Tag: GP

  • Canadian Payroll – Transmission Header Incorrect Length error

    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 in the Transmission Header – Incorrect Length”. At that time, the fix seemed pretty obvious and it worked during testing…

  • Report Writing Series – Sections

    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…

  • Report Writer Series – Drawing Options tips

    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…

  • Free Stuff for GP!

    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 (and Vendor, Account, Item etc.). On the partner side, we had to purchase those outside of the normal ordering processes (they…

  • eConnect, GL Transactions & Multicurrency

    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 to import General Ledger transactions using eConnect via SmartConnect.  My client had multi-currency enabled and there was a default currency…

  • Why does the JE description say “Receivings Transaction Entry”?

    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 is, that it’s very well hidden but it is there, and most users don’t see it and generally, it stays…

  • Quick Tip – SmartList Builder & Account Numbers

    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 because there are numerous time savers in there, that people have gone to great lengths to work around manually &…

  • A new season begins…

    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 off in the process. But the sun came out and gradually I only needed 3 layers to keep warm. 😏 (Such is…

  • Canadian Payroll – some ROE fields demystified

    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 test to answer the question and figured it is not an uncommon question, so I may as well share the…

  • Client Updates & Archiving old service packs

    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 January for the year-end tax updates. While I was doing my usual preparation, before I even started the process of installing…

  • Report Writer Series – Toolbox tips

    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…

  • Adopting new GP2010 features

    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 invoice to emailed me today via the new GP2010 EFT Remittance email functionality with my remittance advice for their January…

  • Report Writer Series – Don’t settle for ugly reports, Part 2

    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…

  • What happens when you hit the max Journal Entry Number

    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 details!  Suffice it to say I’m evaluating some requirements for a client planning to add a significant volume of transactions…

  • Report Writer Series – Don’t settle for ugly reports, Part 1

    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…

  • The cost of inefficient processes

    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. They converted to Dynamics GP in October 2010 after using Simply Accounting for years. The Executive Director called me to…

  • The Support Debugging Tool is my new best friend

    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 GP2010 to install it on all of the workstations while we rolled out GP2010. It has already paid dividends! One…

  • Remember me! New GP2010 feature

    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 I hope to clear up. What is it? There are two parts to this: Remember User and Password which automatically…

  • Issues with GP2010 and uninstalling

    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 mismatches. This scenario involved issues finding the references in the registry to troubleshoot installations that I hope may help someone…

  • Report Writer series – Formatting text

    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…

  • Report Writer demystified – part 2 – other considerations

    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…

  • Report Writer demystified – part 1 – dictionaries and launch files

    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…