Ali Raza Zaidi

A practitioner’s musings on Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations

Dynamics Ax 7

Free introductory course on MVA for Dynamics 365 for finance and operations, enterprise edition.

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Do you want to introductory session, then this course is for you. Yes it is free any one can watch very basic level course on Microsoft Virtual Academy

https://mva.microsoft.com/en-US/training-courses/introduction-to-microsoft-dynamics-365-for-finance-and-operations-enterprise-edition-17908?l=AHneoTOJE_906312570

Course contents are amazing.

 

 

  •  Course Introduction Time00:01:3701 | Overview
  •  Cloud-Based Solution Time00:02:02
  •  Workspaces Driving Productivity Time00:02:48
  •  Workflows in Your Business Processes Time00:03:34
  •  Reporting Time00:01:12
  •  Industry Focus Time00:02:2902 | Introduction to Functionality
  •  Overview Time00:02:55
  •  Order-to-Cash Time00:00:33
  •  Demo: Order-to-Cash Functionality Time00:07:38
  •  Procure-to-Pay Time00:00:32
  •  Demo: Procure-to-Pay Functionality Time00:08:16
  •  Plan-to-Produce Time00:00:42
  •  Demo: Plan-to-Produce Functionality Time00:05:19
  •  Recruit-to-Hire Time00:00:59
  •  Demo: Create Jobs, Positions, and Recruitment Projects Time00:10:21
  •  Complete an Application and Hire a Worker Time00:00:11
  •  Demo: Complete an Application and Hire a Worker Time00:08:08Post-Course Survey
  •  Post-Course Survey (Optional) Assessment: Full Course
  •  Assessment: Full Course

float value conversion in string SSRS expression and decimal points SSRS dynamics ax 2012 R3.

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Today I have to record very small tip. During development of on SSRS report for Dynamics Ax 2012 R3, End user wants a row at the report footer for  analysis. he wants some kind of percentage  calculation with ‘%’.  A For this I have to use CStr ssrs expression function  like

 

Ctr(((sum(DataSet!field.Value) / sum(DataSet!field.Value)))*100)+”%”.

 

Now it is string and shows number of decimal as it result from division. For example  5.4356333. But end user wants formatting like 5.43 .

It is string or text value and SSRS textbox formatting is not apply on it.

 

Following SSRS expression works for me.

 

 

 

Left(CStr(5.4356333),instr(CStr(5.4356333),”.”)+2)

 

 

My Updated expression is something like this

 

Left(CStr(IIF(Parameters!ProductionReportBM2DS_ItemName.Value = “ITEM-00000420”,((sum(Fields!Scrap.Value)/sum(Fields!TotalConsumption.Value))*100),((sum(Fields!CutLength.Value)/sum(Fields!TotalConsumption.Value))*100))),instr(CStr(IIF(Parameters!ProductionReportBM2DS_ItemName.Value = “ITEM-00000420″,((sum(Fields!Scrap.Value)/sum(Fields!TotalConsumption.Value))*100),((sum(Fields!CutLength.Value)/sum(Fields!TotalConsumption.Value))*100))),”.”)+2) +”%”

Custom lookup for Financial Dimension D365 for Finance and Operations (Dynamics Ax 7)

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Suppose we have to display all values in “Cost Center” financial dimension in custom lookup. For this post I used unbound field.

So first step is we need we need a text box. So drop a control of type “String” ( “Traditionally it is StringEdit Control”).

Right click on “OnLookup” event and click on “copy event handler method”.

Now add a new class in project, update its same as required. For this post I renamed it as FromControlEventHandler

Between opening closing brackets of class, paste the event code, I copied code in previous step.

[FormControlEventHandler(formControlStr(FrmTestDetail, FormStringControl1), FormControlEventType::Lookup)]
public static void FormStringControl1_OnLookup(FormControl sender, FormControlEventArgs e)
{

}

Later update event method with following code snippet, If you are seasonal Ax consultant or developer you will find this very similar to Ax 2012.

