Microsoft Business Solutions Axapta 3.0 Development I

Microsoft Business Solutions Axapta 3.0 Development I

Prerequisiti

Before attending this course, students must have:
• Some working knowledge of Microsoft Windows 2000 or Microsoft Windows XP.

Durata

2 days

Contenuti

Chapter 1: Microsoft Axapta Architecture This chapter explains the driving concepts behind the Microsoft Axapta architecture. The student will also be introduced to the main elements of the Axapta MorphX development environment.
Sections
• Introduction to Microsoft Axapta Development
• Microsoft Axapta Application Essentials
• Microsoft Axapta Layered Architecture
• Tools for Customization
• Working with Companies
• Security
• Inquiry and Reports
• Best Practices Exercises
• Exercise 1.1 Creating a new record in the Customer table
• Exercise 1.2 Sorting records
• Exercise 1.3 Filtering records on the Customer form
• Exercise 1.4 Finding records
• Exercise 1.5 Using the Label File Wizard
• Exercise 1.6 Using Intellimorph
• Exercise 1.7 Create a new company and a virtual company
• Exercise 1.8 Using virtual companies
• Exercise 1.9 Creating a new User group
• Exercise 1.10 Creating a simple query on an Auto report
• Exercise 1.11 Adding a table in an advanced query
• Test Your Knowledge questions After completing this chapter, students will be able to:
• Understand the advantages of using Microsoft Axapta
• Understand the main elements of Microsoft Axapta development
• Effectively navigate throughout Microsoft Axapta
• Understand the layered architecture of Microsoft Axapta
• Understand the basic security architecture
• Know how Microsoft Axapta uses Companies
• Become familiar with Microsoft Axapta reporting
• Understand how Microsoft Axapta integrates with other products

Chapter 2: Data Dictionary This chapter explores the MorphX development environment. By the end of this chapter, the student will be able to create and modify objects within each major Data Dictionary category.
Sections
• MorphX and the Application Object Tree
• Tables
• Relations
• Data Types – Extended and Primitive
• Base Enumerations
• Maps
• Views
• Indexes Exercises
• Exercise 2.1 Creating a table
• Exercise 2.2 Creating a relation on a table
• Exercise 2.3 Creating an Extended Data Type
• Exercise 2.4 Assigning an Extended Data Type to a field
• Exercise 2.5 Creating Base Enums
• Exercise 2.6 Creating an Extended Data Type using Base Enums
• Exercise 2.7 Creating Views
• Exercise 2.8 Creating an Index
• Test Your Skills After completing this chapter, students will be able to:
• Understand the MorphX development environment and the Application Object Tree (AOT)
• Design and create tables using MorphX
• Understand relations on Microsoft Axapta tables
• Understand the different data types within Microsoft Axapta
• Learn how to create and modify objects within each major Data Dictionary category

Chapter 3: User Interfaces This chapter focuses on graphical interfaces in Microsoft Axapta such as forms and menus. The student will have the opportunity to customize and build both of these objects. Microsoft Axapta Non Graphical objects will also be discussed.
Sections
• Projects
• Forms
• Menu items in MorphX
• Microsoft Axapta Non Graphical Objects
• Exercises
• Exercise 3.1 Create a project
• Exercise 3.2 Build a form
• Exercise 3.3 Create the form design
• Exercise 3.4 Creating a Display menu item
• Exercise 3.5 Adding a menu item to a menu
• Exercise 3.6 Create a menu and add a menu reference
• Exercise 3.7 Create a query
• Test Your Skills After completing this chapter, students will be able to:
• Understand the role of projects in Microsoft Axapta
• Understand Microsoft Axapta graphical interfaces
• Design and build Forms in Microsoft Axapta
• Create customized menus and menu items
• Understand non-graphical objects in Microsoft Axapta
• Become familiar with the Microsoft Axapta Help Documentation

Chapter 4: Report Adjustments This chapter focuses on report elements. The student will design reports using different methods as well as create report and section templates.
Sections
• Introduction to Report Adjustments
• Working with Report Design
• Report Templates Exercises
• Exercise 4.1 Working with the Visual Report Designer
• Exercise 4.2 Modifying Report Properties
• Exercise 4.3 Using the Auto Design Specs
• Exercise 4.4 Create a custom report design
• Exercise 4.5 Building a custom generated report
• Exercise 4.6 Create and attach a report template
• Exercise 4.7 Create and attach a section template
• Test Your Knowledge questions
• After completing this chapter, students will be able to:
• Understand the visual report designer in Microsoft Axapta
• Work effectively with report elements
• Design reports using different methods
• Create report and section templates
• Understand how best practices are used when creating reports

Chapter 5: Case Study This chapter serves as a case study using MorphX and its components.

Elements discussed in previous chapters will be used to build a functional application based on a client's requirements.
Sections
• Scenario
• Part 1: Metadata Design
• Part 2: Creating the Basic Data Objects
• Part 3: Creating the Graphical Components

Exercises
• Use the tools and utilities you have learned in the previous chapters to design and customize an application. This chapter gives you the opportunity to build:
• Tables
• Relations
• Base enumerations
• Extended data types
• Basic forms
• Reports
• Menus
• Menu items Appendix: Solutions This Appendix contains all the answers to the Test Your Knowledge and Test Your Skills sections.