Ax 2012 install & config exam

Hi all, managed to pass the AX 2012 installation and configuration exam last friday.  my first baby steps into the world AX

Organization Hierarchies -- Management Reporter 2012 Feature Highlight

Organization Hierarchies -- Management Reporter 2012 Feature Highlight


Great video showing how Organizational Hierarchies can be used as trees in Management Reporter 2012

Please note that the video is nothing to do with me and I am simply pointing the reader to this great vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKHGAFa29sM

Dynamics GP 2010 Financials Exam passed

MBS-859 Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Financials Exam passed today, do I dare do one more? 

Dynamics GP 2013 Beta Released

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Beta has been released for partners and the full product should be available by December 2012

In the Shed - Cambridge Web Design

Cambridge based company for Web Design and Practical Print Solutions. Their excellent personal touch and attention to detail is superb.

http://www.in-the-shed.co.uk/ 

https://twitter.com/in_the_shed 

Modelling of their organization for business units, and associating released products to specific Business Units

Great article about Organization Modelling

Modelling of their organization for business units, and associating released products to specific Business Units. 

http://dynamics-ax.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/a-question-around-organization-modeling.html 

Dynamics GP 2010 Installation and Configuration exam passed

Hi all
Passed my Dynamics GP 2010 Installation and Configuration exam 

A little late but unfortunately busy schedules at work for the past few years has kept me away from the exams

MDGP 2013 Feature of the Day: Named System Database Architecture

MDGP 2013 Feature of the Day: Named System Database Architecture

T-SQL triggers on a table

 
Finding what triggers on a table using t-sql can be performed in T-SQL using the following Query

select t.*

from sysobjects s

inner join sys.triggers t on t.parent_id=s.id

where s.name = '<>'

SQLSTATE=08501 - OR - Communication Link Failure

Hi
I came across a great newsgroup response that I wished to share with others regarding SQLSTATE=08501 - OR - Communication Link Failure

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/sqldataaccess/thread/40eededa-752a-4445-8fa4-a023df69031f

The Active Directory user or group does not exist. Contact yout network administrator

Error when enabling a new user or group in Dynamics AX 2012: "The Active Directory user or group does not exist.  Contact yout network administrator"

Resolution
To get round the issue it appears that all fields need to be populated.  By populating the Alias field in my scenario to match the user id field it appeared to then allow me to enable the user

GP 2010 Word template issue and Office 2010

Recently got a horrible but non-intrusive error when trying to print a word template from a batch (i.e. more then one transaction).  The error presented was

Unspecified error Location: Part: /Word/header5.xml, Line: 1, column:0

Click OK 

Word Found Unreadable content in "Check Remittance~5docx".  Do you want to recover the contents of this document?  IF you trust the source of this document, click Yes.

A fantastic article from the wonderful David Musgrave helped me out

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/developingfordynamicsgp/archive/2010/12/08/word-templates-office-2010-and-the-maintain-compatibility-option.aspx?CommentPosted=true#commentmessage

The template worked fine for one transaction but presented error when printing from a batch. The reason was because I did not mark the Maintain Compatibility with previous versions of Word option when clicking Save As

Instead of recreating from scratch I did the following:

1. Create a new report template based on the default template.
2. Export the Template to Word 2010
3. Highlight all and delete the body
4. Open a backup of my previous Word Template, highlight all and click copy
5. In the new word template paste the body into it
6. Repeat steps 3 to 5 for the Header and Footer.
7. Import the report back in and test 

This method allowed me to quickly recreated a heavily formated design without having to tell the client and my boss that I need more time.

Thank you David

Installing AX 2012 with SQL Server 2012 - Model store schema creation or update failed

When trying to install Microsoft AX 2012 on Windows 2008 R2 running SQL Server 2012 I received a problem installing the Database element

The error in the Windows Application View was as follows:

AXUtil operation failed : Schema

Model store schema creation or update failed.
　

"FASTFIRSTROW" is not a recognized table hints option. If it is intended as a parameter to a table-valued function or to the CHANGETABLE function, ensure that your database compatibility mode is set to 90.

Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'with'. If this statement is a common table expression, an xmlnamespaces clause or a change tracking context clause, the previous statement must be terminated with a semicolon.


