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Chapter 4: Customizing Enterprise Portal Pages

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Objectives
The objectives are:

Create and apply new SharePoint themes.

Edit and create SharePoint pages.

Explain the different Enterprise Portal web parts.

Introduction
The Enterprise Portal uses SharePoint pages to display information from
Microsoft Dynamics AX. The appearance and content on each page can be
easily customized from inside the Enterprise Portal.

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Customizing Enterprise Portal Appearance


The appearance of most items in the Enterprise Portal can be customized by
creating and applying new themes to the SharePoint installation.

Procedure: Applying a Theme to SharePoint


Themes in SharePoint control the fonts and color schemes used on the site's
pages. In the Enterprise Portal, open the home page for the module site to apply
the theme by clicking the module in the top navigation bar, and follow these
steps:
1. On the Site Actions menu, click Site Settings.
2. In the Look and Feel group, click Site theme.
3. Select the theme to apply and then click Apply.
NOTE: Themes will be applied only to one site at a time.
SharePoint themes are stored in .thmx files. There are several tools available to
create and edit these files.

Procedure: Creating a New SharePoint Theme


To create new themes by using Microsoft Word 2010, follow these steps.
1. Open Microsoft Word 2010.
2. Click the Page Layout tab.
3. In the Themes group on the ribbon, click the Colors button to
display the Colors menu. Click Create New Theme Colors.
4. On the Create New Theme Colors window, select the colors for the
new theme. Enter a name for the color scheme and then click Save.
5. In the Themes group on the ribbon, click the Fonts button to display
the Fonts menu. Click Create New Theme Fonts.
6. On the Create New Theme Fonts window, select the fonts for the
new theme. Enter a name for the font scheme and then click Save.
7. In the Themes group on the ribbon, click the Themes button to
display the Themes menu, and then click Save Current Theme.
8. On the Save Current Theme window, select a path and enter a
name for the theme file, and then click Save.

Procedure: Importing the Theme into SharePoint


After a theme file is created, follow these steps to import the theme into
SharePoint.
1. In Enterprise Portal, click Home in the top navigation bar.
2. On the Site Actions menu, click Site Settings.

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3. In the Galleries group, click Themes.
4. On the Theme Gallery page, click the Documents tab on the ribbon.
In the New group, click Upload Document.
5. On the Theme Gallery - Upload Document dialog box, click the
Browse button. Select the thmx theme file previously created and
then click Open.
6. Click OK.
7. On the Theme Gallery dialog box, provide a name and description
for the theme. Click Save.
To apply the new theme to an Enterprise Portal site, follow the steps provided in
the procedure Applying a Theme to SharePoint topic in section Customizing
Enterprise Portal Appearance in this chapter.

Customizing Pages
SharePoint pages contain web parts that give users access to data and
functionality in the Microsoft Dynamics AX application. Web parts can easily be
added and removed from a page, and the web part properties allow a developer to
set the behavior of the web parts.
Every page on SharePoint contains a ribbon that contains a Page tab. The Page
tab contains several buttons that are used to edit the page properties, alerts and
other features of the page. The Edit Page button will reload the page and enter
the editor mode of SharePoint. This mode is used by developers to add, remove
and rearrange web parts on the page.

Procedure: Editing Pages


To add a web part to a page follow these steps.
1. Click the Edit Page button on the Page tab of the page.
2. Click one of the Add a Web Part links on the page to add a web
part in that section of the page.
3. Under the ribbon, click a category in the Categories group. The
Web Parts node will refresh to show the web parts in the selected
category. Click the web part you want to add to the page.
4. On the right side, under About the Web Part, click the Add button
to add the selected web part to the page.
Web parts can be moved by dragging the web part to a different location on the
page when the page is in edit mode. Click to the right side of the title and keep
the mouse button pressed. When moving the mouse with the button pressed, a
small box that contains the title of the web part will follow the mouse cursor.
Drag the box to the desired new location and release the mouse button.

