I had the most interesting error to deal with yesterday. I woke up in the early morning to do a code deployment Saturday when I checked my client’s Test environment and noticed that the AOS Service was hanging and I could not start it. Of course, the client would not start because the service would…
Finally, we have information on the Dynamics AX 2012 certifications. The Dynamics AX 2012 certifications have been a mystery for many as the combined exam paths of 2009 just sort of disappeared (things like MCITP: Developer, Applications, ect). For almost 2 years, many people have been begging to figure out which new certification exams correlate…
Lately, I’ve had a lot of questions asking for availability. It is always an honor to work with a company, and I am thankful for every opportunity that I get. UPDATE: I am available for a new project on a part-time basis. Note: if you want to book me: Experienced recruiters will tell you that…
With Exercise 2, you continue to develop with this incredible no-code, yet powerful approach to developing. I want you to understand that Management Reporter has never been about difficulty with development. Truth be told, the tool is significantly easier to use than SSRS or Crystal Reports (at a cost of the more advanced control that…
Exercise 1: Your First Trial Balance – A trial balance allows us to instantly see the financial value of every single account. For those of you new to financial concepts, think of it as a running sum which tells you where the money is being spent at a particular point in time. Dynamics AX comes…
You cannot print invoices customer invoices I ran into an interesting problem recently with a client. After a security upgrade, my clients could no longer print customer invoices. Accounts Payable invoices worked for those who had the permissions. While I could have just gone into the duties and started adding Accounts Receivable role duties until…
I’m in the midst of finishing up a very successful assignment. You know, one of those assignments that every freelance consultant dreams of where you come into a stressful situation and leave with everyone extremely happy. What stood out about this assignment is that one of my key tasks was to develop reports. The company…
Before going to the Dynamics AX world, I spent years working as an Enterprise BI architect. One of the most common things that I have to explain to companies when I am consulting is how a Dynamics AX BI Specialist differs from a traditional Microsoft BI Specialist? NOTE: the following is not an Official Microsoft…
I ran into this recently on an assignment and couldn’t find the documented fix anywhere. So, I thought that I would write it here to save someone troubleshooting. What is a model? Basically, this all the code and metadata within Dynamics AX – table names, column names, code classes, ect. When implementations are large enough,…
First let me say that the Dynamics AX SharePoint series is not dead. At the moment, about 60 hours of my week is going towards my new project, which hasn’t reached the SharePoint-Dynamics AX integration phase yet. That being said, part of being a good consultant is to make sure that people can repeat what…