Content news: January - Microsoft Dynamics 365 Blog

February 2, 2012 21 min read

Hi everyone,

Updated and new content for Microsoft Dynamics AX has been posted to TechNet and MSDN. This is the last major update of Developer and Application User content for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012. For the release of the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Feature Pack, there is content for the new and upated features in the Retail module.

We have published many new topics again this month. The following table contains links to each group of topics within the post.

Audience	Approximate number of topics published
White papers and guides	5
System Administrator topics	15
Application User topics	453
Developer topics	116
Topics published on both MSDN and TechNet (Analytics, Cube reference, Reporting, Resources, and Services)	89
Report Catalog topics	30

Note that for brand new sections like Install retail components, we provide a link to the top-level topic. For existing sections that contain new or updated topics, we link you to specific topics.

As always, if you are curious about our general content strategy, where you can find our content, and how to give us feedback, see the post on Inside Dynamics AX: Official Dynamics AX 2012 Content.

White Papers and Guides

The following white papers and guides were published in January.

Microsoft Dynamics AX data upgrade best practices

Implementing ISV Licensing in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012

Retail Deployment Guide: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012. This guide offers end-to-end instructions for administrators installing, configuring, or upgrading to the retail features of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Feature Pack.

Retail Store Connect Technical Reference: Microsoft Dynamics AX. This technical reference provides advanced configuration guidance for configuring the Retail Store Connect component in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Feature Pack.

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Upgrade Guide. The latest release of the Upgrade Guide includes instructions for upgrading the retail components of Microsoft Dynamics AX to the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Feature Pack release.

System Administrator topics

The following topics in the system administrator help on TechNet have been published or updated.

Deployment / Install Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012	Install retail components
	Install the RapidStart Connector
	Install Retail Headquarters
	Install Retail POS (point of sale)
	Install Retail Store Connect
	Install the Retail POS Plug-Ins
	Install the Retail Store Database Utility
	Install the Retail Transaction Service
Deployment / Upgrade to Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012	Clean up your data
	Upgrade company accounts and virtual company accounts
	Upgrade domains
	Select company with desired parameters (form)
	Select global Retail parameters
Planning	SQL Server topology
System setup for Microsoft Dynamics AX	Create definition groups for import and export

Application User topics

The following topics in the application user help on TechNet have been published or updated.

