Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0 Development I: MorphX

Understand the architecture of Microsoft Dynamics AX

Understand the main elements of Microsoft Dynamics AX development

Understand the MorphX development environment and the AOT

Design and create tables, forms, reports, and menus

Modify objects within each major Data Dictionary category

Create a customized user interface

Understand and use the Microsoft Dynamics AX Help documentation

Create report and section templates

Build a customized application that is based on specific requirements

Some working knowledge of Microsoft Windows 2000 or Microsoft Windows XP.

Introduction to Microsoft Dynamics AX Development

Microsoft Dynamics AX Application Essentials

Microsoft Dynamics AX Layered Architecture

Tools for Customization

Working with Companies

Security

Inquiry and Reports

Best Practices

Creating a new record in the Customer table

Sorting records

Filtering records on the Customer form

Finding records

Using the Label File Wizard

Using Intellimorph

Create a new company and a virtual company

Using virtual companies

Creating a new User group

Creating a simple query on an Auto report

Adding a table in an advanced query

Test Your Knowledge questions

Understand the advantages of using Microsoft Dynamics AX

Understand the main elements of Microsoft Dynamics AX development

Effectively navigate throughout Microsoft Dynamics AX

Understand the layered architecture of Microsoft Dynamics AX

Understand the basic security architecture

Know how Microsoft Dynamics AX uses Companies

Become familiar with Microsoft Axapta reporting

Understand how Microsoft Dynamics AX integrates with other Products

MorphX and the Application Object Tree

Tables

Relations

Data Types – Extended and Primitive

Base Enumerations

Maps

Views

Indexes

Creating a table

Creating a relation on a table

Creating an Extended Data Type

Assigning an Extended Data Type to a field

Creating Base Enums

Creating an Extended Data Type By Using Base Enums

Creating Views

Creating an Index

Lab 2-1 Table Creation

Lab 2-2 Views

Understand the MorphX development environment and the Application Object Tree (AOT)

Design and create tables using MorphX

Understand relations on Microsoft Axapta tables

Understand the different data types within Microsoft Dynamics AX

Learn how to create and modify objects within each major Data Dictionary category

Projects

Forms

Menu items in MorphX

Microsoft Dynamics AX Non Graphical Objects

Create a project

Build a form

Create the form design

Creating a Display menu item

Adding a menu item to a menu

Create a menu and add a menu reference

Create a query

Lab3-1 Menu Items Creation

Understand the role of projects in Microsoft Dynamics AX

Understand Microsoft Dynamics AX graphical interfaces

Design and build Forms in Microsoft Dynamics AX

Create customized menus and menu items

Understand non-graphical objects in Microsoft Dynamics AX

Become familiar with the Microsoft Dynamics AX Help Documentation

Introduction to Report Adjustments

Working with Report Design

Report Templates

Working with the Visual Report Designer

Modifying Report Properties

Using the Auto Design Specs

Create a custom report design

Building a custom generated report

Create and attach a report template

Create and attach a section template

Test Your Knowledge questions

Understand the visual report designer in Microsoft Dynamics AX

Work effectively with report elements

Design reports using different methods

Create report and section templates

Understand how best practices are used when they create reports

Scenario

Part 1: Metadata Design

Part 2: Creating the Basic Data Objects

Part 3: Creating the Graphical Components

Use the tools and utilities you have learned in the previous chapters to design and customize an application.

Tables

Relations

Base enumerations

Extended data types

Basic forms

Reports

Menus

Menu items