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Financial dimensions on a purchase requisition 

Concepts Financial dimensions are available on each requisition line in the lines details. The purpose is to let you update the accounting distribution ledger account on the requisition line. The accounting distribution ledger account consists of a main account and financial dimension values. Accounting distributions are used to define how an amount will be accounted

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How to use inventory value report: part 2 

In this part, we will discuss the most import parameter: inventory value report ID. You can go to Inventory management/Setup/Costing/inventory value reports to create IDs. (In AX 2009, the menu path is Inventory management/Setup/inventory value). You can create different IDs for different reporting requirement. For example, you can create the report only showing the total

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Dynamics 365 SDK Backwards Compatibility 

With the deprecation of Azure Access Control Service (ACS), we have to modify our SDK authentication code by removing all references to ACS. Effective from versions Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online 2016 Update 1 (v8.1.1) and Microsoft Dynamics 365 (v8.2), we removed Live ID support and ACS dependencies on the server-side. We also removed Microsoft.Xrm.Client from

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Microsoft Dynamics 365 with SQL Server 2016 Cumulative Update 2 (CU2) 

Applies To:  Dynamics 365 (on-premises)   You can now run Dynamics 365 (on-premises) with SQL Server 2016 CU2 using database compatibility level 110 (SQL Server 2012 compatibility level). The application’s performance is improved when you set the organization database with trace flag 1224. This setting reduces the CPU usage by disabling lock escalation based on

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January 2017 release notes 

The Microsoft Dynamics Lifecycle Services team is happy to announce the immediate availability of the January release of Lifecycle Services.    NEW FEATURES Improvements to the hotfix experience We have learned that in many cases, customers and partners have only been applying platform binary updates and are getting into an unknown state because critical application

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How to implement a Copy Loop in Word report layouts 

We in the EMEA Customer Support and Services team receive from time to time a request to implement the Copy Loop feature as it has been for RDLC and/or Classic Client reports. Basically, implementing a copy loop means giving the user the capability to choose one or more copies of a specific document to be

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Driven Update (CDU) Progress 

Applies To:  Dynamics 365 (online)   To better track and manage your Dynamics 365 (online) updates, we’re adding more granular update status to the Updates page. At the date and time of your update, the status for your instance will show Updating instance.     The four stages of an update are: Status Description Queued

Cumulative Update 02 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017 has been released 

Cumulative Update 02 includes all application and platform hotfixes and regulatory features that have been released for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2017. The cumulative update is intended mainly for solutions that are experiencing the problems described in the Knowledge Base article linked to below. However, you are advised to always keep your solution updated with the latest cumulative

Cumulative Update 15 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016 has been released 

Cumulative Update 15 (15.1) includes all application and platform hotfixes and regulatory features that have been released for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016. The cumulative update is intended mainly for solutions that are experiencing the problems described in the Knowledge Base article linked to below. However, you are advised to always keep your solution updated with the latest

Cumulative Update 46 for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 has been released 

Cumulative Update 46 includes all application and platform hotfixes and regulatory features that have been released for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013. The cumulative update is intended mainly for solutions that are experiencing the problems described in the Knowledge Base article linked to below. However, you are advised to always keep your solution updated with the latest cumulative