dynamics C5</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#000099;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/convergence/copenhagen/track_overview.aspx#Mobile"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#000099;">Microsoft Dynamics Mobile</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#000099;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/convergence/copenhagen/track_overview.aspx#Innovation"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#000099;">Integrated Innovation with Microsoft Platform</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#000099;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/convergence/copenhagen/track_overview.aspx#BI"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#000099;">Business Intelligence</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#000099;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/convergence/copenhagen/track_overview.aspx#Industry"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#000099;">Industry</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#000099;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/convergence/copenhagen/track_overview.aspx#Services"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#000099;">Services</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"></span><br /><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/convergence/default.aspx/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#006600;">Click to go to the landing page.</span></a>Arijit Basuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01185979527817805880noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2974482147905584746.post-82260572351112256822007-07-15T20:19:00.000+05:302008-12-09T11:56:31.680+05:30Mobile solutions for Microsoft Dynamics AX<span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Microsoft Dynamics AX Mobile Sales</span> is the first mobile application for Microsoft Dynamics AX. Mobile Sales is RoleTailored and task-oriented and an ideal solution for field sales representatives and other mobile employees who need to work in remote locations. Using Mobile Sales, field sales representatives can plan visits, review relevant sales information, and create orders. Mobile employees can use the calendar and task functionality of Microsoft Pocket Outlook® directly from the application to get a full view of their daily activities.</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/ax/product/mobilesolutions.mspx"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7rqGKyR3Vf3dF9ET4HAvQgm4wITKS7J9RCVtVP1omJjAZNo7H40lsUkychfV0SGBNFSVv5McG4nhGezvr6CO7GWFKqtetTPQWF9lM8D9m6zGiNnPN0CqbSn3ex5haTG2mpMlixgScgNU/s320/AXMobile+Sales.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087436511217007922" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /> </span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Click on the image to learn more</span></span>Arijit Basuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01185979527817805880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2974482147905584746.post-44407270215822508462007-09-12T09:47:00.000+05:302008-12-09T11:56:31.451+05:30Dynamics Partner Information Blog (India)<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><strong>Dynamics Partner Information Blog (India)</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">There's a new BLOG in town on Dynamics Partners (India). Its a nice initiative from Microsoft Dynamics India team. Contains Partner information resources, training calendars and other useful utilities. Have a look at it and pass on your feedback. </span></div><div> </div><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8734dAv_u4FQOQDlXziJnl9Azn7_zGpl-XEcrDiCuDRTXpqqjC_SpKx2Qy1OR8U2WtotwSWf-fP0k2dJlLENf-Hv8VsMxW5Pk7C3pk-0Jl_zbxW246OxKr1CzD3_0C9YM6TkoRsZ8r54/s1600-h/India+BLOG.JPG"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5109168494813046434" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8734dAv_u4FQOQDlXziJnl9Azn7_zGpl-XEcrDiCuDRTXpqqjC_SpKx2Qy1OR8U2WtotwSWf-fP0k2dJlLENf-Hv8VsMxW5Pk7C3pk-0Jl_zbxW246OxKr1CzD3_0C9YM6TkoRsZ8r54/s200/India+BLOG.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"></span></div><br /><div><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoftdynamicsindia/"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#009900;">Link to BLOG</span></strong></a></div>Arijit Basuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01185979527817805880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2974482147905584746.post-1043556342004184192007-10-07T01:21:00.000+05:302008-12-09T11:56:31.385+05:30Microsoft Dynamics AX CLR Interop<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">The .NET BC allows managed code to interact with Dynamics AX. However the CLR Interop enables external managed components to be instantiated & executed from Dynamics AX. CLR Interop basically compliments .NET BC. The way in which CLR Interop and .NET BC works is shown below in a simple diagram (Fig 1). </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN30IqumBLBAO3wsCRps6H4sU6_5CyEgOaPc5o-6aLIc8Z11CfeRmRvzrc_6FS_24J0hd8rPi8TvLYVrP3Vo5ayoQXjHk_zVegq7WML2FR7ZhtZWu5Q12B1QfR9x5-dcNXPoLc71h2rZQ/s1600-h/Fig1.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZ2p8jL-dZuZL9QrHAWt731X0dzH3zi_AuX-0EmCyzU4VpVsxmfFAp3rdzRJor_xJI1Jej4hEIiDVtDhZz99evuvvUV7VGudsyC9QsUjhV3bgrnEGFqBdEWz5byB9uODak-iM2cW_vL8/s1600-h/Fig1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118316235593760066" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZ2p8jL-dZuZL9QrHAWt731X0dzH3zi_AuX-0EmCyzU4VpVsxmfFAp3rdzRJor_xJI1Jej4hEIiDVtDhZz99evuvvUV7VGudsyC9QsUjhV3bgrnEGFqBdEWz5byB9uODak-iM2cW_vL8/s200/Fig1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN30IqumBLBAO3wsCRps6H4sU6_5CyEgOaPc5o-6aLIc8Z11CfeRmRvzrc_6FS_24J0hd8rPi8TvLYVrP3Vo5ayoQXjHk_zVegq7WML2FR7ZhtZWu5Q12B1QfR9x5-dcNXPoLc71h2rZQ/s1600-h/Fig1.JPG"></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">CLR Interop is built into Dynamics AX Kernel. CLR Interop provides developers with the opportunity to develop / write managed components (Visual Studio 2005) to run on the .NET Framework and interoperate with Microsoft Dynamics AX.<br />In Dynamics AX 4.01, there is a node in the AOT called “References” (Fig 2). </span><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhErxjXR_PHc8ZTs0Ui5pTm2Xybp-xOYBWZa1uPa_NcTy-vAnKgmtMzSUlvmUErVscG7_aBDZ_S51GEGeEe_wkbLpGfhgtZLvDhBJwqtGJCHYnooVpRNDs8TKd-Y8dkHCiW-OaOS-G23sw/s1600-h/Fig2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118316364442778962" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhErxjXR_PHc8ZTs0Ui5pTm2Xybp-xOYBWZa1uPa_NcTy-vAnKgmtMzSUlvmUErVscG7_aBDZ_S51GEGeEe_wkbLpGfhgtZLvDhBJwqtGJCHYnooVpRNDs8TKd-Y8dkHCiW-OaOS-G23sw/s200/Fig2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">You Drag n Drop your assemblies there and reference it using X++ code. I have attached a very simple video which demonstrates this. It is a powerful feature which has been incorporated in Dynamics AX 4.0.<br />The demo is very simple and is meant to demonstrate how easy it is to reference managed assemblies from AX (X++). Recently I was doing some R & D and thought I would share this simple example. [Its a home video - and definitely not the naughty kind ;-)]</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"></span><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwgu2BcfpswoB4YUMciXKy4s18rDDM9de2NQ3rUuCNN8iF_3ShTBz7e7Tx2XG2cfjdW2ui1RPQsmp0on4WIbQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;">The video (Full screen & moderate quality) can also be downloaded from the following link</span> <span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"><br /><br /><iframe style="BORDER-RIGHT: #dde5e9 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #dde5e9 1px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 3px; BORDER-LEFT: #dde5e9 1px solid; WIDTH: 240px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #dde5e9 1px solid; HEIGHT: 66px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" src="http://cid-0594e6dbf6c3ce94.skydrive.live.com/embedrowdetail.aspx/Dynamics%20AX%20Sandbox/CLR%20Interop.wmv" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"><strong>Happy Daxing:)</strong></span> <strong></strong></div>Arijit Basuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01185979527817805880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2974482147905584746.post-44761905713194446842007-11-11T23:40:00.000+05:302008-12-09T11:56:31.131+05:30Copenhagen Convergence Review | Episode II<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">Well Copenhagen Convergence was a nice event for me as I came across the AX Product team, saw AX 5.0 in action and learnt about the related technologies and ISV solutions for Dynamics AX. If you have been following the AX Technology wave, most probably you must have realized that X++ knowledge alone will not guarantee <em>'bread n butter' </em>:) in the future. Some of the related technologies for AX Developers which must also be looked at ( at least some basic conceptual<br />knowledge according to me) are: </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><br /><strong><span style="color:#006600;">.NET [Preferably C# / ASP.NET / VB.NET and the Visual Studio IDE :)],</span></strong> </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">{<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/beginner/learningpath/default.aspx">http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/beginner/learningpath/default.aspx</a>} </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">{<a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa663328.aspx">http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa663328.aspx</a>} </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">{<a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/bb188238.aspx">http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/bb188238.aspx</a>} </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">{<a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/hi-in/office/aa905533.aspx">http://msdn2.microsoft.com/hi-in/office/aa905533.aspx</a>}</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><strong><span style="color:#006600;">Some conceptual / basic knowledge of XML & BTS for the AIF,</span></strong> </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">{<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/01/07/xml/">http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/01/07/xml/</a>} </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">{<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/default.mspx">http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/default.mspx</a>}</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><strong><span style="color:#006600;">Some basic knowledge about Web Services,</span></strong> </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">{<a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/webservices/Aa740691.aspx">http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/webservices/Aa740691.aspx</a>}</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><strong><span