Export & Import Project

Export & Import Project D365FO 

Today, We will talk about the good feature of Visual studio for D365FO & AX-7 is the Export & import Project.

Using this feature we can export all elements which are part of the solution including Module and their sub-model.

Following are a few simple steps.

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Step-1 Open Visual Studio and create a new project.

Step-2 Add some elements in the project and right-click on the project you will find the export option on the Menu option.

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Step-3 Provide the path where you want to save the Export project which will be in the form of *.axpp.

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Step-4 Now click on save.. export will take 2 to 3 minutes, exporting time duration vary on a number of the elements. 

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Import Section


Step-5 Now login to the instance where you want to import the project.
Step-6 Open Visual studio and Navigate to Dynamics 365 and click on import project.

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Step-7 When you click on import project, A popup will appear. provide the path of the project you want to import.

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Step-8 once the project is imported, the Visual studio shows the complete elements which are part of the project.

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Step-9 Click on the Ok button, Activity will take time because it will create module and sub-model if not exists in your environment and perform compile. You need to perform Database sync manually.

Step-10 Now navigate to the File menu and open the project. (You will find the recently imported project on the default path of Visual studio)

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Step-11 Now verify your all elements and check the model if it did not exist before import. In my case module and sub-model were not exists.

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