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Anup Shah MSFT
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Warning when installing AX 2012 R3 Application hotfix: The model store you selected requires a newer version of the installer than the one you’re using. 

Scenario: When you try to install a single Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 Application hotfix you may sometime experience the following warning; and installation will not proceed further: The model store you selected requires a newer version of the installer than the one you’re using.
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The ‘view details’ feature will not work on an EDT field when the field has a relation defined in the ‘table references’ subnode. 

In Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, relations can no longer be created under extended data type (EDT) nodes in the Application Object Tree (AOT). In a table browser –          The “view details” option only works with views in when there is a relation defined in the EDT (in the Relations node).
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Error when upgrading to AX 2012 Feature Pack: The UPDATE statement conflicted with the FOREIGN KEY constraint “FK_ModelElementData_HasModelId_LayerId” 

When performing a Minor-version upgrade by installing Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Feature pack on top of AX 2012 RTM installation with one or more of the following industry solutions installed (like Service Industries, Process Industries, Public Sector and/or beta AX-Retail), you may get errors like: SQL Error description: {Microsoft][SQL Server Native Client 10.
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Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012: Workflow Basic Settings Form Has Missing Text Boxes 

When trying to create a new workflow configuration, you may find that text boxes are missing from the Properties form when you try to modify the basic settings. You are therefore unable to create a valid workflow configuration as you cannot input text for the submission instructions and other mandatory fields.
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In Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 the Default account setup Lookup form is listing Main Accounts from all Company Accounts rather than just active Company Accounts 

We came across an issue recently where the “Default account setup” Lookup form is listing Main Accounts from all Company Accounts. We are using Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 CU-2. The selection in some queries brought unexpected results. For example: Under Accounts payable > Setup > Vendors > Vendor groups.