Courses (form)

Article
05/05/2014

Applies To: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Feature Pack, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012

Click Human resources > Common > Courses > Courses. Select a course and click Edit or click Courses.

Use this form to create and maintain training courses for workers, contact persons, and applicants.

Tasks that use this form

Key tasks: Courses

Navigating the form

The following tables provide descriptions for the controls in this form.

Tabs

Tab	Description
Courses	Select an action to complete for the course.
General	View and modify information about the selected course.
Financial dimensions	View information about financial dimensions, such as the default dimensions and where the dimensions are used in account structures and advanced rule structures.

Buttons

Button	Description
Courses	Create a new course.
Course participants	Open the Course participants form, where you can view or maintain the list of participants who are registered for the course. Note You cannot add course participants if the course has a status of Created.
Questionnaire schedules	Open the Scheduling form, where you can schedule questionnaires. For more information, see Schedule a questionnaire. Note This button is available only if a reference type for the Courses table has been set up and activated for use in Questionnaire. You can set up reference types in the Reference types form.
Instructors	Open the Course instructors form, where you can add or remove instructors for the course.
Hotels	Open the Hotels form, where you can maintain a list of hotels or conference centers that are associated with the course.
Agenda	Open the Agenda form, where you can specify agenda items for the course. Note This control is available only if the selected course is of the Agenda or Agenda + session course type.
Track	Open the Track form, where you can maintain a list of tracks for the course. Note This control is available only if the selected course is of the Agenda + session course type.
Sessions	Open the Sessions form, where you can maintain sessions for the course. Note This control is available only if the selected course is of the Agenda + session course type.
Description	Open the Description form, where you can enter additional information about the course.
Confirm participants	Update the registered participants of the course to have a status of Confirmation. You can also print a list of the course participants.
Open	Open the course for registration.
Close	Close the course. You cannot register users for closed courses.
Cancel	Cancel the course.
Reopen	Reopen a previously closed course.
Reports group	Print reports associated with the course.

Fields

Field	Description
Course ID	The identification number for the course. This number is automatically assigned, based on the number sequence code for course IDs, which is defined in the Number sequences area in the Human resources parameters form.
Courses	Enter a name for the course.
Course status	The current status of the course. Note You can change the status to Closed only if all planned questionnaires for the course have been answered. If there are questionnaires that have not been answered, they must be deleted before the course is closed. If you change the status to Canceled, all planned questionnaires for the course are deleted.
Organizer	Select the vendor who is organizing the course. Note The information in this field is maintained in the following form: Vendors (form).
Course type	Select the type of course you are creating. Note The information in this field is maintained in the following form: Course types (form).
Setup	Select one of the following options: Standard – The course does not require a daily agenda. Agenda – You can specify the agenda items for each day of the course. Agenda + session – In addition to the agenda, you can specify the following information for the course: Tracks – Specialty subject areas. For example, the course might have one track addressing sales-specific subjects, and another specific to service or supported subjects. Sessions – The sessions into which the individual tracks are divided. Sessions might cover specific processes or techniques relevant to each track.
Display on Enterprise Portal	Select this check box to display the course description on Enterprise Portal for Microsoft Dynamics AX.
Scheduling	Select a questionnaire scheduling to associate with the course. Note This field is available only if a reference type for the Courses table has been set up and activated for use in Questionnaire. You can set up reference types in the Reference types form.
Course location	Select a location for course. Note The information in this field is maintained in the following form: Course locations (form).
Classroom	Select a classroom for the course. Note The information in this field is maintained in the following form: Classrooms (form).
Start date/time	Enter the date and time when the course starts.
End date/time	Enter the date and time when the course ends.
Registration deadline	Enter the last date when participants can register for the course. If participants can register for the course from Enterprise Portal, this is the final date when the advertisement for the course will be displayed.
Minimum number of participants	Enter the minimum number of participants required for the course to be held.
Max. number of participants	Enter the maximum number of participants that are allowed in the course.
Default financial dimensions	The default financial dimensions for the main account. When you select a financial dimension value, the Where the %1 dimension is used field group displays where the dimension is used in account structures and advanced rule structures.
Where the %1 dimension is used	The account structures and advanced rule structures that use the financial dimensions that you selected in the Financial dimensions or Default financial dimensions field group. Note The name of the field depends on the selection in the Financial dimensions or Default financial dimensions field group.