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Dynamics AX
      

Want to turn you're data into a true asset? Ready to break free from the report
factory?
Ready to gain true insights that are action focused for truly data informed
decisions?
Want to do all of this across mutliple companies, instances of Dynamics and your
other investments?
Hillstar Business Intelligence is the answer then! (www.HillstarBI.com)



Let us prove to you how we can take the complexity out of the schema and truly
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MONDAY, JULY 29, 2013


RETIRING THIS BLOG






I wanted to write everyone today, to announce I'm retiring this blog starting in
October of this year. It's been an amazing eight years of writing and covering
the Dynamics Ecosystem. At least coverage from my perspective of the Dynamics
world. In doing so, I've been honored to have received a Microsoft Dynamics AX
MVP award for both 2012 & 2013.

This blog started out as my extended brain, a place where solutions could be
kept to the early days of Axapta 3.0. Fighting with the COM connector was one of
the first post.: Axapta 3.0 Business Connector (COM+)

I went from a customer specific role into the partner side with the start of
this blog. It's seen many changes over the years, and different entry types.
Completing my first interview, changed the focus of the blog into more than just
being an extended brain. It became an outlet of coverage, write-ups, how-to's,
bugfix, thoughts, concepts and more.

It's been a really interesting journey with the focus I've had around keeping
the content flowing for this blog over the years. It for sure drove me to learn
more and more, and with the build up around Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 - the
content became super focused around helping the community-at-large understand
issues and how to put in place the new paradigms that came along with this
release of Microsoft Dynamics AX.

On the implementation side of things, I've seen the shift away from the "Cowboy
Consultant" days, through to a more mature project implementation methodology.

From this blogging experience a more connected community started to arise. This
included Microsoft and the Dynamics portal, MSDynamicsWorld.com, the Top 100
DynamicsWorld.Co.Uk and so forth. Other fellow peers, like Joris, Jon, Joel,
Dick and the others - whom all have shared the content we each help bring to
form the whole of the Dynamics community.

It is with this understanding, this appreciation for the community, that I'm
making the choice to step aside from the role this blog has in the larger
Dynamics Community. It's been a humbling and really rewarding experience, to put
it plainly.

I will continue to write, but more on the business intelligence side of the
things. You can find me at the ImplementingGreatIdeas.com. I will have a very
focused purpose on this new blog, that will still include Microsoft Dynamics AX.
Again, the focus will be however for BI & Analytic's. Really helping customers
putting their data to work for them.

Though this is not my very last post on this blog, I felt it was needed to be
stated now. This came from my lack of ability to continue to post entries as
often as have been able to in the past. Thank you! Thank all of you who read my
ramblings over the years and challenged me. Thank you to my fellow peers for
going that extra mile in trying to help foster a community - whom's main goal
was, and remains - to bring value to our customers.




Visit Hillstar Business Intelligence (www.HillstarBI.com) in order to truly
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posted by brandon | 10:49 AM | 4 comments






TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2013


WEBCAST OF MICROSOFT DYNAMICS AX 2012 R2 & PERSONAL BI






Well I hope everyone is doing well this fine Tuesday. We are very close to the
summer equinox and that means the longest day of the year! I love summer time,
it's full of fun times, water activities as well as opining for the beach!

With that, I wanted to post a link to the recent webcast I lead via
MSDynamicsWorld.com. The link to the web cast can be accessed from the following
resource.: The Power of Personal BI with Dynamics AX 2012: PowerPivot and Power
View



Now there is for sure one point that I need to clarify from this webcast.
Specifically the question was asked around what version's of SharePoint & SQL
Server are needed in order to enable specific aspects of what we reviewed during
the webcast. When looking at this from a Microsoft Office Excel 2013
perspective, then the topic of SharePoint & SQL Server version for that matter
in what was shown, is not relevant. Meaning, it does not affect what you can do
with Excel 2013 in context to what was covered.



