Recently we ran into an issue where the "Check Upgrade Readiness" step in upgrading from Dynamics AX 2009 to Dynamics AX 2012 failed with the error/stack below Error executing code: ReleaseUpdateTransformDB50_UnitOfMeasure (object) has no valid runnable code in method 'initTransformationJobs'....

Recently we have seen some cases where during a long running process in AX (for example data import/export, company duplication or create absence journals) the process appears to switch companies, so the process begins running in company A but after a point it continues running in company B, this could...

Recently I was asked the question how it is possible to import a Dynamics AX XPO file to Dynamics AX from X++ code. This is actually possible using the SysImportElements class. However this approach does not work if the XPO file should be imported in a Business Connector session. When the the import...

In Dynamics AX 2009 the Timezone support was introduced, so when you are now entering a time value you can also specify the Timezone that corresponds the entered value. In conjunction with the Excel Template Wizard you may however run into a small isssue, when you use in the Dynamics AX Client a different...

When you go to "CRM | Periodic | Import | Leads" you receive the following message in the InfoLog: "An administrator must first configure or define a format for the Lead import" This is because the CRM Import in Dynamics AX 2009 is based on XML files and AIF Classes. Before CRM Leads can be imported...

The Enterprise Portal in Dynamics AX 4.0 and Dynamics AX 2009 is based on Microsoft SharePoint Technologies. This is for sure nothing new for you. Because of this fact you can use a SharePoint compatible editor like Microsoft SharePoint Desinger to modify WebPart Pages and for example add new WebPart...

This one comes up fairly often for me, importing a large volume of data into AX, it performs badly, what on earth can I do to make it faster?? Well there are a few options, here's the details that I give to people when they ask: Optimise the dat file method of export/import, there are a number...