5 More AX 2012 User Tips & Tricks

1. Default the form Filter by grid control for a given user.

Many AX 2012 users know that the Filter by grid button (Ctrl+G short cut) brings up or removes the grid filter on top of forms as shown in Figure 1.

Sometimes however the Filter by grid does not come up automatically for a user. To enable the Filter by Grid control to be displayed on every grid by default, go to File > Tools > Options as shown in Figure 2 below.

Second, check all Accounts receivable posting profiles to find out which customers/customer groups to run the Customer aging report for that should reconcile to the GL account being reconciled, 130100 in this case.

In the below screenshot we see that Customer group 90 posts to a different ledger account so we will exclude that Customer group when running our AR reports.

Then run the Customer aging report and compare to the ledger account balance.

On the General link, mark the ‘Filter by grid on by default’ parameter. This will default the Filter by grid control for the given User Id.

2. Use the Alt + F9 shortcut to delete a record.

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The Alt + F9 shortcut is especially useful in a small number of AX forms that do not have a delete or remove button even though records are allowed to be deleted.

For example, when using continuous number sequences, a used number sometimes continues to be assigned, which then causes an error. While the AX administrator can see the problem number in the number sequence status list, there is no delete button to delete the record. Alt + F9 can be used in this case to delete the record.

Figure 4 below shows the Number sequence status list form which does not have a delete button, yet allows a problem number to be deleted from the status list using the Alt + F9 shortcut.

3. Personalize form to skip over fields.

Many users are familiar with using the form personalization to add and move fields around on their forms to make their lives easier. The form personalization also has a great feature for data entry users that allow users, by User Id, to automatically skip over fields in their form so they do not need to tab out of the field(s) every time.

For example, the Accounts receivable accountant might enter payments every day and want the cursor in the AR Payment journal lines to advance from the Date field to the Account field to the Credit field while skipping over all fields in between when using the tab key. The form and desired fields to skip are shown in Figure 5.

To set up the personalization to skip over these fields, the user should right click on the first field in the form they want to skip over, then select Personalize.

For each field to skip over, highlight the field then mark the ‘Skip’ checkbox as shown in Figure 6.

* Note that the user can still edit these fields if they have permission to do so. This personalization simply skips over them when using the tab key.

You are welcome!

4. Quickly hide unused fields cluttering a grid by right-clicking the field and selecting ‘Hide’.

If the user want to show the hidden fields or see what they have hidden in the form, right click again in the same form and select ‘Show’. Then select the field(s) to show again.

5. Customize the Navigation pane

In the upper right of the users AX session, click on the ‘View’ icon (Alt+V) to display the View menu. Select ‘Navigation pane options’.

Use the Up and Down buttons to move modules in the order desired. The user can also unmark a module to remove it from their Navigation pane. They can return to the View menu to change these at any time.

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5 More AX 2012 User Tips & Tricks

Cindy Scott

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