Sometimes we are getting question how to set up user access to user is able to view Enterprise Portal but also able to personalize the page. To achieve it you need to do following: 1. Log into Enterprise Portal as site collection administrator 2. Click Site Actions > Site Settings. 3....

In previous post the solution was to run batch job Administration > Periodic > Notification clean-up as a part of your maintenance plan. Now we have follow up question: how to set up this batch job to remove messages older than 1 month. To achieve it we can use static function monthRange (public...

Some time ago we got problems with performance on Microsoft Dynamics Ax Enterprise Portal. The Microsoft Dynamics AX client was working perfectly fine and the were no delays. But as soon we got to an Enterprise Portal the issue started. Enterprise Portal Role Center was opening very slowly. First of...

Earlier this week I was informed that Microsoft BizTalK Server 2010 has passed compatibility testing with Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 SP1. See http://blogs.technet.com/b/dynamicsaxse/archive/2011/09/22/microsoft-dynamics-ax-2009-sp1-is-compatible-with-biztalk-server-2010.aspx for more details. I...

With Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 we do not support the setup where we have several instances of SQL Reporting Services on the same box connecting to different AOS. The reporting extensions always made connection to AOS mentioned in current configuration taken from Dynamics AX 2009 Configuration Utility...

Some time ago we run into following problem. When trying to install Enterprise Portal axsetup.exe crash wile retrieving the list of the sites with following error in installation log: Message: Operation is not valid due to the current state of the object. FullText: System.InvalidOperationException: Operation...

We recently came across problem with Workflow notification message. We have set up template workflow for process Purchase requisition approval (PurchReqApproval). When purchase requisition gets approved the process should create automatically Purchase Order (setting parameter “Auto create purchase order...

Recently we come over some issues regarding the installation of the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 and 2012 Client on Microsoft Windows 7 x64 (64-bit operating system). Retrieving the AXsetup logs we found there was a “component32.log” generated and not the expected “component64.log”...

You've probably used Knowledge Base (KB) to help troubleshoot an issue or answer a question. Check out this list of the KB articles that are most viewed for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2503850 Description of hotfix rollup 7 for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Service Pack 1 2405516 Description...

Recently we came across an issue where running code like this: Unit unit; ; select firstonly forupdate unit where unit.UnitId == 'cl'; unit.skipDeleteActions(true); unit.doDelete(); This results in the delete still being called on Tables\UnitConvert (via the cascaded delete action on Tables\Unit...

Recently we came across an issue with BarcodeCode128 barcodes - when using a tilde character (~) within a BarcodeCode128 barcode in AX the resulting barcode can be unreadable by scanners. The reason for this is that Code128 has three different code sets associated with it – using an escape character...

If you are editing an AX 4.0/2009 configuration file (.axc) and adding new configuration values at the end of the file, please ensure to enter a new line (CR+LF), so that the last line entered can be read when it is being used. Text on the last line ending without a carriage return is ignored. ...

Dynamics Ax Project Server integration make use of Project Server Event Handlers: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms481079(v=office.12).aspx . The event handlers are used when we create, update or delete integrated Project in Project Server and when we delete and update integrated Resource. Sometimes...

So the issue here is setting a batch job to run with a recurrence of 1 minute in AX2009 - a server bound batch job. The job itself takes just a few seconds but the batch job isn't completing for a few minutes, and so the next run doesn't happen after 1 minute, it happens after several minutes, which...

The document attached to this post ("UK VAT Setup Guidelines in AX 2009.PDF") provides a sample setup of Value-Added Tax (VAT) in Microsoft Dynamics AX for the United Kingdom. The document contains illustrations of different transaction scenarios and how they are reported by AX in the VAT Payment Report...

Ever been in a situation where your AOS crashed? And all you had to show for it was a lousy event log message 1000 which didn't tell you anything except that it crashed? Or perhaps you've just wanted to see what your AOS is actually running at a given moment in time? It could be very useful to have...

******** Latest update 11-July-2011 ******** Scripts now allow class and table name resolution ******** This post explains how to find the AX user and the X++ call stack that caused an AOS crash - by using special scripts for WinDbg - before reaching this stage you need to first have captured a memory...

This post explains how to find the X++ call stack that caused an AOS crash - before reaching this stage you need to first have captured a memory dump, and then set up WinDbg ready to do some analysis, we have posts which explain both of those steps: Capturing memory dumps: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/emeadaxsupport...

This post explains how to find the ax user that caused an AOS crash - before reaching this stage you need to first have captured a memory dump, and then set up WinDbg ready to do some analysis, we have posts which explain both of those steps: Capturing memory dumps: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/emeadaxsupport...

Once you have collected a dump file, to analyse it you need to use a tool called WinDbg. In this post I am going to explain how to set up WinDbg so it's ready to debug a memory dump taken from a Dynamics AX process. If you're not sure how to create a dump file, just take a look at the post below, scroll...

We came across an issue recently where the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Client was installed via a windows batch file to automate the installation. You can perform a "silent" install to mass deploy the client. However after deployment when the client is run from the desktop systems we got a pop window...

Thanks to our colleague in Japan we found problem when running some Dynamics AX reporting extensions report on SQL 2008 R2. When we open some standard SSRS reports with SQL2008R2 (ie. TSInvoicedPurchaseAmount.TS_InvoicedPurchaseAmountDetail.Report ), we receive following error. An error has occurred...

Some time ago I run into problem that measure ‘Total purchases’ for dimensions ‘Vendor Master’ did not work. There was only values for attribute Uknown. So I was not able to see what was sum of vendor purchases for each vendor although I had bunch of Purchase Orders which were...

I run into this blog some time ago. It is lead by Saveen Reddy who is Product Manager for Dynamics AX Business Intelligence. On his blog you will find the bunch of screen cast which will help you to develop reports: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dynamicsaxbi/archive/2010/12/01/ax-ssrs-reporting-screencast...

Recently we found an "Invalid Range" error to logged when using drill through on an AX SRS Report we created for a custom table following the documentation at the link below: "How to: Add a URL Drill Through Action" http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/cc582049.aspx From further investigation...