Data entities home page

Data entities and data packages

We recommend that you import the data entities in the order listed below, as some entities have dependencies on others. If you do not follow this order, you may encounter issues during import and configuration.

• System administration
• Global address book
• Workflow
• General ledger
• Bank
• Human resources
• Accounts payable and taxes
• Accounts receivable
• Budgeting
• Budget planning
• Fixed assets
• Inventory management
• Costing
• Procurement and sourcing
• Product information management
• Master planning
• Production control
• Sales and marketing: Pre-sales
• Sales and marketing: Execution
• Project accounting
• Expense management
• Public sector
• Retail
• Beginning balances

Processes and resources

The following topics provide more information about working with data entities in Dynamics AX.

• Behavioral properties on data entities
• Build and consume data entities
• Computed columns and virtual fields
• Country/region codes and configuration keys
• Date effectivity
• Data entity Wizard rules
• Data management and integration through data entities
• Design principles and best practices
• Develop composite entities
• Dimensions
• Dimensions in Excel
• Metadata properties: ReadOnly, AllowEdit, Mandatory
• Recurring integrations
• Security and data entities
• Super types and sub types
• Validations, defaults, and unmapped fields

OData

OData is a standard protocol for creating and consuming data. The purpose of OData is to provide a protocol for Representational State Transfer (REST) for Create, Read, Update, and Delete (CRUD) operations. OData applies web technologies such as HTTP and JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) to provide access to information from various programs. The following topics provide information about OData in Dynamics AX.

Tutorials

• Build and consume data entities
• Develop an entity and use it for data migration

Concepts

• Data entities
• OData in Dynamics AX