Simple way to extend AIF outbound data in AX 2012
Let’s assume that we need to extend standard ASN Packing Slip XML with contact name and phone. Related AIF service class is using standard query AxdASN. The root data source table is CustPackingSlipJour.
There is related class axCustPackingSlipJour. We need just to add to this class parm methods returning wanted values: parmContactPersonName and parmContactPersonPhone.
public ContactPersonName parmContactPersonName(ContactPersonName _contactPersonName = ”)
{
return custPackingSlipJour.salesTable().contactPersonName();
}
public LogisticsElectronicAddressLocator parmContactPersonPhone(LogisticsElectronicAddressLocator _contactPersonPhone = ”)
{
return LogisticsElectronicAddress::findRecId(DirPerson::find(custPackingSlipJour.salesTable().ContactPerson().Party).PrimaryContactPhone).Locator;
}
We need to refresh AIF services to see the added parameters.
After refreshing changes in the related schema should be visible:
We need to enable elements in Document Data Policies in Outbound Ports:
and finally new elements should be visible in XML file:
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