Tuesday, November 2, 2021

Tiered charges on purchase orders in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management (D365)

There is a possibility to configure tiered charges for the purchase orders. For more details, visit this page - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamicsax-2012/appuser-itpro/about-tiered-charges-on-sales-orders

In order to activate this feature, navigate to the Feature management workspace, find Charges from and to amounts on Purchase orders feature on the list and click Enable now button. Once you activate it, you can configure tiered charges.

Once you enable this feature, Automatic charges page will be extended with a few fields:


Mode of delivery code will determine when to apply charges: 

  1. Table: charges apply to a specific Mode of delivery defined in the Mode of delivery relation field.
  2. Group: charges apply to modes of delivery assigned to a specific delivery charge group defined in the Mode of delivery relation field. Prerequisites: 
    • Create charges groups (Accounts receivable > Charges setup > Delivery charges group) 
    • Assign modes of delivery to a charges group (Procurement and sourcing > Setup > Distribution > Modes of delivery > [select mode of delivery] > Charges group field)
  3. All:  charges apply to all modes of delivery.
From amount and To amount in the Auto charges page allow determine tiers. Based on the tiers the charge will/will not be applied to the purchase order header.

Go to Procurement and sourcing > Setup > Changes > Automatic charges and create tiered charges as presented below:



Go to Procurement and sourcing > Purchase orders > All purchase orders and create a purchase order for the vendor defined in the auto-charges setup.

Set the Qty and Price. Validate the order total. 

Calculate tiered charges via Purchase tab on the Action pane > Calculate (button group) > Tiered charges (button). 

Make sure that message is displayed: 

Tiered charges calculated.

Review calculated tiered charges via Purchase tab on the Action pane > Charges (button group) > Maintain charges (button). 

  • If Purchase order total amount < 50 USD, Charges of 10 USD will be applied automatically.
  • If Purchase order total amount >= 50 USD and Purchase order total amount < 100 , Charges of 7.5 USD will be applied automatically.
  • If Purchase order total amount >= 100 USD, Charges of 5 USD will be applied automatically.

Monday, November 1, 2021

Cannot download task recorder file on the local VM Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management (D365) . The error message "Sorry, something went wrong and the file wasn't downloaded" is thrown.

On the local VM, you might face an issue while trying to download the task recorder: Sorry, something went wrong and the file wasn't downloaded


In the error details you might see the issue with the Azure Storage. Azure Storage Emulator could be outdated and require manual update.

Follow the steps below to overcome the issue:

  1. Download and install latest version of Azure Storage Emulator: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=717179&clcid=0x409
  2. Open Command prompt as administrator.  Change the directory (folder) in Command Prompt to Azure Storage Emulator installation directory (C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\Storage Emulator)
  3. Run the following commands:
    • AzureStorageEmulator.exe stop
    • AzureStorageEmulator.exe clear
    • AzureStorageEmulator.exe init –server localhost 
    • AzureStorageEmulator.exe start
This should solve your issue and you will be able to download the task recorder.