D365 ¦ Use Partitions in the new AX

If you want to administer partitions in the new AX it is hard to figure out how.
The easiest way for me was just adding the following command to the URL: &f=partitionadministration
So that the URL looks like: https://xyzaos.cloudax.dynamics.com/?cmp=DAT&f=partitionadministration

After creating new partitions just add &prt=NameOfThePartition to your URL to navigate to the new partition.
Keep in mind to import the users into the new partition so that they can access the new link: https://xyzaos.cloudax.dynamics.com/?cmp=DAT&prt=new

Installing Manangement Reporter for AX 2012 R3 CU10

Lately I tried to install the Management Reporter for an AX 2012 R3 CU10 environment using the Dynamics AX setup. That was not working as expected. I was able to install the server component but configuring the management reporter services always failed with this error message:

01.06.2016 15:59:58 - Extracting supporting files for database deployment... 01.06.2016 15:59:59 - Beginning database deployment... 01.06.2016 15:59:59 - Initializing deployment (Start) 01.06.2016 16:00:09 - Initializing deployment (Failed) 01.06.2016 16:00:09 - The database deployment failed. Additional information: Could not deploy package. 01.06.2016 16:03:13 - Microsoft.Dynamics.Performance.Deployment.Console.Core.DeploymentFailedException: Fehler beim Bereitstellen der Datenbank. Weitere Informationen finden Sie im Bereitstellungsprotokoll. bei Microsoft.Dynamics.Performance.Deployment.Reporting.ReportingDatabase.DeployDatabasePackages(String connectionString, String databaseName, Dictionary`2 parameters) bei Microsoft.Dynamics.Performance.Deployment.Reporting.ApplicationServiceDeploymentPart.DeployWithSettings(IDictionary`2 settingsToDeployWith) bei Microsoft.Dynamics.Performance.Deployment.Console.ConfigurationConsole.Wizard.Screens.DeploymentViewModel.TryRemoveFromView(Boolean isProgressing)

After checking the logs and checking customersource i found out that this is an issue with the version included in the AX Installation.
Downloading the latest version from customer source solved this issue.
https://mbs.microsoft.com/customersource/northamerica/MR/downloads/service-packs/MROverview
For non us versions check the following link
https://mbs.microsoft.com/customersource/Germany/MR/downloads/product-releases/MRlocalizations

SoapUI calling AIF error: Malformed UTF-8 character: 0xfc 0x6c 0x74 0x6

When you import a AX AIF WSDL from SoapUI you might face an error telling you that SoapUI has stumbled accross a malformed UTF-8 character. Especially when you are in a non english environment.

Error loading [https://our.externalserviceurl.com/MicrosoftDynamicsAXAif60/OURsmallHTTPService/xppservice.svc?wsdl]: org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlException: java.io.CharConversionException: Malformed UTF-8 character: 0xfc 0x6c 0x74 0x6

Looking at the WSDL and all the imports there is no character which is not UTF-8 conform. After checking the communication between the servers I found out that the IIS was responding to the WSDL request with a 401 page. This response was in german and contained german characters ("ü").

In my case it was required to set the http authorization to NTLM to enable SoapUI to authorize correctly through http. So whenever you get this malformed UTF-8 error check the communication.

AXReportInstanceExtensions COMException

Lately I got the following error message while trying to install the AX Report instance extensions through PowerShell.

Install-AXReportInstanceExtensions :

In Zeile:1 Zeichen:1

+ Install-AXReportInstanceExtensions -ReportServerInstanceName R3TEST -Credential  ...

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : OpenError: (Microsoft.Dynam...tensionsCommand:InstallReportInstanceExtensionsCommand) [I

   nstall-AXReportInstanceExtensions], COMException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Dynamics.AX.Framework.Management.Reports.InstallReportInstanceExtensionsComman

   d

 To solve this issue just start the powershell as administrator and try again.

The new AX is released ready to web

Yesterday Microsoft announced the release of the new Dynamics AX at the Technical Conference #DynTech2016. We all look forward to see what comes next:

The new Dynamics AX - It's just around the corner :)

There is a new video out there, to promote the new Dynamics AX. The sentence I do like most is: The new user experience is amazing :)
I do not agree 100% but I guess that's becaus I know the old user and developer Experience. Which differs a lot from the new browserbased interface.

Check out the other videos:

AX 7: open forms directly

If you want to open a form directly when starting the new Dynamics AX you can add &mi=Formname to the AX URL.
So for example when you want to start AX with the SalesTable listpage just use an URL that Looks like:
https://myax7.dynamics.com/?cmp=USSI&mi=SalesTableListPage

Beside the page that is displayed you can also specify the company with cmp=DAT