Search in address fields DAX 2009
Kristina
form in the address field, ctrl F or filter, let say on "elm street" and find
all customers residing on "elm street" - many also widely uses search for
customers in a specific zipcode.
After the global address book was introduced in 2009, this option seems to
have disappeared. When ctrl F'ing on the customer record you seem to only be
searching in the addresses on this particular customer record in the global
address book, and not across the whole custtable.
How is it supposed to be handled in 2009 - that is.. in a manner that is
usable for the end customer in a busy work day :-)
Willy
Good question! It's my opinion that with the introduction/changes of some
functionality in Ax 2009, the usability for common users hasn't always
improved.
The address field still exists on the customer table (CustTable). It's only
no longer visible on the CustTable form. But it is still being used, and
it's kept synchronized with the data (DirPartyAddressRelationship).
So a solution for your problem would be to change the CustTable form, by
adding the Address field again on one of the tab pages (maybe view only).
That way, the filter possibility is back again.
Kind regards,
Willy
(blog at http://dynamics-ax-live.blogspot.com)
Justin Biggs
fields still exist, they're just not shown on the form. You should still be
able to open the advanced filter form, add the address field to your
criteria, and get the info that way.
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Best Regards,
Justin
Zbysek
can use Ctrl+K with the same results.
If your problem is that customer address is not directly on CustTable form,
you will need to use an advance filter and adn make some linking of the
address table into the CustTable on the advance filter form.
Just right click on th CustTable and choose "1:n" and I think "Alt.
Addresses" table. Then you can specify this table in the filtering criteria
bellow.
Zbysek