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Setting Financial Dimension Values in AX 2012

In AX 2012 you can set the value for a specific dimension using code similar to what is below.

DimensionAttributeValue         dimAttrValue;
DimensionAttribute              dimAttr;
DimensionAttributeValueSetStorage davss;
RecId                defaultDimension;

davss = DimensionAttributeValueSetStorage::find(this.DefaultDimension);

dimAttr = DimensionAttribute::findByName('MyDimensionName');
dimAttrValue = DimensionAttributeValue::findByDimensionAttributeAndValue(dimAttr, "DimensionValue", false, true);
if(dimAttrValue)
{
davss.addItem(dimAttrValue);
this.DefaultDimension = davss.save();
}

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