Importing Demo Data in DAX 2012 R3

Today I installed AX2012 R3 on my laptop and of course I want the demo data to be imported as well (download via Partnersource). You need to use the Test Data Transfer tool which can be downloaded via InformationSource.

The next step is to extract the demo data and to install the test data transfer tool. After that has been done, open the command prompt in admin mode. Navigate to the folder where the test tool is installed and enter the following command: 

dp [direction] [directory] [database] [server]

direction = Import or Export (import in this case)
directory = the directory which holds the extracted demo data
database = the name of the AX2012 R3 database
server = name of the server (can be left blank when importing on the local machine)

Hit Y to confirm that this is a test environment and you want to import the data. The import will start to process the files.

When the import is complete, you'll have the new companies! The whole import took approximately one hour, great work.