Microsoft Dynamics Axapta R3 Retail Component

I have identified some changes in AX R3 retail deployment components as well in commerce data exchange system that share data between HQ and store. Below  diagram gives the idea about new included components in retail deployment.

In POS retail POS is a component that is required for the day-to-day operation of Retail at a store, modern POS (point of sale) provides the services that enable Windows 8.1 clients to interface with Retail. It needs retail server URL for activation.

In Database there are two database for store, channel database and offline database. Channel database is store database, which hold retail data for one or more retail channels, such as online stores. The data for a channel can be included in more than one channel database. We can create channel database using setup or we can use Retail Channel Configuration Utility, to configure channel data and offline database we use Retail Channel Configuration Utility.

CDX, commerce data exchange contains realtime server, async server and async client.

               

Real-time Service is an integrated service that provides real-time communication between Microsoft Dynamics AX and retail channels. In AX 2012 R3 and AX 2012 R2, Real-time Service is a Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) service that must be installed on a website in Internet Information Services (IIS).

                Async server is new CDX component included in AX R3. Async Server is part of the asynchronous system that shares data between the Microsoft Dynamics AX database and channel databases. Async server is web application so we provide the various information like web application name, port number, thumb print. We also provide the HQ message database name . Installer will create HQ message database along with two working folders.

                Async Client is installed at the channel and communicates with the channel database. Async clients are connected to the async server, during the installation we provide the channel database group, username and password . Channel database group is present in retail- setup-retail scheduler-channel database. We also provide the channel message database name and channel database.

                SO when we push the data from HQ, it puts in to the two working folders. Async client fetch that data from async server and populate that in to the channel database.