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This opens the New Web Part Page, where you can enter the name of the new
page and select a layout template. The default template "Header, Footer, 3
Columns" is a good template for most new Enterprise Portal pages.
On the Document Library drop-down, make sure that you select "Enterprise
Portal". Click Create to create and save the blank page, and open it in edit mode.
NOTE: Pages on SharePoint are stored as documents in a document library.
Microsoft Dynamics AX creates a document library called "Enterprise Portal" on
each site, where all pages for that Enterprise Portal site are stored.
When the page is created, web parts can be added and removed as described in
the procedure "Editing Pages" in this chapter.
As soon as the page is created and web parts are added, the page requires a link
so that the user can open it from the menu or another page. To do this, a new
URL must be created in Microsoft Dynamics AX in the AOT under Web > Web
Menu Items > URLs. The URL web menu item has a URL property that must
contain the relative URL to the page. Click the ellipsis button to look up the page
that you want to link to. After the URL property is entered and the URL web
menu item is saved, you can right-click the URL and select Import Page to
import the page definition into the AOT. This also sets the Page Definition
property of the URL automatically.
NOTE: The ellipsis button to look up a URL may return an error, depending on
your operating system. There is hotfix available for Windows operating systems
to resolve this issue. Refer to the Microsoft Knowledge Base at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=246652.

NOTE: The URL property that contains the relative URL to the page must be
correctly URL-encoded. Replace any space with %20.

CAUTION: The deploy functionality in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 will


overwrite page definitions on SharePoint with the definitions found in the AOT. It
is important to import the page into the AOT by using Import Page on the URL
any time that an update is made to the page definition in SharePoint.
After the URL is created, a developer can drag-and-drop the URL into a web
menu in the AOT in Web > Web Menus. If you have created a new sub module,
this URL can be set as the MenuItemName property for the sub module in the
Home Web Module. Additional URLs can be added to the QuickLaunch menu
for the sub module as well.

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Role Center Pages
Role Center pages are Enterprise Portal pages that contain key information for a
user's role. They are regular Enterprise Portal pages that are linked to user
profiles within Microsoft Dynamics AX. They are created and edited the same as
other Enterprise Portal pages. They must be created in the Home module site on
SharePoint.

Procedure: Creating a New Role Center Page


Create a new page with the Home module selected. This creates the page in the
Home site. Then, create a new URL web menu item in the AOT as explained in
the "Creating New Pages" section in this chapter. Next, follow these steps to
make the page a Role Center page and assign the page to a user profile.
1. In the AOT, right-click the URL web menu item for the page and
then click Properties.
2. On the Properties window, set the HomePage property to "Yes",
and the Label property to @SYS109948 which resolves to "Role
center".
3. Save the URL web menu item.
4. Open a user workspace by clicking CTRL+W.
5. Open System Administration > Users > User profiles.
6. On the User profiles window, click the New button to create a new
profile. Enter a new Profile ID and a description. In the Role center
column, select the new Role Center page.
To associate users to the new profile, refer to the "Role Center Profiles" section
in the "Enterprise Portal Structure and Permissions" chapter.

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Lab 4.1 - Edit a Page


Scenario
Isaac is the developer. He is asked to remove the recent rentals and the makeand-model information from the vehicle details page in the Fleet Management
module on the Enterprise Portal.
NOTE: The Fleet Management module is an installable sample application,
available on Customer Source or Partner Source. This module is installed in the
training image provided for this course. If you use a different image, you have to
install the sample application to do this lab.

Challenge Yourself!
On the Enterprise Portal open the Fleet management module site and then click
Vehicles in the quick launch. On the All vehicles list page, click a vehicle
description to open the vehicle details screen. Remove Recent rentals and Make
and model FactBoxes on the right side column.

Need a Little Help?


On the View Vehicle details screen, use the Edit Page button and remove the
Vehicle web part to delete the FactBoxes.

