Within this second part, we will take a deeper look at the first pillar of a classical cost accounting system and investigate how a company’s costs can be classified for cost accounting purposes.
This...(read more)![]()
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Cost accounting (2)
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Thinking of migrating to on-premise Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Enterprise Edition?
Factors driving/affecting decision of using an on-premise ERP as compared to cloud ERP:
Seamless business operations and continuity.
Organizations preference to store their data on own infrastructure...(read more)![]()
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A day in the life of a buyer in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Enterprise
The option of adding pre-filtered tiles to standard or
custom workspaces is making it very easy to create the perfect workspace for a
buyer in Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations Enterprise (D365FOE)
edition.
When discussing our ...read more![]()
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Machine learning, Part I: Microsoft's machine learning packages in SQL and R Server
They are top tech, software and
internet companies; yet officials from Amazon, Baidu, Facebook, Google, IBM,
Intel, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Tesla have all recently stated they are becoming artificial
intelligence (AI) companies. And this fad is no flash ...read more![]()
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Machine learning for Dynamics, Part 1: Microsoft's ML packages in SQL and R Server
They are top tech, software and
internet companies; yet officials from Amazon, Baidu, Facebook, Google, IBM,
Intel, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Tesla have all recently stated they are becoming artificial
intelligence (AI) companies. And this fad is no flash ...read more![]()
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Announcement: Extensibility documentation is now available
With the next release of Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations Enterprise edition we plan to soft seal the Application Suite model.
For anyone not yet familiar with this agenda, please read through the previous announcement
The partner channel need to be educated for them to successfully migrate their development to using extensions instead of overlayering.
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Dynamics 365 for Operations: Class extensions and Chain of Command (COC)-Next keyword
The functionality of extension classes (also known as class augmentation) is being improved to allow developers to wrap logic around methods defined in a base class. This allows extending the logic of public and protected methods without the need to use event handlers. When you wrap a method, you can also access other public and protected methods and variables of the class. This way, you can start transactions and easily manage state variables associated with your class.
Class Student
{
real studentAge(int arg)
{
real studentAge(int arg)
{
…
}
}
…
}
}
It is now possible to extend the functionality of method1 using an extension class by reusing the same name to add pre-and post-logic to it.
[ExtensionOf(ClassStr(Student))]
class Student_Extension
{
real studentAge (int arg)
class Student_Extension
{
real studentAge (int arg)
{
var s = next studentAge(arg + 4);
return s;
}
}
var s = next studentAge(arg + 4);
return s;
}
}
Wrapping studentAge and the required use of the next keyword creates a Chain of Command (CoC) for the method. Here is what happens when the following code executes.
Student c = new Student ();
Print c. studentAge (33);
Print c. studentAge (33);
The system will find any method that wraps studentAge. It will randomly execute one of these methods (say, studentAge of the Student _Extension class). When the call to next studentAge() occurs the system will randomly pick another method in the CoC or call the original implementation if none exist.
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How to Prepare for Your Next ERP Audit
Most CFOs trust their system administrators to manage user roles and security in a way that protects the company against Segregation of Duties (SOD) issues. These precautions ensure auditors won’t...(read more)![]()
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Access 200+ Dynamics 365 & AX Sessions You Won’t Find Anywhere Else at D365UG/AXUG Summit Nashville
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Learn from your seriously smart peers and the experts
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- Over 200 educational sessions. Our Programming Committee combed through comments, surveys and feedback galore, putting together new sessions and pulling out the best of the best from last year’s top-rated sessions, such as“Your Project is At Risk! Now What?” and “Data Archiving: A Component of your Dynamics AX Strategy.”
- 40+ Pre-Conference Academy courses. According to the Pew Research Center, 75% of professionals say extra training helped them advance within their current company. Let Pre-Conference Academy help you succeed!
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Inspire 2017 Notebook: A look back at 11 big stories for Microsoft Dynamics partners
As a longtime WPC/Inspire-observer
with a perspective geared toward Microsoft Dynamics, I'd like to share some of
my initial impressions on this year's Inspire 2017 in Washington DC. And
highlight some of the important trends you'll find ...read more![]()
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How to: Export Model Store
Hello everyone, this post have been on my draft for quite some time and since this is a blog for noobs we can’t miss the basics!
- To avoid problems, disable AOS.
- Open Microsoft Dynamics AX Management Shell, you can find it on Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Administrative Tools.
