The white papers describe the features in the following areas:

• Accounts and financial dimensions
• Budgeting
• Budget Control Framework
• Organization Model
• Global Address Book Framework
• InventTrans Refactoring
• Item-Product Data Management Framework
• Tax Framework for Sales
• Human Resources Framework
• LedgerTrans Table Mapping to General Journal Tables
• Extended Data Type Relations
• Shared Currencies and Exchange Rates
• Enhanced Number Sequence Framework
• Refactored Formletter Framework

Also, you can download and view technical diagram posters that provide visual representations of recommended processes and solutions for updating and upgrading to Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.

From the AxErd site, you can:

• View over 30 ERDs created for specific modules, centered on some of the most-used tables.
• View an alphabetical list of all the tables for a module.
• Choose from an alphabetical list of all the tables in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, to determine which module a table belongs to.
• View the parent-child relationships for all the tables in a module.
• Read the instructions for creating your own ERDs or extending any of the existing ERDs.

Using Procurement and sourcing as an example, you can see ERDs centered on several different tables, including the following:

• PurchLine
• VendPackingSlipTrans
• PurchRFQTable

You can also view all the tables in Procurement and sourcing and view the parent-child relationships for those tables.

Have fun!

• Find the comprehensive list of Resources on Technet: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh272863.aspx
• Download and print the Help and Resources Datasheet for AX 2012: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=29210.
• Find services and resources that are you can use to help analyze, design, configure and customize ERP solutions by following Microsoft Dynamics solution architecture recommended practices on Microsoft Dynamics InformationSource: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh378081.aspx
• Search for documentation by using WebSearchAX, the Microsoft Dynamics AX site-specific filtered Bing search page: https://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/ax/websearch/WebSearchAx.htm

 Here is a list of links to information specifically for developers:

• White Papers for Developers: https://technet.microsoft.com/EN-US/library/hh272882.aspx
• Code Upgrade White Papers: https://technet.microsoft.com/EN-US/library/hh272866.aspx
• Facility Management Sample for Dynamics AX 2012:https://archive.msdn.microsoft.com/FCMDynamicsAX2012
• Developer documentation on MSDN: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh881894.aspx
  
  

News about documentation updates is available on the AX Support blog:  https://blogs.msdn.com/b/axsupport/archive/tags/content/

 In this release, you’ll find new topics as well as updates to existing topics in these areas:

·         New and updated reference documentation for the following tables and classes:

§  Args Class

§  DateTimeUtil Class

§  Global Class

§  WMSTransport Table

§  xRecord Class

·         A number of topics have been updated in the Functions reference documentation.

·         New AIF topics have been added

§  How to Call an AIF Web Service from C# to Create a Sales Order

§  How to Update a Service After Adding a Table Field

Classic View is still available. To change your view, just click on the Lightweight View link in the upper right. To let ‘em know what you think about it, just click the talk bubble in the upper right.

This is a great opportunity not only to provide us with feedback about the topics but to share your knowledge with the greater community of AX developers. If you discover a cool feature or find something that saves you time, pay it forward and post a comment.

To view or post comments, scroll to the bottom of any topic and you’ll see the Community Content pane. To add a comment, just click the Add new content link and you’ll be prompted to sign in.

·         Enterprise Portal – New topics were added that show you how to implement workflow for EP. In addition, new topics were added that describe how to use X++ methods on datasets and how to use template fields in user controls.

·         Videos – We have added links from our written topics to appropriate videos on our developer center videos page. For more information, see Videos for Developers in Microsoft Dynamics AX.

·         X++ – Did you know that an X++ SQL statement can be treated as an expression? To learn how, see the new topic Writing a Select Statement as an Expression.

To download a full list of changes to the Dynamics AX 2009 Help since RTM, click here.