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Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Administration

By : Marco Carvalho , Marco Carvalho
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Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Administration

By: Marco Carvalho , Marco Carvalho

Overview of this book

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 is an advanced Enterprise Resource Planning system, essentially a comprehensive business management solution, designed for midsize and large organizations. Dynamics AX provides a centralized source for business data and enables you to consolidate and standardize your business processes, helping to improve productivity and provide visibility across your organization, for a variety of business needs.This book will enable you to successfully set up and configure Dynamics AX 2009 in your business with clear, practical, step-by-step demonstrations. You will learn how to plan and implement Dynamics AX 2009 efficiently, how to manage the Enterprise Portal, Role Centers, Kerberos Authentication, Workflow, Application Integration Framework (AIF), and much more! Each chapter of the book explores the different aspects of administring and configuring Dynamics AX 2009 to fit any company's needs.The book begins by introducing you to the important process of planning and implementing Dynamics AX 2009, providing the basic components to get you started with your Dynamics AX environment. It then dives deep into the installation of the multi component server of Dynamics AX and how to get it up and running efficiently, specifically the Base Server Components, Enterprise Portal, Role Centers, Kerberos Authentication, Workflow, and the Application Integration Framework (AIF).Other content includes the process of importing data into your Dynamics AX 2009 instance, common user administration functions, and Alerts and Notifications.Finally, the book considers how to enhance your Dynamics AX environment after it has been installed and it is being utilized, from tuning your system to work more efficiently to backing up and maintaining Dynamics AX to make sure you are prepared for worst-case scenarios, enabling you to keep Dynamics AX 2009 functioning at its best.By following the clear and practical steps found in the book, you will successfully master how to administer and configure Dynamics AX 2009 into your company.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Administration
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
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Preface

Consistency check


Now that the process of backing up data and other critical files in Dynamics AX has been covered, the next approach is to ensure that the data is set up and operating at optimal efficiency. A consistency check can be run to ensure that data is consistent, valid, and structured correctly with the data model. For example, the consistency check tool will determine instances such as, when field data is incorrect or if field data does not exist in supported tables. If possible, the consistency check tool may also automatically fix errors; however, it is recommended that errors are fixed manually to ensure that the proper fix is applied. The consistency check tool can run across all modules or on individual modules. The following steps outline the process of running a consistency check in a Dynamics AX environment:

  1. 1. Open the Consistency check form in Basic | Periodic | Consistency check.

  2. 2. Select the module and specify any additional parameters, such as the date on which errors...