/// [FormControlEventHandler(formControlStr(FrmTestDetail, FormStringControl1), FormControlEventType::Lookup)]
public static void FormStringControl1_OnLookup(FormControl sender, FormControlEventArgs e)
{
Query query = new Query();
QueryBuildDataSource queryBuildDataSource;
QueryBuildRange qbrForAccount;
SysTableLookup sysTableLookup;
// DimType dimType;
DimensionAttribute dimensionAttribute;
// SysTableLookup::newParameters(tableNum(CustTable),sender);
sysTableLookup = SysTableLookup::newParameters(tableNum(OMOperatingUnit),sender,true);
sysTableLookup.parmUseLookupValue(false);
sysTableLookup.addLookupfield(fieldNum(OMOperatingUnit, OMOperatingUnitNumber));
sysTableLookup.addLookupfield(fieldNum(OMOperatingUnit, Name));
queryBuildDataSource = query.addDataSource(tableNum(OMOperatingUnit));
queryBuildDataSource.addSortField(fieldnum(OMOperatingUnit,OMOperatingUnitNumber));
queryBuildDataSource.addRange(fieldNum(OMOperatingUnit, OMOperatingUnitType)).value(int2str(any2int(OMOperatingUnitType::OMCostCenter)));
sysTableLookup.parmQuery(query);
sysTableLookup.performFormLookup();

FormControlCancelableSuperEventArgs ce = e as FormControlCancelableSuperEventArgs;
//cancel super() to prevent error.
ce.CancelSuperCall();

}

There is no need to add different classes for each event. You can copy and write events of different controls in single class.
There is another option on form control event, “Find Event Handler”. On click on it, will leads to event handler reference, I we wrote it. For current post I clicked on “Find Event handler”

results in as

Now let see what will our output. So I pressed Ctrl+F5 to form run without debugging.
Cheers, After pressing Edit Button my unbound custom lookup with Specific financial dimension works fine.

Custom Financial Dimension in Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations (AX 7)

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Purpose of this post to share the procedure I learned yesterday for adding custom Financial dimension in Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations aka (AX 7). So I added a fictional Financial dimension.

Suppose we have to create a financial dimension with “Jaggah Tax”. This financial dimension required in Sales order, Sales Line, Purchase Order, Purchase line.

 

New Custom financial can be added and activate by following steps.

 

 

First of all open Ax in browser and change its legal entity to USMF.

Now click on General Ledger ==> Charts of Accounts ==> Dimensions => Financial Dimensions.

 

 

 

 

From financial dimensions page Click on New button. As a result detail page open in new / create mode.

 

You will find here three editable controls. From Used value drop down, select custom dimension, in second text box type name of dimension and in third text box type Report column Name.

 

 

 

 

Now click on Activate button from top menu.

 

On pressing Activating menu button, on right hand side a popup dialog opens. You can select different options from here. I want to activate this financial dimension so I selected activate now option.

 

So progress dialog show activation is under progress.

 

Finally we created a new financial dimension.

 

Now next step is to add values for dimension. Suppose our organization pay two types of jaggah tax.

-Noori Naath

-Mola Jatt.

 

 

So for this click on Dimension values menu button after selecting dimension open in detail section.

 

Click on New and enter values as much as requires. With each value also add  activation date.

 

 

 

We successfully create custom financial dimension. But until we add financial dimension in accounting structure  it will not available for selection.

 

For this again open General Ledger => Setup => Ledger

 

 

From Ledger detail form, select Manufacturing P&L. either double click on it or after selection click on edit button.

 

 

 

Account Structure is open, Also click on add  segment.

 

 

On right side a pop up opens with all financial dimensions. You can select required dimension.

From right side a pop up opens from there you can select required Dimension.

 

 

After selection Accounting structure look a like below screenshot.

 

 

Now on update financial dimensions values below text boxes in grid to “”;*. By default it will be *. Which means value is required.  “”;*. Means empty value or null values also allow in dimension.

Now update top value and activate it.

Activation in progress.

 

Now open Purchase order and from Header view, select newly added financial dimension.

 

Values are available here.

