The upcoming series of blog posts is created to help developers new to Source Document Framework flatten the learning curve and quickly get up and running with their own source document extensions. The information presented here is covering the mainstream...

The Source Document Framework (Accounting Framework) will provide functionality necessary to record business events and create accounting for the newly created document – accounting distributions and subledger journal entries. But you will need...

At this point you should not be concerned about Source Document Framework, but only about the document storage, UI and perhaps some domain logic responsible for processing the document. Storage usually consists of two tables, one for storing document...

Arthur Greef and Michael Gall. Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 includes a new extension framework that can be used to reduce coupling between application foundation frameworks and their extensions. This is the first part in a series of blogs that describes...

There might be a need to create new monetary amounts but that is optional and you may find existing monetary amounts sufficient. It depends if existing monetary amounts are a good fit for your document and have appropriate names to display on accounting...

Now you need to implement few classes representing your source document. a) Create a class which extends SourceDocumentType. Using framework naming standards name this class MyDocumentSourceDocumentType. Implement all abstract methods (see...

This initial wiring will just display empty windows as you didn’t create code which would calculate distributions. But it is good to do it now to be able to have a quick visual test when you later add code related to distributions. a) Make sure...

Arthur Greef and Michael Gall. In this blog entry we examine the new extension framework that was shipped with Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012. In part 1 of this series, we explained how the extension framework can be used to instantiate objects from derived...

Posting of your document usually consist of creating accounting entries in ledger and updating your document to posted state. Source Document Framework will help you create accounting. a) Add code necessary to perform state update of your document...

Introduction In Dynamics AX 2009, dimensions were limited to a minimum of three and a maximum of ten, and entered in a set order that required code customizations and database synchronization for each dimension added. In Dynamics AX 2012, the dimension...

Arthur Greef and Michael Gall. In part 1 of this blog entry series, we explained how classes can be extended by using the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 extension framework and statically declared class attributes. In part 2, we described the application...

Hello! Welcome to the Microsoft Dynamics AX Global Financial Management (GFM) team blog. My name is John Healy. I am a Principal Software Architect on the GFM team. I’m very excited to launch this blog. This blog will focus on providing technical...

When adding a document extending the source document framework, the document can also be enabled for ledger budget checking. This provides the ability for the financial activity of the document to be checked to ensure funds are available to pay for those...

When performing dimension set balance rebuilds in a batch, be sure to schedule the batches far enough apart that they do not run concurrently. Doing this will eliminate any chance for contention since a rebuild has to process the entire general journal...

Introduction Continuing this series of blog posts, we will cover the Dimension Enumerations and Default Dimensions sections highlighted in pale yellow in the model in figure 1 below. Dimension enumerations and default dimensions are two storage...

Introduction Continuing this series of blog posts, we will cover the Advanced Rules region highlighted in pale yellow in the model below in figure 1. While account structures and constraints allow the user to build very simple to very complex trees...

Introduction Continuing this series of blog posts, we continue the discussion on the LedgerDimensions region highlighted in pale yellow in the model below in figure 1. Figure 1: Ledger dimension storage in framework Ledger dimension storage...

Introduction Continuing this series of blog posts, we will cover the LedgerDimensions region highlighted in pale yellow in the model below in figure 1. This region will be discussed in two parts covering this post and the next post. Once all of...

Introduction Concluding this series of blog posts, we will discuss some of the advanced topics that explain some of the deeper design and implementation decisions that drive the way the dimension framework works. The model below in figure 1 shows...

Introduction Continuing this series of blog posts, we will cover the Structures and Constraints regions highlighted in pale yellow in the model below in figure 1. As previously stated, the Dynamics AX 2012 dimension framework expanded on the previous...