Accounts payable	About invoice matching and intercompany purchase orders
	About parameters for settlements in Accounts payable
	Configuring vendor payment settlements
	Scenario: Settle a partial vendor payment and settle the final payment in full before the discount date
	Scenario: Settle a partial vendor payment before the discount date with a final payment after the discount date
	Scenario: Settle a partial vendor payment that has discounts on vendor credit notes
	Scenario: Settle a partial vendor payment that has multiple discount periods
	Scenario: Settle a vendor payment with an invoice
	Scenario: Settle vendor payments by using payment proposals
	Scenario: Take a discount that is more than the calculated discount for a vendor payment
	Scenario: Use the “Date to use to calculate discounts” field to control discount calculations for vendor payments
	Select vendor invoices to pay and settle
	Vendor payment settlement scenarios
Accounts receivable	Scenario: Automatic settlement and prioritization
Budgeting	About creating a budget from transaction accounts and total accounts
Cash and bank management	Delete a check
Configuring product-wide features	Example organizational hierarchies
Fixed assets	About options for entering fixed asset transactions
	Recalculate replacement costs and insured values
General ledger	(Global, AUS, ITA) Set up withholding tax for a vendor
	About conditional sales tax
	About including sales tax in journal amounts
	About the Whole amount and Interval options for sales tax codes
	Create a financial dimension
	Example: Rounding payments made to sales tax authorities
	Perform a foreign currency revaluation
	Prepare a legal entity for use in the consolidation process
	Set up a sales tax on a sales tax
Human resources	About adding clock-out registrations
Introduction to Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012	Common user interface elements
Inventory and warehouse management	About inventory dimensions and dimension groups
	About mandatory inventory dimensions
	About moving average
	Setting up not stocked trade
Procurement and sourcing	About purchase agreements
	About purchase order posting types
	Create and invoice an intercompany purchase order for internal use
	Key tasks: Change management for purchase orders
	Process purchase orders at year end
	Set up intercompany trade
	Set up purchase or sales agreement functionality
	Set up vendors, customers, and items for intercompany trade
Product information management	Define sales prices for products
Production control	Key tasks: Schedule kanban jobs for a work cell
Productivity tools for end users	About answer groups and answers
	About answer session results
	About completing a questionnaire
	About conditional question hierarchies
	About designing questionnaires
	About planned answer sessions in questionnaire
	About planning types for questionnaire
	About question types
	About questionnaire groups
	About questionnaire parameters
	About questionnaire statistics
	About questionnaire types
	About questions
	About reference types for questionnaire
	About result groups
	About viewing and evaluating results
	Attach a question to a questionnaire with result groups
	Calculate statistics for a questionnaire
	Complete a questionnaire
	Create a question
	Create answer groups and answers
	End a scheduled questionnaire
	Plan an answer session in questionnaire
	Prerequisites for questionnaire
	Schedule a questionnaire
	Set up a conditional question hierarchy
	Setting up questionnaires
	Using answers and questions for questionnaire
Project management and accounting	About changing the project group
	About cost prices, sales prices, and transfer prices in projects
	About estimates
	About intercompany timesheets
	About Microsoft Dynamics AX integration with Microsoft Project Server
	About posting setup for project transactions
	Configuring cost prices, sales prices, and transfer prices
	Create a timesheet
	Define validation connections
	Delete project journals
	Examples: Cost to complete methods
	Examples: Project contract funding
	Maintain timesheet favorites
	Post timesheet hours and view distributions
	Review and approve timesheets
	Set up procurement and sales category defaults for projects
	Set up timesheet system parameters
	Set up transfer prices for intercompany timesheets
	Set up validation groups
Public sector	(FRA) About mandats de paiement (Public sector)
	(FRA) About titres de recette (Public sector)
	(FRA) Key tasks: Mandats de paiement and bordereaux de mandat (Public sector)
	(FRA) Key tasks: Titres de recette and bordereaux de titre (Public sector)
Retail	About concessions
	About configuring parameters
	About importing products from a vendor
	About payment methods
	About price adjustments and discounts
	About reason codes (Retail)
	About retail hierarchies
	About setting up assortments
	About setting up bar codes
	About setting up loyalty programs
	About setting up Retail POS
	About setting up retail products
	About setting up screen layouts
	About setting up staff
	About setting up stores
	About setting up taxes
	About statements
	About variants
	About working with store inventory
	Assign a screen layout