style="color:#006600;">Understanding WSS/MOSS basics would be definitely helpful for the EP,</span></strong> </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">{<a href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointtechnology/FX100503841033.aspx">http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointtechnology/FX100503841033.aspx</a>}</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">{<a href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/FX100492001033.aspx?ofcresset=1">http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/FX100492001033.aspx?ofcresset=1</a>}</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><strong><span style="color:#006600;">MSSQL 2005 [SSRS, SSAS , BI],</span></strong> </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">{<a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms159106.aspx">http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms159106.aspx</a>} </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">{<a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175609.aspx">http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175609.aspx</a>}</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><span style="color:#006600;"><strong>Some knowledge about Business Intellegence -</strong> <strong>PerformancePoint Server</strong> </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">{<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/bi/products/performancepoint-overview.aspx">http://www.microsoft.com/bi/products/performancepoint-overview.aspx</a>}</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><strong><span style="color:#006600;">Some knowledge about MS office 2007 [ Word, Excel, Infopath ]</span></strong> </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">{<a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/office/aa905434.aspx">http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/office/aa905434.aspx</a>} </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">{<a href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/performancepoint/FX101680481033.aspx">http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/performancepoint/FX101680481033.aspx</a>}<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">The Above list is NOT meant to scare anyone. </span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_REfRW25w_C9hwSvY2-050_rFALF78nJBoRx9PepeVOHonSn1vkFrk7jWhYax0bcO1cItgiZRtZCt2koJwNeCgPmmrVPzuWve1bJYoOWR1LROzu1-qdxKKIEeFwx5Y_mETXaOiERsdO4/s1600-h/Pumpkin.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131650686070962802" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_REfRW25w_C9hwSvY2-050_rFALF78nJBoRx9PepeVOHonSn1vkFrk7jWhYax0bcO1cItgiZRtZCt2koJwNeCgPmmrVPzuWve1bJYoOWR1LROzu1-qdxKKIEeFwx5Y_mETXaOiERsdO4/s200/Pumpkin.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">Its just a roadmap for the future. Its better to be prepared. Knowledge can never be thrown away and we will<br />definitely find use for it, someday, somewhere. Considering the way technology is progressing, keeping pace with it has become a challenge. However a clear roadmap, plan and preparation will definitely help.In case you have not visited, microsoftelearning, see the link below. </span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">There are great e learning tutorials.</span><br /><a href="https://www.microsoftelearning.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">https://www.microsoftelearning.com/</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">Apart from related technologies, there were some nice ISV solutions for Dynamics AX:</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>ISV Solutions - AX Vertical solutions </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">{<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/ax/product/industrysolutions.mspx">http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/ax/product/industrysolutions.mspx</a>}</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">thy:data and TARGIT has a nice solution on BI for Dynamics AX.</span></strong> </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">{<a href="http://www.thydata.dk/?lang=en">http://www.thydata.dk/?lang=en</a>} </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">{<a href="http://www.targit.com/">http://www.targit.com/</a>}</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">bi4Dynamics also has a nice solution on BI with Dynamics AX</span></strong> </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">{<a href="http://www.bi4dynamics.com/ax.asp">http://www.bi4dynamics.com/ax.asp</a>}</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">FSB Development has a great feature in AX called Inventory II. Its really interesting.</span></strong> </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">{<a href="http://www.inventoryii.com/">http://www.inventoryii.com/</a>}</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">LS Retail with .NET POS for Dynamics AX</span></strong> </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">{<a href="http://www.lsretail.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=215">http://www.lsretail.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=215</a>} </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><strong>Hapy DAXING :)</strong></span>Arijit Basuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01185979527817805880noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2974482147905584746.post-49912268662459326812007-11-18T14:59:00.000+05:302008-12-09T11:56:31.010+05:30AX 4 AOS Basics: [Level 100]<span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#000066;">You are well aware that AX 4.0 has gone some serious Architectural change . If we consider the "Chart Of Accounts" as the functional heart of an ERP system, then the AOS is the technical heart of AX :). Its a very important pece in AX and it has undergone significant changes in 4.0. I'll point some major ones for techie folks who are new to AX.</span> </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong><u><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span></u></strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><strong><u><span style="color:#cc0000;">AOS changed to Windows service</span></u></strong> </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">The Dynamics AOS is now a True windows service and can be viewed in Services.msc window. It also means that AOS Exceptions is available in the Windows event viewer. In case of any issues regarding AOS errors, the same can be viewed in the Windows Event Viewer.Also the 2-Tier configuration has been removed. All connections via 3 Tier AOS Authorized only :)</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><br /><em><strong><span style="color:#006600;">Dynamics Server$instance-numberAOS-instance-name.<br /></span>AOS Service:</strong></em></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuyC3J9IYm4cc-XoGVmQgrC66KZm8vz3Yht7TRNH8Vkxc6RON0oL7sy0nmnitdu7xLXxdlPv4GMtxUlfIbYqmyPE_AsgyEHj_4QnvADR0_PUnth4wF9d9QGKxCkT7z_xoXbhyphenhyphenvdLtQ614/s1600-h/1A.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134116540333000866" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuyC3J9IYm4cc-XoGVmQgrC66KZm8vz3Yht7TRNH8Vkxc6RON0oL7sy0nmnitdu7xLXxdlPv4GMtxUlfIbYqmyPE_AsgyEHj_4QnvADR0_PUnth4wF9d9QGKxCkT7z_xoXbhyphenhyphenvdLtQ614/s400/1A.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><strong><em>AOS Logs in the Windows Event viewer:</em></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><strong><em></em></strong><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwuquBIe1MMfDmmLe-4xpvnGBSOE9GQlGnSpGvQeLFo9H0KxmHC44_KXc6KJ8-ymHXZ5T2DfuFlz_dExU-ZTvwVEA24TZu6EiDqZTzyHX0ck4qNcQ4CxrQk9jbNh9lvJOkZ_M1RLFYJ70/s1600-h/1B.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134116815210907826" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwuquBIe1MMfDmmLe-4xpvnGBSOE9GQlGnSpGvQeLFo9H0KxmHC44_KXc6KJ8-ymHXZ5T2DfuFlz_dExU-ZTvwVEA24TZu6EiDqZTzyHX0ck4qNcQ4CxrQk9jbNh9lvJOkZ_M1RLFYJ70/s400/1B.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><strong><u><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span></u></strong><br /><strong><u><span style="color:#cc0000;">Session management</span></u></strong><br />Session info moved to database - No more .udb file in the application file folder which means no more writing the user sessions in the .udb file. The user session management has been migrated to the database making it possible to manage all user and business connector sessions from one console. It also makes it possible to view all AOS sessions from 1 console which was not available in AX v 3.x.User specific information is now stored in the database.<br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;"><u></u></span></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;"><u>Active directory integration</u></span></strong><br />All users must use AD Authentication to access the AOS. Also no more ‘sa’ / ‘bmssa’ authentication. Normally when we install the AOS, the default User is NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICEThis is not recommended in a production environment and the AOS must have separate Domain accounts with adequate rights and privileges.<br />The AOS account must be a user in the database and be assigned to the following database roles<br /><span style="color:#000099;">• db_ddladmin,</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">• db_datareader, and </span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">• db_datawriter</span><br />Also the AOS user must have execute rights to the following stored procedures in the AX Database<br /><span style="color:#000099;">• createserversessions</span><br /><span style="color:#000099;">• createusersessions</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKV_GF5I5Wq9ig5pJQcsthzXWVBfC9P6MWlyHHfv6tz9RLRZqL7pJP0uugMwoS0fwpyPiE2U5bDihJOkJZafC_VZ2G3WqXbC9giKyZig2NNyiQ4JEDgyoRFiVDGW3X6xBOV_4frfZInmU/s1600-h/AOS3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134113645525043282" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKV_GF5I5Wq9ig5pJQcsthzXWVBfC9P6MWlyHHfv6tz9RLRZqL7pJP0uugMwoS0fwpyPiE2U5bDihJOkJZafC_VZ2G3WqXbC9giKyZig2NNyiQ4JEDgyoRFiVDGW3X6xBOV_4frfZInmU/s400/AOS3.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><strong>Normally when we install AOS, we select <span style="color:#660000;">NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE</span> as the AOS Startup account. Later when we go to services and want to change the startup Account, the changes must also be made in the database for the new AOS User account.</strong><br /><br /><strong><u><span style="color:#cc0000;">Other Improvements</span></u></strong> </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><br />• <strong>You can easily restrict number of sessions for an AOS.</strong> You can now restrict the nos. of connections an AOS can accept from the AOS Server Manager utility in the main page.