 

 

Our newly add financial dimension successfully added

 

 

 

Enum value to Table Insertion Dynamics Ax 2012 R3, D365 for operations

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Let me share you a small tip, During customization We extend out of box Enum for classification. Later client requirement is extensive usage of new Values for classification. For adding new values in enum results dependency on technical person . So we did customization and provide form and custom table so he can create number of values as he want. But now next challenge was, copy enum values and labels in Custom table, So He can use these value instead create again. I used following code snippet to copy data from Enum and insert into Custom table. Hopes this helps.

 

EnumId   enumId   = enumNum(LedgerPostingType);

DictEnum dictEnum = new DictEnum(enumId);

int      _NoOfValueInEnum = dictEnum.values();

int      counter;

CustomTable  _header;

delete_from _header;

for(counter = 0; counter < _NoOfValueInEnum; counter ++)

{

_header.ReportHeaderCode = dictEnum.index2Label(counter);

_header.Description = dictEnum.index2Label(counter);

_header.SortOrder=0;

_header.EnumValue = dictEnum.index2Value(counter);

_header.insert();

 

}

Customization in Dynamics 365 for operation (Dynamics AX, AX 7) – Part 8 Tree Control

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Recently I complete the custom Inquiry for Dynamics Ax 2012 R3. That customization is extensive and based on Tree control. Now I did experiment with Tree view control  in Dynamics 365 for operation and output will share here.  For this post I used Dynamics 365 for Operation Update 4 Vm with contoso data.

Suppose we need to build tree Where Sale order Number came as parent and Customer account is as its child node. There is thousand possibilities, but I use simplest way. So first step to add form. Then add tree control it. Set Form Name and Auto declaration property to true. So we can access control in code behind.

 

Next step is to insert following code snippet initial method.

 

 

public class frmTreeViewTest extends FormRun

{

/// <summary>

///

/// </summary>

public void init()

{

SalesTable _Table;

TreeItemIdx _TreeItemid;

 

 

super();

 

MyTreeView.deleteAll();

MyTreeView.lock();

while select * from _Table

{

// _TreeItemid = SysFormTreeControl::addTreeItem(MyTreeView, _Table.SalesId + " : " + _Table.CustAccount ,FormTreeAdd::Root,  _Table.RecId);

 

_TreeItemid = SysFormTreeControl::addTreeItem(MyTreeView, "Sales Order :" + _Table.SalesId ,FormTreeAdd::Root,  _Table.RecId);

SysFormTreeControl::addTreeItem(MyTreeView, " Customer Account : " + _Table.CustAccount ,_TreeItemid ,  _Table.RecId);

 

SysFormTreeControl::expandTree(MyTreeView,_TreeItemid);

 

 

 

}

}

 

}

 

Its works for me.

 

 

 

For rest Limit is only sky. Happy development.

Data Manipulation tip 5. Like operator wild card in Select query Dynamics ax 2012 D365 for Operations.

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Currently I am writing an Inquiry for Client. For this inquiry I have to use Like operator functionality. For example end user wants to search Sale Orders. For this he/she enters the partial sale order number and Inquiry provides the result.

Microsoft provides “Like operator” functionality , I used it with text box in below code snippet. Suppose strProcumentValue is string edit control with auto declaration true.

 

 

void clicked()

{

PurchTable  _Table;

 

 

super();

 

 

select * from _Table where _Table.PurchId like “*” + strProcumentValue.text() +”*”;

 

if (_Table !=null)

{

 

info(“found”);

 

}

}

Its works for me,

reference: http://daxdude.blogspot.com/2011/02/use-x-wildcard-like-and-not-like-in-x.html

Relation between VendInvoiceInfoTable and VendInvoiceJour Dynamics Ax 2012 R3

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Relationship between VendInvoiceInfoTable and VendInvoiceJour. Is Parm Id. This problem occurs when we need some customization on vendor Invoice form and values of these fields required in reporting. Due to minor nature no impact on calculation. For getting these fields to VendorInoviceJour required complex customization, God knows what will broke or long way of testing require for it. So best way to fetch it form VendorInvoiceInfoTable.

I test it on SQL Server on contoso data  with following Query

select parmid,* from vendinvoicejour where parmid in(
select parmid from VendInvoiceInfoTable where PURCHID=’000003′)

 

Its works for me.

