Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 "Feature of the Day" - Week 5 Digest

Week 5 of the "Feature of the Day" series over at Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP is a mix bag of pleasant surprises: improvements in Sales Order Processing, Accounts Receivable, Human Resources/Payroll, and the Dexterity Runtime Engine, you could easily see how keeping track of all these things at once could drive anyone to the loony bin. As usual, this is where I come in by compiling all these features in one place for your delight.

Feature of the Day: Relate-Link Items for Suggested Sales

Two new windows: Suggest Sales Item Entry and Suggest Sales Item Maintenance

Original article: Feature of the Day: Relate-Link Items for Suggested Sales
Link to presentation: GP2013 Relate-Link Items for Suggested Sales.ppsx
Learning script: N/A

Feature of the Day: Cetification, Licensing, and Training Management

CLTM now allows to delete history (password protected) and rows

Orginal article: Feature of the Day: Cetification, Licensing, and Training Management
Link to presentation: GP2013 13915_CLTM_History FOD.ppsx
Learning script: N/A

Feature of the Day: Multicurrency Apply in RM Cash Receipts Entry

Multicurrency cash receipts can now be applied on the fly to invoices

Original article: Feature of the Day: Multicurrency Apply in RM Cash Receipts Entry
Link to presentation: GP2013 11800_MC Apply FOD.ppsx
Learning script: N/A

Feature of the Day: Select Printer at time of Print

Select Printer at Print Time

Original article: Feature of the Day: Select Printer at time of Print
Link to presentation: GP2013 13715_Select_Printer FOD.ppsx
Learning script: N/A

NOTE: It was just about darn time!

Feature of the Day: Deduction in Arrears Templates

Mandatory Arrears and Arrears Template Setup windows

Original article: Feature of the Day: Deduction in Arrears Templates
Link to presentation: GP2013 Deduction in Arrears Templates FOD.ppsx
Learning script: N/A

In all fairness, while they were no learning scripts, the presentations available acted very well as such. Congrats are in order for the Microsoft Dynamics GP Product Management team.

Until next post!

MG.-
Mariano Gomez, MVP
IntellPartners, LLC
http://www.IntellPartners.com/

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New Article on MSDynamicsWorld: Do's and Don'ts of Microsoft Dynamics GP Forums

Many of you know me as an avid forum contributor - I can usually be found on the Microsoft Dynamics GP Partner Online Technical Community and every once in a while on the Microsoft Dynamics GP Community Forum. Today, I came across a new article from MVP Victoria Yudin, posted on MSDynamicsWorld.  Her article, titled Do's and Don'ts of Microsoft Dynamics GP Forums: More Real World Lessons is an excellent piece on what is expected (and not) from you when you are about to request assistance on a forum, whether you are a partner or a customer.

We all fall victims of the moment and want to get a problem resolved ASAP, but there is certain etiquette you must follow to ensure that your question is properly addressed by those of us who are gladly ready to help. I can't remember how many times I have had to ask "what version and build number of GP are you referring to?" when a question is posted on a forum. The bottom line is, these little things help us research whether your problem is a known issue and whether it has been fixed by some service pack. It also helps us gauge whether your perceived problem is something that has been addressed in newer versions of GP or simply a feature available through an ISV solution, and even identify true product bugs.

Please read up on Victoria's article as it will help to clarify some aspects of forum posting.

Until next post!

MG.-
Mariano Gomez, MVP
IntellPartners, LLC
http://www.IntellPartners.com/

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Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 "Feature of the Day" - Week 4 Digest

Week 4th of the Feature of the Day series went by with some really cool additions. The central theme: lots of visual cues for improved transaction readability and more reporting capabilities from within Microsoft Dynamics GP - yes, I can smell it too... Report Writer days, as the main user experience, are nearing the end.
Feature of the Day: Email Indicators

Email Indicator

Original article: Feature of the Day: Email Indicators
Link to presentation: GP2013 FOD Email Indicators.ppsx
Learning script: N/A


Feature of the Day: Reconcile IV to GL

Reconcile IV to GL spreadsheet

Original article: Feature of the Day: Reconcile IV to GL
Link to presentation: GP2013 FOD Reconcile IV to GL.ppsx
Learning script: GP2013 Reconcile IV to GL Script.docx


Feature of the Day: SRS Reports on Forms

SSRS Reports run from the GP forms directly

Original article: Feature of the Day: SRS Reports on Forms
Link to presentation: GP2013 FOD SSRS Reports on Forms.ppsx
Learning script: GP2013 Printing SSRS Reports From Forms Learning Script.docx


Feature of the Day: Item Standard Cost Adjustment

Change Item Standard Cost

Original article: Feature of the Day: Item Standard Cost Adjustment
Link to presentation: GP2013 FOD Item Standard Cost Adjustment.ppsx
Learning script: N/A


Feature of the Day: Reconciled Indicator

Reconciled Indicator

Original article: Feature of the Day: Reconciled Indicator
Link to presentation: GP2013 FOD_Reconciled_Indicators.ppsx
Learning script: N/A


Until next post!

MG.-
Mariano Gomez, MVP
IntellPartners, LLC
http://www.IntellPartners.com/

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Vote for your 2012 GPUG All Star

The time has come again to vote for the next year's GPUG All Star awards. Surprisingly, I have been nominated to this award along with fellow co-presenter of many events, David Musgrave.

Each year, GPUG (The GP User Group) recognize 3 Premium Members who represent the community well by having:

• Courage – The strength to persevere, hold the talent to teach fellow GP users.
• Passion – For those who share their GP and technology passion with others.
• Resolve – Willing to take the time to help others with challenges they face.
• Advancement – The pursuit of individual and organizational growth and development.

