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Extending Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Cookbook

You're reading from   Extending Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Cookbook This is a brilliantly accessible book, packed with practical examples, that's perfect for business professionals who want to make more of the advanced features of Dynamics AX to save money and increase management efficiency.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781782168331
Length 314 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Murray Fife Murray Fife
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Extending Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Extending Out with SharePoint FREE CHAPTER 2. Reports and Dashboards 3. Dashboards, Charts, and Scorecards 4. Communication and Collaboration 5. Using Cases to Manage Incidents and Requests 6. Organizing Your Workflows 7. Reporting in Office 8. Talking to the Outside World 9. Creating Help 10. Web Services and Forms 11. Role Center Personalization and Customization Index

Creating Case categories


All cases are assigned to a Case category within Dynamics AX, and separated by a category group which defines where within Dynamics AX the cases can be accessed from. These are the mechanisms that determine what processes the Case follows, allowing you to use the same functionality for different purposes, which is why Cases are such a useful feature within Dynamics AX.

In this recipe, we will show how you can create a Case category within Dynamics AX so that we can start creating Cases.

How to do it...

To create a new Case category, follow these steps:

  1. From the Organization administration area page, open up the Case categories form from the Cases folder in the Setup group:

  2. Click on the New menu, and navigate to the Case category option to create a new base category for our New Product Request cases.

  3. When the New Record form is shown, set the Case category and Description both to Requests, and set the Category type to General. The General Category type is visible to all...

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