DYNAX2009 - Role Centers

Demo Script: DYNAX2009 - Role Centers
Introduction
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1.
In this demonstration, we will walk

through the core components of the Role
Centers. This will give you an idea of the
core parts of a Role Center and how
these can be used.
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Assigning Roles
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1. Click the More button in the left

pane.
It is a simple task to assign a role center

to a user.
For this example, we are going to log on
as a user that has Administration
privileges.
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2. Select Administration.
Tim as the IT Administrator may help set

the system up and keep it running. He
can perform management tasks from the
Basic and Administration Area pages.
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3. Click the User Profiles link.
From the Role Center setup, Tim can

initialize the Role Center profiles. This
populates the 30+ out-of-the-box Role
Centers.
4. Select APCoordinator.
You can see in the list some of the

profiles available for different roles, such
as Accounting Manager, Accounts
Payable Coordinator, and so on.
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If I click on the Accounts Payable

Coordinator profile I can see the users
assigned.
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5. Switch to the Users tab.

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6. Click the View Role Center button.

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In this example, I can see that April is

assigned to this profile. From here, we
can also perform a number of
administrative tasks like importing and
exporting the Role Centers.
This is a handy feature to move from a
test environment to a production
environment.
From here, we can also do some bulk
activities like assigning users.
You can see here we can also view the
Role Centers.
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7. Close the Role Center window.

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I can now see the layout of the Role

Center and configure what components
are displayed.
This is a great way to access all the Role
Centers and set them up without having
to log on as different users.
You will also notice that this actually
opens a Web browser. The Role Center is
a Microsoft SharePoint Services Web Part
page. This provides the Role Centers with
the flexibility to have different parts that
you can mix and match to suit the needs
of the role.
This Role Center is also available as the
Home page in the Microsoft Dynamics AX
2009 Client, as you will see in the rest of
this demonstration.
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8. Close the User Profiles dialog box.
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9. Click on the Users link.

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I can also access the Users setup to

adjust what profiles users have
associated with them.
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10. Select April.
You can see here this is the setup for

April, who is an AP coordinator.
11. Switch to the Profile tab.
One big advantage that has been

incorporated in this release is the ability
for users to have a different profile in
each company.
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12. Close the User dialog box.
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13. Click anywhere.
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KPIs
Click Instructions
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1. Click the Manage KPIs link.
One component that you will see on

many executive Role Centers is the KPI
Web Part or Business Overview Web
Part.
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This Web Part displays data from the

OLAP cubes provided with Microsoft
Dynamics AX 2009.
Charlie, the CEO, wants to keep track of
the financial metrics for the organization.
The Financial KPIs Web Part lets an
executive see the key performance
indicators that are calculated in the OLAP
cubes.
A user like Charlie can manage which KPIs
they see.
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2. Expand the Company combo box.

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With the Manage function, the user can

see the indicators from different
companies, and choose the currency to
display amounts in.
They can also edit which indicators are
displayed.
3. Collapse the Company combo box.

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4. Expand the Currency combo box.

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5. Collapse the Currency combo box.

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6. Click the Pencil icon for Total

Revenue.
From there, Charlie can change some of

the settings for the displayed indicator.
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You can also see that this is an indicator

from the General Ledger Cube.
7. Click the Cancel button.
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8. Click the Cancel button.
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9. Click anywhere.
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Reports
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Click Instructions
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1. Click on the header for the Total

Accounts Payable in the Past Periods
chart.
Now lets change roles and have a look at

another Web Part, this time the Report
Web Part. You can see on Ingas Role
Centers that she has an Invoiced
purchase amount report.
This is a Microsoft SQL Server Report
displayed as a Web Part. Some reports
have drill-down capabilities.
2. Select Modify Shared Web Part.

