Category: Report Writer

Well, it’s been fun but it’s time to focus on more interesting areas of Microsoft Dynamics GP. This is the last official article in the Report Writer series of posts I’ve written, although I’m sure there may be an odd article pop-up that has some Report Writer content. Summary Here is a summary of what I’ve…

Here, at long last, is my next-to-last blog post in the Report Writer series. It’s not that I’ve covered everything to possibly know about Report Writer, not by a long shot, but what I’ve found is some of the basic information I’ve shared thus far wasn’t as easy to find as the more advanced stuff…

The next in my series of blog posts about Report Writer is a brief article on Custom reports. Why create a custom report in Report Writer? (really… why?) I’ve done it a handful of times, and don’t particularly recommend it (with all due respect to David Musgrave 😄) but there are a couple of simple reasons…

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, this will help answer that kind of question! Generally speaking, a report will have at least 5 sections to it, in…

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 the drawing options (most font options), hopefully clearing up some mysteries. What are Drawing Options? These are the options one…

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 can I tell these tools are not used much?  The answer is simple: I’ve seen a lot of ugly reports…

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 List), converting it to a graphical report, and then modifying it to make it better looking! The starting point Here…

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 the information to be reviewed? Have no fear, more useful and attractive reports are a few mouse clicks away! Lots…

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 those reports a little faster. Mass change the font on text-only reports When editing a “text” report or changing a…

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 to start working. It’s rather boring stuff but it’s important to protect the report dictionaries from becoming corrupt or damaged…

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 into Report Writer itself. Hopefully, some of these posts will add some new tricks to a report writer’s repertoire or give…