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Extending Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Operations Cookbook

You're reading from   Extending Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Operations Cookbook Create and extend real-world solutions using Dynamics 365 Operations

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786467133
Length 442 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Starting a New Project 2. Data Structures FREE CHAPTER 3. Creating the User Interface 4. Application Extensibility, Form Code-Behind, and Frameworks 5. Business Intelligence 6. Security 7. Leveraging Extensibility 8. Data Management, OData, and Office 9. Consuming and Exposing Services 10. Extensibility Through Metadata and Data Date-Effectiveness 11. Unit Testing 12. Automated Build Management 13. Servicing Your Environment 14. Workflow Development 15. State Machines

Creating aggregate dimensions

Aggregate dimensions are used to define attributes that splice the data they are associated with. The dimension is therefore based on a table or view and will have one or more attributes, which are the ways we will allow the data to be spliced. Defining the data in this way allows exceptionally fast data analysis. This is because the data is expanded into a data warehouse database automatically by Operations.

In some cases, you may want to create a view to simplify the process, in which case, use the view as the Table property.

Getting ready

Before we start, it is best to create a new model for a new package and add references as required. These are usually, Application Platform, Application Foundation, Application Suite, and any other...

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