Below is a simple example for importing data from CSV file in D365 FO using X++: /// <summary> /// import color code /// </summary> class CFSImportColorCode {     /// <summary>     /// main     /// </summary>     /// <param name = “_args”>_args</param>     public static void main(Args _args)     {         AsciiStreamIo                       file;         Array                               fileLines;         FileUploadTemporaryStorageResult    fileUpload;         CFSEcoResColorCode                  colorCode;         CFSImportColorCode                  importColorCode = new CFSImportColorCode();         Counter                             counter = 0;         EcoResColorName                     color;         #OCCRetryCount         try         {             //Upload a file             fileUpload  = File::GetFileFromUser() as FileUploadTemporaryStorageResult;             file        = AsciiStreamIo::constructForRead(fileUpload.openResult());             if (file)             {                 if (file.status())                 {                     throw error(“@SYS52680”);                 }                 file.inFieldDelimiter(‘;’); //separator                 file.inRecordDelimiter(‘\r\n’);             }             //Read a CSV File             container rec;             ttsbegin;             while (!file.status())             {                 counter++;                 rec = file.read();                 if (conLen(rec))                 {                     color = conPeek(rec, 2);                     colorCode = CFSEcoResColorCode::find(color);                     if(!colorCode.RecId)                     {                         colorCode.clear();                         colorCode.Name  = color;                         colorCode.Code  = conPeek(rec, 1);                         colorCode.insert();                     }                 }             }             ttscommit;             info(“Operation complete.”);         }         catch (Exception::Deadlock)         {             retry;         }         catch (Exception::UpdateConflict)         {             if (appl.ttsLevel() == 0)             {                 if (xSession::currentRetryCount() >= #RetryNum)                 {                     throw Exception::UpdateConflictNotRecovered;                 }                 else                 {                     retry;                 }             }             else             {                 throw Exception::UpdateConflict;             }         }     } }

When we create purchase order using RFQ its default approval status will be approved. To change that status to draft write following code where we will change its status to draft. create new class and add following code class CFSPOStatusRfq {     [PostHandlerFor(classStr(PurchAutoCreate_RFQ), methodStr(PurchAutoCreate_RFQ, endUpdate))]     public static void PurchAutoCreate_PurchReq_Post_endUpdate(XppPrePostArgs args)     {         //PurchTable  purchTable = args.getThis(‘purchTable’);         PurchAutoCreate_RFQ purchReq = args.getThis() as PurchAutoCreate_RFQ;         PurchTable  purchTable, purchTablenew;         purchTable = purchReq.parmPurchTable();         ttsbegin;         select forupdate purchTablenew where purchTableNew.PurchId == purchTable.PurchId;         if(purchTablenew && purchTablenew.DocumentState == VersioningDocumentState::Approved)         {             purchTablenew.DocumentState = VersioningDocumentState::Draft;             purchTablenew.update();         }         ttscommit;     } }

Overview: As we are aware that Financial Dimensions are available for user to identify the posting routine of payments, sales, purchases etc in the ledger account. These values are selectable / mandatory at all checkpoints on D365 FNO. However, in retail we would have to configure the financial dimensions in Retail Store or Payment Methods of retail store. This will help user to identify the posting routine with details of the transaction. If financial dimensions are not mapped then posting will happen but it will be posted as entry without dimensions as below images. Without Financial Dimensions: With Financial Dimensions: To configure Financial Dimensions: Payment Methods: Goto Retail and Commerce > Channels > Stores In Action Tab > Set Up > Payment Methods Select Desired Payment method and in details tab you can find Financial Dimensions 2. Stores: Goto Retail and Commerce > Channels > Stores And select desired store that you want to set the default dimensions on the bottom as shown in the image. (Note: Enabling this will overwrite the Financial Dimensions that were enabled on payment methods as this will be set as Default Dimensions for all types of transactions.) Thanks! Hope this was helpful!

As seen in title when error “Your connection is not private | NET::ERR_CERT_DATE_INVALID” occured which seems as follows in screenshot when you try to open environment link in browser. The reason for above error in my case was that SSL certificate was expired as you can see in following screenshot To solve this issue go to your lcs.dynamics.com with your credentials and open your project now select which ever environment and visit see details/Full details page and click on maintain button and select  Rotate secrets button  Now click on Rotate SSL certificates after which dialogue box will appear click on yes  Now wait till rotating secret symbol is loading as following screenshot after which you will be able to access your D365 Finance and operation link easily. Hope this blog will help you.Thank you

