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.

Export Section

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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Custom font in SSRS Report

Install custom font in SSRS Report

In this blog, I will show you how to use custom fonts in Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations reports, which Means fonts that are not part of your D365FO environment.

We can add the Custom font in AOS resources. D365FO server loads the font after your package deployment and treats those fonts as a systems-installed font.

Following are the simple step to use a custom font in the SSRS report in D365FO...


Step-1 Download any font you want to use in the SSRS report. in this tutorial for a demo, I am using the below Fonts.

1. Romantisk Demo Regular
2. Madpakke Demo Regular

Step-2 Create custom report like below  

Step-3 Now Add the resource file and add your downloaded font on the resource. each font required a separate resource file.

Here I am adding two resource files and assigning my font to them One by one.

Romantisk Demo Regular

Madpakke Demo Regular

The resource file looks like the below image.

Step-4 Now install the font on a development server. so it will available for you in Visual Studio for your development.

Step-5 Now add design in the report and add write any text then assign your custom font to your text. 

Step-6 Now perform build and deploy the report..

Step-7 Execute the report it will look like this.

Step-8 Now create the deployable package and deploy it on your D365FO Azure server :)

Please feel free to contact me if you are facing any issues during the implementation of this blog