I read your post on AIF. It is vastly different than what was available before in Axapta. We've been working with it successfully for our client. You are correct, it has a learning curve and takes a lot of work. My feelings are that most consultants are not suited for working on it. We tasked AIF with one of our consultants that has development and SQL background. It helps to understand XML and SQL integration. Plus, he is certified in Integration Manager, which is similar type of product in Great Plains.
Dan Fine Fine Business Solutions AX and GP Consultancy [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- In Axapta-Knowledge-Village@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Legan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mike, > > > > AIF and EP are like night and day. AIF allows you to use web services and > generate XML's to pass data between AX and other applications. The selling > point is that the records are inserted into AX using AX business logic; > meaning they are not inserted directly into DB with no validation. > > > > Some issues with AIF. First of all the business connector in AX is not > compatible with a 64-bit OS. Big Problem. You can run the process as 32 bit > on 64 bit OS, but that kind of defeats the purpose of having 64 bit OS. > > > > Second AIF currently only allows you to insert a record. You can not update > or delete a record using without some serious coding effort. > > > > Third AIF does not work out of the box. It involves a lot of coding, > debugging, debugging!! Then some more debugging! I worked with a customer > who tried getting AIF to work with two MBS partners, and MBS and after 4 > months they pulled the plug on AIF. > > > > Let's be clear I am not bashing AIF; it has serious potential, but I think > it is still early in its development cycle. Maybe by next release the bugs > will be worked out and it will be a nice solution. > > > > If you are looking for a product that is similar to AIF, but allows more > flexibility for inserting, updating, and deleting records send me an email. > We have a solution via one of our partners out of DK. > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Cheers! > > > > _____ > > From: Axapta-Knowledge-Village@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Matta > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 8:55 AM > To: Axapta-Knowledge-Village@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [Axapta-Knowledge-Village] AX 4.0 AIF (Intergration Framework) > > > > Hi all, > > I have a general question about the AIF that is new to Ax4.0. Is this > basically the same as the Enterprise Portal in Ax3.0? What is the > difference? > > Thanks, > Mike > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
