In my last post I mentioned the reason I use Powershell to draw data from AX. What I want to achieve is ease of drawing data from AX and the ability to save and re-run queries. I wrote a basic script module to do this.
The main utility from the module is a new cmdlet New-AXSelectStmt. It is used to pass X++ select statement to AX and get a list of PSObject as return.
A simple example would be:
In terms of actual usage, I have a case where a user's ask about the net weight shown on an invoice. In the invoice printout, a line of 10pcs is shown to weight 0.197g. However, on the item details form the net weight per piece is 0.02. The user thinks there is an error.
I used the query below to quickly check the actual net weight stored in the database and show user what happened.
The main utility from the module is a new cmdlet New-AXSelectStmt. It is used to pass X++ select statement to AX and get a list of PSObject as return.
A simple example would be:
It is also possible to run select statement with multiple tables:
New-AXSelectStmt CustTable -stmt "SELECT * FROM %1"
<# Result
# AccountNum : 1302
# Name : Turtle Wholesales
# Address : 123 Peach Street Aberdeen, MD 21001 US
# Phone : 123-555-0168
# TeleFax : 321-555-0157
# InvoiceAccount :
# CustGroup : 10
# LineDisc :
# PaymTermId : N060
# CashDisc :
#>
New-AXSelectStmt SalesTable,SalesLine -stmt "SELECT * FROM %1 JOIN %2 WHERE %1.SALESID == %2.SALESID" -top 50
<# Result
# SalesTable_SalesId : SO-100004
# SalesTable_SalesName : Contoso Retail San Diego
# SalesTable_Reservation : 0
# SalesTable_CustAccount : 3001
# SalesTable_InvoiceAccount : 3001
# SalesTable_DeliveryDate : 7/2/2008 12:00:00 AM
# SalesTable_DeliveryAddress : 456 Peach Road
# San Diego, CA 92114
# US
# SalesTable_URL :
# SalesTable_PurchOrderFormNum :
# SalesTable_SalesTaker :
# SalesLine_SalesId : SO-100004
# SalesLine_LineNum : 5
# SalesLine_ItemId : 1401
# SalesLine_SalesStatus : 3
# SalesLine_LedgerAccount :
# SalesLine_Name : Car Audio System Model 01
# SalesLine_ExternalItemId :
# SalesLine_TaxGroup : Resale
# SalesLine_QtyOrdered : 1
# SalesLine_SalesDeliverNow : 0
#>
In terms of actual usage, I have a case where a user's ask about the net weight shown on an invoice. In the invoice printout, a line of 10pcs is shown to weight 0.197g. However, on the item details form the net weight per piece is 0.02. The user thinks there is an error.
I used the query below to quickly check the actual net weight stored in the database and show user what happened.
New-AXSelectStmt InventTable -stmt "SELECT * FROM %1 WHERE %1.ItemId == 'itemid'" -fieldLists "ItemId,NetWeight,ItemNAme,ItemGroupId" -showLabel
<# Result
# Item number Net weight Item name Item group
# ----------- ---------- --------- ----------
# itemid 0.0197 High-Definition Digital Video Recorder Model 01 DVR
#>
# Export the result to a csv
New-AXSelectStmt CustTable -stmt "SELECT * FROM %1" -top 10 | Export-CSV "C:\Temp\custList.csv"
# Email the exported file
Send-MailMessage -From $mailFrom -To $mailTo -Subject $subject -Body $body -Attachments "C:\Temp\custList.csv" `
-SmtpServer $SMTPServer -Port $SMTPPort -Credential $mycreds -BodyAsHtml -UseSsl -Attachment
Well, that's all! Happy DAXing...until next time. =]
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