Microsoft Dynamics AX Technical ConferenceFebruary 3–5, 2014Bellevue, WA

Technical deep dive: key features of the TMS solution and demo of the configurability of mobile devicesPaweł KrukSoftware Engineer II

IntroductionWe are excited to share Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 with you…• This presentation contains Microsoft confidential information• Dynamics AX 2012 R3 is pre-release software and subject to change• Microsoft provides no license, express or implied, in this presentation• Please review and respect the disclaimer included in all printed

and electronically distributed materials

AgendaTransportation managementArchitecture and implementation overviewTMS enginesDemonstration of a typical configuration of a TMS engine

Warehouse Mobile Devices PortalArchitecture overviewDemonstration of configurability

Goals of this sessionTransportation managementTo understand common patterns appearing in TMS data modelTo understand extensibility modelTo understand the basic configuration patternsTo get inspired about implementing your own extensions to the Transportation System

Warehouse Mobile Device Portal (WMDP)To understand the overall architectureTo learn about customizability of portal pagesTo learn about configurability of portal pages

Processing a request through TMSAX Client AOS

X++ (IL) C# (IL)

TMSProcessXML

+processRequest TMS Engine

Request data

Response data

Request XML

Response XML

AX DB

TMS EngineTMS

EngineTMS Engine

TMS engines out of the boxRateP2PMileageRateEngineP2PContractRateEngineP2PByWeightRateEngineRailRateEnginePostalZoneWeightRateEnginePieceRateEngineLtlRateEngineMileageRateEngine

ZonePostalCodeZoneEngineStateZoneEngine

TransitCalculationTransitTimeEngineMileBreaksTransitTimeEnginePointToPointTransitTimeEngine

RouteRouteEngine

MileageP2PMileageEngine

Rate engine dataRate base data

Rate engine dataRuntime interpretation

TMSRateBaseDetail

Rate

Origin Postal Code

Destination Postal Code

Weight

Physical representation

TMSRateBaseDetail

Rate

Dimension1

Dimension2

Dimension3

Metadata

TMSRateBaseTypeField

DataType

FieldType

LookupType

Mandatory

Name

RateBaseTypeCode

Sequence

TMSRateBaseTypeField

DataType

FieldType

LookupType

Mandatory Name

Sequence

StringRate base Postal CodeYes

Origin Postal Code 1

StringRate base Postal CodeYes

Destination Postal Code 2

RealRate base None Yes Weight 3

TMSBreakDetail

Rate engine dataRuntime interpretation

TMSRateBaseDetail

Rate

Origin Postal Code

Destination Postal Code

Weight

Physical representation

TMSRateBaseDetail

Rate

Dimension1

Dimension2

Dimension3

Metadata

TMSBreakDetail

FK BreakMasterCode

Value

TMSBreakMaster

PK BreakMasterCode

BreakMasterCode Value

WeightMore 0WeightMore 10WeightMore 50WeightMore 100

Rate engine dataRate base data

TMSRateBaseDetail

Dimension1

Dimension2

Dimension3 Rate RateBaseCode

00210 98052 0 2 Test00210 98052 10 1.8 Test00210 98052 50 1.7 Test00210 98052 100 1.6 Test

Demo

• Managed Interop• AX proxies• Linq to AX• .NET reflection• Flexible interpretation of data consumed by TMS

engines• Metadata setup fixed per specific engine• Build your own engines!

ConclusionsTransportation management

The architecture of WMDP

AOSIIS

Web browser

WC

F serv

ice

WHS.Security

Warehouse Mobile Device

Portalapplication

ASP.NET MVC v.2

http request

http response

Response XML

Request XML

Configuration

WHSWorkExecuteDisplay

class

Demo

• Configurable per device or group of devices• Replaceable views and CSS• Configurable date input formats

ConclusionsWarehouse Mobile Devices Portal

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Paweł Krukpkruk@microsoft.com