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2hZdLkuCiClGeTi59faVJ1bR67gKrG6bSUz4mp9US6ncW_pwa-DtbvkGTJ_1leit4B-AYGbyu-59xKqlWBB7QkS9qUF1tTBqnwRKO1B3je4W-a18DXnSayEGUDCMvBCEFK20ubuH1Ck/s1600-h/AOS4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134114440093993058" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2hZdLkuCiClGeTi59faVJ1bR67gKrG6bSUz4mp9US6ncW_pwa-DtbvkGTJ_1leit4B-AYGbyu-59xKqlWBB7QkS9qUF1tTBqnwRKO1B3je4W-a18DXnSayEGUDCMvBCEFK20ubuH1Ck/s400/AOS4.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />• <strong>Load Balancing</strong> - You can now dedicate an AOS instance as a “load balancer”. For this you do not need a high end server. This piece will access all incoming requests and distribute to the available AOS Servers. Kind of useful in TS scenario. Also now we have NLB clustering features available.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXuS3o_HyowK-CJ7paXIBw-cfHRfewspDJuY0vZcBT53TPEcIQEYi-i2UVATJc_Zifton6f8BH29U1tshVt-NEx4Y2Ac_dT5YxRqu4WsSiseAL1VrJKTvpGkmxdNafWXCchpiWO8J8sOg/s1600-h/AOS4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134115097223989362" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXuS3o_HyowK-CJ7paXIBw-cfHRfewspDJuY0vZcBT53TPEcIQEYi-i2UVATJc_Zifton6f8BH29U1tshVt-NEx4Y2Ac_dT5YxRqu4WsSiseAL1VrJKTvpGkmxdNafWXCchpiWO8J8sOg/s400/AOS4.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><strong>• You can easily drain stop an AOS before removing from a cluster</strong>. It is useful for maintenance mode and during upgrades. This reduces downtime of the application.<br /><br /><br />• <strong>The proprietary AOCP (AX v 3.x) has been replaced by RPC</strong>. Improved Client Server calls.<br /><br /><br />• <strong>Enhanced server API</strong> securityLot of work has been done regarding security API & CAS.<br />Lot of new security API’s are available. (For reference see the whitepaper by MFP – “Writing secure code in Microsoft Dynamics AX<br /><br />• <strong>Secured write access to the AOT & table permissions framework AOS</strong><br />Table permissions framework helps avoid unauthorized access to AX system tables. Normally when we use the .NET BC / COM connector by validating against a AD User, the AD user Security (Set in AX) is bypassed :(.<br />This is security vulnerability. In AX 4.x, the table permission framework has been introduced to counteract this issue. It also means that now we can secure access to the AOT Tables. In the Table property sheet, we have a new property called AOS Authorization with the following values as shown. By default its set to ‘None’ for all tables except the System Tables (See table SysUserInfo where this property has been set to “CreateDelete”).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqoIoQ8fvR98pn9HWGkP1Ux18vLa3SrEW4i5HtTslexnMUj23A4VGRLE7NCbTsYmCITW6DWSxDmq22IulKL4cVfhpBcG3zm_BBDXJSKZlRbaChuZV9sUZsVFbpiqanjCjiyW7rzNwVuvc/s1600-h/AOS5.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134115518130784386" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqoIoQ8fvR98pn9HWGkP1Ux18vLa3SrEW4i5HtTslexnMUj23A4VGRLE7NCbTsYmCITW6DWSxDmq22IulKL4cVfhpBcG3zm_BBDXJSKZlRbaChuZV9sUZsVFbpiqanjCjiyW7rzNwVuvc/s400/AOS5.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><strong>The AOS Authorization property helps us to enable security @ the server tier. In simple words, it tells to validate User Permissions for any CRUD operations on that table. The options for this property are shown above. If we select “Create Delete” then it will enforce User Permissions for Create & Delete operations on that table. If we select “CreateReadUpdateDelete” then it will enforce User Permissions for all operations on that table. That’s smart :).You also have this at the table level for specific user levels. There are 4 new methods in a Table.<br /></strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh721AP_b4rsGLgrz8I-rqbHT6YEe0Nncf7imXCNs_o9cd2eJ_fDWh2jGUBymlCReUIOIYBJNeirG6EbyCwAOLb_tLAVcG2JqjAgIvbkExGB0w6eU4vntHiX1xdRyBKNVeHDywfX1G6UFU/s1600-h/AOS6.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134115981987252370" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh721AP_b4rsGLgrz8I-rqbHT6YEe0Nncf7imXCNs_o9cd2eJ_fDWh2jGUBymlCReUIOIYBJNeirG6EbyCwAOLb_tLAVcG2JqjAgIvbkExGB0w6eU4vntHiX1xdRyBKNVeHDywfX1G6UFU/s400/AOS6.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />• <strong>AOS authorization</strong> – All authentications via Active Directory.<br /><br /><strong>• 64 Bit Table Level RecId</strong> – Now no more worrying about running out of RecId’s :)<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#ff6600;"><strong>HAPPY DAX - ing :)</strong></span>Arijit Basuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01185979527817805880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2974482147905584746.post-4023335468676979042007-11-20T10:45:00.000+05:302008-12-09T11:56:30.253+05:30"Everyone Gets It" Campaign for Microsoft Dynamics<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">The “<strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Everyone Gets It</span></strong>” digital marketing campaign is the first campaign of its kind for the Microsoft Dynamics business, providing a unique, role based online experience for the five key business roles relevant to Microsoft Dynamics – Marketing, Sales, Finance, Operations and IT.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">Click the link/ Pix below:</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"></span><br /><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/everyonegetsit/default.mspx"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134787878081104066" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ2K1V6mZrlbLEb4d11ssyklnmx9zn5RFw7JKc3zhA8P2odWUcUR_8NYjr-aCaw_iFDCw_dR2ccMHIMd79wD3XBhSA2HjlxL9ZX5Jf-u6RCjy2W3krfxIg4yJ144HKp6Wa2xd8UQZxpAA/s400/Everyone.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"></span><br /><strong><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/everyonegetsit/default.mspx"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#006600;">Everyone Gets It</span></a></strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"> (Link)</span>Arijit Basuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01185979527817805880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2974482147905584746.post-15408894923187843992007-12-02T22:01:00.000+05:302008-12-09T11:56:30.106+05:30Successfully Implementing Microsoft Dynamics: By Using the Regatta® Approach for Microsoft Dynamics<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">Hii !!! I came across a book on <strong>Implementing Microsoft Dynamics using Regatta Approach</strong>. I am awaiting my copy :)and looking forward to read it. Since there is actually a shortage of Books on MS Dynamics, any book is a welcome. In case anyone is interested, click on the image below to order it from Amazon.</span><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">Happy reading :)</span></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/3540715924/ref=pe_606_7382320_pe_ar_d2"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139415254975555666" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdaU-oqNumk_yMRPiFJvVAqZ1BQD0x372qaYHePJQDr4vqL_h_3eh4FBYLAEx1l3t909PKDeUN4NOw7S6TBWd4lrcku3R7aVeYxWhZvGHXx6MkCjsA18WI66S8-3nTppSspyHFM8CUsA4/s400/book.bmp" border="0" /></span></a></div>Arijit Basuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01185979527817805880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2974482147905584746.post-83618019062736816172007-12-08T21:57:00.000+05:302008-12-09T11:56:29.950+05:30Nice Sharepoint 2007 Training for EP Developers<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">Hi.. I came across a nice free training / overview of MOSS / Sharepoint 2007 referred by a fellow MVP. Its a really nice training for EP developers who are new to MOSS and want to get a good overview of MOSS/ WSS before taking a deep dive into EP Deployment & Development.<br /></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">There are two training editions available. Click to download whatever is applicable:</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7BB3A2A3-6A9F-49F4-84E8-FF3FB71046DF&displaylang=en"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#006600;"><strong>Standalone Edition</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><strong> : If you do not want to install MOSS on your PC</strong></span></div><div><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=673DC932-626A-4E59-9DCA-16D685600A51&displaylang=en"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#990000;"><strong>Portal Edition</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><strong>: If you want to deploy on your MOSS Portal</strong></span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"></span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">The first time I tried to install EP on MOSS, I had a tough time installing MOSS in the first place. I came across a very nice resource on how to install MOSS.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><a href="http://mindsharpblogs.com/bill/archive/2006/06/27/1153.aspx"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#000099;"><strong>Click here for the link</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><strong>.</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"></span></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1TPWjXPlTnxOu_iitFBXZEV9sBGnLq09K8iYVFWeG5bywSa5wxh4sxkkKZjq6oVwl49eEZyLy4T9SD16LYvX8hYVTW0XpY1BAvyF9yVT9xpnFfzzWZddywLa7LaX78uOUskXZZvflRLc/s1600-h/moss.JPG"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5141642036604741778" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1TPWjXPlTnxOu_iitFBXZEV9sBGnLq09K8iYVFWeG5bywSa5wxh4sxkkKZjq6oVwl49eEZyLy4T9SD16LYvX8hYVTW0XpY1BAvyF9yVT9xpnFfzzWZddywLa7LaX78uOUskXZZvflRLc/s320/moss.JPG" border="0" /></span></a></div><div><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#3366ff;">Happy DAX-ing on the EP :)</span></strong></div>Arijit Basuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01185979527817805880noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2974482147905584746.post-53208277345482884572007-12-18T16:15:00.000+05:302008-12-09T11:56:29.808+05:30Multiple AOS in a Multi CPU Machine :)<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">You are all aware that presently AX AOS does not support more that 2 processors. Now say you have a multi processor Box where you want to install multiple AOS and make sure that each AOS Service points to a specific processor. Follow the steps:</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#000099;">1.Open Task Manager</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#000099;">2.Right Click on AX32Serv.exe</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#000099;">3.Click "Set Affinity"</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#000099;">4.A window opens up which shows all the CPU's your Box has</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#000099;">5.You can now , for each AOS Service point/ check the CPU's you want to run on :)</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;color:#000099;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivrPSuo1KZseMEQSSLX7xKTIbqIQNNJ4vzj7Qxh5UtmzXedU1LYV8FIdljUjtADwF032X2fYechTbumGHqTXMukt-pjscLfkNB6YNm9i7dSCKbtgBokfHi52rZWCnPUJoJLL8hZL7K1MI/s1600-h/AOSAffinity.JPG"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145264078974800962" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivrPSuo1KZseMEQSSLX7xKTIbqIQNNJ4vzj7Qxh5UtmzXedU1LYV8FIdljUjtADwF032X2fYechTbumGHqTXMukt-pjscLfkNB6YNm9i7dSCKbtgBokfHi52rZWCnPUJoJLL8hZL7K1MI/s400/AOSAffinity.