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- In Microsoft Dynamics AX Management Shell, type the following command, and then press ENTER.
Export-AXModelStore -File <Filename> -Details
Example:
Export-AXModelStore -File DAX_CU9_BPK -Details
This command exports the model store to an .axmodelstore file.
- It might take a couple of minutes but Management Shell will tell you when it’s done.
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To know more about how to export model file please click here.
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Microsoft Dynamics AX: Patrones de diseño
Una de las cosas buenas en el desarrollo de software es que se puede utilizar soluciones de diseño que han sido probadas y diseñadas para otros sistemas. Pero, ¿Como logramos que una...(read more)![]()
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Service Restored | Worldwide | Payments | Unable to process credit card transactions through FDC | July 20, 2017
Microsoft engineers have received alerts that customers are unable to process credit card payments through First Data Corporation (FDC). We have just begun to investigate and an update will be provided...(read more)![]()
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Add call stack to InfoLog messages
The main communication channel for our ERP users in case we want to tell them something is via the InfoLog messages within Microsoft Dynamics AX. In case we get an error or a warning, the technical staff does not receive the details required to troubleshoot the issue much easier. In this post I would like to show you how to...
The post Add call stack to InfoLog messages appeared first on DAXRunBase.
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A view from afar: Microsoft Dynamics messaging, deal flow, and analyst relations (Podcast transcript)
Editor's Note: This article is based on a transcription
of a recent MSDW Podcast episode .
Is Microsoft doing all it can to make Dynamics 365 the crown
jewel of its enterprise business?
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Dynamics AX 2012 – DIXF Performance Benchmark Results
The Dynamics AX InMarket team has provided the following benchmarking results for DIXF imports based on numerous requests for this information. If there are any questions or requests for additional entity coverage please let me know!
Problem Statement:
Customer is importing around 500K records and the need for some form of benchmarking the performance expected out of importing/exporting using DIXF.
This article answer customer’s questions about what kind of performance they could expect out of DIXF.
Machine Configuration
Below was the machine configuration on which the benchmark testing was performed.
Machine (3 BOX Setup) | Processor GHz | RAM (GB) | #Cores | OS Version |
AOS | 2.67 | 16 | 24 | Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise |
SQL | 2.13 | 48 | 8 | Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise |
Client | 2.41 | 8 | 8 | Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise |
Entities
Microsoft performed the benchmark performance testing for below entities with different amount of data in each iteration. Similar iterations was performed with different numbers of batch tasks.
Entity | Iteration 1 (Records) | Iteration 2 (Records) | Iteration 3 (Records) | Iteration 4 (Records) | Iteration 5 (Records) |
Opening Balance | 1500 | 3000 | 6000 | 12000 | 24000 |
Product | 5000 | 10000 | 20000 | 40000 | 80000 |
Sales Order header | 1000 | 2000 | 4000 | 8000 | 16000 |
Sales Order Line | 5000 | 10000 | 20000 | 40000 | 80000 |
Vendor Invoice Header | 500 | 1000 | 2000 | 4000 | 8000 |
Vendor Invoice Line | 1500 | 3000 | 6000 | 12000 | 24000 |
Sales Order Composite Entity | 6000 | 12000 | 24000 | 48000 | 96000 |
Vendor Invoice Composite Entity | 2000 | 4000 | 8000 | 16000 | 32000 |
Results
Below are the results for each entity when run under the batch execution with different tasks/record counts.
Opening Balance Entity (Batch Execution)
Entity | No. of Tasks | Record Count | Staging Execution Time | Target Execution Time |
Opening Balance | 32 | 1500 (3 lines per journal) | 3 sec | 24 sec |
32 | 3000 (3 lines per journal) | 4 sec | 32 sec | |
32 | 6000 (3 lines per journal) | 9 sec | 59 sec | |
32 | 12000 (3 lines per journal) | 9 sec | 2 min 2 sec | |
32 | 24000 (3 lines per journal) | 15 sec | 5 min 28 sec |
Execution details with different numbers of tasks.
