December 10, 2011 in Blog, Dynamics AX by Amer

Enterprise Portal is Not Working on Dynamics AX 2012 Hyper-V Image

If you ever started working on the image downloaded from the Microsoft PartnerSource of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, you might face a trouble while trying to explore Role Centers or Enterprise Portals.

This error is due to the configuration setup in the AX2012 image that let’s DNS points to contoso.com domain. What has to be done is to redirect that domain to the current machine (which is the same virtual machine you’re using).

To do so you must add a loop back IP to your” Hosts” file. You can think of that files a Rolodex for your computer. Its where a computer looks first to translate the URL of a website into a numerical IP address that it can actually use. You can find the “Hosts” file in: “C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\Hosts”.

To fix the issue, open the Hosts file a notepad and add this line to the end of the file:

127.0.0.1       dynamicsax.contoso.com

In the beginning, you might encounter the below error… but it will be fixed with “refresh”:

December 6, 2011 in Blog, Dynamics AX by Amer

Dynamics Academy – An Academic Project for Microsoft Dynamics in Saudi Arabia

Everyone in the Dynamics filed remembers very well how hard it was to get into the track of any Microsoft Dynamics producttechnically or functionally. Apart from missing of  learning resources, qualified consultants were also missed.

A great initiative that we always missed since so long time is now live in Saudi Arabia. Dynamics Academy is an academic initiative that was taken to support the Microsoft Dynamics community in Saudi Arabia with academic programs in all kinds with Microsoft Dynamics AX, GP, NAV and CRM.

From its early days, Dynamics Academy has put an objective in mind that is helping  Microsoft Dynamics vendors and clients in the region to educate their resources and put them on the right track to increase the success probabilities. The academy is seriously taking the responsibility of such education programs by starting with fresh individuals who have no experience in ERP, CRM, nor any business solution implementation even. Those individuals will be ready to get involved as functional and technical consultants in junior levels in Dynamics AX, GP, NAV and CRM implementations.

This initiative was taken by three contributors from the community: Ahmad Maghraby (CPIM, CSCP, PMP, MCT),  Ahmad Yakan (MCT, MCBSP) and I.

For more information about the Dynamics Academy and to get announcements on the trainings, visit the academy website: http://www.dynamicsacademy.net/.

November 30, 2011 in Blog, Dynamics AX by Amer

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Event in Khubar

After its successful event in Riyadh last May, Microsoft Dynamics AX Brains community is back to continue its support to the Saudi community in the Eastern Region this time.

Under the sponsorship of Cubes Solutions, December 14th will gather all community members at Al Gosaiby hotel in Khubar to introduce the new version Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.

The event will be a great opportunity for Microsoft Dynamics AX partners, customers, and consultants to gather and network.

Agenda (09:30AM – 02:45PM):

July 26, 2011 in Blog, Dynamics AX by Amer

Dynamics AX 2009 Shows One Line Only in Its Grids

If you have ever came across a case where you found Dynamics AX girds showing only the first line of data… don’t get afraid, you still have all the data.

Basically to solve the issue, insure that the client you’re using has the very same version of your Dynamics AX AOS. You could do that by installing the right Microsoft Dynamics AX SP and Rollup version.

June 10, 2011 in Blog, Dynamics AX by Amer

How to Use the GL AIF Service to Integrate Non-Ledger Transactions

If you have ever used the General Ledger AIF service of the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009, you might have noticed the limitation of not integrating other than Ledger transactions. For example, you cannot send Customer and Vendor transactions through that AIF Service.

I came across a requirement where I needed to integrate external Vendor and Bank transactions through AIF. After spending sometime on testing as well as on X++ code tracing… I came to know that Microsoft is putting some restrictions on the code to not to accept the Ledger Journal transactions of types other than Ledger.

The following code is a standard X++ code that was written to prevent such integration.