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">But the limitation is that when you restart the service/ Box , you must do this again. Also if the AOS Service runs under local/system/network Account, you cannot do this. Only available for AD accounts.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#ff0000;"><strong>This is NOT recommended in a live environment.</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">Happy DAX-ing</span>Arijit Basuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01185979527817805880noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2974482147905584746.post-20355393996147905262007-12-24T10:06:00.000+05:302008-12-09T11:56:29.655+05:30Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year<strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;">Wishing you all a <span style="color:#006600;">Merry Christmas</span> & <span style="color:#3333ff;">Happy New Year</span> 2008.</span></strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIWXrFMumkRhGz5yZvJbnMD1YmDRT8Y8dpKKqqkLgAwKC4Y1nWQJZjweqNKmnPxdlxX74ebmEq6DfVokK-bC920tyZGzl5FiVc5yk677RkgCY13T_VQq9SFJjmIAj1jp7lfNzbXQsBrAA/s1600-h/XMas.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5147401512399328338" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIWXrFMumkRhGz5yZvJbnMD1YmDRT8Y8dpKKqqkLgAwKC4Y1nWQJZjweqNKmnPxdlxX74ebmEq6DfVokK-bC920tyZGzl5FiVc5yk677RkgCY13T_VQq9SFJjmIAj1jp7lfNzbXQsBrAA/s400/XMas.jpg" border="0" /></a>Arijit Basuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01185979527817805880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2974482147905584746.post-24329466724590894422008-01-07T12:10:00.000+05:302008-12-09T11:56:29.490+05:30Reporting & BI in AX: An Overview [Level 100]<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><strong>Reporting & BI in AX</strong><br />Business Performance Management features in a Business Application enable users across an organization to access and analyze data relevant to their functional roles in a timely and secure manner to enable improved business insight and better decision making. The term Business Intelligence or BI for short, is commonly used in the industry to label Products and Technologies that support implementing, integrating, and deploying Business Performance Management solutions to enable employees across an organization gain deeper business insight and make informed decisions.<br /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><strong>Microsoft BI Roadmap & Dynamics AX.</strong><br />Microsoft Business Intelligence offers a complete suite of products that supports all facets of decision making. Through tight integration with the powerful, proven, and scalable Microsoft SQL Server™ 2005 platform, Microsoft Office® SharePoint® Server 2007, Microsoft Office Business Scorecard Manager 2005, ProClarity Analytics 6, and Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007.<br />The Reporting & BI features of AX 4.x has been improved with addition of new features which helps it interoperate with other BI & Reporting tools. Before taking a look at the AX BI & Reporting features, it will help if you look at the Microsoft BI & Reporting strategy and where AX fits in.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2TTJeLBuUXs54Ega-4hn8comzp5Gvq8JSjK2lsPss3OiWrkYIdvOsbFRTAQSKkCa1WmDHLmpbJowvh049oEZW3pULff3uB88VpPDDCMQmjC0z7qXGaW2UVpc5YuRJ-k5eUUA37LVPm0/s1600-h/1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152621718730101874" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2TTJeLBuUXs54Ega-4hn8comzp5Gvq8JSjK2lsPss3OiWrkYIdvOsbFRTAQSKkCa1WmDHLmpbJowvh049oEZW3pULff3uB88VpPDDCMQmjC0z7qXGaW2UVpc5YuRJ-k5eUUA37LVPm0/s400/1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />The AX 4.x Reporting features gives users a wide variety of choice and features which are as:<br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">-Ad hoc Reporting<br />-Production Reporting<br />-Multidimensional Reporting and Analysis<br />-Business Scorecards<br />-Financial Reporting </span><br /><br /><div><strong>Ad hoc Reporting</strong><br />Ad Hoc Reporting capabilities enable application users to create, view, and save reports that satisfy their individual information analysis requirements. In AX 4.0, Ad Hoc reporting is enabled using Dynamics AX Reporting Server & SSRS.<br />The Architecture of AX & SSRS is as shown:<br /></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOmsYjuUOuiOkptMeP0NPjEUPvifX6segnnA9GBNLfXM-XA7PYBHH5LzF66GnTSznM-1Hh41oX5KvGBa0UjonzkFBvPVTkiy1y1i8NJcsD2zHn-mZJtBXNrYdGdOQQ4Gv6dMByvKqMO-w/s1600-h/2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152622083802322050" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOmsYjuUOuiOkptMeP0NPjEUPvifX6segnnA9GBNLfXM-XA7PYBHH5LzF66GnTSznM-1Hh41oX5KvGBa0UjonzkFBvPVTkiy1y1i8NJcsD2zHn-mZJtBXNrYdGdOQQ4Gv6dMByvKqMO-w/s400/2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Basically you need to do the following:<br />· Install the AX Reporting Server role<br />· Configure SSRS & IIS for SQL Reporting Services<br />· Generate Perspectives<br />· Configure Reporting Servers in AX<br />· Generate Models<br /><br />Once the Models have been generated, open us SSMS , expand the Dynamics Database, expand views and you will see that AX has creates views based on the perspectives which all end with <span style="color:#000099;">“*WITHUSERIDS”.</span> If you open this view, you can see the data along with the AX domain user id (This enables the AX security mechanism on SSRS).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN_mhAaESbSDP2Z-oaDMwMax2zQG3nMQi7Vp19nMpdWaWwOCSiD8Pvv-xYscVSXMVkHBsZBnzBUwwFeLw1oG_JYZ8sHyADX7ZsTrhhFVIQ529dKVYgxBGnzLCK8IW6uwPyANmj6ZcwehA/s1600-h/3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152622496119182482" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN_mhAaESbSDP2Z-oaDMwMax2zQG3nMQi7Vp19nMpdWaWwOCSiD8Pvv-xYscVSXMVkHBsZBnzBUwwFeLw1oG_JYZ8sHyADX7ZsTrhhFVIQ529dKVYgxBGnzLCK8IW6uwPyANmj6ZcwehA/s400/3.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Basically, model generation generates SDML. Expand reporting Server Database (ReportServer), navigate to tables and browse the catalog Table. You will see the AX Report Models.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWxwb9NO20IsqEbFcgv1KavxYFEW6Irzk9HZwwsT-Mh4jTd0gB6FoIcaYU80j3GP3vV_aITh92AbPejXHsNzqY_NNq0ZAGKY45zfRps9iNrWubq7YHNJeG_fPM11xGkJv_wREh1B6p0O4/s1600-h/4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152623080234734754" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWxwb9NO20IsqEbFcgv1KavxYFEW6Irzk9HZwwsT-Mh4jTd0gB6FoIcaYU80j3GP3vV_aITh92AbPejXHsNzqY_NNq0ZAGKY45zfRps9iNrWubq7YHNJeG_fPM11xGkJv_wREh1B6p0O4/s400/4.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Once done, you can view & create Ad hoc reports AX>Tools>Reporting Tools> Report Builder :)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeX9ypRfrDb0XNqKlKWQKhg9j6cc-nmWrtS5pOdeB0JGgoCd6MJqkcIpTmznq8hDQwI1XCy65RcHKv7sGjqR1ldcDu5s5K2n3_4bxwmAD33Cg4im_qv8teziQJdYD0vWBFBdYFTpPEDmQ/s1600-h/5.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152623415242183858" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeX9ypRfrDb0XNqKlKWQKhg9j6cc-nmWrtS5pOdeB0JGgoCd6MJqkcIpTmznq8hDQwI1XCy65RcHKv7sGjqR1ldcDu5s5K2n3_4bxwmAD33Cg4im_qv8teziQJdYD0vWBFBdYFTpPEDmQ/s400/5.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>This method gives users nice flexibility to create nice reports but you cannot execute any AX business logic (classes) using this method. </div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLIsW7v5QmNDIs66r01COaun1gYGraOSFz9QG5dF1XszgGVpVVHLZD7wtgmD6NVrJ4rHdMaxbz9SaGllF32UgJNZW3ohS4kd6_WpVi7i7CX_3km31GriWoyT_Hi5i-1lc-GqjILamdpDE/s1600-h/6.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152623836148978882" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLIsW7v5QmNDIs66r01COaun1gYGraOSFz9QG5dF1XszgGVpVVHLZD7wtgmD6NVrJ4rHdMaxbz9SaGllF32UgJNZW3ohS4kd6_WpVi7i7CX_3km31GriWoyT_Hi5i-1lc-GqjILamdpDE/s400/6.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><br />Here’s a sample report created using this J & it’s pretty cool.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1q81xx9qTKqlj_dMU9McRgjuJAbdPsS4FknH1PnR_2eQbelptqLPeSRbNUE9tEAU64vhj9qyuMqsk3mKge3jbqqQbrCtLtIoUfJxu6crMJjiHChvsJJ-jOCiNaYXygO4TztglhbrSrOw/s1600-h/7.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152624093847016658" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1q81xx9qTKqlj_dMU9McRgjuJAbdPsS4FknH1PnR_2eQbelptqLPeSRbNUE9tEAU64vhj9qyuMqsk3mKge3jbqqQbrCtLtIoUfJxu6crMJjiHChvsJJ-jOCiNaYXygO4TztglhbrSrOw/s400/7.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Now say you have EP deployed and you want to make these reports available on EP rather than let users navigate to the SSRS URL. In WSS 3.0, you have a Report Viewer Webpart which lets you do this but if you have worked with previous versions of WSS, you must be aware there was also a Report Expolrer web part which let you choose all available reports and then displayed them in the Report viewer webpart. Well in WSS 3.0, the workaround to get both Report Explorer & Report Viewer is using WSS 2.0 webparts. The link below will explain how to proceed.<br /><a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms159772.aspx"><span style="color:#cc0000;">http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms159772.aspx</span></a><br />Now once you have all that setup & configured, you will have SSRS in EP J. Kind of Cool<br />MSSQL Reporting services in EP Report Explorer & Report viewer Web part. (Using EP on WSS 3.0)<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCGmBHGANWY2wSvKAQ2ytYgSy6eEgtI-o5VLtS_HWPnyQ_OmsKEkIHtP9Ojf3KPaQUsYIUa5QVKgbBi3LipblZWW4i5f9Y2V9D2u2-i12DiUJLwQ2WTWhjpStRnFPT_H8bZ8KN2Klzbaw/s1600-h/8.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152624841171326178" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCGmBHGANWY2wSvKAQ2ytYgSy6eEgtI-o5VLtS_HWPnyQ_OmsKEkIHtP9Ojf3KPaQUsYIUa5QVKgbBi3LipblZWW4i5f9Y2V9D2u2-i12DiUJLwQ2WTWhjpStRnFPT_H8bZ8KN2Klzbaw/s400/8.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Production Reporting</strong><br />Predefined reports in a business solution are known as Production reports. In AX you have the following options:<br />AX Native Report Wizard & Report features which lets you create precision production reports which are available from AX Rich clients.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPlOJ7H4fYsMEtelIwjfQsxzNQg1FpOByny0jXA20Cva3wQqHmT8QfTwXJeVabfMezfvl12hA7Ey-mhrsXNHgpEUNHX1NYWBNCgysQZ8EL17qvdcaOpz2OHzxF1S-OApzzxv1dfI7l6BY/s1600-h/9.