Entity | No. of Tasks | Record Count | Staging Execution Time | Target Execution Time |
Opening Balance | 32 | 24000 (3 lines per journal) | 15 sec | 5 min 28 sec |
16 | 24000 (3 lines per journal) | 14 sec | 8 min 27 sec | |
8 | 24000 (3 lines per journal) | 14 sec | 10 min 52 sec |
Product Entity (Batch Execution)
Entity | No. of Tasks | Record Count | Staging Execution Time | Target Execution Time |
Product | 32 | 5000 | 6 sec | 2 min 45 sec |
32 | 10000 | 9 sec | 5 min 26 sec | |
32 | 20000 | 17 sec | 11 min 13 sec | |
32 | 40000 | 37 sec | 26 min 41 sec | |
32 | 80000 | 1 min 3 sec | 58 min 37 sec |
Execution details with different numbers of tasks.
Entity | No. of Tasks | Record Count | Staging Execution Time | Target Execution Time |
Product | 32 | 80000 | 1 min 3 sec | 58 min 37 sec |
16 | 80000 | 1 min 1 sec | 1 hr 1 min 56 sec | |
8 | 80000 | 1 min 2 sec | 1 hr 41 min 32 sec |
Sales Order Header (Batch Execution)
Entity | No. of Tasks | Record Count | Staging Execution Time | Target Execution Time |
Sales Order Header | 32 | 1000 | 3 sec | 7 sec |
32 | 2000 | 3 sec | 11 sec | |
32 | 4000 | 4 sec | 21 sec | |
32 | 8000 | 5 sec | 40 sec | |
32 | 16000 | 7 sec | 1 min 40 sec |
Sales Order Line (Batch Execution)
Entity | No. of Tasks | Record Count | Staging Execution Time | Target Execution Time |
SALES Order Line | 32 | 5000 | 5 sec | 48 sec |
32 | 10000 | 7 sec | 1 min 49 sec | |
32 | 20000 | 10 sec | 3 min 47 sec | |
32 | 40000 | 23 sec | 7 min 28 sec | |
32 | 80000 | 42 sec | 17 min 1 sec |
Sales Order Composite Entity (Batch Execution)
Entity | Sub Entity | Record Count | No. of Tasks | Staging Execution Time | Target Execution Time |
Sales Order | SOH | 1000 | 10 | 16 sec | 2 min 13 sec |
SOL | 5000 | 22 | |||
SOH | 2000 | 10 | 34 sec | 4 min | |
SOL | 10000 | 22 | |||
SOH | 4000 | 10 | 1 min | 8 min 34 sec | |
SOL | 20000 | 22 | |||
SOH | 8000 | 10 | 2 min 15 sec | 18 min 16 sec | |
SOL | 40000 | 22 | |||
SOH | 16000 | 10 | 3 min 38 sec | 38 min 19 sec | |
SOL | 80000 | 22 |
Execution details with different numbers of tasks.
Entity | Sub Entity | Record Count | No. of Tasks | Staging Execution Time | Target Execution Time |
Sales Order | SOH | 16000 | 32 | 3 min 40 sec | 37 min 18 sec |
SOL | 80000 | ||||
SOH | 16000 | 16 | 3 min 38 sec | 40 min42 sec | |
SOL | 80000 | ||||
SOH | 16000 | 8 | 3 min 36 sec | 52 min 37 sec | |
SOL | 80000 |
Vendor Invoice Header (Batch Execution)
Entity | No. of Tasks | Record Count | Staging Execution Time | Target Execution Time |
Vendor Invoice Header | 32 | 500 | 2 sec | 4 sec |
32 | 1000 | 2 sec | 6 sec | |
32 | 2000 | 2 sec | 10 sec | |
32 | 4000 | 3 sec | 17 sec | |
32 | 8000 | 4 sec | 41 sec |
Vendor Invoice Line (Batch Execution)
Entity | No. of Tasks | Record Count | Staging Execution Time | Target Execution Time |
Vendor Invoice Line | 32 | 1500 | 3 sec | 24 sec |
32 | 3000 | 4 sec | 41 sec | |
32 | 6000 | 3 sec | 1 min 23 sec | |
32 | 12000 | 6 sec | 2 min 44 sec | |
32 | 24000 | 8 sec | 5 min 51 sec |
Vendor Invoice Composite Entity (Batch Execution)
Entity | Sub Entity | Record Count | No. of Tasks | Staging Execution Time | Target Execution Time |
Vendor Invoice | VIH | 500 | 10 | 3 sec | 33 sec |
VIL | 1500 | 22 | |||
VIH | 1000 | 10 | 11 sec | 1 min | |
VIL | 3000 | 22 | |||
VIH | 2000 | 10 | 20 sec | 1 min 56 sec | |
VIL | 6000 | 22 | |||
VIH | 4000 | 10 | 35 sec | 3 min 54 sec | |
VIL | 12000 | 22 | |||
VIH | 8000 | 10 | 1 min 13 sec | 7 min 58 sec | |
VIL | 24000 | 22 |
Execution details with different numbers of tasks.
