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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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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

Summary


PerformancePoint is a very flexible reporting and dashboarding tool that allows you to quickly get information out to the users. However, in this chapter we have just scratched the surface of what you are able to do when it is paired up with Dynamics AX.

Once you have mastered these examples, you might also want to try:

  • Creating filters that can be used to further refine your results

  • Linking dashboard elements together so that selecting one item also filters others

  • Using Reporting Services reports as dashboard elements, allowing you to use the Reporting Services controls, such as gauges and maps within your dashboards, and to also use hyperlinks to link to the Dynamics AX forms

  • Attaching secondary databases that you may be using in conjunction with Dynamics AX, including other MSSQL databases, MS Access data sources, Excel worksheets, and more

Once you have your dashboards, charts, and views built, you can also re-use them in other ways such as:

  • Embedding them in your companies' intranet...

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