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EntityStore – AX 2012 R3 – DMFIsInEntityDBPublishAndPublishAll object not initialized

September 2, 2016

By 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

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Data Management Framework: Export fails with no apparent details on the cause

July 18, 2016

By tomtreen

In a recent issue, a customer was reporting a problem exporting data using the data management framework. The issue was that during the export they were leaving the “Skip staging” option to “Yes”, which is the default option. When the export of the entity was run, it reported that it had failed and there seemed...Read more

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DIXF – Importing data using Excel and ODBC

April 8, 2016

By Claes Norell [MSFT]

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

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DIXF – Compare Entities – SQL Server replication tool is not installed

April 7, 2016

By 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

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DIXF – How to manually add a missing mapping to the DMFASSETENTITY entity

February 12, 2016

By Claes Norell [MSFT]

I recently worked on a case with a Partner that reported that the ‘Name’ field for the DMFASSETENTITY entity did not get imported as expected into their AX 2012 R3 CU9 environment, so I thought I would share how we resolved that by manually adding the mapping, and how we tested the solution. 1. Repro...Read more

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DIXF – AX 2012 R3 KB3061216 – Support for new DIXF entities

January 20, 2016

By Claes Norell [MSFT]

We released a useful DIXF Application Hotfix in October 2015 which you may not be familiar with, and as I’ve recently been looking into this for a customer, I thought I would share some details on this topic. If you are running AX 2012 R3, then you can install KB3061216 and add a large number...Read more

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DIXF – Cannot Preview source file – CommunicationException – An error occurred while receiving the HTTP response from DMFServiceHelper.svc

January 15, 2016

By Claes Norell [MSFT]

Consider a scenario where you are importing data using DIXF, and you get an error when you try to “Preview source file”. 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 could be due to the service endpoint binding not using the...Read more

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DIXF – Importing Data – How to use Auto-generated to import PartyNumber

October 16, 2015

By Claes Norell [MSFT]

Consider a scenario where you want to import data into AX 2012 R3 using DIXF, but you want a particular value to be auto-generated by the system rather than input from a text file. The following blog post aims to show how this can be done for a specific DIXF entity, so you have an...Read more

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DIXF – Importing Data – How to establish which rows you need to look at when you aren’t able to import every row in your input file

October 7, 2015

By Claes Norell [MSFT]

Consider a scenario where you are importing a lot of data using DIXF, but one or more of the rows in the input file contain “bad data” that result in some rows not being imported OK into your staging table. How do you establish which rows are the problem, so that you can correct them?...Read more

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Transforming patient experiences with Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare

Even before the global health crisis of 2020, many organizations around the world were focused on digital transformation. They were working with trusted technology providers to develop new business models, create new experiences, new products, and new services for customers. The pandemic changed everything, stalling the efforts of some organizations, and forcing others to accelerate...Read more

Partnering with C3.ai and Adobe to re-invent CRM with AI

As organizations worldwide continue to respond and react to a new business climate, we have seen more clearly than ever that the traditional approach to business applications is no longer sufficient. Organizations need a new class of business applications that provides the agility to see and respond to emerging trends, new opportunities, and potential risks...Read more

Announcing the new Fundraising and Engagement solution from Microsoft

Since 2017, Microsoft’s Tech for Social Impact initiative has been working to empower the nonprofit sector. As part of that effort two years ago, we released our Common Data Model for Nonprofits, a set of best practices represented as data entities, attributes, and relationships. The Common Data Model is essentially a Rosetta Stone that helps...Read more

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