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Grouping Related Attributes

December 8, 2013
Dynamics AX, Product Configurator
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If there are attributes that are related to each other then you may want to show them together in the configuration dialog box. To do this we need to change the way that they are displayed within the UI.

NOTE: This is part of the Building Dynamic Products with the Product Configurator blueprint series where we show how to configure product configuration models within Dynamics AX, and use them to create dynamics BOM’s and Routes based on the configurations. If you want to see all of the other posts in this series, click here.

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Adding Configuration Attributes

December 8, 2013
Dynamics AX, Product Configurator
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The way that the configurations are personalized are though Configuration Attributes which the user will update as they are building their product variation.

NOTE: This is part of the Building Dynamic Products with the Product Configurator blueprint series where we show how to configure product configuration models within Dynamics AX, and use them to create dynamics BOM’s and Routes based on the configurations. If you want to see all of the other posts in this series, click here.

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Creating a Constraint Based Product Master

December 8, 2013
Dynamics AX, Product Configurator
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The first step in creating a Product Configuration is to create a Product Master that is enabled for Constraint Based configuration.

NOTE: This is part of the Building Dynamic Products with the Product Configurator blueprint series where we show how to configure product configuration models within Dynamics AX, and use them to create dynamics BOM’s and Routes based on the configurations. If you want to see all of the other posts in this series, click here.

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Building Dynamic Products with the Product Configurator

December 8, 2013
Dynamics AX, Product Configurator
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If you want to personalize your products a little, or if you are more of a configure to order operation where every product that you ship out the door is tailored to your customers specifications and needs then you will probably want to take advantage of the Product Configurator that is built into Dynamics AX.  This feature allows you to create a product with a number of different attributes, and rules that will allow Dynamics AX to build a custom BOM every time the product is ordered, and also tell you if the product is even possible to make.

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Do You Know DAX Challenge #1

December 5, 2013
Do You Know DAX, Dynamics AX
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DYKDAXAdd a new global product, and a new released product into a company.

In order to complete this challenge you must satisfy all of these conditions:

  • You must start from any base screen
  • The global product cannot already exist
  • The released product cannot already exist
  • The released product has to have a proper name (i.e. not the Product Number)
  • The global and released products must have proper search names (i.e. not the Product Number)
  • The Sales and Purchase need to be greater than 0
  • All of the units of measure need to be assigned
  • The released product must have an Item Model Group, a Storage Dimension, and a Tracking Dimension

Scoring:

+1 Mouse Click
+1 Tab
+1 Shortcut Key Combination
+1 Field updated

Goal:

≤ 17