However when we look at enabling PowerView from SharePoint, launched within
Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2 then we need to better understand what versions of
software do impact what functionality. Thus we have the above pictured diagram
from Microsoft. It shows that indeed we do need more than standard versions of
MOSS & SQL Server for different levels of functionality, including that last
part of the webcast around PowerView & SharePoint.

I hope that this is helpful to people. During the session we have a lot of great
questions, and feedback. Keep in mind, this is not edited but is a full capture
of the entire webcast itself. Finally, I encourage you to send me any questions
around this and just think about how Personal BI can help craft a reporting
story for your company! If you would like to know more, you can contact us
here.: Sunrise Contact Page.

Well that is all for now. I know that I'm behind a bit in getting some of the
previously targeted topics posted. It's a sign of the current times, with being
busy. It's good to be busy, and so there will be plenty to cover soon. Til Next
Time!


Visit Hillstar Business Intelligence (www.HillstarBI.com) in order to truly
unlock your data trapped in your Microsoft Dynamics investment. With our value
driven business intelligence strategy Hillstar help you transform into a data
informed company.


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Labels: AX 2012 R2, BI, BISM, Dynamics AX, Dynamics AX 2012, Microsoft, MOSS,
Personal BI, PowerPivot, PowerView, Reporting, SharePoint, System of Engagement



posted by brandon | 7:52 AM | 2 comments






FRIDAY, JUNE 07, 2013


AX 2012 R2 & THE POWER OF PERSONAL BI






I hope everyone finds themselves doing well this fine summer Friday. Always
something about Friday's, and specifically those where the sun stays out and
beckons us back to our childhood days. With that, I wanted to post today and
bring to your reading attention an upcoming virtual event. It's free and you can
attend right from your desk. This event is being hosted by MSDynamicsWorld.com a
long time sponsor of this blog.



The event is next Friday, June 14th starting at 11:00 AM EST. The following is a
description from the event.: (register here)
"The real value of business intelligence (BI) comes from crafting a story based
on an organization's data. For the manager, analyst, or individual contributor,
BI typically begins with desktop tools like Microsoft Excel. With the right
skills and know-how, personal BI can become the gateway to a robust BI
initiative at any organization.




Visit Hillstar Business Intelligence (www.HillstarBI.com) in order to truly
unlock your data trapped in your Microsoft Dynamics investment. With our value
driven business intelligence strategy Hillstar help you transform into a data
informed company.

Join Microsoft Dynamics AX MVP and BI expert Brandon George of Sunrise
Technologies for an examination of Microsoft PowerPivot & Power View with
Dynamics AX 2012 R2. The webcast will look at how these tools can empower both
functional and technical resources at the individual level to discover new
insights and improve operational outcomes. Learn how to put data to work and
further build towards organizational BI needs from personal BI artifacts."

The event represented above, is specifically around Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012
R2 & Personal BI. I've wrote a lot about this topic in the past, and so I think
its very important to reference such resources in regard to this upcoming event.
The following is such a list, that I think would be helpful to anyone who is
wanting to attend, or already signed up to do so.
 * Understanding the natural flow of the BI Semantic Model
 * Why all the fuss around BI? - Data Ownership
 * AX-OData Queries Home on CodePlex
 * AX 2012 Personal BI - By Example - Customer Aging III
 * From Power View to Cube and back again





With the above resources your well on the way to understanding what will be
talked to and covered in this upcoming event. I would highly encourage you to
attend it, as I'm planning for it to be engaging! Speaking of engaging, that is
the whole goal we after. All of this, every bit of it builds to the point of
creating a System of Engagement. Where we can truly help turn users, into fans!

Well that it's for now, I will be back to posting next week with some really
interesting stuff. Anyone want to go on the wild ride of predictive analytic's?
It's like stepping into a quantum time machine! Well it's really more about
understanding & owning your companies data assets. That's whats coming soon, so
check back next week and make sure to attend next Friday's virtual event!

Finally, if you would like to know more about putting your companies data to
work for you. Then make sure to reach out, and contact Sunrise Technologies so
we can help craft a BI & reporting story for you! Til Next Time!