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//LedgerJournalTableType (class) -- initializeLedgerJournalName (method) -- Line number 37
/*Commented to disable the Non-Ledger type restriction*/
    if (!true /*this.isJournalNameValidJournalType()*/)
/*Commented to disable the Non-Ledger type restriction*/
    {
        AifFaultContext::setGlobalContextField(tableId, fieldId);
        AifFault::checkFailedLogFault(strfmt("@SYS114718", axLedgerJournalTable.parmJournalName(), axLedgerJournalTable.parmJournalType()), #InvalidJournalNameJournalTypeCombination);
        throw AifFault::faultList("@SYS98197", #ValidationFailed);
    }
/*Initilizing the journal type from the journal name*/
    ledgerJournalTable.JournalType = ledgerJournalName.JournalType;
/**/
}

Also I have changed:

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//Amer Atiyah, http://www.amer-ax.com/
//LedgerJournalTransType (class) -- validateAccountType (method) -- Line Number 1
protected boolean validateAccountType()
{
    boolean         isValid = true;
    ;
 
    switch (ledgerJournalTable.JournalType)
    {
        case LedgerJournalType::Daily :
                /* I had to comment this code to prevent the validation
                if (ledgerJournalTrans.AccountType != LedgerJournalACType::Ledger)
                {
                    if (this.isConsumerStateTracked())
                    {
                        // AX5 service limitation
                        isValid = AifFault::checkFailedLogFault("@SYS117885", #AccountTypeMustBeLedger);
                    }
                }*/
            break;
 
        default :
            break;
    }
 
    return isValid;
}

What I like to mention in here is that Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 now supports integrating Vendor, Customer, and Bank transactions out-of-the-box. I copied the following code from the LedgerJournalTransType class in Dynamics AX 2012 without doing any changes to it:

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protected boolean validateAccountType()
{
	boolean isValid = true;
 
	this.initializeLedgerJournalTable();
 
	switch (ledgerJournalTable.JournalType)
	{
		case LedgerJournalType::Daily :
			if(LedgerJournalTrans.AccountType != LedgerJournalACType::Ledger &&
			   LedgerJournalTrans.AccountType != LedgerJournalACType::Bank &&
			   LedgerJournalTrans.AccountType != LedgerJournalACType::Vend &&
			   LedgerJournalTrans.AccountType != LedgerJournalACType::Cust)
			{
				if(this.isConsumerStateTracked())
				{
					isValid = AifFault::checkFailedLogFault("@SYS117885", #AccountTypeIsNoSupported);
				}
			}
			break;
		default;
			break;
 
	}
 
	return isValid;
}

June 10, 2011 in Blog, Dynamics AX by Amer

The Use of Visual Studio .NET in the New Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012

Developing applications is now easier and faster in the new Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 than its earlier versions. .NET developers who are familiar with Visual Studio .NET will be comfortable with developing Dynamics AX applications although Dynamics AX has its own IDE which called MorphX and its own programming language with is X++.

This image shows the Dynamics AX AOT (Application Objects Tree), one of the MorphX IDE objects that Dynamics AX developers use to navigate through programming objects like Forms, Reports, and X++ Classes:

With Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, you can view that AOT in the Microsoft Visual Studio 2012:

Dynamics AX 2012 Applicatoin Explorer in VS.NET

Proxies

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 now creates proxies internally to support interacting with Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 X++ classes, tables and base enums. By creating those proxies, developers will interact with Dynamics AX objects in C# and VB.NET exactly as if they are interacting with it in X++. After the proxy is created, that type is available as a strong type and features such as IntelliSense are available. For example, table fields and X++ methods are now exposed to be used in C# with one click. The created proxies are using .NET business connector internally to connect to the Dynamics AX objects.

The following pictures speak quietly how you can access and interact with Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 objects from within Microsoft Visual  Studio 2010:

Adding Visual Studio Project to the Dynamics AX 2012 AOT

Visual Studio Project inside Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 AOT

Adding a Dynamics AX 2012 object to the VS 2010 Creates an Internal Proxy

The CustTable Appears in the Solution Explorer. You Can Now Use the Dynamics AX CustTable Methods, Properties and Fields!