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152625197653611762" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPlOJ7H4fYsMEtelIwjfQsxzNQg1FpOByny0jXA20Cva3wQqHmT8QfTwXJeVabfMezfvl12hA7Ey-mhrsXNHgpEUNHX1NYWBNCgysQZ8EL17qvdcaOpz2OHzxF1S-OApzzxv1dfI7l6BY/s400/9.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />You can also use the SSRS Reports as production reports and deploy them in EP.<br />You can also use Visual Studio .NET Report Server project. You get the option of Business Intelligence Dev Studio when you install MSSQL 2005. Using this, you can develop reports using VS Report Builder.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5QQH307Ch7HkO_J93npMO13LbXiLfIeOlfHUhWPLHuGN1T4znQDdAYQL9Q979LNwoKt52dAfnt5Q1yWMwPfmtyf3KEUSh8THl57MrUJdT8WpDpKrFoxPFl9TQ3nHP12D5UisGYDGCuE4/s1600-h/10.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152625485416420610" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5QQH307Ch7HkO_J93npMO13LbXiLfIeOlfHUhWPLHuGN1T4znQDdAYQL9Q979LNwoKt52dAfnt5Q1yWMwPfmtyf3KEUSh8THl57MrUJdT8WpDpKrFoxPFl9TQ3nHP12D5UisGYDGCuE4/s400/10.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Multidimensional Reporting and Analysis<br /></strong>Multidimensional Reporting and Analytics features enable users to efficiently aggregate and analyze business metrics across core business dimensions to gain a deeper business insight into business trends and drivers.<br />The SSAS – AX architecture is shown below:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBmMIHfYSTnpYYddeHMfCUiBxEZvfhg4UjuCmWtjqZi-ikxSue7PDDQItSY5uw3YcFP_hbkOZ-vn9eOWEA9S2HXVFH4UQUdxOQZMRBcdr0UVAdOQ7ee3tyYcX90pUPCFBsSPwiqCzMKvo/s1600-h/11.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152625957862823186" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBmMIHfYSTnpYYddeHMfCUiBxEZvfhg4UjuCmWtjqZi-ikxSue7PDDQItSY5uw3YcFP_hbkOZ-vn9eOWEA9S2HXVFH4UQUdxOQZMRBcdr0UVAdOQ7ee3tyYcX90pUPCFBsSPwiqCzMKvo/s400/11.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />AX Business Analysis OLAP (You must have Business Analysis License Code in AX). You set up OLAP cubes and measures and can generate Pivot Charts from AX. You must have SSAS installed & configured. It’s a really nice feature for CXO’s who want to make decisions based on such analysis reports.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipViL5zSXQdiBLT5kD_h9jw3X7d-RUVFGEi6rqTTmbGjMUCii1-HOj8aTeuNUwLr8MFipgYSyR5T4Dj_JInE-EUXCBG8jJz-iWIATRkNT4MHUOQrE7MAodO-IZPCAHJwOOmvnc3yUuQzM/s1600-h/12.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152626219855828258" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipViL5zSXQdiBLT5kD_h9jw3X7d-RUVFGEi6rqTTmbGjMUCii1-HOj8aTeuNUwLr8MFipgYSyR5T4Dj_JInE-EUXCBG8jJz-iWIATRkNT4MHUOQrE7MAodO-IZPCAHJwOOmvnc3yUuQzM/s400/12.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHduFkqyfYztAugd1YhCJatqTtdoLr20Tv_pwryR7vyU1jJzquWvw358433UnsNp_005eq8avlnDkxGRdlVIrA16qyqXxdyLa5mkCid6EhWiuZOTgGjTKLRxSRmwXzHHryjp5qY_X6DY0/s1600-h/13.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152626649352557874" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHduFkqyfYztAugd1YhCJatqTtdoLr20Tv_pwryR7vyU1jJzquWvw358433UnsNp_005eq8avlnDkxGRdlVIrA16qyqXxdyLa5mkCid6EhWiuZOTgGjTKLRxSRmwXzHHryjp5qY_X6DY0/s400/13.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Once the AX cubes are generated, they are available as views in SSMS. Navigate to SSMS>Database>Dynamics database and expand views.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc_fDBLnqqydEyj8t8lSpuZBNpjd8vXRdwtHYN7oSXdL9YovQI7Gw5troOFA2V9gsiSfBR8Q-BPtQwk20Az8KynthLObFebE8bsEoePcpoI6aqAC4VRuLzWgWv3EwVsz-jYjL4yn1OSOc/s1600-h/14.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152627336547325250" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc_fDBLnqqydEyj8t8lSpuZBNpjd8vXRdwtHYN7oSXdL9YovQI7Gw5troOFA2V9gsiSfBR8Q-BPtQwk20Az8KynthLObFebE8bsEoePcpoI6aqAC4VRuLzWgWv3EwVsz-jYjL4yn1OSOc/s400/14.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />You will come across views named OLAP<company> which are the views generated by AX for OLAP.<br />In MS Excel 2007, you can also directly connect to a SSAS where AX cubes are deployed. Open <span style="color:#cc0000;">Excel 2007>Data> From Other Sources>From Analysis Service. </span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic6qID4dtWIHgswtEyt6rhxyMMv1CQAosuEaSraF7XM2DdNqocwdN9tQqYHZsMD3PLh_GjOclqT03VTFTLYfBkaCCod8yVsuSss-buRRSkwUuyT1hbg6AZnAcnrHflHrIIu0KmAZuD0GM/s1600-h/15.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152627899188041058" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic6qID4dtWIHgswtEyt6rhxyMMv1CQAosuEaSraF7XM2DdNqocwdN9tQqYHZsMD3PLh_GjOclqT03VTFTLYfBkaCCod8yVsuSss-buRRSkwUuyT1hbg6AZnAcnrHflHrIIu0KmAZuD0GM/s400/15.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Select the SSAS Server.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXkCIsYNHRg98ihJ1qx42mQCDjONh3Ph8vDWT3HdqcyTY40e7efC_xjOwS_04KWaL7KikqbALtjrMaWIHsUKl84uwhvPovzMzVizjlzbX44hOlgL-Y06XxLX-wPm3YX8WtgL1YBz-QWsc/s1600-h/16.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152628221310588274" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXkCIsYNHRg98ihJ1qx42mQCDjONh3Ph8vDWT3HdqcyTY40e7efC_xjOwS_04KWaL7KikqbALtjrMaWIHsUKl84uwhvPovzMzVizjlzbX44hOlgL-Y06XxLX-wPm3YX8WtgL1YBz-QWsc/s400/16.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Once the correct Analysis Server is authenticated, you will be able to see the AX Olap Cubes which you can select to generate Pivot Charts / Tables. Pretty cool :)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGfKAhisbrzC__ai9C-wBKw3wcwfGmch0uVpuYGirMciygb9K5kqyjabiDN4ZqHkEF4S6vn-3JMFGjf2md5u3MXbQ8skIlI6TrkD5UctmqyE9Lpa9tllLjmigy8cFrGkuNSb008MlXBO4/s1600-h/17.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152628783951304066" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGfKAhisbrzC__ai9C-wBKw3wcwfGmch0uVpuYGirMciygb9K5kqyjabiDN4ZqHkEF4S6vn-3JMFGjf2md5u3MXbQ8skIlI6TrkD5UctmqyE9Lpa9tllLjmigy8cFrGkuNSb008MlXBO4/s400/17.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicraV1h2o__XiwERvuf_JF4iOBqwKfJ1-LT3Reixii-oqvG68eefscAw7LSyuSsd9DkZw0inRPYEPsi0I9rX-5t5UaDLvCacqX0SlA9RbKZ9EyALdgO3mgyTNuW8-FWq634YLTnmuoudw/s1600-h/18.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152629247807772050" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicraV1h2o__XiwERvuf_JF4iOBqwKfJ1-LT3Reixii-oqvG68eefscAw7LSyuSsd9DkZw0inRPYEPsi0I9rX-5t5UaDLvCacqX0SlA9RbKZ9EyALdgO3mgyTNuW8-FWq634YLTnmuoudw/s400/18.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><strong>Business Scorecards<br /></strong>PPS is the latest offering from Microsoft to the Dynamics AX BI Stack. There were lots of activities at Copenhagen Convergence about AX-PPS Integration. (I’m in the process of learning PPS and will blog on AX-PPS later J)<br />The AX-PPS Integration architecture will help you get an overview. You can also refer the PPS website for more resources.<br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><br /><br /><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9JNJBsprvtUDsjkvZu9SG3y1aFrcmKazXRLzGeGhGF4p4dOyiTOjf5xYyEi9J2zlBD_FOmFPy12Jfk3E2vRcb1sLdfN2GNp8uqldZIBHFgwPpg8E8Yh5sCdsbS9eTj0BRp_J9Iidsshs/s1600-h/19.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152630093916329378" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9JNJBsprvtUDsjkvZu9SG3y1aFrcmKazXRLzGeGhGF4p4dOyiTOjf5xYyEi9J2zlBD_FOmFPy12Jfk3E2vRcb1sLdfN2GNp8uqldZIBHFgwPpg8E8Yh5sCdsbS9eTj0BRp_J9Iidsshs/s400/19.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><strong></strong></div><br /><div><strong>Financial Reporting</strong><br />Apart from AX Standard reports, you also have FRx and MS Forecaster available for spooling out Financial Reports. The architecture will give you an overview on how these things work with AX. </div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqqfDokykJRJ6Qv9WoYmLyyUunTCMbCbWzEqp7xkptMdF0Ee2Wlcgt_mVOHxuMoax35MrvVfM2PSXQ-IqhKXxTm4of8Zna0z3MQNaJelH73Why3B5kf7Ity19wxvSL8EHVjBD7lGblz68/s1600-h/20.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152633727458661810" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqqfDokykJRJ6Qv9WoYmLyyUunTCMbCbWzEqp7xkptMdF0Ee2Wlcgt_mVOHxuMoax35MrvVfM2PSXQ-IqhKXxTm4of8Zna0z3MQNaJelH73Why3B5kf7Ity19wxvSL8EHVjBD7lGblz68/s400/20.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Other Reporting Features</strong><br />In case you have SNAP installed, you can spool out data / reports in MS Word / Excel. Nice :)</div><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK3ZvVJ9B-bWKC3txtffAqquPjSbSozenXA4gTs7TsS1sDfM6YWwNOtxSPM3mPELI5owEpcqf7RmclQjBSHmzO9o-Ekwc9vIsrh7cLsgSLPhcwKOFhopN4-AbHLad474EuvLsp8xQ32FU/s1600-h/21.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152634101120816578" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK3ZvVJ9B-bWKC3txtffAqquPjSbSozenXA4gTs7TsS1sDfM6YWwNOtxSPM3mPELI5owEpcqf7RmclQjBSHmzO9o-Ekwc9vIsrh7cLsgSLPhcwKOFhopN4-AbHLad474EuvLsp8xQ32FU/s400/21.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br />You can also use Dundas charts for MOSS/WSS to get nice graphical reports for your EP. It is really very nice :)</div><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgleaSUKD_EHC7c-jTXN4H4VSX3D8PWI2-bv0b0Mq7qQqss3vszBLD7yCO7s-LFvwo7hlkRcHX0VK0PhtO5b_W7MuKDdTfcEBkA-_Yl55TRbzAVlgTFW58P7zo6BqAgaT4UrfSdUXxMspw/s1600-h/22.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152634513437677010" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgleaSUKD_EHC7c-jTXN4H4VSX3D8PWI2-bv0b0Mq7qQqss3vszBLD7yCO7s-LFvwo7hlkRcHX0VK0PhtO5b_W7MuKDdTfcEBkA-_Yl55TRbzAVlgTFW58P7zo6BqAgaT4UrfSdUXxMspw/s400/22.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">HAPPY DAX-ing :)</span></strong><br /><div><br /></div></span><br /></span>Arijit Basuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01185979527817805880noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2974482147905584746.post-29338669858597732852008-01-20T21:58:00.000+05:302008-12-09T11:56:26.732+05:30Online Directory of Microsoft Dynamics Add-on Products<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">You are all aware of ISV solutions for MS Dynamics. These add on solutions extend the industry specific functionality of MS Dynamics products. Often during solution scoping, one if left with the task of searching for such add on products. Of course there is a list available on Partnersource & MSPP site but that requires authentication. <strong><span style="color:#006600;">Robert Anderson</span></strong> has put up an <strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Online Directory of Microsoft Dynamics Add-on Products</span></strong> which lists ad on products for the Dynamics suite. It is a great landing page for someone who wishes to know about available add on solutions for Dynamics. This site already has 200+ ISV’s who have added their offerings. It would be great if more and more partners/ISV's contribute to this site. It will really be useful for partners/ clients/ architects who wish to do solution profiling for Dynamics products. Must check out. Robert will be adding more and more features on his site. Please give feedback to Robert for improvements. Great addition to the Dynamics community :). </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">Click image to go to the site.