Data Access Overview
Applies To: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Feature Pack, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012
Data sets in Microsoft Dynamics AX provide a generic data access layer that allows for external presentation layers (like Enterprise Portal) to bind to Microsoft Dynamics AX tables and data types. The ASP.NET-based framework used for Enterprise Portal accesses data through data sets. The following topics provide information about using data sets with Enterprise Portal.