May 21, 2011 in Blog, Dynamics AX by Amer

Microsoft Dynamics AX Brains Event News

Two weeks ago, I was very pleased to announce our intend to conduct the Microsoft Dynamics AX Brains event in Riyadh at the 19th of May. Today and after the event, I’m really happy to say that the Dynamics AX Brains event was successfully delivered.  :)

During around five hours, 140 attendees has enjoyed the very new news about the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012. In the welcoming note, I have welcomed the attendees and introduced to them Mainly we have covered three areas:

• What’s new in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 SCM and Manufacturing, by Ahmad Maghraby
• What’s new in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Finance and Projects Accounting, by Ahmad Yakan
• What’s new in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Technology, Architecture and IDE, by Amer Atiyah

I will leave you with some pics from the event .

May 17, 2011 in Blog, Dynamics AX by Amer

Reminder to Attend the Microsoft Dynamics AX Brains Community Event

If you have registered for our Dynamics AX Brains event, then we would like to thank you very much for registering to the “Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, a New Generation of ERP Systems” event. If you did not register yet, then you can register now on the event Registration Page.

This email is to remind you with the event that be held in the 19^th of May, 2011 in the PSU – Riyadh. For more details about the event please check the Registration Page.

Location:

Old Management Building – Prince Sultan University
King Abdullag St. (Exit 10) Cross with Abu-Bakr AlSeddeeq St.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

(Click to enlarge the map)

Time:

Thursday 19th of May, 2011
Registration begins at 10:00 AM.
Remember the Prizes for the first five attendees.

We look forward to see you all there .

Best regards,,,
The Dynamics AX Brains Community Members

April 23, 2011 in Blog, Dynamics AX by Amer

Dynamics AX 2012 Event at Riyadh by the Dynamics AX Brains Community in May!

As part of  awareness that we are trying to deliver to the Dynamics AX community in Saudi Arabia, Dynamics AX Brains community is very pleased to conduct a one day event to provide “What’s New in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012” sessions.

The event will be conducted at Thursday 19th of May in the Microsoft Innovation Center at Al-Yamama University, Riyadh. Through out three sessions, I and two of the Dynamics AX community members will be demonstrating What’s new in Dynamics AX 2012 for the following (ordered in the same order at the event):

• Supply Chain Management and Manufacturing
• Technology
• Financials and Projects Accounting

In addition to the above sessions, there will be a 30-minutes opening note to demonstrate the Dynamics AX Brains Community. I do hope that the event will be great opportunity for community members to more about the new Dynamics AX version and to network as well.

We would love to see you at the event, around one month from now. Click the attend button to register in the event and to know more about it.

See you there community!

March 30, 2011 in Blog, Dynamics AX by Amer

List of “Whats New in Dynamics AX 2012″ Documents is Now on PartnerSource!

Finally Microsoft has released some documents about the long waited Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012. These new training materials highlight the new features in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.  These materials are currently downloadable on PartnerSource (Partner Service Plan required).   They will be orderable (can be purchased) beginning April 21.

• What’s New – Application in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 for Finance, PA, Case Mgmt., HRM and Public Sector Course Number 80164
• What’s New – Technical in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 for Implementation Course Number 80165
• What’s New – Application in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 for Supply Chain Management and Manufacturing Course Number 80163
• What’s New – Technical in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 for Development Course Number 80299
• What’s New – Local Functionality in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012

Have fun .

March 14, 2011 in Blog, Dynamics AX by Amer

New RSS Feed URL of My Blog

If you have subscribed earlier to Microsoft Dynamics AX Thoughts blog RSS feed, then you better change the RSS feed URL.

I have done some changes on my previous blog. I had to create different categories in order to have the posts distributed in different places in my website.

The new “technical” posts RSS feed URL is: http://www.amer-ax.com/?feed=rss2&category_name=blog

Have fun!

February 26, 2011 in Blog, Dynamics AX by Amer

My AX Session at the ROCS2

Yesterday I provided an online session for the technical community in Saudi Arabia.

This session will be the beginning of a series of Dynamics sessions covering most of the technical areas like MorphX, Workflow, EP, Reporting… etc.

The session I gave yesterday provides an overview about the Dynamics AX from technical perspective. I described the Architecture, IDE, X++, EP, Reporting and BI, and Workflow.

You can download the PowerPoint file from here.