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Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Services

By : Klaas Deforche, Saelen Kenny
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Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Services

By: Klaas Deforche, Saelen Kenny

Overview of this book

Because an ERP system like Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 plays a central role in an organization, there will always be the need to integrate it with other applications. In many cases, services are the preferred way of doing this, and Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 is now more flexible than ever when it comes to the creation and use of these services. Understanding these services will help you identify where they can be used, and do so effectively."Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Services" is a hands-on guide that provides you with all the knowledge you will need to implement services with Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012. The step-by-step examples will walk you through many of the tasks that you need to perform frequently when creating and using services."Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Services" provides detailed and practical examples for creating and using services that will make it a resource you will consult many times during your implementationsThis book helps you to identify situations where services can be used for your implementations. By providing step-by-step instructions for many of the common tasks, you will gain practical know-how on to get the job done.Easy to follow instructions are provided for all types of services you will encounter. You will learn how to create document services using the AIF Document Service Wizard and how to use X++ to create custom services. You will also learn how to deploy services and web services and how you can consume them in both X++ and .NET. The services are also put to use in the SysOperation framework, which uses services to run business logic and is the new way to create batch processes in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.
Table of Contents (9 chapters)

Deploy the service

To deploy our custom services, we will use a basic port. For this reason, we need to add the services that we want to deploy to a service group. We will add all of them to one service group: CVRCustomServices. Let us deploy our custom service by following these steps:

  1. Open the AOT by pressing Crtl + D.
  2. Right-click on the Service Groups node, and then click New Service Group.
  3. Right-click on the newly created service group, and then select Properties.
  4. Change the value of the Name property to CVRCustomServices.
  5. Right-click on the service group and select New Service Node Reference.
  6. Select the service node reference that was added and change the Service property to CVRTitleService.
  7. And finally, right-click the service group and click Deploy Service Group to deploy the service.

Now that you have completed these steps, go to System administration | Setup | Services and Application Integration Framework | Inbound ports. The CVRCustomServices inbound port is available there as a basic...