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Reports can be developed and added to

the Role Centers at any time. Microsoft
Dynamics AX 2009 ships with a large
range of reports already developed. You
can add these to the Role Centers or use
the report development tools provided
with Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 and
Microsoft SQL Server Reporting
Services to develop new reports that can
be displayed on the role centers.
If Inga has the appropriate permissions,
she can edit the Web Part and change
which report is displayed.
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3. Expand the Report name drop-down

menu.
In edit mode, she can add new Web Parts

or change the settings.
4. Scroll up in the menu.
Inga can change the settings for this Web

Part to display a different report. She has
a range of reports to select from.
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5. Select Purchases in the Past Periods

Chart.
For example, as a purchasing manager,

Inga might be interested in the Purchases
in the Past Periods Chart.
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6. Scroll down.
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7. Click OK.
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8. Click anywhere.
Inga can now see the data she was

interested in.
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Work Lists
Click Instructions
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1. Click the middle Approve item in the

Work List pane.
Another Web Part that is available on the

Role Center is the Work list.
This Work list displays notifications form
Alerts, notifications from workflow and
activities from CRM and Projects. The
Work list is a chronological list of the
events that are relevant for the user.
This saves the user having to drill into the
business application to check the status
of documents. The Work list allows
actions to be taken directly from the list.
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2. Click the selected item in the Work

List pane.
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3. Select Go to Expense Header.
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4. Close the Expense Approval dialog

box.
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From the work list, you can drill into the

details to decide if you need to act
further.
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5. Click on the header for the Work List

web part.
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7. Expand the View Type drop-down

menu.
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A user can change the view of what they

see in the Work list as needed. For
example, they can choose to have two
Work lists on their Role Center: one
showing Alerts and another showing
Activities.
8. Collapse the View Type drop-down

menu.
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9. Click the Exit Edit Mode link.
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Cues
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Click Instructions
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1. Select the header for the Cues web

part.
The Cues Web Part serves as indicators to

the transactions that are currently in the
system. For example, Inga has her Role
Center configured to display a range of
Cue indicators.
Each Cues Web Part can display six cues.
A user can add multiple Cue Web Parts to
a Role Center, each displaying six cues.

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Inga can select additional Web Parts to

display on the Role Centers and also
change the way the indicators display
information.
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3. Expand the Select a Cue to Modify

drop-down menu.
We can choose to display an indicator for

a specific Cue.
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4. Select Cue 4.
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5. Expand the View combo box.
In this example, we will select Planned

Purchase Orders, which is Cue 4.
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6. Scroll down the list.
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7. Select Planned Purchase Orders.
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8. Expand the Threshold combo box.
Inga can specify the Threshold to limit

the number of items indicated by the
Cue.
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9. Select >=.
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10. Scroll down the Cues pane.
You can see the threshold is set to 10. It

could be set at any limit that is preferred
by the user.
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11. Click OK.
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12. Click on Planned Purchase Orders in

the Cues pane.
You can see the threshold indicator is

now displayed.
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13. Click in the filter textbox.
Now from the list, Inga can create her

own Cues.
14. Click the Go button to apply the filter.
First, she will filter the data to display

what she needs. In this example, Inga
wants to filter the list to display records
with a certain item number.
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15. Click on the Planned Purchase Orders

(Unsaved filter) menu.
Now she can save this filter as a Cue.
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16. Select Save As Cue.
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17. Click in the Cue ID textbox.
Inga can give the Cue a name that she

will remember.
She can also specify whether the Cue is
just for her, or allow other people to see
it as well.
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18. Click in the Caption textbox.

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19. Click OK.
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20. Click Home.
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21. Select the header for the Cues web

part.
Now she can add that Cue to her Role

Center.

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23. Expand the Select a Cue to Modify

drop-down menu.
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Inga wants to modify an existing Cue to

display the new information. In this
example, she will make changes to Cue 5.
24. Select Cue 5.
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25. Expand the View drop-down menu.
You can see that the View list now

includes the Cue she created.
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26. Scroll down the menu.
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27. Select Planned Orders for 1205.
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28. Scroll down the Cues pane.
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29. Click OK.
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Links
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1. Click the Vendors link.
Inga can set up her own shortcuts to

functions using the My Links Web Part.
As an example, if Inga needs to access
the list of vendors, which is something
she is responsible for maintaining, she
can click on the Vendors link.
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2. Click the Back button.