	Assign dimension groups
	Assign sales tax groups to stores
	Assign sizes, colors, or styles to dimension groups
	Assortments
	Configure bar code setups
	Configure Enterprise Portal for Retail
	Configure parameters
	Configure stores to accept loyalty cards
	Configure the retail assortments job
	Configuring parameters and initial settings
	Create a store
	Create and post a statement
	Create and post statements overview
	Create and print labels overview
	Create bar codes for specific products
	Create concession settlements
	Create contract cost sales
	Create organization-wide card types and card numbers
	Create store inventory documents
	Design a screen layout
	Import a product file from a vendor
	Import vendor products overview
	Item packages
	Manage concessions overview
	Manage store inventory overview
	Post completed store inventory documents
	Print product labels
	Print shelf labels
	Redeclare tender in the store
	Replenish inventory overview
	Retail hierarchy
	Set other tax options for stores
	Set up a button grid
	Set up a concession contract
	Set up a mix and match discount
	Set up a price adjustment or discount
	Set up a quantity discount
	Set up a retail hierarchy
	Set up a retail vendor hierarchy
	Set up a screen layout
	Set up an assortment
	Set up and assign functionality profiles
	Set up bar code mask characters
	Set up bar code masks
	Set up buttons
	Set up card payment methods for stores
	Set up card types and card numbers
	Set up Commerce Services and Sites Services for Microsoft Dynamics ERP
	Set up competitors
	Set up default parameters for concessions
	Set up discount periods
	Set up e-mail receipts
	Set up Enterprise Portal profiles and users
	Set up gift cards
	Set up hardware profiles
	Set up images
	Set up keyboard mapping groups
	Set up loyalty cards
	Set up loyalty customers
	Set up loyalty payment methods
	Set up loyalty schemes
	Set up offline profiles
	Set up organization-wide payment methods
	Set up permissions and operations
	Set up product packages
	Set up reason codes
	Set up receipt formats
	Set up receipt profiles
	Set up replenishment hierarchies
	Set up replenishment rules
	Set up replenishment service categories
	Set up retail price groups
	Set up retail products
	Set up Retail Store Connect status messages
	Set up Retail Transaction Service profiles
	Set up sales tax overrides
	Set up sizes, colors, and styles
	Set up staff members
	Set up store payment methods
	Set up subcodes
	Set up terminals
	Set up vendor sales price margins
	Set up vendor sales price points
	Set up vendor’s product numbers
	Set up visual profiles
	Setting up and maintaining Retail
	Setting up bar codes
	Setting up competitors
	Setting up concessions
	Setting up e-mail receipts
	Setting up functionality profiles
	Setting up gift cards
	Setting up loyalty programs
	Setting up payment methods (Retail)
	Setting up price adjustments and discounts
	Setting up price groups
	Setting up reason codes
	Setting up Retail POS
	Setting up retail products
	Setting up screen layouts
	Setting up staff
	Setting up stores
	Setting up taxes
	Specify inclusive or exclusive tax
	Update product data using the mass update worksheet
	Use buyer’s push to distribute products
	Use cross docking to distribute products
	Variants
	View assortment products
	View credit memos
	View inquiries and reports overview
	View loyalty cards
	View or unlock gift cards
	View posted statements
	View Retail POS shifts
	View retail reports
	View retail sales
	View transactions
	Working with Retail
Sales and marketing	About sales order posting types
	About the structure of product groups
	Create and invoice an intercompany sales order for an external customer
	Create and invoice an intercompany sales order for internal use
	Create charges codes
	Set up payment schedules on orders
	Set up product group and item presentations
Service management	About return cost price and return lot ID
	Register the receipt of returned items
Using the Employee Services site	Create and submit timesheets
	Key tasks: Create expense reports
Using the Retail site	Complete an outgoing transfer order
	Perform a stock count
	Receive a purchase order or transfer order
	Use the Enterprise Portal Home page
	View price reductions and discounts
	View reports
	View retail products
Using the Sales site	Create, update, or view a contact information record
Forms	(FRA) Maintain mandats de paiement (form) (Public sector)
	(FRA) Maintain titres de recette (form) (Public sector)
	(NOR) Payment ID (form)
	Add products (form) (Retail)
	Add subcontracting service to activity (form)
	Agreement classification (form)
	Answer on questionnaire (form)
	Answers (form)
	AOS profiles (form)
	Assortment (form)
	Assortments (list page)
	Bank balance (form)
	Banked tender transactions (form)
	Bar code mask characters (form)
	Bar code mask setup (form)
	Bills of exchange origin (form)
	Breakdown of voucher (form)
	Button grid (form)
	Buyer’s push (form)
	Card setup (form)
	Card types (form)
	Cash and bank management parameters (form)
	Catalog approval page (form) (Retail)
	Charges code (form)
	Charges transactions (form)
	Chart of accounts (form)
	Closing and adjustment (form)