Step by Step
On the Enterprise Portal, click the Fleet management link in the top navigation
bar. From the home page, follow these steps.
1. In the quick launch menu on the left, click Vehicles > Vehicles.
2. On the All vehicles list page, click a vehicle description in the
Description column.
3. On the View Vehicle modal page, click the Page tab on the ribbon
and then click the Edit Page button.
4. On the Vehicle details page in edit mode, find the Vehicle web part
and then click the down arrow to open the web part's menu, and then
click Delete.
5. On the Message from webpage dialog box, click OK to confirm the
deletion of the web part from the page.
6. In the ribbon on the Vehicle Details modal page, click Stop Editing.

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Web Parts
The Enterprise Portal adds web parts in a new Microsoft Dynamics AX web part
category on SharePoint.

Microsoft Dynamics AX Web Parts


The following table lists the specific Microsoft Dynamics AX web parts on
SharePoint.

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Web Part

Description

Action Pane

The Action Pane web part can add buttons to the


SharePoint ribbon. It has a property to select a web
menu that contains the menu items to add to the
SharePoint ribbon of the page.

Business
overview

The Business overview web part can display Online


Analytical Processing (OLAP) measures and Key
Performance Indicators (KPIs) on the page.

Connect

The Connect web part adds news and resources from


the Microsoft Dynamics Community and Microsoft
Dynamics CustomerSource to the page.

Cues

A cue provides a pictorial representation of a count of


a particular set of records that are important to the
business (for example, open orders). The Cues web
part shows each cue with a link to the page which
displays the records counted by that cue.

Infolog

The Infolog web part will display infolog messages


on the Enterprise Portal. When a new page is created
on the Enterprise Portal, this web part will be
automatically added.

Left navigation

The Left navigation web part can display a web


menu with links to pages, similar to the quick launch.

List

The List web part has a property to define a menu


item of a list page to display on the page. This web
part is automatically used when a list page is deployed
to the Enterprise Portal.

Page title

The Page title web part displays the title of the


Enterprise Portal page. This web part is automatically
added on new Enterprise Portal pages.

Quick launch

The Quick launch web part shows the quick launch


web menu. This web part is automatically added to
new Enterprise Portal pages.

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Web Part

Description

Quick links

The Quick links web part allows a user to add and


remove links to Enterprise Portal Pages or Microsoft
Dynamics AX client forms by selecting them from a
list of the existing menus. Links to URLs can also be
added.

Report

The Report web part can display SQL Reporting


Services reports on an Enterprise Portal page.

Toolbar

The Toolbar web part displays a web menu that can


provide user access to actions and reports relevant to
the items on the page. The Toolbar web part is
presented in the portal the same as a toolbar is
presented in the AX application.

Unified work list

The Unified work list web part displays the current


user's workflow work items, alerts, tasks and
activities.

User control

The User control web part displays the content of


managed user controls that are explained in the "X++
and C# Development for Enterprise Portal" related
chapters.

Cues Web Part


Cues in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 use a query to provide a count of the
number of records in a table. In the Enterprise Portal they can be used to provide
a visual representation of that number of records.

Procedure: Creating a Menu Item for the Cue


To create a new cue, create a new query in the AOT under Queries. The query
must return the records that will be counted.
Next, open Menu Items > Display in the AOT and follow these steps.
1. Right-click the Display node and then click New Menu Item.
2. Right-click the new display menu item and then click Properties.
Give the new menu item a name in the Name property.
3. In the Query property of the menu item, select the query to use for
the cue.
4. Save the menu item.

Procedure: Creating the Cue Part


Finally, open Parts > Cues in the AOT and follow these steps.
1. Right-click the Cues node and then click New Cue.

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2. Right-click the new cue and then click Properties. Give the cue a
name in the Name property.
3. In the MenuItemName property, select the menu item previously
created.
4. Save the cue.

