How to: Create a New Model and Development Project

Example Scenario:

Let’s try out to learn more by building up an example scenario from scratch.

We shall have step-by-step procedures to demonstrate how to create a various levels of modification that can be used in Maintenance of Library. The procedure will need to keep track of each book that is borrowed, the readers who borrow, the Book type, the SubGenre of the book and details of each visit to library including the date, reason and the cost.

To do this you will need to create the following new tables.

• BookType table: This will contain entries such as Fact information, Current affairs, Non-fiction, Fiction, and so on.
• SubGenre table: This will contain the info about various sub-genres a book can have based on the book type. Would have entries like Novels, Biographies, Poems and so on. This should be related to the BookType Table.
• BookLendtable: This information is related to the customer table and BookType table.
• Visit transactions: This will contain the details of each visit for borrowing each book.

How to: Create a New Model and Development Project

The purpose of creating a model and a development project to keep our modifications organized.
Although, during your work you have to add any elements you modify or create should be added to this project. 

Task: Create a model called AJDEV and a development project called AJ_ProjectLibraryTrace
1. Click Tools > Model Management > Create Model.
2. Enter AJDEV in the model name, your name in the publisher and "Dynamics AX Project for Library Trace" in the description.
3. Click OK.
4. Click Close on the infolog dialog.
5. Press Ctrl-Shift-P to open the development projects window.
6. Right-click the Shared node and select New > Project.
7. Rename the project to AJ_ProjectLibraryTrace