To resolve a Hotfix was required to be installed and a patch copied to the updates folder where the AX 2012 Installation files are kept. This updates the AXUtil version to 6.0.1108.152

Request and download the Dynamics AX hotfix  2680186 from Microsoft using the link below.  You will need a login to the Microsoft Partnersource website

https://mbs2.microsoft.com/Knowledgebase/KBDisplay.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2680186

VM Player - Perfect for loading 64bit OS

Using Virtual PC I was unable to load up 64 bit operating system such as Windows 2008 R2.  However using VMWare Player this was all solved and runs great.  I use this on my Apple imac to load a windows enviroment.

Download the product using the link below
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/free#desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_player/4_0

Trying to load Windows R2 on a new VMWare Image

I received the following error whe trying to load Windows R2 on a new VMWare Image

The buslogic SCSI adapter is not supported for 64-bit guests in this release. Please consult the documentation for the appropriate type of SCSI adapter to use with 64-bit guests.
Failed to configure virtual device scsi0.

The problem was due to me having a default image created as Windows XP so already a 32bit. 

To correct I setup a new image and specified the Windows R2 Standard as the operating system.

Free E-Books

Hi
A number of free e-books have been made available and collated by Eric Ligman of the MSDN Blog.  Please take a look at the MDSN links below

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mssmallbiz/archive/2012/07/27/large-collection-of-free-microsoft-ebooks-for-you-including-sharepoint-visual-studio-windows-phone-windows-8-office-365-office-2010-sql-server-2012-azure-and-more.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mssmallbiz/archive/2012/07/30/another-large-collection-of-free-microsoft-ebooks-and-resource-kits-for-you-including-sharepoint-2013-office-2013-office-365-duet-2-0-azure-cloud-windows-phone-lync-dynamics-crm-and-more.aspx?wa=wsignin1.0

Failed to decrypt protected XML node DTS:Password with error 0x8009000B

Unable to use a SQL job to execute a package designed in SSIS however it runs fine in Integration Services.  It reports the following error:
"Error Loading <>.dtsx: Failed to decrypt protected XML node "DTS:Password" with error 0x8009000B "Key not valid for use in specified state.".  You may not be authorized to access this information.  This error occurs when there is a cryptographic error.  Verify that the correct key is available "

Problem was due to the username set against the SQL Server Agent being different to the username used to designed the SSIS package.  To resolve this we left the Package default protectionlevel to "EncryptSensitiveWithUserKey".  When adding the SQL Server agent job we should set the protection level to be "Rely on Server Storage and roles for access control"

The following website was an excellent resource and help me understand the error:

http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/2091/securing-your-ssis-packages-using-package-protection-level/

eConnect - There was an error writing to the pipe: Unrecognized error 232 (0xe8) when importing

eConnect error: There was an error writing to the pipe: Unrecognized error 232 (0xe8) when importing

Resolution:

Add receiveTimeout="infinite" to the Microsoft.Dynamics.GP.eConnect.Service.exe.config file for the eConnect Integration service.

The binding section should resemble this:

Data type STR15 does not exist in the dictionary. Parameter name: datatypeName

I received the following error whe launching Dynamics GP 2010 R2 SP3 for the first time after upgrading from Dynamics GP 10 SP 5

".DLL: Data type STR15 does not exist  in the dictionary.  Parameter name: datatypeName"

It turns out my non-upgraded forms and reports were causing this issue. 

1. Remove FORMS.DIC and REPORTS.DIC not yet upgraded
2. Launch Dynamics GP 2010 and register etc
3. Upgrade Forms and reports using Dynamics Uttilites

or
1. Upgrade Forms and reports using Dynamics Uttilites
2. Launch Dynamics GP 2010 and register etc

Advanced ODBC Source - IM 11

Recently I had pulled my hair out with the issue of using Advanced ODBC in Integration Manager 11.   A client we were performing an upgrade to GP2010 for had an integration setup to pull in data from a CSV file and the update did not seem to work correctly for this source and had to be updated again.

An external system was creating unchangeable CSV files which was then used to create sales transactions in Dynamics GP 2010 The nature of the text file meant that a grouping of data was required for the header source and a sum of an amount column.

Sample file
InvoiceNo, description, Amt1,Amt2
100,sales 1,100.00,0.00
100,sales 1,55.00,0.00
101, sales 2, 88,76,10

The result of previewing the file should return the following results

InvoiceNo, description, Net,VAT
100,sales 1,155.00,0.00
101, sales 2, 88,76,10

Using the Advanced Query I was unable to build a query with the Query Builder.  The advise is to not bother if you are pulling from a text driver. 

I have found the following rules apply
1. Simply enter the query in the SQL Statement field
2. save changes and then preview