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[Jack Ogle]

We use an Azure pipeline for F&O package builds and we recently deleted a model our MS partner had created because it was not being used. The build pipeline now fails the X++ Compile step with the error:

D:a10NuGetsMicrosoft.Dynamics.AX.Platform.CompilerPackageDevAlmMicrosoft.Dynamics.Framework.Tools.BuildTasks.targets(19,5): Error : No descriptors could be found for model ‘[PartnerModel]’ in metadata directory ‘D:a10sMetadata

Does anyone know where we need to remove a reference to this model in the build configuration?
 

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Jack Ogle
DFW Heavy Duty
Forth Worth TX
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[Ben Morgan]

Hi Jack,

 

I’m not sure what steps you’ve already taken in this process so some of this might be redundant, but here are the steps I usually take when creating or installing customizations for compilation through the pipeline.  My assumptions for these steps are that you have a source development machine where you do the work in Visual Studio and a destination machine that the pipeline compiles to, with a merge process that determines what the pipeline uses for that compilation.  Here are our applicable steps:

 

1. Azure DevOps > Repos: Remove the associated model folder

 

2. Visual Studio (RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR):

    a. Source Control Explorer: Right-click > Get latest version on /Trunk/Main/Metadata (or whatever your path is)

    b. This will apply the deletions

   

3. Stop 4 services (also stop VS IIS express): 

    WWW Publishing Service

    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Data Import Export Framework

    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Batch Management

    Management Reporter 2012 Service

   

4. Manually delete any remaining model-associated folders from K:AosServicePackagesLocalDirectory

    a. DO NOT DELETE ANY MS FOLDERS

    b. You will likely need to close VS to complete this

   

5. Visual Studio (RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR):

    a. Dynamics 365 > Model Management > Refresh Models

    b. Pending Changes > Check in

    c. /Trunk/Main/Metadata: right-click > Branching and Merging > Merge

        i. Selected changes

        ii. Select all changes related to this deletion

        iii. If prompted for conflicts, take newest version

    d. Dynamics 365 > Synchronize database [you may not absolutely need to do this, but it sometimes has a surprising impact on what ends up in the pipeline]

    e. Pending Changes > Check in [this is where the changes will affect the pipeline]

 

6. Restart services (see above)

   

7. Run build pipeline in Azure DevOps

 

Hopefully something in there will help.

 

Best,

Ben

 

BENMORGAN t  520.293.1488 ext. 7472

 

 

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[Jack Ogle]

Thanks for replying Ben. I was able to resolve the issue by removing a project referencing the model in the solution set in the Build solution step of the pipeline. I updated the solution in Visual Studio, checked it in and that triggered the build. It completed without errors.

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Jack Ogle
DFW Heavy Duty
Forth Worth TX
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