Saturday, 22 December 2012

AX 2012 R2 - New Features


Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2 New Feature

This article provides a summary of new feature list that have been implemented in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2.

Functional area Feature
Accounting framework Configure a recurring schedule batch job to clear purchase accrual for product receipt source documents
Accounts payable Adjust taxes on an invoice line
Accounts payable Integrate a payment calendar to control due dates for payments
Accounts receivable Record charges on free text invoice lines
Business intelligence Enterprise Portal Chart control for visualizing transactional and aggregated business data in Enterprise Portal
Business intelligence Improvements to key performance indicators (KPIs)
Business intelligence Support for data partitions in cubes
Business intelligence Support for data partitions in reports
Business intelligence Support for Power View
Business intelligence Support for report servers running in SharePoint integrated mode
Business intelligence Windows PowerShell commands for deploying cubes
Budgeting Create and approve budget plans
Client and server Enhancements to the Named user license count report (server)
Client and server Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 database split into two databases (server)
Data partitioning Data partitions have been enabled to support data isolation
Enterprise Portal Enterprise Portal in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2 supports Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Products and Technologies
Microsoft Office Add-ins Localize data in the Microsoft Office Add-in
Microsoft Office Add-ins Lock a template created by using the Office Add-in
Microsoft Office Add-ins Microsoft Office Add-in enhancements
Sales and marketing Cases are secured by case category
Sales and marketing Generate a lead or opportunity record from a campaign or call list target record
Sales and marketing Update the name of a party from the party record
Sales and marketing Update, in bulk, the list of party records assigned to an address book
Sales and marketing Updates to Sales and marketing Role Centers and the reporting information provided
Setup and upgrade Data partition assignment for companies during upgrade


Indian Localization features in AX 2012 R2:

Country/region Feature
India Accounts receivable and accounts payable invoices
India Assign financial dimensions to entries generated in the Transfer orders form
India Automatic calculation of Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) when no Permanent account number (PAN) is registered
India Bill of entry information is evaluated on a line-by-line basis
India Cancellation of Bill of entry and invoice registration for India
India Change to the item type for India
India Changes to number sequences for Indian financial documents and incentive schemes
India Changes to the electronic file format for TDS and TCS statements
India Depreciation calculation for India
India Duties and privileges added for user roles in features for India
India Enhancements for purchase and sales orders for India
India EXIM Advance Authorization (AA) incentive scheme
India EXIM Duty Drawback (DBK) incentive scheme
India EXIM Duty Free Import Authorization (DFIA) incentive scheme
India EXIM Export Promotion Capital Goods (EPCG) incentive scheme
India Expanded tax type support for project transactions, billing processes, and tax settlements
India Expanded tax type support for service industry transactions
India Financial dimensions for India
India Fixed asset transfer for India
India For India customs duty and Export Import Policy (EXIM), if the charge as expense ratio is used, the related customs duty is charged to the expense account
India General ledger updates for India
India Generation of financial statements in Microsoft® Excel for India
India Global address book for India
India Implementation of withholding tax calculation cache
India Improvements to tax registration number assignments
India Manual adjustment of taxes
India Open customer invoices and settlement enhancements for India
India Organizational model enhancements for India
India Point of taxation
India Recalculation of indirect taxes triggered by specific conditions
India Sales and purchase orders enhancements for India
India SLJL impact on the Indian custom duty functionality
India SLJL impact on the Indian excise duty functionality
India Standard Input Output Norms (SION)
India Tax rate enhancements for India
India The method of adjusting direct tax entries that are posted to the general ledger has changed. This feature replaces the feature for TDS and TCS adjustment, which is now deprecated.
India Threshold exceeding error/warning message removed from India direct tax
India Update tax information in a corrective free text invoice
India Update to the Upgrade toolkit
India Updates to general ledger and tax inquiry forms
India Updates to import orders for India
India Uptake of the subledger journal and distribution framework with Indian direct tax
India VAT commodity codes on sales invoices
India View and modify accounting entries before posting to the general ledger