Dynamics Ax Performance Team Blog

Retail Benchmark Summary and Detailed Results published

chwolf — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:11:00 GMT

In 2012, Microsoft conducted a benchmark on Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 to measure the performance and scalability characteristics of the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Feature Pack retail solution in a simulated retail scenario. The benchmark showcases the...(read more)

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Benchmarks: Hyper-V, EP, and High-volume Inventory

Tao Wang - Microsoft Dynamics AX — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:54:40 GMT

We are happy to announce that the following benchmarks will be available, just in time for Convergence 2012. We have published both summary and detail documents for each benchmark. Enterprise Portal benchmark In January 2012, Microsoft conducted...(read more)

Batch Parallelism in AX – Part - IV

Ganas1 — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:07:44 GMT

Comparison of the three techniques: Even Work Load: Invoicing of 100,000 single line Sales Orders. Bundle size used for this test is 1,000. Uneven workload: Invoicing of 1000 Sales Orders and the number of lines for the sales orders vary...(read more)

Batch Parallelism in AX – Part - III

Ganas1 — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:20:11 GMT

Top Picking: The issue we have seen with bundling is uneven distribution of the workload. That was addressed by ‘Individual Task Modeling’. But the framework overhead of individual Tasks when there is a huge number of tasks will be...(read more)

Batch Parallelism in AX – Part - II

Ganas1 — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 00:22:43 GMT

Individual Task Modeling Here in this case parallelism is achieved by creating a separate task for each work unit. You model the tasks by creating a task for each work item. You will have 1:1 mapping between task and the work item. This will eliminate...(read more)

Batch Parallelism in AX –Part - I

Ganas1 — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:56:25 GMT

Dynamics AX 2012 and AX 2009 have the ability to breakdown a batch job into small manageable fragments and process them independently in parallel. Ability to process them in parallel is critical to improve the throughput and response time for the...(read more)

Dynamics AX 2012: Forms on opening hide behind in the back

Ganas1 — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:15:38 GMT

In Dynamics AX 2012, when you open the forms, you might see some of them open behind the other forms. User may get the impression that the form was never opened. This happens if the form opened slowly; a cold start, uniqueness...(read more)

AX 2012: Data upgrade best practices

Tao Wang - Microsoft Dynamics AX — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:45:48 GMT

We have published a white paper on data upgrade best practices. The white paper includes many performance optimizations we’ve found through customer upgrades. It should benefit anyone who’s considering an upgrade from previous versions of AX to AX 2012...(read more)

Using SysGlobalObjectCache (SGOC) and understanding it’s performance implications

Ganas1 — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:49:06 GMT

The SGOC is a kernel-managed cache. This is a new type of cache available in Dynamics AX 2012. Unlike the SysGlobalCache in AX2009 and older versions which has the session scope, SysGlobalObjectCache is truly global in nature. The data stored...(read more)

Collect AX 2012 event traces with Windows Performance Monitor

Sam Peng — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:02:00 GMT

Users can collect AX 2012 event traces with the Tracing Cockpit tool (see previous posting ), the xClassTrace X++ class or the Windows Performance Monitor. Windows Performance Monitor is commonly used in the scenarios where AX 2012 client is not available...(read more)

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012: Client Performance Options

Tao Wang - Microsoft Dynamics AX — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:10:30 GMT

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 includes many UX enhancements, such as list pages, ribbons, fact boxes, preview panes, fast tabs, etc. These UX enhancements can help present relevant information at one place and reduce form switches. However, they come...(read more)

“Day in the Life Benchmark” available for Download on PartnerSource and CustomerSource.

chwolf — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:02:53 GMT

As of now the “Day in the Life Benchmark” for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 is available for download. It showcases the immense amount of performance and scalability improvements which have gone into Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012. Some of the...(read more)

Client Access Log (Dynamics AX 2012)

Sellakumaran Kanagarathnam — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:06:00 GMT