Visit Hillstar Business Intelligence (www.HillstarBI.com) in order to truly
unlock your data trapped in your Microsoft Dynamics investment. With our value
driven business intelligence strategy Hillstar help you transform into a data
informed company.


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"Visit the Dynamics AX Community Page today!"




Labels: AX 2012 R2, BI, BISM, Dynamics AX, Event, Microsoft, MSDW,
MSDynamicsWorld.com, Personal BI, PowerPivot, PowerView, Summer



posted by brandon | 10:10 AM | 2 comments






THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013


SPOTLIGHT: TOP REASONS COMPANIES IMPLEMENT AN AUTOMATED DATA COLLECTION SOLUTION






Companies choose ADC because their industry demands it, either by regulation or
voluntary standards compliance. With our research we found the top reasons
companies choose an ADC solution:

Implement Industry Regulations – think of food and beverage traceability
initiatives and Pharmaceutical ePedigree requirements:

 * The recent Food Safety Modernization Act Section 204 is dedicated to
   enhancing tracking and tracing of food and recordkeeping
 * PTI or the Produce Traceability Initiative is Voluntary. Tracing starts in
   the field, when the produce is removed from the field and put in the carton.
 * One RF-SMART customer packages produce, they use RF-SMART to capture carton
   number in the field and throughout their entire process, satisfying the PTI.
 * The ePedigree for pharmaceutical is a record in electronic form containing
   information regarding each transaction resulting in a change of ownership of
   the given prescription drug, including returns
 * We have several Pharmaceutical customers coming to us to satisfy the new
   ePedigree requirements



Empower your Warehouse Team – We all like to be able to make decisions and be
accountable, RF-SMART’s ADC will make you workers feel empowered
Reliable Information- Is everyone in your organization able to rely on
information they pull from their ERP or do they worry that it is not accurate or
timely Capture Metrics – Providing important Key Performance Indicators, such as
Inventory Velocity by location and Picking Performance by worker is possible
with ADC. Selection of an Automated Data Collection solution must use real time
validation, and real time updates to the ERP system. If it is architected with a
redundant database no one will know which system to believe. Soon everyone will
be second guessing the system.

There is nothing that keeps a CFO awake at night like not knowing if the
information they are relying on to make major decisions is valid, accurate and
timely. For these reasons RF-SMART is architected to use only the Dynamics AX
database so there is a single source of truth. All data resides in the AX
database. RF-SMART leverage Dynamics AX business process to provide top-notch
warehouse management functionality validating against AX in real-time and all
updates occur at the point of the activity.



Touch it once. If I can capture at the point of activity I can trust the input
the first time. For Example: Many times we find an as-is process like this:
Print the pick list; distribute to the workers in the warehouse; the workers use
the paper to find the items and then mark the quantities, batches, serial
number, and locations. The paper is turned into the packing/staging station.

Some of you may not have considered Automated Data Collection as a tool that can
be used to empower employees but it can do just that. By using RF-SMART workers
can be guided through their daily task. An example is to guild a worker through
the warehouse to pick sales orders. The worker can be guided, by highest
priority, through an optimum route, to pick orders. And since RF-SMART offers
real-time validation they will be notified if the data is valid, not only in
content but in context. For example, the location is validated as a valid
location for the warehouse and then the item is validated not only as a valid
item but that it has inventory in the specified location. AX setup such as
location blocking, optional dimension settings, batch dispositions, expiry dates
etc. will be validate at the moment the worker touches the inventory, stopping
the worker before a mistake happens.

Imagine how valuable preventing the use of expired or quarantined inventory for
a Food and Beverage manufacturer is! Workers also can make decisions on the
spot, because useful information is provided to them while they do their task.
They can’t just write down what they have done and the pass the paperwork on,
blaming someone else for mistakes. They are totally accountable. And that makes
them feel good. They are autonomous!