Click on the logo or link below to vote:

GPUG ALL Star Award Survey

The winners will be announced at the GPUG Summit 2012 in Seattle, WA, USA on the 15^th to 19^th of October at the Conference Center at the Washington State Convention Center.

Visit www.gpugsummit.com to see the event agenda and learn more. 

If you are not registered, then REGISTER TODAY.

Until next post!

MG.-
Mariano Gomez, MVP
IntellPartners, LLC
http://www.IntellPartners.com/

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Extender Auto Open and Auto Close options not working in GP 2010

Just recently, I came across an issue reported by a partner on Extender Auto Open and Auto Close options not working.

Extender Auto Open and Auto Close options

After implementing a simple Extender window on the Item Maintenance form, I ran a couple tests to confirm. Effectively, when I did open the Item Maintenance window, the Extender window did not open as expected.

I then went to the Additional menu to open the Extender window and then closed the Item Maintenance window. The Extender window did not close along with the Item Mantenance form.

My environment is Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 with Service Pack 3 (11.00.2044), but the issue can be recreated on previous builds of Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 as well. In the interest of full disclosure, I did not test this in any previous release of Dynamics GP, i.e., v10.0.

The issue has been replicated by Microsoft and a problem report created for it, but no immediate fix date has been provided. If you are affected by this issue, please open a support case referencing this post or the actual partner forum post URL: http://bit.ly/P2G0rr

NOTE: The Allow Hot Key option still works as expected.

Until next post!

MG.-
Mariano Gomez, MVP
IntellPartners, LLC
http://www.IntellPartners.com/

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Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 "Feature of the Day" - Week 3 Digest

My buddy, David Musgrave, just reminded me that I needed to get working on the Feature of the Day post for week 3 and to be quite honest, is not that I had forgotten about them, but I just needed to get some coffee in my system before getting to work.

You can find the previous 2 digests here:

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 "Feature of the Day" - Week 1 Digest
Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 "Feature of the Day" - Week 2 Digest

And now that I've had some coffee, here we go with 5 more features for week 3.

Feature of the Day:  Track Serial and Lot Numbers on Drop Ship PO

Select Purchase Order Items window

Original article: Feature of the Day: Track Serial and Lot Numbers on Drop Ship PO
Link to presentation: GP2013 FOD: Track Serial Lot on Drop Ship.ppsx
Learning script: GP2013 Tracking Serial Lot Numbers on Drop Ship PO Learning Script

Feature of the Day:  Alternate Modified Forms and Reports Window

Alternate/Modified Forms and Reports window

Original article: Feature of the Day: Alternate Modified Forms and Reports Window
Link to presentation: GP2013 Alt-Mod.ppsx
Learning script: N/A

Feature of the Day:  Tenant Services



Add Tenant window

Original article: Feature of the Day: Tenant Services
Link to presentation: GP2013 FOD - Tenant Service.ppsx
Learning script: GP2013 Tenant Service Learning Script

Feature of the Day: Word Documents

Back Order Word Template

Original article: Feature of the Day: Word Documents
Link to presentation: GP2013 FOD Additional Word Templates.ppsx
Learning script: N/A

Feature of the Day: Fixed Assets

Depreciation Report Options window

Original article: Feature of the Day: Fixed Assets
Link to presentation: GP2013 FOD FA Historical Depreciation Report.ppsx
Learning script: GP2013 FA Historical Depreciation Report Learning Script

This brings the accumulated list of features to 14! How about that? By the time GP 2013 is out you should be a pro.

Until next post!

MG.-
Mariano Gomez, MVP
IntellPartners, LLC
http://www.IntellPartners.com/

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Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 "Feature of the Day" - Week 2 Digest

What a second week it's been! Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP has been releasing some really cool Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 features, which promise to be all the good for customers looking to increase their system utilization.

If you haven't gotten through Week 1's features, I have them all compiled for you in the following article:

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 "Feature of the Day" - Week 1 Digest

Now here are this week's 5 features:

Feature of the Day: User Defined Fields on Customer Address

New configuration options in RM to add user-def fields to Customer Address Maintenance window

Original article: Feature of the Day: User Defined Fields on Customer Address
Link to Presentation: GP2013 FOD Rename User Defined Fields on Customer Address.ppsx
Learning Script: N/A

Feature of the Day: Tolerance Handling

New configuration options in Purchase Order Processing Setup and Item Purchasing Options Maintenance window

Original article: Feature of the Day: Tolerance Handling
Link to Presentation: GP2013-FOD-Tolerance-Handling.ppsx
Learning script: GP2013 Tolerance Handling Learning Script.docx

Feature of the Day: 3 New Year End Close Features

New settings in Unit Account Maintenance and Year-End Closing windows

Original article: Feature of the Day: 3 New Year End Close Features
Link to presentation: GP2013-FOD-Year-End-Close-Options.ppsx
Learning script: N/A

Feature of the Day: Ship To Address Changes

Original article: Feature of the Day: Ship To Address Changes
Link to presentation: GP2013 FOD Ship To Address.ppsx (link not working)
Learning script: GP2013 Ship To Address Learning Script.docx

Feature of the Day: Inactive Items

New 'Inactive' setting on Item Maintenance window

Original article: Feature of the Day: Inactive Items
Link to presentation: GP2013-Inactive-Items.ppsx
Learning script: N/A

The combined total of features released so far? 9! Keep them coming guys.
I encourage you view the presentations and follow up with the scripts, as there's more than meets the eyes.

Until next post!

MG.-
Mariano Gomez, MVP
IntellPartners, LLC
http://www.IntellPartners.com/

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