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Hi
we are currently running AX2012R2 (no CU !) We now want to create a new company in AX2012 as a copy of an existing live company.
Any hints?
Thx
Pirrmin
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Simple option is to leverage DAT and DEF files to export and then import data. Refer technet.microsoft.com/.../gg731814.aspx. In the definition, remove shared tables and system tables
Hi Pirmin,
This is very cumbersome. You can try to install the Data Import/Export Framework using e.g. the CU7 or above setup media. I have not done this myself, but understood that others tried this before.
This could help, but there are not sufficient entities to copy a complete setup.
The largest challenge is about having foreign key relations which are not handled if you just copy the contents of setup tables.
I am agree with andre, Please use DIXF "Copy Company" functionality to copy the data. It is very simple and error free. AX 2012 having n-numbers of relation with recid as FK. there are OOB entity count 160. if you need any extra entity, please create through custom wizard and proceed.
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