Workers can review the progress of the transaction they are performing on mobile
devices only when they need to, thereby keeping the mobile device screen crisp
and clean unless they need to refresh their memory. To allow workers to make
informed decisions at the point of activity, almost every field in RF-SMART has
a lookup. And best of all, today you can let your workers BYOD (Bring your own
device). Now instead of just texting on the smartphone, they could use it to do
a quick inventory lookup or maybe you have a warehouse supervisor and a store
manager that wants to work on their RF-SMART dashboard from their own device.



That is not a problem; good mobile solutions are not constrained by devices.
RF-SMART is ahead of the trend, we are not constrained by device and we have
many customers using multiple devices, such as an industrial device in the
warehouse and a smartphone for a supervisor.



Now that is empowering a worker!

Reliable information is important and is probably one of the reasons that you
have or are implementing AX. Why would you want to have business process that
put the integrity of AX information at risk? It is important that your
employees, whether in the warehouse or in the boardroom, trust the information
they use.

I would like to thank RF-Smart for being such a supporter of the Dynamics
Community at large, and further being a sponsor of this blog. That's all for now
but check back soon as I continue to add more post around Dynamics AX & BI. Til
Next Time!
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Labels: ADC, Automation, Data Collection, Dynamics, Dynamics AX, Dynamics AX
2012, Highlight, Microsoft, RF Smart, Sponsor, Warehouse



posted by brandon | 1:39 AM | 0 comments






TUESDAY, MAY 07, 2013


BEYOND DYNAMICS AX WITH BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE






I hope everyone is having a blessed day, and you find yourself productive in our
Dynamics filled world. May is once again here, and that means we tilt ever so
closer towards our solar systems star - in the northern hemisphere that is. That
also means planning for summer time vacation, baseball / softball, as well as an
assortment of water related activities. The march towards summer begins, and
that means the world around us continues to come alive.

With spring in full force, I thought it was time to talk about the needed topic
of beyond Dynamics AX with Business Intelligence. Lets face it, more and more
projects are being sold & implemented well, that has Microsoft Dynamics AX only
acting as an operational ERP element. It's one spoke in the total solution for
larger companies. When you have this reality, Dynamics AX is no longer the
single data mart from which analytic's & insights are derived from.



As we see from the above image, when Dynamics AX is the data mart in which such
BI artifacts solely are crafted around, then you have a very compelling story in
which a companies total reporting needs can be told by. This is Sunrise's
standard offering for business intelligence needs. That is:
Office+SharePoint+SQL Server.

Are focus is expanded however, when the needs of the customer expand. To help
facilitate the understanding of when and where this might be the case, let's
start by listing a high level set of topics, that in turn will be used to guide
into greater business insights for customers. Further, how each of these topics
would drive to a more complete or total BI story that is crafted for a customer.
All the while, keeping in mind that the tool is the last thing you focus on for
a real BI project.


 * Dynamics AX is a spoke, not the hub - Here we have a total solution scenario,
   where Dynamics AX is an operational ERP element in a customers total
   solution. This means 2:n possible line-of-business applications that complete
   an end-to-end solution for a customer. When this is the case, items like real
   data warehouses, ETL, Master Data Management across the systems, and more
   must come into the picture. This further means that what tools are best for
   achieving the ultimate end goal might need to be extended beyond the
   Office+SharePoint+SQL Server.
 * Security & Exposure beyond the Dynamics AX walls - Here we have a need for an
   organization that has reporting requirements. These reporting requirements
   however dictate that there are business insights needed for employees that
   will not have, nor should not have access to Dynamics AX at all. When this is
   true, again, then we have directive for something that extends beyond the
   walled garden of Dynamics AX.
 * Mobile BI across a multitude of platforms - There is a very compelling story
   that can be told with the BI stack of Office+SharePoint+SQL Server. Mobile is
   very much apart of this, specifically with the release of Office 2013 and
   SharePoint 2013. However when you want a mobile BI platform, that needs to
   reach beyond the Microsoft world, in a more native way, then extending beyond
   the BI stack that comes with Dynamics AX is needed.
 * Abstraction - This last point is more focused around that true executive
   information system, or dashboard. With the continued improvements being made
   for Dynamics AX, and those improvements driving more technology and model
   churn, the need for abstracting away the C & B level executives from such
   churn is a valid one. Having something that extends beyond the Dynamics AX BI
   stack, can help abstract out the executive's and their analytical needs.
   Reality is, these might change some, but not at the rate in which technology,
   and further Dynamics AX is changing.






