From the Microsoft Dynamics AX Blogs: Cancel Action Messages; Import Inventory Journals; Unit Testing in AX; Change Fiscal Calendars

A selection of the latest insight from the Dynamics AX blogs:

• Why do I Get Cancel Action Messages on Planned Orders?
• Import an Inventory Journal in AX 2012 R3
• Unit Testing in AX - Dependencies
• Change Fiscal Calendar to a Shifted Year

Why do I Get Cancel Action Messages on Planned Orders?

On the Dynamic Consulting blog, Jacob Roder said that every time he leads a conference session or a class, a number of people always ask him the following question: "Why do I get cancel action messages on planned orders. If I'm supposed to cancel the planned order, why generate it in the first place."

Roder said to understand the mechanism behind this, you need to know two things about master planning logic: the sequence that master planning executes certain tasks and assumptions about the users' behavior.

"First, master planning does 4 distinct processes when master scheduling is run. These can be seen by examining the session log for a given plan," he writes.

Roder acknowledges that "Although it seems inefficient and annoying to generate planned orders just to turn around and tell you to cancel them, it's a necessary evil in the way master planning runs."

You can read more about how master planning runs in Dynamics AX here. 

Import an Inventory Journal in AX 2012 R3

On TimsAXBlog, Tim Schofield said just about every Dynamics AX implementation he's been involved required the import of stock on-hand at go-live.

Schofield said ...