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Import ledger alias with a job [AX 2012]
I wrote a job to import the ledger alias in 2012. It is fairly straight forward if you have the DMF installed.Create a csv file with the following:End result will be:.csharpcode, .csharpcode pre{...
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Data Import/Export Framework– Error: SysDictTable object not intialized
Recently I was importing Positions using the Data Import/Export Framework (staging to target process). I got the mentioned error.After doing some debugging I found there was a table...
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Create a custom data import export framework entity[AX 2012]
Previously I had created a simple job to import Ledger alias. This post I will look at doing the same with the Data import export framework.There is no entity in the DIEF (Data import export framework)...
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Test Data Transfer Tool (Beta) [AX 2012]
Recently Microsoft released a beta for transferring data calledTest Data Transfer Tool (beta) for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 [AX 2012]As described on technet. This tool allows you to transfer data from...
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How to run AX 2012 R2 image on Virtualbox
I have received a few questions regarding the new demo image for AX 2012 R2. How to run it using virtualbox.Demo image can be downloaded from...
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Purchase requisition buying legal entity defaults from? [AX 2012]
When you have multi-company environment. A worker may be associated to multiple companies. You might wonder where the Buying legal entity is defaulted from.It takes the earliest employment start date...
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There are a few ways to refresh a caller form. You may notice in AX2012 sometimes calling research(true) causes the record to jump to the starting position.The right way is to reread the references...
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Duplicate a company in AX 2012
I have heard from a few people struggling to duplicate a company in AX 2012. So, I decided to try it out my self.The recommended approach is to use dat/def export and import. There is a good article on...
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Purchase requisition error “The total, internal size of the records in your...
In AX 2012 R2 you might get this on the purchase requisition form. This happens because a lot of fields have been deleted as part of R2 and new ones added on the purchase requisition line table. The...
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ISV solution for maintenance [AX 2012]
Today I will talk about something I am passionate about and have been working on for the last 2 years. This is Daxeam.The name Daxeam is a mash up of two words. DAX for Dynamics AX and EAM for...
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AX and Scrum: Product development (ISV)
Being recently certified as a scrum master through scrum alliance http://www.scrumalliance.org/. I thought I would share some experiences through this blog.Last week I wrote about what I was working on...
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AX and Scrum: Setting up your environment
Scrum encourages version control. Below is the setup we have. Our development environment is local to all developers.When a unit of work is complete and meets best practice it is checked in. Then on a...
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How to fit address fields correctly in a Windows Envelope
I am still a subscriber of some Dynamics NAV blogs. Sometimes you find some things that related to both products AX and NAV.Claus wrote a great piece on making address fields fit in a window envelope...
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AX and Scrum: Task board
I am going to talk about the task board today.A task board is used to keep track of our progress. On a daily basis we update how many hours we have remaining. Each swim lane shows the status of the...
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Bug: “The parameter pageUrl is missing or invalid” when importing web URL in...
If you try and import a web URL in AX 2012 R2 CU6, you will get this error. Try it on any standard URLs and the bug is still there.For a work around put a backslash in front of the URL and it should...
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AX and Scrum: Automated testing
Scrum highly encourages you to do automated testing. A common thing I hear is “any (some) automated testing is better than none”. So, my advice is start somewhere. I am not going to go through all the...
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My first Dynamics AX 2012 Windows 8 App
I have recently created my first Windows 8 App and I thought I would write about my experience. My first starting point is to download this Starter Kit.Dynamics AX 2012 Windows 8 App Developer Starter...
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AX and Scrum: Story
I have posted previously on AX and Scrum this is just a continuation of my series.This post shall cover what a story is. A user story is a short description of what is needed. The main purpose of this...
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Data import export framework–Import sales order
You will notice if you try to import sales lines using the DIEF you will notice that the inventory transactions are not created. With some minor configuration changes you can get it working. Go to the...
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dll reference missing or XML namespace error–when using TFS
I don’t have a proper title for this blog post. But hopefully it helps someone when they google it.When you use TFS for your development you may get weird compile errors where c# code can not be...
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