Mastering Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 Programming

Mastering Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 Programming

By : Simon Buxton, Mat Fergusson

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Mastering Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 Programming

By: Simon Buxton, Mat Fergusson

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Overview of this book

<p>Due to its interesting capabilities such as finance and supply chain management, business intelligence and reporting, project management, and so on, Microsoft Dynamics is one of the most widely used solutions adopted by many organizations across the globe. This book is a step-by-step tutorial that covers elements from the initial design through to development. Each concept is fully explained and demonstrated by the creation of a real-world project. You will learn some really useful, advanced development techniques such as extending your code with metadata and exception handling.</p> <p>This book is an invaluable tutorial if you are moving from another ERP system or language, or if you are a technical consultant with a desire to create efficient functional designs and business solutions.</p>

Mastering Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 Programming

Credits

About the Authors

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

Preface

Free Chapter

Preparing Our Solution

The technical architecture of a solution

Minimizing the footprint of changes

Selecting the appropriate layer for our solution

Configuring source control

Creating the models

Creating a label file

Creating a project

Setting up the default project and model

Designing the technical solution

Designing test plans

Summary

Creating Data Structures

Designing the data structures for our solution

Creating labels

Creating the setup tables

Creating enumerated types

Creating the vehicle table

Creating the vehicle service data table

Referential integrity – delete actions and validation

Summary

Creating the User Interface

Creating a menu structure

Understanding the patterns used in interface design

Creating setup forms

Creating the vehicle list page

Investigating form events

Taking more control over the form layout

Creating the vehicle create form with the handler class

Summary

Creating Business Logic and Hooking into Core AX

Moving table validation and logic into a class

Adding navigation

Number sequences

Hooking into standard AX logic using event handling

Summary

Adding Business Intelligence

What are parts?

Creating info parts to show key business data

Creating a form part

Creating cues and cue groups

Using form parts on a form

Summary

Extending the Solution

Adding secondary list pages

Using menu items to change the vehicle status

Adding a drop dialog to change vehicle group

Exposing the vehicle group logic as a custom web service

Summary

Designing Your Security Model

Setting up license and configuration keys

Designing the security structure

Creating privileges

Creating duties

Creating roles

Providing access to server methods – code permissions

Designing and creating process cycles

Restricting access to data using policies

Summary

Customizing Standard AX

Key goals when customizing standard or third-party code

How to determine where to make the change

Adding fields to tables

Integrating a custom module with standard AX

Using an extension table for additional fields

Changing the behavior of a class

Extending a framework – vendor electronic payments

Summary

Advanced Features and Frameworks

Adding custom filters to list pages

Advanced methods of adding ranges to list pages

Using the SysOperation framework

Using the SysOperation framework execution modes

Customizing the user interface displayed by the SysOperation framework

Tracking progress of scheduled tasks

Understanding the global address book

Accessing the financial dimension framework

Summary

Advanced Development Techniques

Making data date-effective

Utilizing metadata within AX

Making your code extendable with metadata

Exception handling

Controlling how and where code is executed

Code access permissions

Adding secondary list pages

Secondary list pages allow us to display a subset of data without having to write a new list page, interaction class, or query. Typically, these are used to show data based on a status, for example, open purchase orders, sales orders for customers on hold, and so on.

We will create two types of secondary list pages: one for a status field on the vehicle, and the other to list vehicles that have an appointment.

Adding a list page for active vehicles

An active vehicle is determined by the VehicleStatusId field, so we will use this in order to filter the data in the list page. Prior to AX 2012, this was done by modifying the form to add a range to the form data source's query. This led to the code being written onto the form itself, which isn't possible on a list page. This is a good thing, as it forces us to use a better, more extendable practice.

Another method would be to simply duplicate the query, but this means duplication of effort and maintenance—always to be...

Mastering Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 Programming

By : Simon Buxton, Mat Fergusson

Mastering Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 Programming

By: Simon Buxton, Mat Fergusson

Overview of this book

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