This is a repeat of an article I wrote in November 2011 with updated information. Issue #2 in that blog was regarding permissions during the Generate Cheques routine and the message “There is an error … (more)
I’m continuing the Report Writer series with a brief article on Sections in Report Writer. Every once in a while I see a question on a forum “My field didn’t print and I don’t know why!”. Hopefully, … (more)
Way back in February 2011 (yikes!), I wrote about some Report Writer toolbox items and focused on the Arrange tab of tools. Today, at long last, I am concluding that article with some notes and tips on … (more)
You read that correctly! Microsoft has decided to change the way they work with some of their utilities and tools. Previously there were charges to get access to tools or utilities like Customer Modifier and Customer Combiner … (more)
What I’m posting today is hopefully of use to someone out there who runs into this same problem. Admittedly it’s rare but it took me a while to find the answer. The Issue I was attempting … (more)
A question similar to this came up in a forum recently, essentially the question was “Where can you change the description of a transaction from a Dynamics GP Receivings Shipment or Shipment/Invoice”? The short answer … (more)
This is a very short tip for those who use SmartList Builder. I must say I see this ALL THE TIME. I hope to expand on little nuggets inside SmartList Builder in the coming months … (more)
Yesterday I went golfing, and it was the first day that had that “autumn turning to winter” feel about it. It was about 8 degrees Celsius when I teed off, and yes, I froze my backside … (more)
A client of mine had a great question for me last week on the ROE (Record of Employment) form that I couldn’t answer off the top of my head. I took the opportunity to research and … (more)
What usually is a typical service pack install client visit started on the wrong foot. I am installing SP2 for GP2010 plus related hotfixes for a client, and the last time I was here was in … (more)
I’m a bit behind in my blogging lately, time to catch up a little bit! Today I’m digging into some of the lesser-used items on the toolbox, and finishing this topic up next week. How … (more)
I’m behind on my blogging this week! Usually, my weekends are my writing time, but instead of writing blogs, I was doing my own month-end and billings for January. One of the clients I sent an … (more)
Picking up from Part 1, now we are getting into tips and tricks for modifying reports. I am walking through a specific example of taking a report that was in text format (General Posting Edit … (more)
This falls under the category of “Who knew?”! There is a long story as to why I even tested this in the first place, but it’s not very interesting so I will spare everyone the … (more)
Now that most of the payroll year-end tax update season is behind us, it’s back to the Report Writer series of articles. Who is sick of looking at ugly plain-text edit lists and searching for … (more)
Last week I sat with a user at a not-for-profit agency. This user is an older semi-retired gentleman who has a fairly strong accounting background and is supposed to be working 3 days a week. … (more)
I have known about the Support Debugging Tool for a while but have never had to install and use it at a client location. I took advantage of a recent client upgrade from GP9 to … (more)
In GP2010, a new feature was introduced to remember the user and company. I’ve seen a few blog posts about this; however, I have also seen some incorrect information being posted about this topic which … (more)
I ran into a difficult situation at a client where we were unable to edit (add new features) to GP2010, unable to uninstall or repair GP2010 and unable to launch GP2010 because of dictionary version … (more)
Users who have modified many Dynamics GP Report Writer reports in the past have perhaps found that dealing with text fields can be a little tedious. Here are a few simple tips to help users modify … (more)
My last post was the introduction to dictionaries and launch files for those new to Report Writer (or GP). This post is all about things to keep in mind before actually venturing into Report Writer … (more)
This is the first in a series of posts about Microsoft Dynamics GP’s built-in reporting tool – Report Writer. However, I am starting with some background that is more general to Dynamics GP before I dig … (more)