Procedure: Adding the Cue to the Enterprise Portal


To add the cue to an Enterprise Portal page, open the page in edit mode as
described in the "Editing Pages" section in this chapter and follow these steps:
1. Click the Add a Web Part link in the zone where you want to add
the cue.
2. In the Categories box that appears at the top, click Microsoft
Dynamics AX. In the Web Parts box, select Cues. Click the Add
button.
3. In the Activities web part that is added, click the Add Cue link.
4. On the Add Cue dialog box, select the new cue that is previously
created from the Cue to add drop-down list.
5. Click OK.
6. Click Stop Editing on the SharePoint ribbon.
HINT: If the new cue does not appear in the Cue to add drop-down list, click
Home in the top navigation bar. On the home page, click Administration >
Refresh AOD in the quick launch. This updates AOT elements in the Business
Connector session used by Enterprise Portal.

Procedure: Grouping Cues into Cue Groups


Instead of adding individual cues, a cue group can be assigned to the web part, to
display all cues contained in the group. To assign a cue group to the web part
follow these steps.
1. After adding the cue web part, click the down arrow at the upperright corner of the web part, and then click Edit Web Part.
2. In the properties box on the right side, enter the name of the cue
group in the Cue Group Name field, and then click OK.

Business Overview Web Part


The Business overview web part can host indicators and KPIs from SQL Server
Analysis Services cubes.
To add the Business overview web part, open the page in edit mode by clicking
Edit Page in the SharePoint ribbon.

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Procedure: Adding Indicators with the Overview Web Part
To add the web part and set up the indicators follow these steps.
1. Click the Add a Web Part link in the zone where you want to add
the indicators.
2. In the Categories box, click Microsoft Dynamics AX. In the Web
Parts box, click Business overview, and then click Add.
3. On the Business overview web part that is added, click the Add
Indicators link.
4. On the Business Overview - Add Indicator dialog box, select the
cube from which to display the indicators. (The only cubes available
are those that were deployed and processed). Select the indicator
from the Indicator drop-down.
5. Make sure that the Visible check box is enabled.
6. Click OK.

Procedure: Adding KPIs with the Overview Web Part


To add a web part that displays KPIs, follow these steps.
1. Click the Add a Web Part link in the zone where you want to add
the KPIs.
2. In the Categories box, click Microsoft Dynamics AX. In the Web
Parts box, click Business overview, and then click Add.
3. On the Business overview web part that is added, click the down
arrow at the upper-right to open the web part menu, and then click
Edit Web Part.
4. On the properties box, change the Select mode property to "KPI
List", and then click OK at the bottom of the properties box.
5. On the Business overview web part, click the Add KPIs link.
6. On the Business Overview - Add KPI dialog box, select the cube
from which to display the KPIs. (Again, the only cubes available are
those that were deployed and processed). Select the KPI from the
KPI drop-down list.
7. Make sure that the Visible check box is enabled.
8. Click OK.
NOTE: As soon as an indicator or KPI is added to the web part, you can no
longer change the Select mode property on the web part properties.

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NOTE: For more information about how to create new cubes, indicators and
KPIs, refer to the 80318 Reporting in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 course.

Procedure: Using the Report Web Part


The Report web part displays SQL Reporting Services reports in the Enterprise
Portal. To add a report to an Enterprise Portal page, open the page in edit mode
and follow these steps.
1. Click the Add a Web Part link in the zone where you want to add
the report.
2. In the Categories box, click Microsoft Dynamics AX. In the Web
Parts box, click Report, and then click Add.
3. On the new web part, click the down arrow to open the web part
menu, and then click Edit Web Part.
4. In the properties box, click a report in the Select a report list.
5. If the Report requires parameters, the Report parameters group will
list all parameters along with a check box to use the default
parameter value set in the report. Set the parameters as needed.
6. There are also some optional settings grouped under the headings
Appearance Layout Advanced. Examine these and set values as
needed.
7. Click OK at the bottom of the properties box.
NOTE: For information about how to create and editing reports in Microsoft
Dynamics AX 2012, refer to the 80318 Reporting in Microsoft Dynamics AX
2012 course.

