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CALs requirement for Menu Item created for External Vendors

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Dear All,

While creating a new menu item in Dynamics AX 2012 R3, we need to assign View user license and Maintain user license. I am not sure which CAL is to be used.

Is their a documentation or certain criteria that allows to decide the CALs?

These menu items are being accessed indirectly through AIF (xml) using a 3rd party app. The data contained is service requests of customer for maintenance/repair of their product.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Prashant

  • nmaenpaa Profile Picture
    101,156 Moderator on at
    RE: CALs requirement for Menu Item created for External Vendors

    Only Microsoft can answer that. But at least this allows you to see if a developer really wanted to define the menu item to require Enterprise license, or if they just forgot to set any value to the property.

  • bprashant644 Profile Picture
    20 on at
    RE: CALs requirement for Menu Item created for External Vendors

    I understand that AccessLevel and View/Maintain User license are different, one provides access to users the other defines the license requirement of user.

    Anyways, can you please clarify this - If 'None' is assigned to View/Maintain user License then does Microsoft consider it as the highest CAL i.e Enterprise for the users of those Menu items? I read this here - community.dynamics.com/.../the-important-viewuserlicense-and-maintainuserlicense-properties-of-menu-items

    Because if that is so why is the option of 'None' provided even?

  • bprashant644 Profile Picture
    20 on at
    RE: CALs requirement for Menu Item created for External Vendors

    Hi Ludwig,

    I couldn't find the exact answer but I have verified the ones that helped me provide some clarity in the previous post https://community.dynamics.com/ax/f/microsoft-dynamics-ax-forum/399904/licensing-terms-for-vendors

    If I get any exact answers I'll post it here.

    Thanks

    Prashant

  • Ludwig Reinhard Profile Picture
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    RE: CALs requirement for Menu Item created for External Vendors

    Good morning Prashant,

    There have been a number of replies provided. Based on them, have you been able to get your issue been resolved or do you need any other information?

    Best regards,

    Ludwig

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    nmaenpaa Profile Picture
    101,156 Moderator on at
    RE: CALs requirement for Menu Item created for External Vendors

    When you develop your own menu items and functionalities in the system, you can choose which ever AccessLevel you want.

  • Martin Dráb Profile Picture
    231,895 Most Valuable Professional on at
    RE: CALs requirement for Menu Item created for External Vendors

    I could only repeat what was already discussed in your previous thread, Licensing Terms for Vendors.

  • bprashant644 Profile Picture
    20 on at
    RE: CALs requirement for Menu Item created for External Vendors

    Any Insights?

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