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3. Click the Add Links link in the My

Links web part.
Inga can also add links if she needs to.
4. Expand the Desktop Link drop-down

menu.
Inga can add links to sites that are

accessible from either the Windows
client desktop, the Enterprise Portal, or
both.
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Inga can also add links to external sites

via a URL option.
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5. Expand the Main menu node.
From here, Inga can select any functional

to link to. For example, if she wants to
create a link to Purchase Order Details,
she can select this.
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6. Expand the Accounts payable node.
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7. Select Purchase Order Details.
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8. Click OK.
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9. Click anywhere.
Inga can now see the new link on her

Role Center and can build up a list of the
common functions she works with.
You will also notice the My Reports Web
Part displayed on many Role Centers.
This works the same way as the My Links
Web Partusers can link to specific
reports they need to do their jobs.
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Creating a Page
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Click Instructions
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1. Click the Site Actions link.
Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 ships with

pre-configured Role Centers. As users
needs change, they have the freedom to
personalize these Role Centers to meet
their needs. IT or business administrators
also have the tools to build new Role
Centers to personalize the business
application for new roles.
To start this demonstration, we will log
on as Tim, the IT administrator.
Because the Enterprise Portal is built on
Microsoft Windows SharePoint
technology, it is easy for someone like
Tim to help the business and provide new
Role Centers when needed.
2. Select Create.
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First, Tim is going to create a new Web

Part Page to contain the Web Parts that
make up the role center.
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3. Click the Web Part Page link.
From the Create page, Tim can select to

create a Web Part Page. This allows him
to assemble the collection of Web Parts
that are needed to present the
information for the Role Center.
4. Click in the Name textbox.
Here, Tim can create a name for the Role

Center page and select the template he
wants to use.
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5. Expand the Document Library menu.
Tim can choose where the page is stored

so that it is easy to find and organize the
pages.
In this case, we have the Enterprise
Portal document library already created
for us.
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6. Select Enterprise Portal.
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7. Click the Create button.
When Tim has finished, he can click the

Create button.
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Add Work List
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1. Click the Add a Web Part link for the

Middle Column.
Tim can now add the Web Parts. The first

one that he is going to add is the Unified
Work List.
2. Scroll down in the dialog box.
Next Tim will find and locate the Web

Part he wants to use. The benefit of
being built on Microsoft Windows
SharePoint technology is that there is a
range of existing Web Parts designed to
display rich content from multiple
applications and sources.
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3. Place a check next to Dynamics

Unified Work List Web Part.
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4. Click the Add button.
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Adding Cues
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1. Click the Add a Web Part link in the

Right Column.
You can see that the Web Part has now

been added to the page. There is no need
for coding. You simply select from the
list.
2. Scroll down in the dialog box.
Tim can add another page to show

indicators from Microsoft Dynamics AX.
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3. Place a next to Cues.
In this example, he can add the Cues

Web Part to show status indicators.
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5. Expand the Edit menu for the Cues

web part.
Now that the Web Part has been added,

Tim can add a Cue. Other users can also
personalize it with additional cues later.
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7. Expand the View drop-down menu.
Tim can select from the existing list of

Cues. In this case, Karl is the materials
manager and is interested in the Planned
Purchase Orders.
This is just one of many Cues that can be
selected. Users can also create their own
Cues from a list page in Microsoft
Dynamics AX.
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8. Select Planned Purchase Orders.
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9. Scroll down in the Cues pane.
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10. Click OK.
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Adding Reports
Click Instructions
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1. Click the Add a Web Part Link in the

Footer.
A report is always a good tool to display

information on the Role Center page.
2. Scroll down in the Add Web Parts

window.
For this example, Tim will select a Web

Part that displays a report from Microsoft
Dynamics AX using Microsoft SQL Server
Report Services.
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3. Place a check next to Dynamics

Report Server Report.
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5. Click the Edit link for the Dynamics

Report Server report web part.
Tim will be able to see right away that

the Web Part has been added. Now he
can go and choose the properties that
are needed to display the report.
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7. Expand the Report Name drop-down

menu.
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8. Select Purchases in the Past Periods

Chart.
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As you can see, Tim can select from an

extensive list of reports. For now, he will
select the Purchases in the Past Periods
Chart, which will give Karl a visual
display of the number of previous
purchases.
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9. Select the None radio button for

Toolbar Size.
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10. Scroll down in the Report Server

Report pane.
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11. Select the Yes radio button for

"Should the Web Part have a fixed
height?"
Tim can adjust the height to display the

chart properly.
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12. Click in the height textbox.
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13. Expand the Height drop-down menu.
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14. Select Centimeters.
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15. Click OK.
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16. Scroll up the page.
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Tim can now see a preview of the page

displaying the report with the chart he
just added. For the moment, Tim has
finished adding Web Parts to make the
Role Center page. He can come back at
any time to add more and modify the
page.
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17. Click the Exit Edit Mode link.

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18. Click anywhere.

