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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

Creating a Power View report from Power View cubes


With the Dynamics AX 2012 R2 release, there are additional reporting cubes hidden within SharePoint that are not currently linked to the main forms. If you find them, then you are able to create Power View dashboards and reports.

In this example we will show how you can use the Sales cube to build a more elaborate Power View dashboard.

Getting ready

Before you start this recipe, you need to find where the Power View dashboards are stored. You may need to have administrator access to SharePoint for this step. To find the Power View Reports library follow these steps:

  1. Open up any Dynamics AX Role Center, and from the Site Actions drop-down menu in the top left corner, select the View All Site Content menu option:

  2. This will open up the Site Content browser. Here you should be able to see a Power View Reports document library and drill down into the contents to see all of the reports that have been saved, and also all of the available cubes:

How...

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