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Personnel Actions in AX 2012 - Disable

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On every action performed in Human Resources, AX asks for Personnel Action references and frustrates the users performing the data entry operation. This can be easily managed and disabled via Configuration keys as shown in the below screen shot

Configure Exchange on Microsoft Outlook 2010

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Source http://www.rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/manually-configure-exchange-2013-on-outlook-2010 Use the following steps to set up your Microsoft Exchange 2013 mailbox with your Outlook 2010 email client. 1. Click the Windows  Start  button, select  Control Panel , and then click  Mail  (32-bit). Note: Depending on the version of Windows you're running, you may need to switch to Classic view to find the  Mail  entry or it might be labeled  32-Bit . 2. Click  Show Profiles , click  Add , enter a name for this profile, and then select  OK . 3. On the Auto Account Setup page of the Add New Account wizard, select  Manually configure server settings or additional server types , and then click  Next . 4. On the Choose Service page, select  Microsoft Exchange or compatible service , and then click  Next . 5. On the Server Settings page, perform the following actions:    ...

Licensing Details - Dynamics AX 2012

Licensing Requirements 1 AOS License is required which gives access to everything Enterprise - Can work in multiple modules Functional - one module Task user - one task only performed. Task user Self Service - EP (employee level)

Microsoft Dynamics 2012 - R3 Basic Introduction

The expected date of release of R3 was April 2014. The anticipated new features are the center of discussion these days. The basic introduction to Dynamics 2012 R3 and few features to start with 1- R3 will be available on Cloud 2- Amazing Customer Experience 3- PowerQuery  AX 2012 R3 will be available in the Cloud on Microsoft’s Azure server platform Once released this could be the fastest and most cost effective way to deploy both development and UAT infrastructures for Dynamics AX.  There are still costs directly with Microsoft to run  Azure  servers but the overall speed of setup and the elimination of any hardware purchase make this a compelling offering.  And with  Azure  you only pay for server time used!   Amazing Customer Experiences - Claim of Microsoft Dynamics R3 With new features and tools available through this release, you’ll be able to engage with customers on their terms, run agile operations to ...

Ufone Balance Issue - Drain your whole balance !

This blog is just to share the information about a leading Telecom Service Provider in Pakistan and issues encountered with UFONE. Many people indicated the balance issue and their charges incurred, without prior notice or anything from UFONE. I recently came across this scenario which I wanted to share with everyone to save people from the TRAP ! 1- I got charged for GPRS however my phone did not show any data in and out activity. Let us assume I did used GPRS. 2- I then called UFONE and asked them to disconnect the GPRS Service and finally I got SMS from them that services have been deactivated for your number. 3- I had a fierce communication with the Call Centre Agent and he assured that it will not be activated and you need to call us again to activate it. Now GPRS is deactivated on your number 4- Then I changed my handset... and used internet via Wifi and it continues. One day I got HisabSMS which included INTERNET Charges as well 5- I called them again and asked and to m...

Getting Approver Information from Workflow - Dynamics AX 2012

Task to get the last approver of the workflow. Job gives the output as name of the approver of the required ID of the workflow static void workflowApproverInfo(Args _args) {     WorkflowTrackingStatusTable  workflowtrackingstatustable;     WorkflowTrackingTable        workflowtrackingtable;          while select workflowtrackingstatustable         order by RecId desc     join workflowtrackingtable         where workflowtrackingstatustable.ContextRecId == 5637155826 //(Required Record)            && workflowtrackingtable.TrackingContext == workflowtrackingcontext::WorkItem            && workflowtrackingtable.TrackingType == workflowtrackingtype::Approval            && workflowtrackingtable.WorkflowTrackingStatusTable == workflowtrackingstatusta...

Connecting Visual Studio with a different Config File - Visual Studio 2010 and Dynamics AX 2012

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Visual studio must be installed on that machine. Live/Test configuration file must be saved on that machine. Steps: 1. Launch cmd 2. Navigate to the dir where VS is installed. In my case it is : Chdir  C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio     9.0\Common7\IDE\ 3.   Enter the command:  devenv.exe /AxConfig "enter here the live/test client config path"      eg. devenv.exe /AxConfig "C:\AX CONFIG\Live cus.axc" Go to View in Visual studio, click Application explorer. This would show the entire Test/Live AOT. You can then edit any report you would like. Screen shot as follows of the command prompt