Procedure: Using the User Control Web Part


The User Control web part is used to host managed controls developed in Visual
Studio 2010. To add a User Control web part, open the page in edit mode and
follow these steps.
1. Click the Add a Web Part link in the zone where you want to add
the user control.
2. In the Categories box, click Microsoft Dynamics AX. In the Web
Parts box, click User control, and then click Add.
3. At the upper-right corner of the new web part, click the down arrow
to open the web part menu, and then click Edit Web Part.

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4. In the properties box, select a user control from the Managed
content item drop-down list. This drop-down list is populated from
elements in the AOT under Web>Web Content>Managed. If you
do not see the user control that you are looking for, check this
section of the AOT. Each managed content item corresponds to an
element that has the same name under Web>Web Files>Web
Controls. Both elements must be deployed to the environment for
the user control to function correctly.
5. Click OK at the bottom of the properties box.
A web part on SharePoint Server can provide or consume information from
another web part on the same page. This can be used to filter one web part based
on the selection in another web part. The provider or consumer role can be set in
the web part properties by setting the Web part role selection to "Provider" or
"Consumer" and clicking the OK or Apply button. After the role is set, the web
part menu will contain an option to receive or send data such as context or title
information to and from another web part in the Connections sub-menu.
NOTE: The provider and consumer roles only work if the user control supports
it. This topic is explained further in the "Common X++ and C# Development for
Enterprise Portal" chapter.

Procedure: Providing the Title from the Web Part


The user control web part can also provide the title for the SharePoint page. To
use the user control information for the title of the page, follow these steps:
1. Open the page in edit mode by clicking the Edit Page button on the
Page tab of the SharePoint ribbon.
2. On the web part, click the down arrow to open the web part menu.
Click Connections > Send AxPageTitle To > Dynamics Page Title
Web Part.
User controls are further explored in the "Common X++ and C# Development for
Enterprise Portal" chapter.

Correcting a Corrupt Page


When adding web parts to pages, a page can be corrupted because of bad
properties or an error in one of the web parts. To correct a page that no longer
displays correctly, you can add the following to the end of the URL of the page:
"&content=1". This opens the Web Part Page Maintenance page, which will let
you select web parts from the page and close, reset or delete them.

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Procedure: Opening a Page in Maintenance Mode
Or, you can open the page in maintenance mode from the Enterprise Portal page
list, by following these steps.
1. Open the module site that contains the corrupted page by clicking the
module's link in the top navigation bar.
2. On the Site Actions menu, click View All Site Content. In the
Document Libraries section, click Enterprise Portal.
3. In the Enterprise Portal document library, find the page that is
corrupted. Click the page and in the SharePoint ribbon on the
Documents, click Edit Properties.
4. In the dialog box, click the Open Web Part Page in maintenance
view link.
5. Click the check box on the line that contains the web part producing
the errors. On the toolbar at the top, click Delete.
6. On the toolbar at the top, click Go Back to Web Part Page.

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Lab 4.2 - Create a New Role Center Page


Scenario
Isaac is the developer. He is asked to create a Role Center for the managers in the
Fleet Management module. It should display the user's alerts, work items and
important fleet management cues.

Challenge Yourself!
Create a new page and add a web part to display the cue group "FMCueGroup",
and a web part to show a user's alerts and work items. Associate the page
together with a user profile.

Need a Little Help?


Create a new page in the Home module site on the Enterprise Portal. Add a Cues
web part to display the cue group "FMCueGroup", and add a Unified work list
web part. Import the page into the AOT by using a URL web menu item, and
create a new user profile to associate to the new URL.