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He can also adjust the spacing and layout

of the page at any time.
Now Tim can add the Role Center page to
the administration setup in Microsoft
Dynamics AX.
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Associations
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1. Click anywhere.
Tim can use the Application Object Tree

to associate the page he just created to
the business application.
2. Expand the Web node.
This is done using a simple URL link.
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3. Expand the Web Menu Items node.
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4. Expand the URLs node.
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5. Click on the URLs node.
Tim can add the new URL from the AOT.
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6. Select New URL.
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7. Click on the URL1 node.
Adjusting the properties allows Tim to

associate the link and set this URL as a
HomePage.
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8. Select Properties.
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9. Click in the Label textbox.

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Assigning a label lets us display a more

sensible friendly name (rather than the
technical name) to users.
10. Click in the Name textbox.

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11. Click the Save All button.

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12. Click in the URL textbox.

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13. Expand the HomePage combo box.
The page is designated as a Role Center

via the Home Page property.
Now that Tim has finished, he can do the
final setup to enable users to access the
page.
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14. Select Yes.
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15. Click the Save All button.

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16. Close the Properties list.
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17. Close the AOT dialog box.
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Profiles
Click Instructions
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1. Click the More button in the left

pane.
From the Administration Area page, Tim

can configure the user profiles.
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2. Select Administration.
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3. Click on the User Profiles link.
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4. Click the New button in the User

Profiles dialog box.
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From here, Tim can add the new profile

for the Materials Manager.
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5. Click in the blank textbox.

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6. Click in the blank Description field.

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7. Click in the blank Description field.

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8. Click in the blank Role Center field.

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9. Click in the blank Role Center field.

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10. Scroll down in the dialog box,
You can see that the page and the

association that we made in the AOT is
now in the list of Role Centers.
This is how simple it is to create a new
Role Center page. There is one last step,
which is to associate it to a user.
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11. Select EPMaterialsMgrRoleCenter.
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12. Switch to the Users tab.

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Tim can do this from the same setup

form.
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13. Click the Add User button.
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14. Expand the User ID drop-down menu.

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Tim will add Karl so that Karl sees the

new Role Center as his default Role
Center.
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15. Select Karl.
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16. Click OK.
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17. End of demo.
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You can see from this demonstration that

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 can easily
be customized to create new Role
Centers. This enables Role Centers to be
tailored easily for your business. In a few
minutes, you can easily put together a
new page to show the relevant data for
that role. Pulling information together
from existing Web Parts to show data
from Microsoft Dynamics AX or other
applications is easy for the IT staff or a
business administrator. This enables your
users to get the most out of the business
application, saving you time and
consulting resources that would typically
be needed for other ERP applications you
might be evaluating.
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Conclusion
Click Instructions
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1.
For more information, contact your

Microsoft representative.
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Demo Script: DYNAX2009 - Role Centers

In this demonstration, we will walk

Demo Script: DYNAX2009 - Role Centers

1. Click the More button in the left

It is a simple task to assign a role center

Tim as the IT Administrator may help set

Demo Script: DYNAX2009 - Role Centers

3. Click the User Profiles link.

From the Role Center setup, Tim can

You can see in the list some of the

If I click on the Accounts Payable

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5. Switch to the Users tab.

6. Click the View Role Center button.

In this example, I can see that April is

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7. Close the Role Center window.

I can now see the layout of the Role

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8. Close the User Profiles dialog box.

9. Click on the Users link.

I can also access the Users setup to

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10. Select April.

You can see here this is the setup for

11. Switch to the Profile tab.

One big advantage that has been

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12. Close the User dialog box.

13. Click anywhere.

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1. Click the Manage KPIs link.

One component that you will see on

This Web Part displays data from the

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2. Expand the Company combo box.

With the Manage function, the user can

3. Collapse the Company combo box.

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4. Expand the Currency combo box.

5. Collapse the Currency combo box.

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6. Click the Pencil icon for Total

From there, Charlie can change some of

You can also see that this is an indicator

7. Click the Cancel button.

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8. Click the Cancel button.

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1. Click on the header for the Total

Now lets change roles and have a look at

2. Select Modify Shared Web Part.

Reports can be developed and added to

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3. Expand the Report name drop-down

In edit mode, she can add new Web Parts

4. Scroll up in the menu.

Inga can change the settings for this Web

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5. Select Purchases in the Past Periods

For example, as a purchasing manager,

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Inga can now see the data she was

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