	Color group (form)
	Competitor prices (form)
	Competitors (form)
	Complete a questionnaire (form)
	Concession contract (form)
	Concession settlements (form)
	Conditional answer (form)
	Confirmation journal (form)
	Convert to products not stocked (form)
	Cost rollup by cost group (form)
	Create bar codes (form)
	Create concession settlement (form)
	Create contract cost sales (form)
	Create part payment (form)
	Create purchase documents for subcontracting services (class form)
	Create purchase order (form)
	Create purchase order or direct delivery from sales (form)
	Customers (form) (Retail)
	Database profiles (form)
	Depreciation profiles (form)
	Discount (form)
	Discount period (form)
	External product descriptions (form)
	Filter on action creations (form)
	Free text invoice (form)
	Group results (form)
	Hour transactions (form)
	Images (form)
	Income/expense account (form)
	Information subcodes (form)
	Intercompany setup (form)
	Invoice posting history and matching details (form)
	Item–bar code (form) (Retail)
	Job list – limit display (form)
	Kanban board for process jobs (form)
	Kanban board for transfer jobs (form)
	Keyboard mapping (form)
	Keyboard mapping group (form)
	Linked products (form)
	Loyalty cards (form)
	Loyalty customers (form)
	Loyalty point transactions (form)
	Loyalty schemes (form)
	Loyalty schemes (list page)
	Mandatory check setup (form)
	Mass update worksheet (form)
	Mix and match (form)
	Mix and match line group setup (form)
	Mix and match line groups (form)
	Mix and match transaction (form)
	My favorites (form)
	New timesheet (form)
	Offline profile (form)
	Offline scope (form)
	Operations (form) (Retail)
	Organization hierarchy purposes (form) (Retail)
	Packages (form)
	Packing slip journal (form)
	Part payment (form)
	Payment method (form)
	Payment methods (form) (Retail)
	Pegging event processing (class form)
	Period status (form)
	Planned cross docking (form)
	Planning types (form)
	Port (form)
	POS functionality profile (form)
	POS hardware profile (form)
	POS permission groups (form)
	POS position permissions (form)
	POS terminal receipt printing (form)
	POS terminals (form)
	POS visual profiles (form)
	Posting validation (form)
	Postings (form)
	Preactions (form)
	Price adjustment (form)
	Price/discount agreement journals (form)
	Product receipt journal (form)
	Product section location (form)
	Production journal lines, picking list (form)
	Project groups (form)
	Project management and accounting parameters (form)
	Project validation worker assignments (form)
	Projects (form)
	Promissory notes origin (form)
	Protest settled bills of exchange (form)
	Purchase order year-end process (form)
	Purchase posting (form)
	Quantity discount (form)
	Question – point distribution (form)
	Question list (form)
	Question media (form)
	Question rows (form)
	Question selection (form)
	Question types (form)
	Questionnaire (form)
	Questionnaire parameters (form)
	Questionnaire people (form)
	Questionnaire schedules (Form)
	Questionnaire statistics (form)
	Questionnaire statistics graph (form)
	Questionnaire statistics results (form)
	Questionnaire types (form)
	Questionnaires (form)
	Quotation journal (form)
	Reason codes (form) (Retail)
	Receipt format (form)
	Receipt profile (form)
	Receipts list journal (form)
	Released product details (form) (Retail)
	Replenishment rules (form)
	Result groups (form)
	Result groups for answer (form)
	Retail
	Retail (form)
	Retail assortments job (form)
	Retail parameters (form)
	Retail price groups (form)
	Retail product hierarchy (form)
	Retail scheduler parameters (form)
	Retail shared parameters (form)
	Retail Store Connect message tree (form)
	Retail Store Connect messages (form)
	Retail store connect profiles (form)
	Retail store connect upload options (form)
	Retail Transaction Service profile (form)
	Return orders (form)
	Revaluation for moving average (form)
	Sales posting (form)
	Sales price – hour (form)
	Sales tax override group (form)
	Sales tax overrides (form)
	Scheduler job (form)
	Scheduler log (form)
	Scheduler subjobs (form)
	Scheduling setup details (form)
	Screen layout (form)
	Sections (form)
	Select product receipt – Purchase order (form)
	Select sales order packing slip (form)
	Service category (form)
	Set up cancellation/renegotiation (form)
	Shelf label printing (form)
	Shelf label report setup (form)
	Shelves (form)
	Shipping specification (form)
	Size group (form)
	Staff (form)
	Statements (form)
	Stores (form)
	Style group (form)
	Subcontracting service details (form)
	Supplemental retail hierarchies (form)
	System administration for Retail
	Table distribution (form)
	Tender declaration transactions (form)
	Timesheet favorites (form)
	Transactions (form) (Retail)
	Transfer price – hour (form)
	Unposted timesheets (form)
	Use alternative kanban rule (form)
	Using the Retail site
	Utilization hours (form)
	Vendor invoice (form)
	Vendor invoice journal (form)
	Vendor sales price margin setup (form)
	Vendor sales price point setup (form)
	Worker (form)
	Worker (form) (Retail)
	Worker validation project assignments (form)
	Worker/category validation groups (form)
	Worker/project validation groups (form)

