Ali Raza Zaidi

A practitioner’s musings on Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations

MS Dynamics Ax 7

AXUpdateInstaller.exe execute -runbookid=”-runbook” -rerunstep=”7″ Timeout issue

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Struggling to upgrade Devboxes. Certainly you find similar issue. I found similar. Time out error occurs on upgrade step of AOSService setup. It is most important step. Where new code injected into different models in Dynamics. We can not skip this step.

I faced this issue 10.0.30 service pack update which contains changes in Human Resource module. Any how I have to follow this step before rerun the step.

I update the xxxRunbox.xml file. You will find this runbook with same name which you created in initial setups.

Search step, there only update TimoutValue. Dont try to search and update 75 to 1800. It corrupts the file.

And then again import this runbook file

AXUpdateInstaller.exe import -runbookfile=”CRDEV4-runbook.xml”

After that go back to same point and run it again.

Problem solve.

How hide SSRS Parameter RDP Menu Name Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations

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Again documentation

class XYZUIBuilder extends SrsReportDataContractUIBuilder
{

public void build()
{
    RecId       hcmWorkerRecId;
    str         name, menuItemName;
    FormBuildGroupControl grp;
    //Dialog    dialogLocal = this.dialog();
    XYZDC   rdpContract = this.dataContractObject();
    DialogField                             workerfieldDiff;
    DialogField  _FromDate,_Todate;

    // Add the pay cycle field.






    menuItemName = this.controller().parmArgs().menuItemName();
    workerfieldDiff = this.addDialogField(methodStr(XYZDC ,parmworkerrecid),rdpContract);
 //   hcmWorkerRecId = HcmWorker::userId2Worker(curUserId());
    if (menuItemName =="ESSReport")
    {

        workerfieldDiff.visible(false);
        workerfieldDiff.value(0);
    }
    _FromDate= this.addDialogField(methodStr(BEKenyaP9DC,parmFromDate),rdpContract);
    _Todate = this.addDialogField(methodStr(BEKenyaP9DC,parmToDate),rdpContract);

}

}

How to deploy non production database to Production server Dynamics 365 for finance and operation.

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This activity is not recommended, but most of the time,  before go live , master data is configured on UAT server and rapidly used. And most of functional consultant do not want this activity on production. Due to time saving as well as they are too much busy on different projects. Any how we can do this. There was no option available directly deploy or restore UAT database to production. For this we have to create service request to Microsoft. This is step by step guide.

So first step is to login into LCS and then open your project

From project detail form click on create new service

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From Service request window. Go to service request and click on add new

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From popup select Sandbox to production

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Next window you have to select the time. Sandbox source and prefer down time.

At least 4 hours from the creation of service request and 5 hours minimum downtime required

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Check all check boxes for agreed after that submit button will enabled .click on submit for Microsoft request.

They reserve downtime for 5 hours but 90 percent deployment will complete with in couple of hours.

How to get calling menu name in extensions Dynamics 365 for finance and operations

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Today is small tip, Many times, we have to took decision based on the name of menu  on which form is called. By getting menu name we can use same form for different purposes.  We can write logic based on current form called from which menu item.

Following is the code snippet helps you to achieve this.

[FormEventHandler(formStr(LogisticsContactInfoGrid), FormEventType::Initialized)]
    public static void LogisticsContactInfoGrid_OnInitialized(xFormRun sender, FormEventArgs e)
    {
        FormRun formRun = sender;
        
        if (formRun.args().menuItemName() == "CustomerLogisticsContactInfoGrid")
        {
            FormDataSource      LogisticsElectronicAddress_ds =formRun.dataSource("LogisticsElectronicAddress");
            LogisticsElectronicAddress_ds.InsertIfEmpty(true);
            LogisticsElectronicAddress_ds.object(fieldNum(LogisticsElectronicAddress, Locator)).mandatory(true);
        }

MB-300- Certification guide Determine when to use workspaces Dynamics 365 for finance and operations

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Hello, welcome to this post, In this post I will explain about navigation concept. If we go through the skilled measured PDF released measured by Microsoft it is follow

  • Determine when to use Workspace.
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So what is workspace.