In some of the cases instead of providing security to whole form we need it for particular form control.So this blog will help you with providing access to form control via security roles.If you want to know more about security roles you can use my previous blog . First of all we need form control where we need to set some of the properties as follows. In our case we are using laid off button as shownNow select the button and press F4 for its properties and set needed permision to manual as follows Now in your desired security privilege you can either directly set form control permissions or Entry Points.For form control permission method right click on form control permission and select new form and after that set name property to your desired form (Hcmworker in our case) as follows Now right click on your form and select New control option as follows and set control name and permission for it as follows For Entry point method you need first need to add new entry point and set its object type and object name properties or for existing ones select desired entry point and click on drop down arrow and on controls right click and select new control.And now set its grant and name properties to desired control and its access rights After this you need to assign this privilege in desired security role and security duty as previously discussed in security role blog

In D365 Finance and Operations when you need to provide and restrict users from a certain operation you can make use of security roles. You can create security roles from Finance and operations environment itself or from its development tool i.e Visual Studio. In this blog, we are going to create a security role in Visual Studio as follows.   Create privilege    First of all we need to create privilege as follows now we need to add new entry point and set  object type in our case display menu item from properties Now add object name(display menu item  name) as follows   create role   Now we need to create role where above created privilege will be needed create new security role  as follows now we need to add new privilege in role as shown And from properties select privilege which we have created in previous step Create Duty   Now we have to create new duty and assign previously created privilege in its properties as shown Now we can see security role in FnO environment select any user from system administration>>users and click on assign role as follows and now search for priviously created role and click on Ok button now your security role is assigned to user with our role will be able to see the object like form, report etc except user with system administrator.  

We can also import data through code in D365 FO. Data import through code in D365 works differently than Ax2012 since cloud services.  Import Class we are trying to import data from Excel to D365FO through the following code.   using System.IO; using OfficeOpenXml; using OfficeOpenXml.ExcelPackage; using OfficeOpenXml.ExcelRange;   class EmplAttendance { public void run() { this.updateDailyAttendance(); }   void updateDailyAttendance() { System.IO.Stream                     stream; ExcelSpreadsheetName            sheeet; FileUploadBuild                       fileUpload; DialogGroup                             dlgUploadGroup; FileUploadBuild                       fileUploadBuild; FormBuildControl                    formBuildControl; EmplAttendance_CFS              emplTimeAttendance, insertTimeAttendance, updateTimeAttendance; COMVariantType                     type; Dialog                      dialog =    new Dialog(“Daily Attendance Imported”);   dlgUploadGroup          = dialog.addGroup(“@SYS54759″); formBuildControl        = dialog.formBuildDesign().control(dlgUploadGroup.name()); fileUploadBuild           = formBuildControl.addControlEx(classstr(FileUpload), ‘Upload’); fileUploadBuild.style(FileUploadStyle::MinimalWithFilename); fileUploadBuild.fileTypesAccepted(‘.xlsx’);   str COMVariant2Str(COMVariant _cv) { switch (_cv.variantType()) { case COMVariantType::VT_BSTR: return _cv.bStr();   case COMVariantType::VT_EMPTY: return ”;   default: throw error(strfmt(“@SYS26908”, _cv.variantType())); } }   if (dialog.run() && dialog.closedOk()) { FileUpload fileUploadControl     = dialog.formRun().control(dialog.formRun().controlId(‘Upload’)); FileUploadTemporaryStorageResult fileUploadResult = fileUploadControl.getFileUploadResult();   if (fileUploadResult != null && fileUploadResult.getUploadStatus()) { stream = fileUploadResult.openResult();   using (ExcelPackage Package = new ExcelPackage(stream)) { int                         rowCount, i,columncount,j; Package.Load(stream); ExcelWorksheet   worksheet   = package.get_Workbook().get_Worksheets().get_Item(1); OfficeOpenXml.ExcelRange    range       = worksheet.Cells; rowCount           = (worksheet.Dimension.End.Row) – (worksheet.Dimension.Start.Row)  + 1; columncount      = (worksheet.Dimension.End.Column);     for (i = 2; i<= rowCount; i++) { str Emplid; TransDate                 WorkingDate; emplid                       = (range.get_Item(i, 1).value); WorkingDate            = str2Date((range.get_Item(i, 2).value),123);   select * from emplTimeAttendance where emplTimeAttendance.EmplId              = =  Emplid && emplTimeAttendance.WorkingDate       = =  WorkingDate;   if(emplTimeAttendance)     //if record already exists update it { emplTimeAttendance.selectForUpdate(true); emplTimeAttendance.Timein                          =   any2Str(range.get_Item(i, 3).value); emplTimeAttendance.Timeout                        =   any2Str(range.get_Item(i, 4).value); emplTimeAttendance.OT                                =  any2Real(range.get_Item(i, 5).value); ttsbegin; emplTimeAttendance.update(); ttscommit; } Else      //insert the new record { insertTimeAttendance.EmplId                         = (range.get_Item(i, 1).value); insertTimeAttendance.WorkingDate               = str2Date((range.get_Item(i, 2).value),123); insertTimeAttendance.Timein                         = any2Str(range.get_Item(i, 3).value); insertTimeAttendance.Timeout                       = any2Str(range.get_Item(i, 4).value); insertTimeAttendance.OT                                = any2Real(range.get_Item(i, 5).value); insertTimeAttendance.insert(); } } } } else { error(“Error here”); }   } }   public static void main (Args args) { EmplAttendance     emplDailyAttendanceImport;   emplDailyAttendanceImport = new EmplAttendance (); emplDailyAttendanceImport.run(); } }  