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"></span><br /><a href="http://www.microsoftdynamicsaddons.com/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157599882178909666" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1anjVgmcNKX_b0j0WmV2Tz-mKz5dwQV2YWyTFemH8nhwK9qIMCLI3-bNuK-UVfvGgM6dtJr2ErkQlDlogPFaI6FXrdBLXp9s54_MFkJiC_d2nWh1j0moOCCwqSb6hlrGbQ94mCzFNbqU/s400/AddOns.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">Happy DAX-ing :)</span></strong><br /></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"></span>Arijit Basuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01185979527817805880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2974482147905584746.post-63456366064941313312008-01-25T10:17:00.000+05:302008-12-09T11:56:26.604+05:30MSDynamicsWorld - Another nice resource for the Dynamics Community<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">There is another great site <strong><a href="http://msdynamicsworld.com/"><span style="color:#ff0000;">msdynamicsworld.com</span></a></strong> for the MS Dynamics community. The best part of this site is the collection of related whitepapers (Industry Specific) and its functional content. It features contents & articles on all Dynamics products (AX,NAV,CRM,SL & GP). The whitepapers are specially very interesting and informative.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">The "Case Studies" section is also very nice where you can get industry/product related information. The "Add on Showcase" features some great add ons along with Demos. GREAT :)</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;">Its a must look.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;">Click image to visit URL</span><br /><br /><a href="http://msdynamicsworld.com/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159273731866393666" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggHeKtYS2nmAysZH9Obng1TBPG1pXmksYqwX95ZiU1V-mPmUIxJyMJATygTyqXVnlMFs2AlRdsb8jHUD6XSt5xITi_M5V9fU6M9wNTnMgM_q_YYDbyrLHM0i_5XupmSjAheATRnp-f1zk/s400/MSDynaWorld.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#006600;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#006600;"><strong>Happy DAX-ing :)</strong></span>Arijit Basuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01185979527817805880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2974482147905584746.post-85401815397008511272008-02-12T17:25:00.000+05:302008-12-09T11:56:26.431+05:30Quality Assurance for Dynamics AX-Based ERP Solutions<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">There is a new book on <strong><span style="color:#006600;">Quality Assurance for Dynamics AX-Based ERP Solutions</span></strong> authored by <strong>Anil Kumar Gupta</strong>. Its expected to be available soon. Some contents include:</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#ff0000;"><strong>-Customization Best Practices backed by theory<br />-Learn rapidly how to test Dynamics AX applications<br />-Verify Industry Builder Initiative-compliance of ERP software</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#ff0000;"><strong>-Get ready-made testing templates</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#ff0000;"><strong>-Code, design, and test a quality Dynamics AX-based ERP solution</strong></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.packtpub.com/quality-assurance-for-dynamics-ax-based-erp-solutions/book#"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166063010113556482" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUx02SrcyavBMJYt7PMthyphenhyphenoUSAXeUAcXG4Kk5SoRtfdHEmFFyqP9sqSvoSJFLZEAAHQroBJLoBqeQiyHiVTXdMvwiEUXYMFtxkEU9GLHGGVegGzQFwrYVlcI08uPco1k3J8nL_QJPKuDo/s200/Book.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><strong>Click on the image to pre order.</strong></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"></span>Arijit Basuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01185979527817805880noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2974482147905584746.post-10926943147515387492008-02-18T00:47:00.000+05:302008-12-09T11:56:26.288+05:30Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Programming<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">A new forthcoming book on Dynamics AX 2009 is now available at Amazon. Thats what we need...more AX technical books. Preorder one today.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"></span><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Microsoft-Dynamics-5-0-Programming-Unleashed/dp/0672330105/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203276053&sr=8-1"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168030929768845330" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Vavjy7YrSqXHIhlEBAhDh34kBeIHW9Y1oAlLkyfs3XS7HlTjpw5R0bQ0L2onRr3hS1X0ku2bHFVCBlN5jkdDh74gU24Ra3my16cJNhuCL-rkDQ3H_4Mj0c9gY_0PashOYkEnbE9GBbI/s200/Book+AX+5.0.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">Click on image to go to Amazon. Should be a good one :)</span>Arijit Basuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01185979527817805880noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2974482147905584746.post-38448906951355301932008-04-28T11:00:00.000+05:302008-12-09T11:56:26.266+05:30AX .NET BC - Sample Project [Level 100]<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">Hi, I've created a small sample project which demonstrates the use of .NET Business Connector . Ive created a Windows Application which uses the .NET BC to interact with AX. Its useful for beginners who want to understand the .NET BC. This sample shows how to read data, invoke class & table methods, insert records into AX. I've made the source files [VS 2005 Project & the AX Class ] available so you can play around with it. To use this project, you need to have access to AX, have the .NET BC installed & configured, the current windows user must have access to AX. You also need to import a sample class into AX to make this work. All files have been shared. Any improvement suggestions would be greatly appreciated.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">Let me know if you face any issues.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">The Application (AXBusinessConnector.exe) looks like this :)</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKqMtrIhyuU3m7fEKrYkv9IJFxtM-13f7jf1GSzDB_VPaXBS9_oASGIEIEWvomhlXkXOSYKtlZtx_zf4DmRgn2s1qbfgRjfhGT1twUGOwNqamhBU9hAADdu8VYNuwmW4cmYfI9IkzXcA0/s1600-h/DOTNETBC.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194166374020799522" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKqMtrIhyuU3m7fEKrYkv9IJFxtM-13f7jf1GSzDB_VPaXBS9_oASGIEIEWvomhlXkXOSYKtlZtx_zf4DmRgn2s1qbfgRjfhGT1twUGOwNqamhBU9hAADdu8VYNuwmW4cmYfI9IkzXcA0/s320/DOTNETBC.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#000099;"><strong>The Source files are uploaded below:</strong></span><br /><br /><iframe style="BORDER-RIGHT: #dde5e9 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #dde5e9 1px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 3px; BORDER-LEFT: #dde5e9 1px solid; WIDTH: 240px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #dde5e9 1px solid; HEIGHT: 66px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" src="http://cid-0594e6dbf6c3ce94.skydrive.live.com/embedrowdetail.aspx/Dynamics%20AX%20Sandbox/AX%20.NET%20BC" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><br /><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;">Happy DAXING :)</span></strong>Arijit Basuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01185979527817805880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2974482147905584746.post-58836033800568184072008-04-29T18:56:00.000+05:302008-12-09T11:56:26.056+05:30Sure Step Business Modeller<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">The <strong>Sure Step Business Modeler</strong> is now available for partners worldwide. You can download an archive containing the tool and documentation from Partnersource. Click on image to download [<span style="color:#cc0000;">Requires Partnersource access</span>]</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"></span><br /><a href="https://mbs.microsoft.com/partnersource/partneressentials/serviceplans/surestep/surestepbusnmodeler.htm"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194658658877299762" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHfv0oCXmlOrzvVYRfzUTd_LlyfquTNbzXzGoFmb8jKWHHv8_6o9bIRVhNWSKtSM_g8RdoZKnIvU9zfHVoUWVHBLkhBB7EMOGVyMgEOWA0OxL_YFGRhW6SQepP6VfgZ5O6pWpX8pHpw4o/s400/SureStep.bmp" border="0" /></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"></span>Arijit Basuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01185979527817805880noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2974482147905584746.post-21656229295775727162008-05-04T22:02:00.002+05:302008-12-09T11:56:25.880+05:30Infopath, Web Services & AX Integration<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">A small quick demo on how to interface Infopath forms with AX using Web Services. In this small simple demo I have created a new supplier registration infopath form which can be posted to the company website. Any supplier<br />interested in registering can fill up the form and submit it to AX via Web Services. To do this, the following things were required:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#006600;">1. A class in AX which holds the AX business logic to create new records in VendTable [Class_AXWS.xpo]</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#006600;">2. A Web Service (ASP.net) which invokes this AX class via .net Business Connector</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><span style="color:#006600;">3. A Infopath form which uses this web service [AXVendor.xsn]</span><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">First create/ import the class in AX. Then create a Web Service which invokes this class using .net Business Connector. Then create a Infopath form to use this Web Service to interface with AX.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>The Web Service which interacts with AX:</strong></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu8simZDl5lvYk6bzH5w413etJv7UJmf_5RYu0SCsQweh2vWNapWKslfBNOndXM8UrFmOl1jaZRitzNw2h_LL7Ft2e8q-8S81k5NL26Pu4tLLyLTiUziUmjUueZqDwkKPbuphncz9IfAk/s1600-h/AXWS.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196563506937846850" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu8simZDl5lvYk6bzH5w413etJv7UJmf_5RYu0SCsQweh2vWNapWKslfBNOndXM8UrFmOl1jaZRitzNw2h_LL7Ft2e8q-8S81k5NL26Pu4tLLyLTiUziUmjUueZqDwkKPbuphncz9IfAk/s320/AXWS.