Default Dimension Information

To find the setting of a known attribute, feed the following (In this case, the inventJournalTrans table).

// _journalId = unique journal Id
// _attrToFind = the name of the attribute you are looking for

    InventJournalTrans                            inventJournalTrans;
    DimensionAttributeValueSet          dimAttrValueSet;
    DimensionAttributeValueSetItem  dimAttrValueSetItem;
    DimensionAttributeValue                dimAttrValue;
    DimensionAttribute                           dimAttr;
    DimensionFinancialTag                   dimFinTag;
   
    str 60 attrToFind;
    str 10 journalid;
    str 30 findValue;
   
    ;

    select inventJournalTrans        
           where inventJournalTrans.JournalId == _journalId        
           join dimAttrValueSet where     InventJournalTrans.defaultDimension == dimAttrValueSet.recId        
           join dimAttrValueSetItem where dimAttrValueSetItem.DimensionAttributeValueSet == dimAttrValueSet.RecId        
           join dimAttrValue where        dimAttrValue.RecId == dimAttrValueSetItem.DimensionAttributeValue        
           join dimAttr where             dimAttr.RecId == dimAttrValue.DimensionAttribute 
                        &&                dimAttr.Name == _attrToFind;


And to get the description of the attribute;


    _findValue = dimAttrValue.getValue();

    select firstOnly dimFinTag where dimFinTag.Value == _findValue;

Temporary Tables And Forms

Getting a form to display data in a temporary table can be difficult, so I have made a step-by-step method which has worked for me.


1. Create the temporary table

2. Create a form

3. Attach the temporary table as a dataSource of the form

4. Create a form method to populate the temporary table from normal datasources. This will be created in the upper Methods tree of the form. You can call it anything, but I am making the effort to call it populate() for consistency.

5. Override the init method of the form and add the following line after the super() call.

If the temporary table is of the type TempDB then the line should read;

<tempTableName>.linkPhysicalTableInstance(element.populate());

If the temporary table is of the type InMemory then the line should read;
<tempTableName>.setTmpData(element.populate());

Where <tempTableName> is the name of the temporary table.

On purpose I have made this as simple as I can, if you need the technical stuff, then I have copied the following from HariKiran Varre ;

In Ax 2012 we have 3 different types of tables. one type of temporary table is a TempDB table. We call them TempDB tables because their TableType property value is TempDB. This value comes from the TableType::TempDB enum value. The TableType property value can be set at AOT > Data Dictionary > Tables >MyTempDBTable > Properties > TableType.

• Regular - a standard

•      physical table

• InMemory - the type

•      of temporary table which existed in the previous versions of Dynamics Ax.

•      Such tables are held in memory and written to a local disk file once they

•      grow beyond a certain point

• TempDB - a new

•      option in Ax 2012. They are "physical" temporary tables held in

•      the SQL Server database.

The new TempDB tables operate in a similar manner to InMemory tables but support more features of standard physical tables:

• More powerful

•      joins with physical tables are possible, and are properly supported by the

•      database

• Can be

•      per-company or global

• Support for

•      normal tts transactions

To create a new instance link (populating data/copying reference) from one table instance
variable to the other with Temporary type tables:

• For InMemory
       tables, by using the setTmpData() method
• For TempDB
       tables, the linkPhysicalTableInstance() method
       replaces the setTmpData() call.

For more details on TempDB capabilities, Limitations, How to use, Its lifetime, please check here - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg845661.aspx

Get Inventory Dimension

Given just the item Id, find or create the inventory dimension.

public InventDim GetInventoryDimension(ItemId _itemId)

{

    InventTable                 inventTable = inventTable::find(_itemId);    

    InventItemOrderSetupType    setupType   = InventItemOrderSetupType::Invent;    

    InventDim                   inventDim;   

 ;    

// Default Site    

inventDim.InventSiteId = inventTable.inventItemOrderSetupMap(setupType).inventSiteId(inventDim.InventSiteId, inventTable);    

// Default Location    

inventDim.InventLocationId  = inventTable.inventItemOrderSetupMap(setupType,                                                                   InventDim::findOrCreate(inventDim).InventDimId).inventLocationId(inventDim.InventLocationId,                                      inventTable, inventDim.InventSiteId);

    // Default ConfigId    

inventDim.ConfigId = inventTable.StandardConfigId;   

 // Find Default Item Dimension    

inventDim = InventDim::findOrCreate(inventDim);    

return inventDim;