Developer topics

The following topics have been published or updated on MSDN.

Best Practices for Microsoft Dynamics AX Development	Best Practices for Microsoft Dynamics AX Development
	Reports Best Practices
Client	How to: Set a Form Control to be Country Specific
	Reference Data Sources for Forms
Database for Microsoft Dynamics AX	How to: Add Multiple Data Sources to a Query
	How to: Use the Query Class to Read From a Valid Time State Table
	Table Keys: Surrogate, Alternate, Replacement, Primary, and Foreign
	Valid Time State Tables and Date Effective Data
	Walkthrough: Creating an AOT Query that has Group By and Having Nodes
Debugging in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012	Debugger Shortcut Keys
	Microsoft Dynamics AX Debugger
Enterprise Portal for Microsoft Dynamics AX	Coding User Controls
	Converting Enterprise Portal Content
	Data Access Overview
	Pages Overview
	Troubleshooting: Enterprise Portal Development
	Walkthrough: Adding a Field to a User Control
	Walkthrough: Quickly Creating and Deploying a User Control
Enterprise Portal for Microsoft Dynamics AX / Coding User Controls	Calling Static X++ Methods
	DateTime Helper
	HTML Utilities
	Modal Dialogs
	Page Redirection
	Proxies
	Retrieving the Current Company
	Using Menu Items
	Using the Infolog
Enterprise Portal for Microsoft Dynamics AX / Context in Enterprise Portal	Common Context Scenarios
	Using Context from Code in Enterprise Portal
Enterprise Portal for Microsoft Dynamics AX / Converting Enterprise Portal Content	Conversion Procedure
	Database Changes
	Framework Changes
	Page Changes
	SharePoint Changes
	User Control Changes
Enterprise Portal for Microsoft Dynamics AX / Data Access Overview	Configuring the Lookup for a Data Set Field
	How to: Create Data Sets
	Pack/Unpack for Data Sets
	Table Inheritance
Enterprise Portal for Microsoft Dynamics AX / Enterprise Portal Appearance Overview	How to: Add Image Files to Enterprise Portal Pages
Enterprise Portal for Microsoft Dynamics AX / Enterprise Portal Development Overview	AxUpdatePortal Utility
Enterprise Portal for Microsoft Dynamics AX / Enterprise Portal Site Structure and Navigation	How to: Add Page-level Navigation
	How to: Create Web Menu Items
Enterprise Portal for Microsoft Dynamics AX / Pages Overview	How to: Use Attachments on EP Pages
	List Page Reference
	Page Interaction Patterns
	Report Page Reference
	Task Page Reference
Enterprise Portal for Microsoft Dynamics AX / Security in Enterprise Portal	Security Resources for Enterprise Portal
Enterprise Portal for Microsoft Dynamics AX / User Controls Overview	AxEnhancedPreview
	AxGridView
	AxSection
	Designing User Controls
	How to: Debug User Controls
	User Control Components
Enterprise Portal for Microsoft Dynamics AX / Web Parts Overview	Action Pane Web Part
	How to: Connect User Controls with other User Controls
	Quick Links Web Part
Getting Started with Microsoft Dynamics AX / What’s New in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 for Developers	What’s New: Analytics for Developers in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012
	What’s New: AOS and Database for Developers in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012
	What’s New: Client for Developers in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012
	What’s New: Enterprise Portal for Developers in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012
	What’s New: MorphX Tools for Developers in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012
	What’s New: Services and AIF for Developers in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012
Integration with Microsoft Dynamics AX	How to: Call Business Logic Using .NET Business Connector
	How to: Connect to Microsoft Dynamics AX Using the LogonAs Method
	How to: Create Data Using .NET Business Connector
	How to: Debug X++ Code Running in .NET Business Connector
	How to: Delete Data Using .NET Business Connector
	How to: Marshal Between X++ and CLR Primitive Types
	How to: Read Data Using .NET Business Connector
	How to: Update Data Using .NET Business Connector
	Reflect on .NET Elements of X++ Methods
	Walkthrough: Integrate an Application with Microsoft Dynamics AX Using .NET Business Connector
Microsoft Dynamics AX IDE	Microsoft Dynamics AX IDE
	Add-Ins Submenu
	AOT Overview
	Code Compiler
	Colors Used in the Code Editor
	Editor Scripts
	How to: Create a MorphX Development Project
	How to: Use the Project Filter
	MorphX Concepts
	Setting Development Options
	Shortcut Menu Commands: AOT
	Tracing with the Tools Menu
	Walkthrough: Testing a Class Using the Unit Test Framework
	Working with MorphX Development Projects
	X++ Code Editor
	How to: Set Up Local Version Control Parameters (Developer)
Microsoft Dynamics AX IDE / MorphX Development Tools	How to: Access Code Coverage Details
	How to: Create a Test Case
	How to: Create Set Up and Tear Down Logic for a Test Case
	How to: Test Exceptions Using a Test Case
	Reverse Engineering Tool Overview
Properties of AOT Elements	Data Set Data Source Properties
	Data Set Properties
	Form Data Source Properties
	Security Policies Properties
	Table Relation Properties
	Understanding the RelationshipType Enumeration
	Web Menu Item Properties
Security for Microsoft Dynamics AX	Security Policies in the AOT for Data Records
	AOSAuthorization Property on Tables
	Walkthrough: Design Permissions for a Form that is Started from a Menu Item
Visual Studio Integration	Deploying Managed Code
X++ Language Programming Guide	Classes as Data Types
	Collection Classes in Microsoft Dynamics AX
	How to: Use Reflection to Get Attribute Class Metadata
	Local Functions
	Method Access Control
	Scope of Variables in Methods
	Syntax for Attribute Classes
	System Classes Overview
	X++ Compiled to .NET CIL
	X++ Scenarios that are Not Supported in CIL

