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Segregation of Duties in D365FO
I've referred to the Segregation of Duties (SOD) feature in Dynamics 365 for Finance & Operations before but haven't really gotten into the specifics of the feature itself, what it allows you to do and the shortcomings/gaps. What is Segregation of Duties? The idea...
Presenting at Upcoming Microsoft Dynamics Conferences
DynamicsCon (virtual) When: March 15 - 17th 2022 Price: Free Register Here Session Information: Common D365FO Mistakes and How to Avoid Them I am co-presenting this session with another Microsoft MVP Andre Arnaud de Calavon. In this session, we will demonstrate...
Comparing D365FO Security Between Versions
A frequent request I get is with OneVersion updates in D365FO, how do we as end users know what security changes are occurring between D365FO versions? A fellow Microsoft MVP, Nathan Clouse, reached out to me asking about wanting to add the same information to his...
How to Use Temp Tables as Grid Datasources for Data Analytics in D365FO
I was recently asked to find a way to perform some simple data analytics across some data within D365FO. In my case, this was audit data that could easily be millions of records so just exporting to an Excel file to do this was not really an option. Instead I wanted...
Voting Now Open for DynamicsCon 2022 Sessions
Voting has now opened for DynamicsCon 2022 sessions! I have submitted two different sessions and there are many more great sessions to check out and vote for! Be sure to get your votes in before January 19th 2022! Successfully Navigate D365FO User Licensing Do you...
Automated Solution to Find Table Relations in AX 2012 and D365FO
Problem For anyone that has dealt with creating queries in AX 2012 and D365FO, you know it can be extremely difficult to determine possible table relations between tables. To help with this Microsoft released an ERD for AX 2012 (this can still be used for D365FO),...
Get Custom D365FO Objects at Runtime Using X++
A while back, I asked a question on the D365FO forums about being able to generate a list of custom objects within an environment at runtime via X++. I never followed up on my answer there so I wanted to give a detailed response to how I ended up solving this. Before...
Restoring Deleted Security in D365FO
Recently ran into an interesting scenario where an end user deleted a security layer from the user interface and wanted to restore it. This security layer was an out of box security layer so it existed in the AOT. Here is the process on how to perform this task. Note:...
Determine Where Form Data is Stored in D365FO
There are many scenarios in D365FO where knowing where data on a form is coming from is needed. A couple scenarios include trying to write custom reports or for tracking data changes using something like the Fastpath Audit Trail tool. There are a couple different...
Creating a Read Only Role for D365FO – User Interface
I previously wrote about how to create a read only role for D365FO via the AOT. A lot of users thought my use of the term 'easy' in the title was misleading, which I can't really argue with, It does get slightly technical on how to create it. So I thought it might be...