AXUtil and Powershell Commands for AX 2012.

Today I will demonstrate you few AXUtil and Powershell commands for AX 2012.

Exporting a Model with AXUtil.exe

To export a model by using AXUtil.exe follow these steps.

1. Click Start > All Programs > Accessories and right-click Command Prompt selecting Run as administrator.

2. Change directory to "\Program Files\Microsoft DynamicsAX\60\Server\MicrosoftDynamicsAX\Bin" or to the bin directory for your server installation.

3. Type "AxUtil.exe export/file:<path to save your model>.axmodel/model:<model name>" and then press Enter to export the model.

Importing a Model with AXUtil.exe

To import a model by using AXUtil.exe follow these steps.

1. Click Start > All Programs > Accessories and right-click Command Prompt selecting Run as administrator.

2. Change directory to "\Program Files\Microsoft Dynamics AX\60\Server\MicrosoftDynamicsAX\Bin" or to the bin directory for your server installation.

3. Type "AxUtil.exe import /file:<path to where you saved your model>.axmodel and then press Enter to import the model.

Exporting a Model with Windows PowerShell

To export a model by using Windows PowerShell, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, and then click Administrative Tools > Microsoft Dynamics AX Management Shell.

2. At the Windows PowerShell command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER.

Export-AXModel -Model <name> -File <Filename.axmodel>Replace <name> with the name of the model to export, and<Filename.axmodel> with a path and file name where you want to

save the exported model.

Importing a Model with Windows PowerShell

To import the Model Store by using Windows PowerShell follow these steps.

1. Click Start menu, and then click Administrative Tools > Microsoft Dynamics AX Management Shell.

2. At the Windows PowerShell command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER.

Install-AXModel -File <Filename.axmodel> -Details Replace <Filename.axmodel> with the path and file name of the previously exported model. The optional -Details switch tells the cmdlet to list all the layers and models contained in the model store.

After a model is imported, the AOS has to be restarted and a full compile and full CIL generation must be completed.