Topics on both TechNet and MSDN

The following topics have been published or updated on both TechNet and MSDN.

Analytics	Technical reference for analytics
Analytics / Deployment of analytics	Grant users access to cubes
Analytics / Development Tasks for Analytics	How to: Create a Perspective for a Cube
	How to: Deploy an Existing SQL Server Analysis Services Project
	How to: Update an Existing SQL Server Analysis Services Project
	Walkthrough: Customizing a Default Cube
	Walkthrough: Defining KPIs for a Cube
	Walkthrough: Displaying KPIs in a Role Center
Cube reference	Accounts payable cube (VendCube)
	Accounts receivable cube (CustCube)
	Cube reference
	Customer relationship management cube (smmCube)
	Environmental sustainability cube (EMSCube)
	Expense management cube (TrvCube)
	General ledger cube (LedgerCube)
	Production cube (ProdCube)
	Project accounting cube (ProjCube)
	Purchase cube (PurchCube)
	Sales cube (SalesCube)
Reporting	How to: Reference a Service from a Data Method
	How to: Use a Data Method in an Expression
	Report Upgrade
	Troubleshooting Report Definition Issues
	Walkthrough: Creating a Report Bound to Date Effective Data
Reporting / Developing Reports for Microsoft Dynamics AX in Visual Studio	How to: Add Reports to Microsoft Dynamics AX
	How to: Add Validation to a Data Contract Class
	How to: Apply a Layout or Style Template
	How to: Bind a Dataset to a Data Method
	How to: Create a Layout or Style Template
	How to: Define a Data Method in C#
	How to: Define a Data Method in Visual Basic
	How to: Define a Nested Data Contract
	How to: Define a Report Parameter
	How to: Group and Order Report Parameters by Using Visual Studio
	How to: Use a Query in a Report
	Predefined Layout and Style Templates
	Report Data Method Overview
	Report Images Overview
	Walkthrough: Creating a Report Bound to a Dimension Data Source
	Walkthrough: Creating a Report Bound to a Report Data Provider Class (X++ Business Logic)
	Walkthrough: Creating an Auto Design Report
Reporting / Troubleshoot reporting	Troubleshoot Report Deployment Issues
Resources for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012	Data Upgrade Best Practices
Services and Application Integration Framework (AIF)	About Ax<Table> Classes
	About Axd<Document> Classes
	About Document Service Classes
	About the AIF Pipeline and Transforms
	About the Shared Types Schema
	AIF Class Naming Conventions
	AIF Document Services
	AIF System Services
	Configuring network load balancing for services
	Consuming Microsoft Dynamics AX Services from an External Client
	Creating New Document Services
	Creating Query Service Test Data
	Developing with Services and AIF
	Document Class Service Operations
	Document Schema Rules
	Document Schemas
	Document Services Classes
	Document XML Generation
	Example of Inbound XML Message
	Example of Outbound XML Message
	Example: Fault in an Outbound Message
	Full Update With AIF
	Guidelines for Adding Code to Document Service Classes
	How to: Add a Service Operation to a Service
	How to: Bypass Record Level Security in Outbound Documents
	How to: Create a Service by Using the AIF Document Service Wizard
	How to: Enable Checking for Duplicate Messages
	How to: Generate a Document Schema
	How to: Import a .NET Assembly Transform
	How to: Import an XSLT Transform
	Locating the WSDL for Services
	Message Body
	Message Header
	Method Type Attribute
	Partial Update With AIF
	Query Criteria Overview
	Record Level Security and Outbound Documents
	Security in Axd<Document> and Ax<Table> Classes
	Services and AIF security and protection
	Updating Data With AIF
	Walkthrough: Calling an External Web Service from X++
	Walkthrough: Creating a .NET Assembly Transform
	Walkthrough: Creating a Service by Using the AIF Document Service Wizard
	Walkthrough: Deploying the Document Service in an Outbound Exchange
	Walkthrough: Updating Data with AIF (Full Update)