Entity | Sub Entity | Record Count | No. of Tasks | Staging Execution Time | Target Execution Time |
Vendor Invoice | VIH | 8000 | 32 | 1 min 6 sec | 7 min 43 sec |
VIL | 24000 | ||||
VIH | 8000 | 16 | 1 min 7 sec | 7 min 34 sec | |
VIL | 24000 | ||||
VIH | 8000 | 8 | 1 min 6 sec | 9 min 15 sec | |
VIL | 24000 |
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High Availability best practices for Dynamics AX 2012
In this blog post, I would like to summarize the best practices to ensure High Availability (HA) for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3. This has been a critical subject for many customers because Dynamics AX is a mission-critical business application meaning that any downtime impacting end users will result in financial loss. Business continuity doesn't come for...![]()
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Microsoft Q4 2017 Earnings Release: Revenue beats expectations, Azure accelerates
Microsoft has released the following results for the quarter
ended June 30, 2017:
Revenue was $23.3 billion GAAP, and $24.7
billion non-GAAP
Operating income was $5.3 billion GAAP, and $7.0
billion non-GAAP
Net income was ...read more![]()
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Beware the Penny Difference
If you're using Project Management & Accounting and Accounts Receivable in AX (D365 for Ops) and you have a Maximum penny difference and Maximum over/underpayment value set here in A/R Parameters>>Settlement...(read more)![]()
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Discovery of JSON-based custom services in AX 7
If you download AX integration samples from GitHub, you’ll see (in JsonConsoleApplication project) that you can call JSON-based custom services by code like this:
var request = HttpWebRequest.Create(ClientConfiguration.Default.UriString+"api/services/UserSessionService/AifUserSessionService/GetUserSessionInfo"); request.Headers[OAuthHelper.OAuthHeader]= OAuthHelper.GetAuthenticationHeader(); request.Method="POST"; request.GetResponse();
It will call the operation and return its return value as JSON:
{"$id":"1","AOSLocaleName":"en-US","AXLanguage":"EN-US","Company":"DAT","CompanyTimeZone":58,"CurrencyInfo":{"$id":"2","CurrencyCode":"USD","Description":"US Dollar","ExchangeRate":100.0,"ISOCurrencyCode":"USD","Prefix":"","Suffix":""},"IsSysAdmin":true,"UserId":"wintermute","UserPreferredCalendar":0,"UserPreferredTimeZone":18}
This is what happens when you use the POST method of HTTP; if you switch to GET, you’ll actually get some information about the service.
Therefore if you merely change the value of request.Method:
var request = HttpWebRequest.Create(ClientConfiguration.Default.UriString + "api/services/UserSessionService/AifUserSessionService/GetUserSessionInfo"); request.Headers[OAuthHelper.OAuthHeader] = OAuthHelper.GetAuthenticationHeader();request.Method = "GET"; request.GetResponse();
you’ll get a very different response:
{"Parameters":[],"Return":{"Name":"return","Type":"AifUserSessionInfo"}}
You can see that the operation doesn’t expect any parameters and it returns a single object of AifUserSessionInfo type. This gives you some limited information about how to use this service.
You can also use GET requests to discover existing services and their operations.
/api/services gives you a list of all service groups:
{"ServiceGroups":[{"Name":"AxClient"},…,{"Name":"UserSessionService"}…]}
/api/services/UserSessionService provides a list of services in the service group:
{"Services":[{"Name":"AifUserSessionService"}]}
/api/services/UserSessionService/AifUserSessionService shows all operations of the individual service:
{"Operations":[{"Name":"ApplyTimeZone"},{"Name":"GetAccessRights"},{"Name":"GetPartitionKey"},{"Name":"GetPartitionKeysForUser"},{"Name":"GetUserSessionInfo"},{"Name":"IsSinglePartitionSystem"},{"Name":"RemoveTimeZone"}]}
Don’t forget than opening an URL in browser makes a GET request, therefore you don’t have to write any code to get this kind of information about custom services.
But maybe you would like something a bit more sophisticated, which is the topic of the next post: Open API for JSON-based custom services in AX 7.
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