The release of R2 for AX 2012 has added 2 new fields (discount code and bar code) to the Discounts form in the Retail module. This now gives us the ability to scan or type in a coupon/discount barcode directly into POS. The steps below are performed on...

In Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, relations can no longer be created under extended data type (EDT) nodes in the Application Object Tree (AOT). In a table browser - The “view details” option only works with views in when there is a relation...

We have come across some scenarios where it was not possible to complete purchase invoicing, for example: There is pending invoice in AX that is not visible in invoicepool. It can be seen only from purchase order side. It blocks many orders. ...

AX 2009 To be able to arrange different intercompany orders for getting one delivery note or invoice, you have to use Automatic summary settings in the following way: 1. Click Area Page node: Accounts payable -> Setup -> Parameters. 2....

During troubleshooting it is nice to know the navigational path to a control on a form, for example a button which opens a new form. In Ax2012 when a find if performed on the entire form the location of the control is not indicated as it provides the...

Attached to this blog, you can find a manual on how to setup and use Italian CBI electronic vendor payments, the AX file format "Pagamento Fornitori (IT)".

Attached to this blog, you can find a manual on how to setup and use Italian Ri.Ba. (customer Bill of Exchange). The screenshots are in Italian but they are explained in the text).

The Content Publishing team is working with website expert Gerry McGovern ( http://gerrymcgovern.com/ ) to run a survey to identify the top tasks for users and IT professionals who use Microsoft Dynamics AX. We’ll use the results from this survey...

We recently discovered an issue that was researched by Sustained Engineering. If you try to use the reverse engineering tool in the AOT you may see: "Method 'add' in COM object of class 'IVDocuments' returned error code 0x86DB09C6 (<unknown>...

Ever run into an issue where you get duplicate number sequence errors in AX 2012 but you know you are using a different number sequence reference for the transaction? Below is a simple walkthrough explaining why you get theses types of errors. Let...

This is a follow-up from my previous post AX for Retail 2012 R2: Installing the Real-time Service and should give you some tips if you run into problems installing and configuring the Real-time Service. Before getting into those tips, I want to go through...

Have you ever set up or wondered about setting up a customer membership discount and wondered why there are 3 discount fields? In this blog I will show you how to set up a basic membership discount using a customer price group We will need to set up...

There may be a need at some point where POS terminals are either not used during a season or decommissioned indefinitely. In the instance where you would need to remove a terminal, we do not recommend deleting this terminal from AX Retail Headquarters...

When customers migrate from AX4.0 to AX2012, using weighted average as their costing method, and run inventory closing, they may notice differences in settlements between the two systems even though they use exactly the same data. This is due to the differences...

Since October 1st 2012 the Netherlands VAT rate has changed from 19% to 21%. In order to update the NL VAT report in AX2009 & AX2012 to reflect this, the text on the VAT report needs to be changed from '1a Belast met 19%' to '1a Belast met 21...

The new upgrade guide has been released at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=14599 and has very detailed steps on performing an in-place upgrade of AX 2012/AX 2012 FP to AX 2012 R2. Download a copy and ensure it is dated December...

Introduction Commodity codes is one of the many areas in which functionality has changed a bit compared to earlier versions of Dynamics AX. As such, it is only natural that some questions and doubts arise. The purpose of this blog article is to...

In AX2012, the country/region context has replaced the country configuration keys. In earlier version of AX configuration keys had to be enabled manually and they were installation wide. If the installation included legal entities from multiple countries...

Workaround: - Will need to replace the axsetupsp.exe file of the hotfix installation files which is encountering this issue - Download hotfix KB2786562 - Copy the axsetupsp.exe file from KB2786562, support folder - Replace the axsetupsp.exe...

Example of issue: 1. Create a view that joins 2 related tables. I used CustTable as root table, and custTrans as related table. 2. Do not add any fields to the view. 3. Right click on the view and select open. Actual: You receive an error message...

Possibly the biggest change with AX for Retail 2012 R2 is the re-architecting of the Retail Transaction Service. The first thing you will notice is that the name has been changed: Retail Transaction Service is now Commerce Data Exchange: Real-time...

Introduction The payment of commission for services or products sold is a common way to reward sales people. The purpose of this blog post is to provide some guidance and inspiration as to how one might go about customizing the Retail POS to link...

Couple of times we saw the issue while running axsetup.exe to install Enterprise Portal that is failing with error: Entering function CurrentUserAlias Leaving function CurrentUserAlias Creating new Enterprise Portal Site with following the parameters...

Lately we encounter problem when integrating CRM connector with Dynamics AX 2009 EE layer. While running map AX Enumerated Values to Picklist you getting error in CRM Connector. The map does not synchronize correctly and the values are not available...

In the old X++ framework (Dynamics AX 2009 and earlier) when you wanted to display company logo on report you could use display method on table. In Dynamics AX 2012 that would not work. For RDP reports you could add CompanyLogo field into temporary...