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informed company.

The above, by far is not a final list but something that hopefully has you
thinking in terms of a more complete BI solution. There is hardly ever any truth
in we bought (insert product name) now we have BI! Real business intelligence
for customers is always about the data first, then reporting need second, and
finally the product or products that help delivery on said need last. Take into
consideration any of the above points, and you have a more larger requirement -
where selecting specific tools first could halt the needed progression that is
demanded by the organization.

Over the next several weeks, I will continue to expand upon each of the above
topics, and others in how I feel these are best addressed. This includes both
the stack that comes with Dynamics AX, and beyond that for a total solution
offering.



That's all for this post, I hope you have enjoyed it and your excited to hear
more. One final note, I would like to say that I'm honored to have been listed
once again this year in the DynamicsWorld Top 100 list. Top 25 again this year!
Honestly the amount of work that some of the people put into the ecosystem, that
I can be included with amazes me. This community as a whole has grown leaps and
bounds over the past 3 years. I can't say enough of how honored I am to be
included as part of it. Til Next Time!


Visit Hillstar Business Intelligence (www.HillstarBI.com) in order to truly
unlock your data trapped in your Microsoft Dynamics investment. With our value
driven business intelligence strategy Hillstar help you transform into a data
informed company.


Follow Me @:
       

"Visit the Dynamics AX Community Page today!"




Labels: Analysis Services, Analytics, Beyond BI, BI, BISM, Dynamics AX, Dynamics
AX 2012, ETL, MDM, Microsoft, Mobile BI, office, Security, SharePoint, SQL
Server



posted by brandon | 8:41 AM | 0 comments






THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2013


AXUG COMMUNITY SITE - COLLABORATE, LEARN, SHARE & MORE!






I hope everyone is doing well this fine Dynamics filled Thursday! There is a lot
of great things taking place in the Microsoft Dynamics ecosystem, so much in
fact that it's easily to get lost in the noise at times. Enter the newly minted,
and very active AXUG Community Site.



This site is well under way in adding value to the community at large, and helps
further complete the knowledge story for our ever growing ecosystem. I know for
example, I find myself deep into scoping engagement and project work. That is
what pays the bills, but at the same time am needing new ways to stay informed
connected and focused. I'm finding, personally, that there is a lot of great
information and value with my recent use of the AXUG Community site.



There are several ways in which you can join into the conversations taking
place. Further creating new blog entries and sharing information that you learn.
Getting involved with the many targeted communities that are represented in the
collaboration site and more.



You will find topics and tags that are trending right now. As you see in the
screen shot about, Business Intelligence is a hot topic right now. This is one
near and dear to me, being my new sole focus for the Dynamics Ecosystem.



Further, you can see from the above screen shot and resource link, that clicking
on a specific topic can take you to very relevant information. This happens to
be one of the sessions I was *not* able to lead at Convergence 2013 due to being
out sick. However you can still gain access to my slide deck. This can be of
help, and further looking forward to presenting on this for AXUG in the near
future.

All-in-all, this post is all about highlighting the value the community site at
AXUG brings to our ecosystem. It helps customers & partners connect in a way
only AXUG can offer.

Well that is all for this highlight post. I hope that you take the time to join
in the conversation and get the intended value that this resource brings! Til
Next Time!
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"Visit the Dynamics AX Community Page today!"




Labels: AX 2012, AXUG, BI, Community, Conv13, Conv14, Dynamics AX, Dynamics AX
2012, Microsoft, Share



posted by brandon | 11:33 AM | 0 comments








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