Food for Thought - AX Test Script Management Tool?

So what is the best tool for Test Scrip Management?

• qtest?
• zephyr?
• tfs?

I recently came across SikuliX. Shouldn't something like this be the new standard - at least as far as test script creation & execution is concerned? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-UYoezac4Q

Accrual Schemes Setup (GL)

Setup Accrual Schemes (GL Module) AX 2012

See Violaine's article on the same topic below
https://vsdynamicsfinance.wordpress.com/2013/11/06/setup-accrual-schemes/#more-769

The only thing I would like to add is that where Violaine says (in the article below) to use a 'temporary' account or use 'another account' in Case 1, understand in accounting speak she refers to a 'Prepaid' Asset Account (Balance Sheet Account) that holds all advance payments until drip fed into an expense account.

Have fun learning.

PS: Checkout other articles by Violaine. Class A blogger!

Journal Template (Key Note)

Journal Template (Key Note) Firstly, a high level summary of how to create a journal template is as below. Select / Step into - the general journal to save as the template Click on Function > Save voucher template Now, the key point is, if you save screen shot 1, the template will carry ALL THE LINES If you save screen shot 2, the template will carry ONE LINE only.  The reason you can now guess. A template can support one voucher number only.

PS: For a detailed write-up of the Journal Voucher Process checkout the article by Violaine. Class A blogger!

https://vsdynamicsfinance.wordpress.com/tag/voucher-template/

GL Currency Triangulation

What is 'Reference Currency for Triangulation'?

ERP: AX 2012

Module: General Ledger Module

Sub Section: Currency and Exchange Rate Setup

This option / radio button is available under

General Ledger > Setup > Currency > Currencies

Non-finance professionals may have some trouble deciphering the meaning of the term 'Reference Currency for Triangulation' and equally why we need such a currency. I almost decided to do a write-up from scratch after finding no great help from online AX resources but PeopleSoft (ERP) website had something as below.

Triangulation is the process by which a conversion between two currencies takes place by way of a third reference currency. This process may be used in hyper-inflationary environments, where all conversions to the local currency are done by way of a stronger, more stable currency. This process may also be used when a country is undergoing a currency revaluation.

To support triangulation, an ERP system provides a means to define that you want a currency pair to triangulate through a fixed reference currency. The actual conversion process is done in a two-step procedure in which the from-currency amount is first converted to the reference currency and then to the destination currency, using the appropriate exchange rates. Supporting triangulation also affects the user interface, as there are now two or possibly three exchange rates that are relevant to the conversion. When viewing a triangulated conversion at a detailed level, users access three visual rates:

·        A rate for converting the from-currency to the reference currency.

·        A rate for converting the reference currency to the to-currency.

·        A cross rate indicating the rate that would be required to convert the from-currency directly into the to-currency.

The cross rate in a triangulated conversion is not typically maintained directly. The system enables you to maintain those non-triangulated rates that are components of the triangulated rate, then run a process to generate the triangulated exchange rate. However, you can override the cross rate, which causes one of the other exchange rate values to be recalculated to synchronize it with the overridden cross rate.

For example, suppose an implementation was using triangulation to convert from USD to FRF. You would directly maintain the visual rate from the USD to euros (1.25 in the example table) and rate from euros to FRF (6.8 in the example table). You could then run the relevant application engine process to derive the triangulated rate for converting from USD to FRF. The results are shown in the following table:

Currency Pair	Quote Method	Quote Units	Primary Visual Rate	RATE_MULT	RATE_DIV
USD to Euro	Indirect	1	1.25	1	1.25
Euro to FRF	Direct	1	6.8	6.8	1
USD to FRF	Direct/Triangulate/Euro	1	5.44	6.8	1.25

It is quite simple mathematics. Using above example

1.25 USD = 1 EUR (Set-up 1)

1 EUR = 6.8 FRF (Set-up 2)

If you want to work out the new / undefined currency mix

1 USD = ? FRF, with EUR as the nominated middle currency/ reference currency for triangulation, AX 2012 would perform this calculation (1/1.25*6.8) = 5.44

MS Technet fell short in adequately describing this process (at least none that i could find) and I hope this explanation is a degree better.