Reference: https://community.dynamics.com/ax/f/33/t/187795

 

 

 

Data manipulation tip 2 Dynamics ax 2012 and D365 of Operations Table initialization method.

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If we consider the following code snippet.
CustSalesQty _temp1,_temp2;
_temp1.IntQty=100;

_temp1.CustAccount =”Cust00001″;

_temp1.insert();

_temp1.IntQty=200;

_temp1.insert();

 

_temp1.IntQty=300;

_temp1.CustAccount =”Cust00003″;

_temp1.insert();

while select * from _temp1

{

_temp2.data(_temp1);

_temp2.insert();

 

 

 

}

 

while select * from  _temp2

{

info( ” _temp2 with ” + _temp2.CustAccount + ” ” + int2Str(_temp2.IntQty));

 

}

 

 

}

You can check that when we insert the temp1.inQTY=200, We did not set Customer account. At result record new record will insert with customer Cust00001 . You can see output of above code

 

 

Point is simple, We need to initialize the table before populate for next values.  I found this scenario in custom Inventory reports. When we populate data in different fields based on issue status.

You can set initialized values after ate in side query execution loop. But that piece of code belongs to specific location.

Microsoft provide the out of the box base initValue method. You can add this method by following way.

Best practices says you have to initialize value in this method. And call this method with table reference. This way initialization is table dependent not class dependent.

 

So we can over write the code as follow

public class CustSalesQty extends common

{

/// <summary>

///

/// </summary>

public void initValue()

{

super();

this.IntQty =0;

this.CustAccount =””;

}

 

}

Now above code snippet will works as

class Job123

{

/// <summary>

/// Runs the class with the specified arguments.

/// </summary>

/// <param name = “_args”>The specified arguments.</param>

public static void main(Args _args)

{

CustSalesQty _temp1,_temp2;

_temp1.initValue();

_temp1.IntQty=100;

_temp1.CustAccount =”Cust00001″;

_temp1.insert();

_temp1.initValue();

_temp1.IntQty=200;

//  _temp1.CustAccount =”Cust00002″;

_temp1.insert();

_temp1.initValue();

_temp1.IntQty=300;

_temp1.CustAccount =”Cust00003″;

_temp1.insert();

while select * from _temp1

{

_temp2.initValue();

_temp2.data(_temp1);

_temp2.insert();

 

 

 

}

 

while select * from  _temp2

{

info( ” _temp2 with ” + _temp2.CustAccount + ” ” + int2Str(_temp2.IntQty));

 

}

 

 

}

 

}

Data manipulation tip 1 In Dynamics ax 2012 and D365 Of Operations Data copy method.

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Currently I am doing Report development project, I got some tips for Data manipulation , these tips I recently learned.

 

Copy data from one table buffer to other of same type.

 

 

During report development, We usually populate  temp table with result of Query execution. Usually we need copy of same data for aggregate functions.

 

Instead map each field of buffer with each other. We can copy the whole data by using .data method.

 

 

Suppose we have custom temp table CustSaleQtyTmp which we need to copy from one buffer to other.

class DataManipulationJob
{
/// <summary>
/// Runs the class with the specified arguments.
/// </summary>
/// <param name = "_args">The specified arguments.</param>
public static void main(Args _args)
{

CustSaleQtytmp _temp1,_temp2;
_temp1.IntQty=100;
_temp1.CustAccount =”Cust00001″;
_temp1.insert();
_temp1.IntQty=200;
_temp1.CustAccount =”Cust00002″;
_temp1.insert();

_temp1.IntQty=300;
_temp1.CustAccount =”Cust00003″;
_temp1.insert();
while select * from _temp1
{
// Instead copy like this we can use Data method
// _temp1.CustAccount = _temp2.CustAccount;
// _temp1.IntQty = _temp2.IntQty;

_temp2.data(_temp1);
_temp2.insert();

}

while select * from _temp2
{
info( ” _temp2 with ” + _temp2.CustAccount + ” ” + int2Str(_temp2.IntQty));

}
}

}

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