Enterprise Portal

This topic introduces concepts that pertain to the architecture of Enterprise Portal
for Microsoft Dynamics AX. The topic also describes the various components of
the Enterprise Portal architecture.

Sites and Pages

An Enterprise Portal site consists of a root SharePoint 2010 products site and
collections of sub sites. The subsites approximate the features and functionality
of the modules in the Microsoft Dynamics AX client. For a detailed description
of each Enterprise Portal module, and the common tasks, features, and reports
that are available in each module, refer to the Overview of Enterprise Portal for
Microsoft Dynamics AX topic on TechNet.

An Enterprise Portal page can include standard Microsoft Dynamics AX Web
parts, such as the toolbar, or User Control Web parts that display Microsoft
Dynamics AX data. An Enterprise Portal page can also include standard
SharePoint 2010 products Web parts, such as lists, announcements, and
discussions. Users can modify these Web parts as needed. If you set up and
configure Enterprise Portal with Role Centers, Role Center pages can include the
following elements:

• Cues that provide a visual representation of records based on the
status of the records. For example, there can be cues for pending
sales orders or items that are on backorder.

• Key performance indicators (KPIs) that provide information from
predefined data cubes. You can use this information to monitor
business performance against a defined goal.

• A Report Web part that provides access to SQL Server Reporting
Services reports.

• A Business Overview Web part that displays historical performance,
such as year-over-year performance or month-over-month
performance.

• A work list that displays action items that are generated either by a
workflow or by an alert, according to business needs.

• Community links that provide access to items that are published on
community sites for Finance, Services, and Sales and Marketing.

• Links that provide access to important internal and external sites.

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