From the Microsoft Dynamics AX Blogs: OData of Death; Data Partitioning in 2012 R2; Product Release Process; Is Package Management Broken?

Freaky Tech Friday - OData of Death: It's that time of year again Ghouls & Ghost, where Brandon George takes us on daring venture into the shocking weird Tech world in - Freaky Tech Friday! So read on if you dare!

"For those of you new souls, who dare are walking this dark path for the first time" - you can read George shares past tales from last seasons haunting stories - Freaky Tech Friday Recap of Shock-tober 2011.

George starts out with an ominous warning:

"Be forewarned, as this story goes deep into the unknown, down into the deeps of the ODataQueryService for AX 2012."

That's right, you are now listening to the tale of OData of Death! This tale, like most of its sort, starts off in a typical fashion. A BI or X++ Developer is working on a Query in AX 2012, minding their own business, when they activate there work, go to see the ODataQueryService and . . . Nothing!

What horrible cause could this be? Why will the query not show up as a valid OData feed? OData of Death has struck again, in another AX 2012 instance. In fact there are four deadly sins of query's and the ODataQueryService in general, that control the fate of our much needed hero, known as Personal BI!

George then lists the four deadly sins and explains that the Query has fallen to one of these deadly sins. Which one could it be?

I'm not going to give away the ending, which by the way is sort of a happy one. You can read the rest of George's tale ...