Improved merge tool
Microsoft have done a great job of presenting the D365FO xml files just like other .Net language files in Visual Studio, but it seems like the TFS merge tool is the same one that's been there forever and it has no appreciation of the xml file format of the D365 files during check-in/merge. If ...
Change the existing table indexes or its properties in the extension
Sometimes we extend standard functionality and create new field/s in table extension.
We want to be able to include the new field/s into existing indexes and also be able to change existing index properties in the extension.
Especially for unique indexes which cannot be changed with...
Custom BP extensions and the build process
Custom BP extensions should be installed in <drive>AosService\PackagesLocalDirectory\Bin\BPExtensions to be picked up. Currently during build, you have to write a custom script to copy them from the workspace to the correct location. This could be improved possibly
Overwrite table and classes throw extension
when we are building a large custimization changes we prefare to go with extension part for all its benfits but we require some changes in standard method to Changes some lines which can not be done throw extension and going for this part by overlayer wont be applicable as throw overlayer we w...
Add a list of missing or unnecessary package references in the build output.
With each major release, the packages' structure can change, causing extension package to fail due to a missing package reference. The opposite can also happen, where a package reference is no longer required (as the referenced element has moved to a different package).
It...
Create VS project from model
A function which would generate a project form a model would help troubleshooting issues when an overview of a certain part of the codebase is necessary.
File operations
Microsoft took away our ability to create flat files in D365FO Production environment. They have an Azure service called File Storage which gives us back some of that functionality which is so important for porting legacy interfaces that just pass around physical files, Azure blob storage is b...
FirstOnly ignored on a QueryBuildDataSource
Organize projects by element type in a solution if "Organize projects by element type" option was not selected before and elements are not organized.
If we create a solution and add elements to it, elements are not added in the project in groups based on element type. We have to check the "Organize projects by element type" in order make that. But if initially this check box is not selected and we have imported multiple elements in the proj...
Enable change tracking and incremental push for composite entities
Enable change tracking and incremental push for composite entities
It seems that currently change tracking and incremental push is not supported for composite entities.
It would be great if this feature becomes available, i.e. based on the change tracking info...