A practitioner’s musings on Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations
I got error on My Dev box virtual machine. When I tried to restart AOS or IIS service.
I found that World wide web service is in stopping mode. Some reason it stuck. So I restart my machine.
AOS/ IIS works perfectly fine after restart. Basically two services need to run if you found this error
I did some customization in Business Document or some places these reports are called control document. In classic Ax 2012 we overlay and a lot of efforts saves. But In D365 use extension, which is more powerful feature.
With help of a following article I did customization at least 3 to 4 reports and these reports works fine.
But In one case. It did not work, the required report designer did not show in
Setup > Forms > Form setup. Click Print Management . And original report with design run instead of custom design.
I tried on multiple environment, but issue sustain.
By adding following code snippet in my Extended Controller class will resolve the issue. It works for me.
protected void outputReport()
{
SRSCatalogItemName reportDesign;
reportDesign = ssrsReportStr(MyPurchPurchaseOrder,Report);
this.parmReportName(reportDesign);
this.parmReportContract().parmReportName(reportDesign);
formletterReport.parmReportRun().settingDetail().parmReportFormatName(reportDesign);
super();
}
Amazing, I got requirement that Change request option need not in workflow. I opened the workflow approval in AOT. Approval all options were there. As compare to other AOT objects where we enable disabled two properties without creating extension are “Label” and visible. But here nothing found. There is no option to modify anything “out of the box” workflow.
While exploring workflow designer configuring Workflow. I found that some properties when we drag approval object on workflow designer. Not step object inside approval.
In properties, I found some options. That works for me.
On workflow dialog change request options is gone.
Table Id can be found SysTableIdView. in Dev environments, you can do direct query on sql server.
select * from SysTableIdView
If you did not access sql server then you can open it on table browser.
http://usnconeboxax1aos.cloud.onebox.dynamics.com/?cmp=usmf&mi=SysTableBrowser&TableName=SysTableIdView
Here collection of good articles / blog posts for Extension framework.
I just completed the customization using extension. Initially, it’s really tough for me. But with passage of time and my library of code snippet increased, I felt the power of extensions over old classic overlay concept. Even I used extension in custom forms instead write old age methods in controls and data sources.
Here are some links which are very helpful for me and worth to share.
Event handling:
https://devserra.wordpress.com/2016/04/19/ax7-using-table-event-handler/
https://axility.net/en/access-stuff-in-the-new-event-subscriptions/
Workflow:
http://d365technext.blogspot.com/2018/07/avoid-over-layering-in-development-of.html
https://devmusings.blog/2018/03/18/custom-workflows-in-microsoft-dynamics-365-for-operations/
https://workflowax.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/participant-provider-example/
Model:
https://stoneridgesoftware.com/what-is-the-modelutil-exe-good-for/
https://community.dynamics.com/365/financeandoperations/f/765/t/223547
https://www.cloudfronts.com/model-importexport-in-dynamics-365-operations/
Email templates
https://www.sikich.com/insight/how-to-email-purchase-orders-in-dynamics-365-for-operations/
Vendor Collaboration:
Reports through extension:
Custom form:
I just wrote couple of custom workflow. But on Submit workflow, form did not refresh and available for edit until, you manually refresh the form. That behavior is certainly not acceptable by end user.
usually “_args.caller().updateWorkflowControls();” will do this. Possible I missed something. But for its solution I add following code snippet for data set refresh that works for me.
dssRfpTable tableBuffer = _args.record();
FormDataSource custInvoiceTableDataSource;
custInvoiceTableDataSource = FormDataUtil::getFormDataSource(tableBuffer);
if (custInvoiceTableDataSource)
{
custInvoiceTableDataSource.research(true);
custInvoiceTableDataSource.refresh();
}
Buddy, Today I need to disabled the best practice check, It take too much time.
Usually rapid development, we did not care about best practice check. Otherwise compile take too much time.
For disabled is You have to unchecked the check box in Debug => options and then expand d365 node and then build
During writing custom workflow. I found interesting things. Worth to share. In workflow condition screen. I did not found a lot of options. First thing I found that these Fields in conditions comes from field group we used in Approval creation wizard. But where to come child level fields. ??
Interestingly, these child level fields comes from Workflow Document Query. Required child fields comes from child or tables in main data source of query.
Following screenshots will helps you to more understanding
In this webcast, I explain how to use Custom workflow participant provider. I got requirement that In HR Portal self service provider. HR can submit request on the behalf of some worker. But when HR submit the document in Workflow for approval. The first user will be the behalf-ed user, so he can review and confirm the requirement. And certainly that User / worker will be different then document originator. I achieved that with the help of Custom Workflow Participant Provider.
This is second part of webcast. Here I demonstrate to setup number sequence in Dynamics 365 for finance and operations
