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Segregation of Duties: Dynamics AX meets the financial auditor (part 3)
In the previous parts the present way of handling Segregation of Duties in AX was covered. In this final part some improvements or if you prefer some open topics will be commented on. Date dependancy or versioning When looking at the form where Segregation of duties rules are setup and maintained and one thinks of […]
Segregation of Duties: Dynamics AX meets the financial auditor (part 2)
Setup and validation of Segregation of Duties rules in AX Prior to the setup of the Segregation of Duties rules in AX itself they should be determined by the organization (create an SoD matrix). Next step is to determine which Duties contain access to the functionality that must be checked when given access to. In […]
Segregation of Duties: Dynamics AX meets the financial auditor (part 1)
Organizations at risk Every organization has to deal with the risk that staff might be able to undertake fraudulent actions whilst at work. This can be actions like direct theft, paying out fake invoices, paying out actual invoices to “wrong” bank accounts. But as mankind is creative there are lots of other cases known where […]
How we saved an international retailer from bankruptcy! Part 2
So let’s recap… Previously on “the walking dead” You are clueless about where your items are, orders are not received on time or at all, vendors are not fulfilling their whole purchase order, nor do they deliver on time. The multi-million-dollar system you just bought gives inaccurate forecast and your in house made point of […]
SQL Trace Flag for Dynamics Ax: Do we need it?
What is a SQL Trace Flag? A SQL Trace Flag is an indicator that changes the way the SQL engine reacts. Why would we want to that? Well because the DBA always knows best, uh well actually because the standard behavior of the SQL engine will not always give the best possible performance for a Dynamics […]
SQL Window Functions in Ax? Yes we can
Are SQL Window Functions new? Since 2003 in the SQL ANSI/ISO standard and extended in 2008. Microsoft implemented the first window functions in their SQL Server 2005 version (known as OVER clause) and extended them in the following versions. So to be short no they are not new for the ANSI/ISO standard and for Microsoft SQL Server window functions […]
Compression: Less storage AND improved performance
Let us have a look at SQL Compression, with this I mean Data compression not the backup compression which is also available in SQL Server nowadays. This feature can be implemented in SQL Server without affecting the programs that use the database, because it is only used inside of SQL Server and the way it […]
Fix security labels in AX 2012
In several environments I have seen some wrong security role names or other artifacts. Then instead of the role name it will display a label ID. This post will inform you about how to solve this issue in your environment if you encounter a similar issue.
Index fragmentation effects on performance
Before jumping into index fragmentation I’ll first explain what indexes are and how they are used by the SQL Server Engine. I tried to compare it to a real world way of searching data, to paint a clear picture in your head. I’m not going into the differences between clustered and non-clustered indexes as that […]
Security Development Tool – Part 7
After reading the six posts about the Security Development Tool from André, I got excited about the tool and started using it on a regular basis. It proved to be a powerful tool which cut down development time quite a bit. Almost everything you need for security development is available. But there was one scenario […]