Dynamics AX Blog - financial_dimensions - Posts from 2014

Below you'll find a code example of how to generate a RecId of type DefaultDimension for several dimensions.
Subsequently, these DefaultDimension is combined with a main account to RecId of type LedgerDimension.

static void buildDefaultAndLedgerDimension(Args _args)
{
    DimensionAttributeValueSetStorage dimensionAttributeValueSetStorage;
    DimensionAttribute dimensionAttribute;
    DimensionAttributeValue dimensionAttributeValue;
    DimensionDefault dimensionDefault;
    LedgerDimensionAccount ledgerDimensionAccount;

    dimensionAttributeValueSetStorage = new DimensionAttributeValueSetStorage();

    // BusinessUnit
    dimensionAttribute = DimensionAttribute::findByName('BusinessUnit');
    if(dimensionAttribute)
    {
        dimensionAttributeValue = DimensionAttributeValue::findByDimensionAttributeAndValue(dimensionAttribute, '069', false, true);
        dimensionAttributeValueSetStorage.addItem(dimensionAttributeValue);
    }

    // CostCenter
    dimensionAttribute = DimensionAttribute::findByName('CostCenter');
    if(dimensionAttribute)
    {
        dimensionAttributeValue = DimensionAttributeValue::findByDimensionAttributeAndValue(dimensionAttribute, '010', false, true);
        dimensionAttributeValueSetStorage.addItem(dimensionAttributeValue);
    }

    // Department
    dimensionAttribute = DimensionAttribute::findByName('Department');
    if(dimensionAttribute)
    {
        dimensionAttributeValue = DimensionAttributeValue::findByDimensionAttributeAndValue(dimensionAttribute, '024', false, true);
        dimensionAttributeValueSetStorage.addItem(dimensionAttributeValue);
    }
 
    dimensionDefault = dimensionAttributeValueSetStorage.save();

    // Merge main account and source dimension values and return RecId which can be used as ledgerDimension
    ledgerDimensionAccount = DimensionDefaultingService::serviceCreateLedgerDimension(DimensionStorage::getDefaultAccountForMainAccountNum("110110"),
                                                                                      dimensionDefault);

    info(strFmt("Default dimension recId: %1", dimensionDefault));
    info(strFmt("DefaultDimension (Source RecId): %1 LedgerDimension (Merged RecId): %2", dimensionDefault, ledgerDimensionAccount));
}

In the following code-example a record is selected from table LedgerJournalTrans, than the value of the field LedgerDimension respectively the field OffsetLedgerDimension is converted in the display value, which is display in a so called Segemented entry control.

static void GetLedgerDimensionDisplayValue(Args _args)
{
    DimensionStorage dimensionStorage;
    DimensionDisplayValue DimensionDisplayValue;
    ledgerJournalTrans ledgerJournalTrans = LedgerJournalTrans::findRecId(5637169330, false);
    
    // LedgerDimension
    dimensionStorage = DimensionStorage::findById(ledgerJournalTrans.LedgerDimension);
    DimensionDisplayValue = dimensionStorage.getComboDisplayValue();
    
    info(DimensionDisplayValue);   
     // OffsetLedgerDimension
    dimensionStorage = DimensionStorage::findById(ledgerJournalTrans.OffsetLedgerDimension);
    DimensionDisplayValue = dimensionStorage.getComboDisplayValue();
    
    info(DimensionDisplayValue);
}

Output for example:
5170-10-00AB03---1500-
 

Following display-method (created in the datasource of the form custtable) shows the  financial dimension Costcenter.

public display DimensionValue showCostCenter(CustTable _custTable)
{
    DimensionAttributeValueSet dimensionAttributeValueSet;
    DimensionAttributeValueSetItem dimensionAttributeValueSetItem;
    DimensionAttributeValue dimensionAttributeValue;
    DimensionAttribute dimensionAttribute;

    #define.CostCenterDimensionName("CostCenter");
 
    if( !_custTable || !_custTable.DefaultDimension)
    {
        return '';
    } 

    dimensionAttributeValueSet = DimensionAttributeValueSet::find(_custTable.DefaultDimension); 

    select firstOnly RecId
    from dimensionAttributeValueSetItem
        where dimensionAttributeValueSetItem.DimensionAttributeValueSet == dimensionAttributeValueSet.RecId
    join DimensionAttributeValue
        where DimensionAttributeValue.RecId == dimensionAttributeValueSetItem.DimensionAttributeValue
    join RecId from dimensionAttribute
    where dimensionAttribute.RecId == DimensionAttributeValue.DimensionAttribute
       && dimensionAttribute.Name  == #CostCenterDimensionName
    

    if(dimensionAttributeValue && dimensionAttribute)
    {
        return dimensionAttributeValue.getValue();
    }

    return '';
}

Simpler version (see comments)

public display DimensionValue showCostCenter(CustTable _custTable)
{
    #define.CostCenterDimensionName("CostCenter");
 
    return ((select firstOnly DisplayValue from DefaultDimensionView
             where DefaultDimensionView.Name == #CostCenterDimensionName
                && DefaultDimensionView.DefaultDimension == _custTable.DefaultDimension).DisplayValue);
}

Sometimes you have the requirement that a certain financial dimension is to be set on the basis of an input in a form.

The following code example is something relatively easy to implement. In the example, whenever a particular field is changed - queried on the method modified() of the field of a DataSource, the financial dimension Costcenter will be filled with the value 25. If the value to be entered an invalid, nothing happens (error message or similar).

public void modified()
{
    DimensionAttribute DimensionAttribute = DimensionAttribute::findByName("Costcenter");
    DimensionValue newValue = '25';    // New dimension value
    
    super();
    
    dimensionDefaultingController.setDimensionAttributeValue(
        DimensionAttribute,
        DimensionAttributeValue::findByDimensionAttributeAndValue(DimensionAttribute, newValue).RecId, 
        newValue);
}

In the example, an existing instance of DimensionDefaultingController used.