In the case of D365 Finance and Operations when you approve purchase requisition by default system creates Purchase order with approval status as “Approved” as follows     To change this default behavior of system such that once purchase requisition is approved the approval status of the purchase order as a draft you can use the following class class CFSPOStatus {     /// <summary>     ///     /// </summary>     /// <param name=”args”></param>     [PostHandlerFor(classStr(PurchAutoCreate_PurchReq), methodStr(PurchAutoCreate_PurchReq, endUpdate))]     public static void PurchAutoCreate_PurchReq_Post_endUpdate(XppPrePostArgs args)     {         //PurchTable  purchTable = args.getThis(‘purchTable’);         PurchAutoCreate_PurchReq purchReq = args.getThis() as PurchAutoCreate_PurchReq;         PurchTable  purchTable, purchTablenew;         purchTable = purchReq.parmPurchTable();         ttsbegin;         select forupdate purchTablenew where purchTableNew.PurchId == purchTable.PurchId;         if(purchTablenew && purchTablenew.DocumentState == VersioningDocumentState::Approved)         {             purchTablenew.DocumentState = VersioningDocumentState::Draft;             purchTablenew.update();         }         ttscommit;     } }and your final result looks like And after changing status you can apply your own purchase order workflow on it. For purchase order workflow you can refer to my blog

