Set up and apply configuration data in the Common Data Service
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Applies To: Project Operations for resource/non-stocked based scenarios
Prerequisites
Before you begin to configure data in the Microsoft Dataverse, the following prerequisites must be met:
Provision a Dataverse environment and a Dynamics 365 Finance environment for Project Operations.
Legal entity information from Dynamics 365 Finance is shared to the Dataverse environment. This means that the Company entity in Dataverse has the following company records:
Navigate to the unzipped folder and run the executable file, DataMigrationUtility.
On page 1 of the Common Data Service Configuration Migration (CMT) Wizard, select Import Data and then select Continue.
On Page 2 of the CMT Wizard, select Microsoft 365 as the Deployment Type.
Select the Display a list of available organizations and Show Advanced check boxes.
Select the region of your tenant, enter your credentials, and select Login.
On page 3, from the list of organizations on the tenant, select the organization you want to import the demo data into and select Login.
On page 4, select the zip file, SampleSetupAndConfigData from the unpacked folder.
After the zip file is selected, select Import Data.
Import will run for approximately two-ten minutes depending on your network speed. After import completes, exit the CMT Wizard.
Check your organization for data in the following 26 entities:
Currency
Chart of Accounts
Fiscal Calendar
Currency Exchange Rate Types
Payment Day
Payment Schedule
Payment Term
Organizational Unit
Contact
Tax Group
Customer Group
Vendor Group
Unit
Unit Group
Price List
Project Parameter Price List
Invoice Frequency
Bookable Resource Category
Transaction Category
Expense Category
Role Price
Transaction Category Price
Characteristic
Bookable Resource
Bookable resource category Assn
Bookable Resource Characteristic
Update Project Operations configurations
Navigate to the CE environment. You can find it by opening the Power Platform Admin Center, selecting the environment, and then selecting Open Environment.
Go to Projects > Resources and then select New to create a bookable resource for your user.
On the General tab, select your admin user. Verify that the time zone matches the one you are in.
On the Scheduling tab, in the Company field, pick the USPM company, and then select Save.
Select the Work hours tab.
Double-click on any value in the calendar and select Edit > All events in the series.
Change work hours to an eight (8) hour work day, mark weekends as non-work days, and make sure time zone matches yours.
Select Save and close.
Go to Settings > Calendar templates and select New.
Enter a name, select the template resource you created, and then select Save.
Go to Parameters and double-click the record.
Update the following fields:
Default company: USPM
Default Organizational Unit: Contoso Robotics Global
Invoice Frequency: Seventh and Last day
Work hour template: Change to the template you created.