}

Find BatchId with a KanbanCardId

Public InventBatchId findByKanBanCardId(KanbanCardId _kanbanCardId)
{
    Kanban              kanban;
    KanbanCard          kanbanCard;
    KanbanJob           kanbanJob;
    InventTransOrigin   inventTransOrigin;
    InventTrans         inventTrans;
    InventDim           inventDim;

    // Obviously for Batches of ONE

    select firstOnly InventBatchId from inventDim
    join inventTrans
    where inventDim.inventDimId == inventTrans.inventDimId
    join inventTransOrigin
    where inventTrans.InventTransOrigin == inventTransOrigin.RecId
    join kanbanJob
    where inventTransOrigin.InventTransId == kanbanJob.InventTransId
    && inventTransOrigin.dataAreaId == kanbanJob.InventTransDataAreaId
    join kanbanCard
    where kanbanJob.RecId == kanbanCard.kanban
    && kanbanCard.CardId == _kanbanCardId;

    return inventDim.InventBatchId;
}

Attach a document

static void attachDoc(RefTableId _refTableId, RefRecId _refRecId, selectableDataArea _refCompanyId, 
                                       FileName    _name)
{
    DocuRef docuRef;
    DocuActionArchive archive;
    ;
    docuRef.clear();
    docuRef.RefRecId = _refRecId;
    docuRef.RefTableId = _refTableId;
    docuRef.RefCompanyId = _refCompanyId;
    docuRef.Name = _name;
    docuRef.TypeId = 'File';
    docuRef.insert();
    archive = new DocuActionArchive();
    archive.add(docuRef, _name);
}

Query Build Range in Forms

Override the executeQuery() method the data source (on the Form/Data Sources/data source) to set the query. Note that the ranges are cleared before setting as they are persistent.

This example assumes that there is one datasource table, to make it easier;


public void executeQuery()
{  
    <variable definitions here>

    QueryBuildRange qbr;

    <dataNameOne> = element.design().controlName("<controlNameOne>").valueStr();
    <dataNameTwo> = str2enum(prodStatus,element.design().controlName("<controlNameTwo>").valueStr());
    <dataNameThree = str2enum(calcType,element.design().controlName("<controlNameThree>").valueStr());
    <dataNameFour> = str2enum(bomCalc,element.design().controlName("<controlNameFour>").valueStr());
    this.query().dataSourceTable(tableNum(<datasourceTable>)).clearRanges();
    qbr = this.query().dataSourceTable(tableNum(<datasourceTable>)).addRange(fieldNum(<datasourceTable>,<fieldNameOne>));
    qbr.value(<dataNameOne>);
    qbr = this.query().dataSourceTable(tableNum(<datasourceTable>)).addRange(fieldNum(<datasourceTable>,<fieldNameTwo>));
    qbr.value(strFmt("%1",<dataNameTwo>));
    qbr = this.query().dataSourceTable(tableNum(<datasourceTable>)).addRange(fieldNum(<datasourceTable>,<fieldNameThree>));
    qbr.value(strFmt("%1",<dataNameThree>));
    qbr = this.query().dataSourceTable(tableNum(<datasourceTable>)).addRange(fieldNum(<datasourceTable>,<fieldNameFour>));
    qbr.value(strFmt("%1",<dataNameFour>));
super();
}

Then change the trigger, in this case a click event, to run the execute the query above. Note the _ds extension, which denotes a datasource object.

void clicked()
{
    super();
    <datasourceTable>_ds.executeQuery();
}

This is not best practice, as you can build the range as a global object and add the values in the ranges in the executeQuery() method.

Product Attribute Value

Feed the method with an itemid and the attribute name and get back the value of the attribute (if it exists)

public str getProductAttribute(ItemId _itemId, Name _attributeName)
{
    inventTable                 InventTable;
    EcoResProductAttributeValue ecoResProductAttributeValue;
    EcoResAttribute             ecoResAttribute;
    EcoResValue                 ecoResValue;

     select InventTable where InventTable.itemid == _itemId
        join RecId from ecoResProductAttributeValue
        where ecoResProductAttributeValue.Product == InventTable.Product
            join Name from ecoResAttribute
            where ecoResProductAttributeValue.Attribute == ecoResAttribute.RecId &&
                  EcoResAttribute.Name == _attributeName
                join ecoResValue
                where ecoResValue.RecId == ecoResProductAttributeValue.Value;

    return ecoResValue.value();

}