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;">The Web Service Code:</span></strong><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivTHg1ak9qtf5vnPLKP5egohhSbTe_BEYYfnu6MzTvBFrxpK-WI56yEPc2pbPrNjHVR7W4-YiTgEdSfKoBP_gvxa9TKLQYHa1wZ9rdX9-p4i7fUwC7v0_cT1sp4gU-MFAQUtouRAgSvMo/s1600-h/AXWSVS2005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196564138298039378" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivTHg1ak9qtf5vnPLKP5egohhSbTe_BEYYfnu6MzTvBFrxpK-WI56yEPc2pbPrNjHVR7W4-YiTgEdSfKoBP_gvxa9TKLQYHa1wZ9rdX9-p4i7fUwC7v0_cT1sp4gU-MFAQUtouRAgSvMo/s400/AXWSVS2005.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>The Infopath Form:</strong></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpE99ed9gHmfwSGn_B2K9lB1FLnAib_DVVi_EzFZ3io_jOLHIga4bBpNzA2EEoK1FOKF0xY8gidHg1sKmkAG_mFxVt7eEPWHTVF39tbs2iIsD-JoouUh6VhmlJ7Kq7ow_DzPL6zryfZ2Y/s1600-h/AXWSInfopath.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196564632219278434" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpE99ed9gHmfwSGn_B2K9lB1FLnAib_DVVi_EzFZ3io_jOLHIga4bBpNzA2EEoK1FOKF0xY8gidHg1sKmkAG_mFxVt7eEPWHTVF39tbs2iIsD-JoouUh6VhmlJ7Kq7ow_DzPL6zryfZ2Y/s400/AXWSInfopath.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>Video of the completed application:</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"><strong><a title="Infopath, Web Services & Dynamics AX" href="http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-US&brand=&vid=fda067bf-3e9b-474f-bbb2-2f7b9637ba3c" target="_new"><img style="WIDTH: 153px; HEIGHT: 104px" height="84" alt="Infopath, Web Services & Dynamics AX" src="http://a326.g.akamai.net/f/326/23830/v0001/msnuuv1.download.akamai.com/23830/thumbs/prod/00/f5/e7/4827adda-0d71-44cc-a417-e31ef8e7f500.jpg" width="112" border="0" /><br /><span style="color:#000099;">Infopath, Web Services & Dynamics AX</span></a></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"><strong></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>Source Code: [Contains all source files & raw video :)]</strong></span><br /><iframe scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" frameborder="0" style="width:240px;height:66px;margin:3px;padding:0;border:1px solid #dde5e9;background-color:#ffffff;" src="http://cid-0594e6dbf6c3ce94.skydrive.live.com/embedrowdetail.aspx/Dynamics%20AX%20Sandbox/Infopath,%20Web%20Services%20|0%20AX%20Integration"></iframe><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>Happy DAXing:)</strong></span>Arijit Basuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01185979527817805880noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2974482147905584746.post-59884259532738335162008-05-18T21:15:00.005+05:302008-12-09T11:56:25.655+05:30AX 2009 - Quick Overview<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">Hi everybody, AX 2009 RTM is just closing in. Lots of new features, UX & Enhancements available with the release of AX 2009. Heres a quick preview of some of the important features in AX 2009.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#990000;"><strong>New Company Accounts</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">Global Trade & Manufacturing Company (GTM) is out. CONTOSO Entertaintment Systems [CES] is IN :). New AX 2009 Company Demo data with more transactions, more data. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#990000;"><strong>User Interface</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">The AX 2009 User Interface has undergone some serious changes. Initially a bit difficult to navigate if you see it first time but will get used to it. Breadcrumb bar, Travel Buttons, Address Bar, Enhanced Navigation Area, Area page and List pages include some major changes in UI. Looks good ....performance figures awaited :).</span> <div><div><div><div><div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"></span></div><div></div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzuO-9LKE7Ic-Ab0yhcRnwx5m3_cPBvvUQH0u0RzpajuME4ztolL_pwz-t45n1ETClMpuXjs1fVNw7FTRkFxOlsu8CYg6ROttqhGuvUXI6WFb5CRs0ZpbiumE0XJNBTyowS759yPJzS_c/s1600-h/AX+2009.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201772203248273090" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzuO-9LKE7Ic-Ab0yhcRnwx5m3_cPBvvUQH0u0RzpajuME4ztolL_pwz-t45n1ETClMpuXjs1fVNw7FTRkFxOlsu8CYg6ROttqhGuvUXI6WFb5CRs0ZpbiumE0XJNBTyowS759yPJzS_c/s400/AX+2009.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#990000;"><strong>Role Centres</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">Role centres are a collection of customizable home pages . Role Centers display specific data, reports, alerts, and common tasks associated with a user's role in the organization. Users can access Role Centers from the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 client or from an EP Web site. Uses the EP Framework & Webparts. Base AX consists of 25 canned role centres . Other Roles can be customized. Gives a very good overview to key people in the Organization about key top level data. Included Excel Pivot charts, Graphs and a nice UI.</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFrygNbk3LQeVCRUPcGJwF54JZqaVnn_c4Sit6ZzKxDApmLwPKfoOQc2NdrDpUL9b7Nc845tuV42ZChIng-nK_4Gwr2IDlwsYqx55McJuEKSTsMh85e00hAWrL1PmeP6JDNF2dy7TCeiA/s1600-h/AX+RC.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201772576910427858" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFrygNbk3LQeVCRUPcGJwF54JZqaVnn_c4Sit6ZzKxDApmLwPKfoOQc2NdrDpUL9b7Nc845tuV42ZChIng-nK_4Gwr2IDlwsYqx55McJuEKSTsMh85e00hAWrL1PmeP6JDNF2dy7TCeiA/s400/AX+RC.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB6gnIRvAsZjldme3qR3CPsz8hRdpQY3LIr1Leoanlikd4vPFXcWkM2JYZcHDSWay3Y7qc4VUpK1KShcymoN7pU-ibT9HbPKA_cOkLj4Jf2tyQyUoh-jaYCdjYSE9Vqhe4tBbA0BxLFRE/s1600-h/EP+RC.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201772933392713442" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB6gnIRvAsZjldme3qR3CPsz8hRdpQY3LIr1Leoanlikd4vPFXcWkM2JYZcHDSWay3Y7qc4VUpK1KShcymoN7pU-ibT9HbPKA_cOkLj4Jf2tyQyUoh-jaYCdjYSE9Vqhe4tBbA0BxLFRE/s400/EP+RC.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#990000;"><strong>Workflows </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">Much awaited & most wanted feature in AX has finally arrived out of the box.<strong> </strong>Features a new Node in AOT named 'Workflow'. Users can configure workflows, create templates, define rules & escalation logic. New Workflows can be developed. Available as a base Product feature and mighty useful. <span style="color:#000099;"><em>{Workflow Templates-> Workflow Configuration -> Workflow Instance}</em></span> . Uses WWF & Workflow Web Services in the IIS. Runs in the IIS Server in a separate site and connects to AOS via .NET BC. Uses the Batch framework.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBr7UkXTY2AqFz0AfEFt2s0rXDL1UYgUidIDsHRDV50C900z9bqEwA3RNXTRQsTrvCL3pX4lHF2T-2TQ0w7KT2YzVvJx3VSDGD6FYM0nGJeL9joBwQHoqDlAoBig4q8KA7Yp5MLqCTNN0/s1600-h/Workflow+AOT.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201773423018985202" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBr7UkXTY2AqFz0AfEFt2s0rXDL1UYgUidIDsHRDV50C900z9bqEwA3RNXTRQsTrvCL3pX4lHF2T-2TQ0w7KT2YzVvJx3VSDGD6FYM0nGJeL9joBwQHoqDlAoBig4q8KA7Yp5MLqCTNN0/s400/Workflow+AOT.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#990000;"><strong>Multisite operations</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">New AX Inventory Storage dimension called 'Site'. One site may contain multiple warehouses. Advanced SCM features like costing available in Site dimension.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWIdHN2XtN1d5rUXd-Mtj0a2TAkB-p8bTmMbxLxyqeZpl1eWeP4JqKDM9GLDizuiPkreYXCD_TZ9AtKHAvuGjc29RWwTPWVsLnlqUlNx5FBMszx8Prit7WE3_3ZH3g6E9LC-0kGQPWsdo/s1600-h/AX+Site.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201773792386172674" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWIdHN2XtN1d5rUXd-Mtj0a2TAkB-p8bTmMbxLxyqeZpl1eWeP4JqKDM9GLDizuiPkreYXCD_TZ9AtKHAvuGjc29RWwTPWVsLnlqUlNx5FBMszx8Prit7WE3_3ZH3g6E9LC-0kGQPWsdo/s400/AX+Site.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#990000;"><strong>Multi time zone support</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">AX 2009 AOS installation can meet the business needs of a company that has operations across multiple time zones including adjustments for Daylight Savings Time (DST). All date/timevalues are stored in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). AX 2009 application is able to display the date time fields in the appropriate time zone, depending on either the client settings or on the time zone of the location. Critical feature for companies operating in different geaogaphies.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#990000;"><strong>Expense Management module</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">New AX Expanse management module for Employee. Available in EP allowing employees to create and manage expenses, incorporates workflows. Important piece in ESS.</span> </div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#990000;"><strong>Improved SCM enhancements</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">New SCM features lite Multisite, Purchase Requisition, 3 Way Matching are some of the new features in AX 2009.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-2Pa9SAY8mAi85YEpvoIDelkwNLW8VG_o6IEYccWOp9dgCFiCn0K0AdU3Mgb04eIs-cG91XWZg_v6cmz5F3MtQSd3QHxIe2wzz-aQvd4vSZ2jDydAZPrKRUjxrDD3LwydP1lb39wpDA/s1600-h/AX+UX+PurchReq.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201774393681594130" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-2Pa9SAY8mAi85YEpvoIDelkwNLW8VG_o6IEYccWOp9dgCFiCn0K0AdU3Mgb04eIs-cG91XWZg_v6cmz5F3MtQSd3QHxIe2wzz-aQvd4vSZ2jDydAZPrKRUjxrDD3LwydP1lb39wpDA/s400/AX+UX+PurchReq.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><strong><span style="color:#990000;">Project Server integration</span></strong> </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">At last, AX Projects integration with MS Project Server 2007. Bidirectional features but basic level integration. The feature list is building up. Allows remote management of AX Projects via MS Project Server 2007.</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhutRFDXeaQKORs93qqO3lZkwylc_bMe1nj63sT_EyW5XRVm5zbnXYOYK1n4jEB31isMUmXoKyJLVWCXNE8WJGImkYQgqap2pY04dNitiW01SMzd0LydClPm4yka2n2I9hT58jKPVmp2tk/s1600-h/PS+Integration.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201777348619093890" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhutRFDXeaQKORs93qqO3lZkwylc_bMe1nj63sT_EyW5XRVm5zbnXYOYK1n4jEB31isMUmXoKyJLVWCXNE8WJGImkYQgqap2pY04dNitiW01SMzd0LydClPm4yka2n2I9hT58jKPVmp2tk/s400/PS+Integration.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><strong><span style="color:#990000;">Enhanced EP Framework</span></strong> </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">Personally my favourite. The EP in AX 2009 has undergone serious surgery :) and has great new features, new Development platform (VS 2008) and significant enhancements. [AJAX enabled for rich UX]. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">The following enhancements have been made to the Enterprise Portal userinterface:</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#006600;">• More interactive and responsive through the use of AJAX in the Web pages.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#006600;">• Individual pages are refreshed when you click a link.