In this blog, you will learn how to develop a custom workflow that is not present out of the box in D365 Finance. For this blog I’m creating a workflow for Counting Journal (Inventory management>>Journal Entries>>Item Counting>>Counting) because there is no such workflow for inventory management module. The followings are steps that are to be followed. Steps:- 1.       Create a base Enum for Document Status 2.       Create a table extension and add Enum to table 3.       Add document status field to form extension 4.       Create query 5.       Create workflow category 6.       Create a workflow type 7.       Now add can submit workflow and updateworkflow methods to tables class extension 8.       Update submitmanager class 9.       Update EventHandler class 10.   Workflow approval creation 11.   Add an element to workflow Type 12.   Now add workflow setup form to the inventory management module Now we are performing steps in detail 1.       Create a base enum for Document Status Make sure you have created a solution, project and assign the model to the project. Now add new item and select Base Enum. And Add Base Enum and name it as CFS_InventoryCountingWorkflow   2.       Create a table extension and add enum to table We are creating a workflow for inventory management so we need to create an extension of InventoryJournalTable and drag above created base enum to table which will create a new field of type Enum.   3.       Add Document status field to form extension Now we need to create an extension of form InventJournalCount and add newly created table field to forms grid by dragging it from data source to form grid control and assign label as approval status.   4.       Create query Now again add a new query to project and name it as CFS_InventoryCountingWorkflow and add the InventJournalTable and set properties as follows   5.       Create workflow category Now we are going to add Workflow category to project and name it as   CFS_InventJournalCounting and set the properties as follows   6.       Create a workflow type After adding workflow category its time to add workflow type name it as CFS_InventoryJournalCounting  and set its properties as follows this will create new elements such as classes and action menu items for submit and all actions.   7.       Now add can submit workflow and updateworkflow methods to tables To add a method to the table we need to create a table class extension for that add a new class and name it as InventJournalTable_CFSExtension and need to add updateWorkflow and canSubmitWorkflow methods. You can use the following code [Extensionof(tableStr(InventJournalTable))] final class InventJournalTable_Extension {     public boolean canSubmitToWorkflow(str _workflowType)     {         boolean ret = next cansubmitToWorkflow(_workflowType);             ret = this.CFS_InventoryCountingWorkflow == CFS_InventoryCountingWorkflow::Draft;             return ret;     }     public static void updateWorkflowStatus(RecId _documentRecId, CFS_InventoryCountingWorkflow _status)     {         ttsbegin;             InventJournalTable document;             update_recordset document         setting CFS_InventoryCountingWorkflow = _status         where document.RecId == _documentRecId;             ttscommit;     } } 8.       Update submitmanager class Make sure you have the same name for submitting manager class or rename it as follows and following code to that public class CFS_InventoryJournalCountingSubmitManager {     private InventJournalTable document;     private WorkflowVersionTable versionTable;     private WorkflowComment comment;     private WorkflowWorkItemTable workItem;     private SysUserId userId;     private boolean isSubmission;     private WorkflowTypeName workflowType;     public static void main(Args args)    {           //  TODO:  Write code to execute once a work item is submitted.         if (args.record().TableId != tableNum(InventJournalTable))         {             throw error(‘Error attempting to submit document’);         }         InventJournalTable document = args.record();         FormRun caller = args.caller() as FormRun;         boolean isSubmission = args.parmEnum();         MenuItemName menuItem = args.menuItemName();         CFS_InventoryJournalCountingSubmitManager manager = CFS_InventoryJournalCountingSubmitManager::construct();         manager.init(document, isSubmission, caller.getActiveWorkflowConfiguration(), caller.getActiveWorkflowWorkItem());         if (manager.openSubmitDialog(menuItem))         {             manager.performSubmit(menuItem);         }         caller.updateWorkflowControls();    }     /// <summary>     /// Construct method     /// </summary>     /// <returns>new instance of submission manager</returns>     public static CFS_InventoryJournalCountingSubmitManager construct()     {         return new CFS_InventoryJournalCountingSubmitManager();     }     /// <summary>     /// parameter method for document     /// </summary>     /// <param name = “_document”>new document value</param>     /// <returns>current document</returns>     public Inventjournaltable parmDocument(Inventjournaltable _document = document)     {         document = _document;         return document;     }     /// <summary>     /// parameter method for version     /// </summary>     /// <param name = “_versionTable”>new version table value</param>     /// <returns>current version table</returns>     public WorkflowVersionTable parmVersionTable(WorkflowVersionTable _versionTable = versionTable)     {         versionTable = _versionTable;         return versionTable;     }     /// <summary>     /// parameter method for comment     /// </summary>     /// <param name = “_comment”>new comment value</param>     /// <returns>current comment value</returns>     public WorkflowComment parmComment(WorkflowComment _comment = comment)     {         comment = _comment;         return comment;     }     /// <summary>     /// parameter method for work item     /// </summary>     /// <param name = “_workItem”>new work item value</param>     /// <returns>current work item value</returns>     public WorkflowWorkItemTable parmWorkItem(WorkflowWorkItemTable _workItem = workItem)     {         workItem = _workItem;         return workItem;     }     /// <summary>     /// parameter method for user     /// </summary>     /// <param name = “_userId”>new user value</param>     /// <returns>current user value</returns>     public SysUserId parmUserId(SysUserId _userId = userId)     {         userId = _userId;         return userId;     }     /// <summary>     /// parameter method for isSubmission flag     /// </summary>     /// <param name = “_isSubmission”>flag value</param>     /// <returns>current flag value</returns>     public boolean parmIsSubmission(boolean _isSubmission = isSubmission)     {         isSubmission = _isSubmission;         return isSubmission;     }     /// <summary>     /// parameter method for workflow type     /// </summary>     /// <param name = “_workflowType”>new workflow type value</param>     /// <returns>current workflow type</returns>     public WorkflowTypeName parmWorkflowType(WorkflowTypeName _workflowType = workflowType)     {         workflowType = _workflowType;         return workflowType;     }     /// <summary>     /// Opens the submit dialog and returns result     /// </summary>     /// <returns>true if dialog closed okay</returns>     protected boolean openSubmitDialog(MenuItemName _menuItemName)     {         if (isSubmission)         {             return … Continue reading Develop Custom Workflow:Counting Journals workflow →

In D365 Finance and Operation for some modules, there is no Workflow setup. eg:- Inventory management module. In such a case, we need to perform the following steps after which you can see the workflow setup form which will include all the workflows for that specific module. First, we need to add the Display menu item and set properties as: Enum Type parameter to ModuleAxapta and Enum Parameter to the module ( in our case Inventory ) Object Type to form. Object to WorkflowtableListPageRnr   After this create a menu extension of the module where we need to place the form. Drag the display menu item to the menu extension.   After a successful build,  we are set to enlist new workflows for an inventory module using workflow forms. The same way you can attach workflow form to the new module as follows:- Create an extension of ModuleAxapta Base Enum Add a new element to base enum and name it your custom module name and label it Create a new Display Menu Item and set its properties as follows Create a new menu and set its label and name as per your requirement And insert your display menu item to your custom menu/module Create an extension of “MainMenu” Menu and add new menu item reference and set its properties as follows Build the solution your Workflow setup form will be visible for that module