Step by Step
Open the Enterprise Portal and browse to the Home module site by clicking
Home in the top navigation bar.
1. Click the Site Actions menu and select More Options.
2. On the Create dialog box, click Page in the Filter By group, click
Web Part Page and then click the Create button.
3. On the New Web Part Page page, enter "FMManager" in the Name
field. Select "Header, Left Column, Body" in the Choose a Layout
Template list, and select "Enterprise Portal" in the Document
Library selection and then click Create.
4. In the Body zone, click the Add a Web Part link.
5. In the Categories box, select Microsoft Dynamics AX. In the Web
Parts box, click Unified work list and then click the Add button.
6. In the Body zone, click the Add a Web Part link.
7. In the Categories box, select Microsoft Dynamics AX. In the Web
Parts box, click Cues. Click the Add button.
8. On the Activities web part, click the down arrow on the right side to
open the web part menu, and then click Edit Web Part.
9. In the Activities property box, enter "FMCueGroup" in the Cue
Group Name field and then click OK.
10. Click Stop Editing in the SharePoint ribbon.

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Next, open Microsoft Dynamics AX in a development workspace and follow
these steps.
1. Right-click the URLs node in Web > Web Menu Items and then
click New URL.
2. Right-click the new URL and select Properties.
3. In the Name property, enter "FMManagerRoleCenter".
4. In the Label property, enter "Role center".
5. In the URL property, click the ellipsis button. In the Browse for
Page dialog box, expand the Enterprise Portal node and select the
FMManager.aspx page, and then click OK.
6. Set the HomePage property to "Yes".
7. Save the URL web menu item.
8. Right-click the new FMManagerRoleCenter URL and then click
Import Page.
Finally, open an application workspace and open System Administration >
Users > User profiles and then follow these steps to create the new profile.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

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On the User profiles window, click the New button in the toolbar.
In the Profile ID column, enter "FleetManagementManager".
In the Description column, enter "Fleet Management Manager".
In the Role center column, select the "FMManagerRoleCenter".
Click the Close button.

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Summary
Enterprise Portal pages can be customized by adding, removing and re-arranging
web parts. Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 supplies several web parts that display
business data that can be used to create role centers for specific user profiles.

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Test Your Knowledge


Test your knowledge with the following questions.
1. Which of the following products can be used to edit the Enterprise Portal
theme colors and fonts?
( ) Microsoft Office products such as Microsoft Word.
( ) Any text editor that can open .css files, such as Notepad.
( ) Specialized font editors that can read and write SharePoint themes.
( ) SharePoint Central Administration which is part of any SharePoint
Server installation.
2. To create a new Enterprise Portal page, a developer must take which action
first?
( ) Create a new URL in the AOT
( ) Create a new page in the AOT
( ) Create a new page on the SharePoint Server
( ) Create a new URL on the SharePoint Server
3. Which of the following web parts can display information from SQL
Reporting Services and SQL Analysis Services? (Select all that apply)
( ) The Report web part
( ) The Cube web part
( ) The Business Reporting web part
( ) The Business Overview web part

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Quick Interaction: Lessons Learned


Take a moment and write down three key points you have learned from this
chapter
1.

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Enterprise Portal Development in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012

Solutions
Test Your Knowledge
1. Which of the following products can be used to edit the Enterprise Portal
theme colors and fonts?
() Microsoft Office products such as Microsoft Word.
( ) Any text editor that can open .css files, such as Notepad.
( ) Specialized font editors that can read and write SharePoint themes.
( ) SharePoint Central Administration which is part of any SharePoint
Server installation.
2. To create a new Enterprise Portal page, a developer must take which action
first?
( ) Create a new URL in the AOT
( ) Create a new page in the AOT
() Create a new page on the SharePoint Server
( ) Create a new URL on the SharePoint Server
3. Which of the following web parts can display information from SQL
Reporting Services and SQL Analysis Services? (Select all that apply)
() The Report web part
( ) The Cube web part
( ) The Business Reporting web part
() The Business Overview web part

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