Keeping track of multiple users’ activities as they do their work in the system is of great benefit when we run into problem areas where there is no information provided as to the cause of the crash. Having this type of tracing included would allow...(read more)

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Trace Parser is now available for AX 2009 customers

Sam Peng — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:51:00 GMT

We want to make Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Trace Parser (Trace Parser 2012) available for AX 2009 customers and have just uploaded it to the PartnerSource and CustomerSource. Trace Parser 2012 is the latest version of Trace Parser that is shipped with...(read more)

Consider Enabling Trace Flag 1117 on Dynamics AX SQL Server

davidre_msft — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:32:00 GMT

Correct configuration of the tempdb database is crucial for Dynamics AX workloads. Two of the key recommendations are to maintain one tempdb data file per processor core, and to ensure that all tempdb data files are the same size. Trace flag 1117 ...(read more)

Improvements on the global methods buf2con and con2buf in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012

Andres Martinez Andrade — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 05:58:00 GMT

The global methods buf2con and con2buf are used on X++ to convert table buffers into containers and vice versa. New functionality has been added to these methods and they had been improved to be much faster than their implementation on previous versions...(read more)

Walk through major features of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Trace Parser (Part 2)

Sam Peng — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 21:54:00 GMT

Analyze traces Open Traces Once a trace file is imported, it is automatically opened in Trace Parser. Alternatively, users can click the “File -> Open trace” menu item to bring up the “Select trace” dialog to open an imported...(read more)

Walk through major features of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Trace Parser (Part 1)

Tao Wang - Microsoft Dynamics AX — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 20:58:00 GMT

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Trace Parser is a performance analyzer that helps users discover and resolve performance problems in customized Microsoft Dynamics AX systems. Unlike its previous versions, Trace Parser is now a component within the Microsoft...(read more)

Dynamics AX 2012 is generally available

Tao Wang - Microsoft Dynamics AX — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 20:44:53 GMT

As of August 1, 2011, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 is generally available in 25 countries and 23 languages. Read the full release blog on Microsoft Dynamics ERP “The Edge” Blog With the release of Dynamics AX2012, we will start publishing...(read more)

Video: How to collect a trace within Dynamics AX

Ray Bennett — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 02:21:00 GMT

My name is Ray Bennett, and I am formerly a member of the AX Performance team. During my work with the performance team I helped many customers learn how to use the Trace Parser tool. I have decided to share this knowledge in the form of a video blog...(read more)

Microsoft Dynamics AX Technical Conference 2011

Tao Wang - Microsoft Dynamics AX — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:08:00 GMT

Next year is an important milestone in the history of Microsoft Dynamics AX—this is our most innovative release to date. We will hold a pre-release technical conference for customers and partners who want to jump start their learning and understanding...(read more)

Cross Company - Part 1: Updated KB Article

Mark Prazak — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:06:08 GMT

A new KB article now supersedes the previous one in the original of this post. Here is the link: https://mbs.microsoft.com/knowledgebase/KBDisplay.aspx?scid=kb$en-us$979945&wa=wsignin1.0 Refer to KB979945 in any correspondence regarding the...(read more)

Dynamics AX Trace Parser Update 2

Ray Bennett — Wed, 12 May 2010 17:47:00 GMT

We have just released an update to Trace Parser with a lot of bug fixes. You can get it off from Partner Source or Customer Source. If you have any issues, you can contact me through the blog and I will do my best to help you. If you have any feedback...(read more)

Important SQL Server Change! - Parameter Sniffing and Query Plan Caching

Mark Prazak — Fri, 07 May 2010 17:10:00 GMT

Some of you that attended Convergence may have heard about a significant SQL Server change that can result in substantial performance improvements for Dynamics AX customers. You can find details on the change and how to acquire the associated SQL Server...(read more)

Cross Company - Part 1

Mark Prazak — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:46:00 GMT

There are important changes in the fix documented in Knowledge Base article 977326 that should improve performance for cross company queries. The good news is that some of the changes are applicable for other types of query performance issues beyond that...(read more)