I’ve worked on some cases related to Data Management exports to BYOD recently and I thought I would share some observations on things you should consider when exporting data to BYOD. This blog post is not meant to serve as a comprehensive document outlining how the process works, but rather to raise awareness of the Read more
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IDMF – Configuration Setting – UpdateMasterSyncTablesPostMetaDataSync
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Claes Norell [MSFT]Consider a scenario where you are using IDMF 2.0, and you find that after each IDMF Metadata sync the Master table list gets refreshed and you then have to manually sort out the list each time by unchecking/checking tables as Master tables. Well, there’s a simple way to change that default behaviour: 1. Update AXDataManagementSchedulerService.exe.config Read more
Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations – What information and data to provide when logging a performance case with Support
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Claes Norell [MSFT]There are several ways to approach troubleshooting performance, and the aim of this blog post is to give Customers and Partners some guidance on what information and data to provide when you need help trying to establish why something is “slow”. QUESTIONS The sorts of questions we would typically ask include the following: 1) What Read more
Consider a scenario where you are importing data using DIXF, and you get an error when you try to “Preview source file” and you are running SQL Server 2014 SP2 CU10 or CU11. 1. The error The error you see looks something like this: System.ServiceModel.CommunicationException: An error occurred while receiving the HTTP response to http://servernamehere:7000/DMFService/DMFServiceHelper.svc. This Read more
Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations – Requesting a ‘Database refresh’ – Enable user access
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Claes Norell [MSFT]As I am sure you are already aware, you can now submit requests directly to the Dynamics Service Engineering (DSE) team by using Lifecycle Services (LCS). Submit a request to the Dynamics Service Engineering team https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/unified-operations/dev-itpro/lifecycle-services/submit-request-dynamics-service-engineering-team One of the request types that you can select is the Database refresh, which includes the ability to refresh Read more
Clustered SQL Server instance – Example AX TEST environment configuration concepts and points of interest
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Claes Norell [MSFT]Consider a scenario where you are running AX 2012 and your Dynamics AX databases are hosted on a Clustered SQL Server instance. I’ll discuss some concepts and points of interest below which are relevant when running AX 2012 RTM, R2 or R3. The screenshots are from a VM TEST environment with CONTOSO DEMO DATA that is Read more
EntityStore – AX 2012 R3 – DMFIsInEntityDBPublishAndPublishAll object not initialized
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Claes Norell [MSFT]I’ve seen this error a couple of times in the past month or so, and I’ve also noted that some people have asked about it on the Internet, too. I’ve just finished working on a case with a customer where we were able to reproduce this issue on a VM. We found that patching the Read more
AlwaysOn – R2 and R3 Kernel Fixes – Handle SQL Server AlwaysOn AG failovers more transparently and gracefully
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Claes Norell [MSFT]We’ve recently released some kernel fixes that improve how Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2 and R3 handle SQL Server AlwaysOn AG failovers. The R3 version of this fix is visible on LCS here: LCS | AX 2012 R3 Kernel Fix KB3159596 | Handle SQL Server AlwaysOn AG failovers more transparently and gracefully https://fix.lcs.dynamics.com/Issue/Resolved?kb=3159596 For AX Read more
Compatibility statements – Patching the kernel only is not enough – you have to patch the application
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Claes Norell [MSFT]From time to time we see questions about the compatibility statements and what they mean. The most common question relates to whether they apply to the kernel or the application. A common misconception is that you only need to patch the kernel rather than the application. This is not the case. For example, If the Read more
Consider a scenario where you are running AX 2012 R3 and you want to import data from Excel files using ODBC. Having recently worked a case on this topic, I thought I’d share some of the details on how this can be set up. 1. Background The main reason we were looking into this way Read more
DIXF – Compare Entities – SQL Server replication tool is not installed
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Claes Norell [MSFT]Consider a scenario where you are running AX 2012 R3 and you want to compare entities between AX companies using DIXF, but you get an error telling you that the SQL Server replication tool is not installed. 1. The DIXF functionality On a CONTOSO Demo Data TEST environment, you can find the functionality by navigating Read more
Consider a scenario where you are running AX 2012 R3 and you want to archive or purge data from a custom table in AX using IDMF. The screenshots are from a VM TEST environment with CONTOSO DEMO DATA that is running AX 2012 R3 CU10 on SQL Server 2014 and the latest version of IDMF. Read more