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#006600;">• Actions can now be done on selected list items. You can see listpreviews, and lists can be sorted, filtered, and grouped. Also, the listviews can be changed.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#006600;">• Accessing all Enterprise Portal pages is now consistent.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#006600;">• Multiple companies can be accessed through Enterprise Portal.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;">The Development environment is VS 2008. Now ASP.NET components include AX Objects like AXGridControl, AX Infolog Control etc. Makes development in ASP.NET with AX components much easier. Scenarios where company website needed to be interfaced with AX has just got easier. Job Postings, Recruitment drives, Resume submissions, Customer/ Vendor interface can now be done much easily with these enhanced features.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;">Enhanced features in AX Modules include:</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#006600;">--Expense Management</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#006600;">--Returns Management</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#006600;">--Purchase Requisition</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#006600;">--Customer Relations Management (CRM)</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#006600;">--Service Management</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#006600;">--Access to Multiple Companies</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#006600;">--Compliance centre</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#006600;">--Role Centres</span> </div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir2gxjkww8S15KRkUiRmJlY2OO9MbLb7r4ZsiiLrRl6fU414grMGdwcswVckoOXpNdwXGP0UrhXG8OOZ2TySODEDFV3tmjsaqugxMK6LYsf2StnimrERgBXSR8wKLjjlXVO4jBh2fuWQ8/s1600-h/AX+EP.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201775196840478514" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir2gxjkww8S15KRkUiRmJlY2OO9MbLb7r4ZsiiLrRl6fU414grMGdwcswVckoOXpNdwXGP0UrhXG8OOZ2TySODEDFV3tmjsaqugxMK6LYsf2StnimrERgBXSR8wKLjjlXVO4jBh2fuWQ8/s400/AX+EP.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_XRtW_2XpCFBRET7_am6rnR7gW2Wvtr0YQEBpfhlFkJObpQOnCrDqW6PNunSM0PY-iAttpYOKfwYFoSLOkNtyROAmWRCXwL9ruI1PGDuS3ulAO70dr6MorUr_rRVUBZVsYsT5urzf9VU/s1600-h/EP+Company.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201775437358647106" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_XRtW_2XpCFBRET7_am6rnR7gW2Wvtr0YQEBpfhlFkJObpQOnCrDqW6PNunSM0PY-iAttpYOKfwYFoSLOkNtyROAmWRCXwL9ruI1PGDuS3ulAO70dr6MorUr_rRVUBZVsYsT5urzf9VU/s400/EP+Company.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#990000;"><strong>Enhanced AIF Framework</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">Enhancements to Application Integration Framework (AIF) include the following:</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#009900;">• Create, read, update, and delete operations are now supported.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#009900;">• The programming model for AIF supports document services that encapsulate business logic and are the interface between AX 2009 and external systems.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#009900;">• AIF provides functionality for consuming external Web services from within X++.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#009900;">• New document services for additional commonly-used documents.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#990000;"><strong>Ugrade Enhancements</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">Enhancements have been incorporated in the AX Upgrade toolkit. Upgrade estimation report shows the time required for the Code upgrade by identifying conflicts like Code Conflict, Layering conflict, Deletion conflict etc and associating a time estimate with each. There is also a direct upgrade path from AX 3.x to AX 2009 </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><span style="color:#990000;"><strong>New Partner Productivity tools</strong><br /></span><span style="color:#000000;">New Partner Productivity tools like task Recorder helps create user manuals, Help manuals within AX easily. More add on Productivity tools on the anvil.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#990000;"><strong>AX forms opens up outside AX Window</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">A new feature in AX 2009 UX is that all new AX forms open outside AX Window anabling users to utilize full Screen. Each form has toolbar, navigation & filter capabilities.</span> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOX98UjCVvxEc2ogcbbWatsxmoy1E_GglgpCkBNJLmOHE-FAaxB1jioXk-GYAAkdlHqqzRXa6mQOLisaHqFKMtvSkdlKOJVT5WP1oaU0KsLupxdtIheW2Cs7FzyytvC_lT_BS33q_tLXU/s1600-h/AX+Suppliers.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201776090193676114" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOX98UjCVvxEc2ogcbbWatsxmoy1E_GglgpCkBNJLmOHE-FAaxB1jioXk-GYAAkdlHqqzRXa6mQOLisaHqFKMtvSkdlKOJVT5WP1oaU0KsLupxdtIheW2Cs7FzyytvC_lT_BS33q_tLXU/s400/AX+Suppliers.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#990000;"><strong>VS 2008 Web Development Integration</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;">Another interesting dev feature is VS 2008 platform for EP & Web Development. ASP.NET controls include AX. Integrating AX with ASP.NET pages just got easier. Another of my favourites :).</span> </div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvzNddnU5SwO1IVzAzK3xK5JB4Vu_XLYUB-RwOVrjsvUkFbnO54SU3qWUeS-Wo8ZhYNkizrK7Zn-fI1dz4op0pXtyTwyOgRnWPEiH4wQczBYUj2jTtZlslHg3uNy8q9ooxHlbY6mWjGhM/s1600-h/VS2008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201776412316223330" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvzNddnU5SwO1IVzAzK3xK5JB4Vu_XLYUB-RwOVrjsvUkFbnO54SU3qWUeS-Wo8ZhYNkizrK7Zn-fI1dz4op0pXtyTwyOgRnWPEiH4wQczBYUj2jTtZlslHg3uNy8q9ooxHlbY6mWjGhM/s400/VS2008.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_qVMFs6yh7q_KSvpzu4poy3jPlOAVBJI7yBEqvjZDqMqXahUnd2rdyfFuI_9ELwN1wWqC3iPpC_vIvzS_vkW1of7kcSER8wNrOWswdh7ttCatly2tqiWV7UuT1_Keoman_FpilyfrL9w/s1600-h/AX+VS+2008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201776687194130290" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_qVMFs6yh7q_KSvpzu4poy3jPlOAVBJI7yBEqvjZDqMqXahUnd2rdyfFuI_9ELwN1wWqC3iPpC_vIvzS_vkW1of7kcSER8wNrOWswdh7ttCatly2tqiWV7UuT1_Keoman_FpilyfrL9w/s400/AX+VS+2008.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;color:#cc9933;"><strong>The above list included some major enhancements in AX 2009. Will be detailing more of the above. Happy DAX-ing :)</strong></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Arijit Basuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01185979527817805880noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2974482147905584746.post-31427729678977867382008-05-19T16:32:00.000+05:302008-12-09T11:56:23.388+05:30A preview of Dynamics AX 2009 with the Dynamics team<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">A new video is published on Channel 9. You'll get an overview of the Dynamics systems architecture and see demos of their extensibility layer with Client/Web architecture. Click image to watch video.<br /></span><div><a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=405045#405045"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202044392505690002" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4DIXJT9E998R7VFq4IiCItg-Mq3eJHoTcDXxosT42sBr8HOkY0PE0mVepDdgv9FdEJFqm0ANfI7x-Z1yGDidHCd8R6EDsz07NcbbNVq6iEtJhHYSrGDi_RBwcouA8XKIhoeYoxc-lOxg/s400/Channel9.JPG" border="0" /></span></a></div>Arijit Basuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01185979527817805880noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2974482147905584746.post-48888260912480777012008-06-14T15:06:00.002+05:302008-12-09T11:56:23.295+05:30Using AX .NET BC to create Purchase Orders<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">A small but nice project to create multiline Purchase Orders in AX from a .NET Windows application. In this small POC, there is a Windows Application (C#) which uses the .NET BC to create PO into AX. Its a simple demo but can be extended to other areas like journals, Sales Orders , Inventory Transactions (any multiline header - detail type). For this a small class is written inside AX which exposes the logic. I have used the AXPurchTable() & AXPurchLine() classes to enter PO in AX. There is a similar post in MSDN (</span><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa478711.aspx"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;">Using Axapta Business Connector to Create Microsoft Business Solutions–Axapta Sales Orders</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">) but that uses the COM Connector & consists only of a single line. This sample can support multiline PO :). I have not worked too much on the validations & other advanced areas. The C# code also may not be the best :) but its simple.</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBx79yOLBl3xzHjvZESllP0wKHp-pLSLvVZlaHhlQUOi4CdEn2ar9CfWilKwWOJ8K5TtUA2XuSNVQSu5fGlYn1HmsN-Y8Mkqovr4QGL9vny254H0DpmxN1J8_x1FUdTRAZaJYt2s7C9Gw/s1600-h/AXDOTNETPO.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211671435749562162" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBx79yOLBl3xzHjvZESllP0wKHp-pLSLvVZlaHhlQUOi4CdEn2ar9CfWilKwWOJ8K5TtUA2XuSNVQSu5fGlYn1HmsN-Y8Mkqovr4QGL9vny254H0DpmxN1J8_x1FUdTRAZaJYt2s7C9Gw/s400/AXDOTNETPO.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;">The video on how to use it is attached below [<span style="color:#006600;">Assumes that the current logged in user has User rights to AX</span>]</span><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5IjS_x3Aiss&hl=en"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5IjS_x3Aiss&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"><span style="color:#cc0000;">I have also uploaded all source files in the link below. To run the exe, you must import the xpo inside AX. I have used AX 4.02 to make this demo.</span> </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"></span><br /><iframe style="BORDER-RIGHT: #dde5e9 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #dde5e9 1px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 3px; BORDER-LEFT: #dde5e9 1px solid; WIDTH: 240px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #dde5e9 1px solid; HEIGHT: 66px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" src="http://cid-0594e6dbf6c3ce94.skydrive.live.com/embedrowdetail.aspx/Dynamics%20AX%20Sandbox/AX%20dotNET%20Purchase%20Order" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><strong><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;">Let me know if anyone has a better way of doing this.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc6600;">Happy DAXING :)</span></span></strong>Arijit Basuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01185979527817805880noreply@blogger.com1