Report Catalog

The following report topics are now available.

Cash and bank management reports	Letter of credit application report (BankLCImportApplication)
	Letter of credit details report (BankLCExportDetails)
General ledger reports	(BEL) Intervat summary tax declarations report (TaxReportIntervat)
	(BEL) Other journals report (LedgerOtherJournalBE)
	(BEL) Sales tax corrections report (TaxReportCorrectionBE)
	(BEL) Sales tax transactions – details report (TaxTransDetail_BE)
	(BEL) Sales tax transactions re sales report (TaxSalesLedger)
	Accountant long-term solvency report (AccountantLongTermSolvency)
	Accountant operational efficiency report (AccountantOperationalEfficiency)
	Accountant profitability analysis report (AccountantProfitabilityAnalysis)
	Accountant short-term solvency report (AccountantShortTermSolvency)
	Accounting manager investment analysis report (AccountingManagerInvestmentAnalysis)
	Accounting manager long-term solvency report (AccountingManagerLongTermSolvency)
	Accounting manager operational efficiency report (AccountingManagerOperationalEfficiency)
	Accounting manager profitability analysis report (AccountingManagerProfitabilityAnalysis)
	Accounting manager short-term solvency report (AccountingManagerShortTermSolvency)
	Chief financial officer investment analysis report (CFOInvestmentAnalysis)
	Chief financial officer long-term solvency report (CFOLongTermSolvency)
	Chief financial officer operational efficiency report (CFOOperationalEfficiency)
	Chief financial officer profitability analysis report (CFOProfitabilityAnalysis)
	Total accounts payable in the past periods chart report (LedgerTotalAcctsPayablePastXPeriod)
	Total accounts receivable in the past periods chart report (LedgerTotalAcctReceivablesPastXPeriods)
	Total expenses by period chart report (LedgerTotalExpensesByPeriod)
	Total outstanding debt by period chart report (OustandingDebtByPeriod)
	Transaction origin report (LedgerTransBase)
Organization administration reports	(BEL) PRODCOM report (ProdCom_BE)
Public sector reports	(FRA) Bordereau de mandat report (Public sector) (VendRoutingSlipReport_PSN)
	(FRA) Bordereau de titre report (Public sector) (CustRoutingSlipReport_PSN)
	(FRA) Mandat de paiement report (Public sector) (VendDirective_PSN)
	(FRA) Titre de recette report (Public sector) (CustDirective_PSN)

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