Workspace is one window to all operations performed by one role. Yes.

As this blog post is notes, So I can copied and paste things from different blogs added reference here.

So According to Microsoft

A workspace is defined as…

  • Part of the primary navigation mechanism.
  • A form that supports a business activity (a logical group of tasks that make up the work of a target persona).
  • A way to provide an initial overview and to increase productivity in the activity by allowing simple tasks to be completed directly in the workspace.
Machine generated alternative text: WORKSPACE Works ace Tile Pane Tabbed List Container Works ace Chart Pane Related Links Panel

When to use Workspace.

  • Provide deeper understanding of his task.
  • Without leaving Workspace End user can access all of pages.
  • Get Statistics of all operations, for example number of new sales order confirmed. Number of sales order delivered. And Number of Invoices generated.
  • Reduce the need of navigation.

If we explore the Customer Payments workspace it will something similar.

Machine generated alternative text: New OPTIONS p Customer payments Summary Record customer payment Customer transactions Invoices past due Payments not settled Find transactions Settlement history Customer invoices past due Filter V Number FT-INV-OOO... CUS-INV CUS-INV -00... SALE-CR-NT... CUS-INV-OO CUS-INV-OO CUS-INV-OO CUS-INV-OO CUS-INV-OO CUS-INV-OO CUS-INV-OO CUS-INV-OO CUS-INV-OO CUS-INV-OO CUS-INV-OO CUS-INV-OO CUS-INV-OO CUS-INV-OO CUS-INV-OO CUS-INV-OO CUS-INV-OO Customer 1 Payment Journals - not posted Payment Journals - not posted assigned to me Electronic payments sent need bank confirmation Due date Y 07/11/2019 07/11/2019 06/11/2019 06/11/2019 17/10/2019 17/10/2019 20/10/2019 20/10/2019 20/10/2019 20/10/2019 20/10/2019 20/10/2019 20/10/2019 20/10/2019 20/10/2019 20/10/2019 23/10/2019 23/10/2019 23/10/2019 23/10/2019 23/10/2019 Currency AED USD AED AED AED AED AED AED AED AED AED AED AED AED AED AED AED AED AED AED AED Amount 5,200.00 2,280.60 250.00 125.00 10,000.00 1,200.00 1,170.00 1,170.00 3,900.00 3,900.00 3,900.00 3,900.00 3,900.00 3,900.00 3,900.00 3,900.00 15,903.00 15,903.00 15,903.00 15,903.00 15,903.00 Balance 5,200.00 780.60 250.00 -125.00 10,000.00 1,200.00 1,170.00 1,170.00 3,900.00 3,900.00 3,900.00 3,900.00 3,900.00 3,900.00 3,900.00 3,900.00 15,903.00 15,903.00 15,903.00 15,903.00 15,903.00 CD Related information Reports Customer aging report Customer balance list with credit limit Customer posted paymentjournal rep... Deposit summary by customer report Deposit summary by date report Deposit slip report Detailed due date list report All customers Customer invoices due today Customers on hold Deposit slips A IN) Integratio Customer Integratio Customer Integratio Customer Integratio Customer Integratio Customer Integratio Customer Integratio Customer Integratio Customer Integratio Customer Integratio Customer Integratio Customer Integratio Customer Integratio Customer Integratio Customer Integratio Customer Integratio Customer Integratio Customer

Tiles

Rectangle box which behaves like a menu button. When you click on it, it will leads you to specific page. This contains specific information, that 10 Sales are pending for confirmation, 2 Sales orders are invoiced.

For example Sales Invoice workspace contains Something similar.

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List pages. This section contains the list pages For example sales Invoice contains following List Page.

  • Invoice past due
  • Payments not settled
  • Find transactions
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One optional link based on Graphs and Charts. Something similar.

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Then comes Related links.

This section, contains hyperlinks with in Dynamics 365 for finance and operations which are related to workspace, for example. Sales Invoice workspace contains following links.

