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Monday, November 14, 2016

How to create entity relationship diagram (ERD) in AX 2012

Recently I have to generate a ER-diagram for specific list of tables in Dynamics Ax.  Dynamics Ax has built in feature.
Prerequisite of this article has Microsoft Visio.

Create a project for all tables which require in ER-diagram.
For this article I  created a new project with Name customer Address and drop CustTable and DirpartyTable in it.
Customer
In AOT or development workspace. Click on tools and reverse engineer menu .

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Following form will open, Select location where file with ERX will be generated. Select your private or public projects.
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Click ok to generate it.

When file is generated, go on windows start up menu and open MS visio. Select database modeling Diagram Template.
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When Database Model diagram is open, From database menu=> Import=> Import Erwin ERX file…
load erx file generated in previous step. This menu is only available when you select Database diagram as template in Visio.
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click on Browse.. button and load erx file.4-1-2015 12-17-52 AM


Click ok
A small dialog shows the import status
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Next step you have to enable view for Tables, So you can select tables for ER-Diagram
Database=>View=> Tables and views
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You will found following pane at left side of screen.
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Click on required table to add it on page and it will show required tables with relationship.
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You can re-size these diagrams.

Ref:- https://community.dynamics.com/ax/b/alirazatechblog/archive/2015/03/31/how-to-generate-entity-relation-diagram-for-specific-tables-in-dynamics-ax-2012

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