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Published inMar 2020
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ISBN-139781838643812
Edition2nd Edition
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Simon Buxton
Simon Buxton
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Simon Buxton

Simon Buxton has worked with Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management since its earliest incarnations, starting with the product in early 1999 when Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management was known as Damgaard Axapta 1.5. Simon has been the technical lead on many highly challenging technical projects in countries all around the world. These projects included complex integrations with on-premises and external systems, ISV solutions, and many technically challenging customer solutions. Now working with Binary, he was part of a team that implemented the first Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management implementation as part of the Community Technical Preview (CTP) program, which led to the close working relationship with Microsoft that made this book possible
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Importing data through the Data Import/Export Framework

This recipe is usually a system administration function but is needed in order to test our data entities. It also gives us more insight into understanding how our data entities work.

Getting ready

This recipe follows on from the previous one, where we are testing a data entity extension. The steps here can be used with any data entity.

How to do it...

To import and export data using the DIXF, follow these steps:

  1. Open Dynamics 365 for Finance and Supply Chain Management in a supported browser (IE, Edge, or Chrome...
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Extending Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management Cookbook - Second Edition
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Simon Buxton

Simon Buxton has worked with Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management since its earliest incarnations, starting with the product in early 1999 when Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management was known as Damgaard Axapta 1.5. Simon has been the technical lead on many highly challenging technical projects in countries all around the world. These projects included complex integrations with on-premises and external systems, ISV solutions, and many technically challenging customer solutions. Now working with Binary, he was part of a team that implemented the first Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management implementation as part of the Community Technical Preview (CTP) program, which led to the close working relationship with Microsoft that made this book possible
Read more about Simon Buxton