Machine generated alternative text: Related information Reports Customer aging report Customer balance list with credit limit Customer posted paymentjournal rep... Deposit summary by customer report Deposit summary by date report Deposit slip report Detailed due date list report

References

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/fin-ops-core/dev-itpro/user-interface/build-workspaces
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/navigate-finance-operations/2-navigation-elements

Error CREATE UNIQUE INDEX ON DBO.PROJHIERARCHYSORTING Dynamics 365 for finance and Operations

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I faced this problem while restoring staging database from 8.0 to latest version.
Microsoft did not provide any solution to extended index. You can add new indexes on table extension, but did remove or modified on existing indexes.
Severity    Code    Description    Project    File    Line    Suppression State
Error        CREATE UNIQUE INDEX I_17901NODEREFERENCE ON DBO.PROJHIERARCHYSORTING(PARTITION,DATAAREAID,TYPE,REFID,REFNODEID); —> System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: The CREATE UNIQUE INDEX statement terminated because a duplicate key was found for the object name ‘dbo.PROJHIERARCHYSORTING’ and the index name ‘I_17901NODEREFERENCE’. The duplicate key value is (5637144576, atd, 0, , 0).            0
One solution I found that DBO.PROJHIERARCHYSORTING is have some kind of sorting data, And When we open Work Break down structure
this table is auto populate some kind of internal usage for sorting.
So I truncate the DBO.PROJHIERARCHYSORTING table and as result Database Synchronization successfully completed.
And opening WBS of existing table, I found data at SQL server level.
Happy DAXING.
There is no solution to extend table index on table.  So only solution to truncate the table.

Calling menu name in Extensions Dynamics 365 for finance and operations

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In Ax 2012 we get menu name with element.Args().CallMenu name, using  taking decision on menu name.

 

But same logic we need to apply in Extension. But in D365 For finance and operations we did not overlay. Following code snippet helps me to implement similar logic in Extension.

 

 

[ExtensionOf(formStr(CustTable))]

final class IaLogisticsContactInfoGrid_Extension

{

 

 

/// <summary>

///

/// </summary>

/// <param name=”sender”></param>

/// <param name=”e”></param>

[FormEventHandler(formStr(LogisticsContactInfoGrid), FormEventType::Initialized)]

public static void LogisticsContactInfoGrid_OnInitialized(xFormRun sender, FormEventArgs e)

{

 

FormRun formRun = sender;

 

;

 

info(formRun.args().menuItemName());

}

 

}

Data source filter using extension Dynamics 365 for finance and operations

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Hi every one, Today I have very small tip. During customization we need to add filters at run time. Specially in the case of inquiry forms. But Now we have to work with extension. Extensions are much more powerful then over layering.

 

So first one thing to copy Datasource  OnQueryEXecuting event. And paste in Extension class.

The sample code snippet is here.

 

 

 

 [FormDataSourceEventHandler(formDataSourceStr(HcmDiscussion, HcmTopicRef), FormDataSourceEventType::QueryExecuting)]

public static void HcmTopicRef_OnQueryExecuting(FormDataSource sender, FormDataSourceEventArgs e)

{

FormRun          HcmDiscussionForm = sender.formRun();

sender.query().dataSourceName(sender.name()).addRange(fieldnum(HcmTopicRef,     HeadingRefRecId)).value(queryValue(_heading.RecId));

}

Report menu item is not found when constructing the query string” Dynamics 365 for finance and operations.

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I found following error, while running custom report.

 

 

 

Following message shown message.

 

 

 

Report run from controller class.  I found “controller.parmArgs(_args);” was missing. That reason report threw this error.

 

Complete code will be similar.

 

 

 

 

        contract.parmRecordId(invoiceJour.RecId);

controller.parmArgs(_args);

 

controller.parmReportName(ssrsReportStr(DSSCompletionCertificate, Design));

controller.parmShowDialog(false);

controller.parmReportContract().parmRdpContract(contract);

controller.startOperation();