Setting up D365FO Demand Forecasting with Azure Machine Learning

Here we will look at how to setup Azure Machine Learning for use with D365FO. Demand forecasting has been standard functionality for a while – Azure Machine Learning replaces the SQL Server Analysis Services time series algorithm used by Ax 2012. Azure Machine Learning is essentially a cloud based predictive analytical solution. In this example, … Continue reading Setting up D365FO Demand Forecasting with Azure Machine Learning

D365 for Operations Life Cycle Services SMS Deployment Alerts

I get a lot of email. I don’t read it all. Especially if its automated. Sometimes LCS deployment notifications fall in that category. Partially given the deployments usually happen while I’m sleeping. An easy fix for this is to receive a text message notification should a deployment fail. Using Flow + Twilio, we can achieve … Continue reading D365 for Operations Life Cycle Services SMS Deployment Alerts

Finding the Audience value for D365 Integration

When calling a Dynamics 365 for Operations Data Management Framework import project to enqueue a message, one of the required parameters is Audience. Where does Audience come from? From the Azure Portal, navigate to your App registrations under Azure Active Directory and select the app for D365 integration. Click on Manifest, and scroll down. You'll … Continue reading Finding the Audience value for D365 Integration

Enable DB Compression in Ax 2012 with SQL 2012

Database compression can be beneficial under certain circumstances. Ax 2012 supports enabling database  compression from within the application. See this blog post for more details.This is quite handy. Unfortunately it only works with SQL 2008, not SQL 2012.The class SysSQLSetupHelper checks the SQL version and the controls on the form SysSQLSetup are enabled or disabled based … Continue reading Enable DB Compression in Ax 2012 with SQL 2012

DIXF – Copy data between companies

Of the many new features introduced in Ax 2012 R2 CU7, one is the ability to use the Data Import Export Framework (DIXF) to copy data between companies.From the DIXF menu, select Copy entity data between companies.Enter a name & description for the processing group.Select the entities to include in the processing group.Select the source … Continue reading DIXF – Copy data between companies