Day: August 8, 2017

This post is part of the series I am doing on the Dynamics GP Tech Conference 2017.

One of the areas being focused on in the 2018 version of Microsoft Dynamics GP, is the user experience. The announced enhancements are:

• Add sort to Receivables Transaction Inquiry – by Customer
• Add sort to Receivables Transaction Inquiry – by Document
• Add sort to Payables Transaction Inquiry – by Vendor
• Add sort to Payables Transaction Inquiry – by Document
• System password is remembered for the duration of the user session – the only downside is if you need to grant access to a window such as the VAT Return to a user, but then need to monitor them to make sure they then close Dynamics GP before continuing with other work.
• Rename of Payables windows to say Payments instead of Checks – I can’t find the post, but this was a request from Mariano Gomez and is well overdue. Pretty much all payments in the UK are by EFT, so it was getting seriously embarrassing having all the windows with Cheque in the name (UK language pack changes it from Check).
• Autocomplete added to the web client
• SmartList Favourites – unique password protection – this is by popular request after the password for SmartList Favourites globally was added in GP 2016 R2.
• SmartList shortcut on toolbar in web client
• Bank Reconciliation maximise window in web client
• Adding additional sorting in Bank Reconciliation window
• Update help icons to link to tagged online support documents

The enhancements to the user experience listed above should be of benefit to users of Dynamics GP, and follows Microsoft’s ethos of evolution, not revolution in the improvements they are making.

This post is part of the series I am doing on the Dynamics GP Tech Conference 2017.

There have been new features in other areas, which I will come back to, but Workflow is sort of “my thing”, so I’m going to mention the new features which are being added to Workflow 4.0 (I apparently missed the boat somewhere on the name change to Workflow 3.0?).

The coming new features are:

• Reminder emails for Workflow – this is a feature which has been requested of ym by a couple of clients recently, so nice that I’ll be able to go back and tell them it will be in the next version.
• Copy Workflow Step – nice to see this one added as it was one of my suggestions on MS Connect.
• Reporting for Workflow – I’m not sure what is coming in this, but it would be nice to have some default reports showing the history of documents as they passed through the Workflow.
• Payables Transaction Workflow – additional fields
• PO Workflow Messages – additional fields – there are never enough fields available for the Workflow, so nice to know more will be available by default.
• Add EFT/Bank Details to Vendor Approval Workflow – if this one is as it sounds, that will be fantastic as so many clients want this functionality. I think it only took so long as EFT isn’t anywhere near as big in the US as it is in the UK.
• GL Account Workflow Approval – I have a couple of clients who can ditch some customisations with this one. And a few more who will be delighted so see this added.
• Purchase Receiving Workflow – I have a few customers waiting for this one to be introduced.
• Purchase Enter/Match Invoice Workflow – as above, a few clients are waiting for this one.

I know we can’t have everything we want, and the above are good additions to Workflow, but I still want more!

Unfortunately, I was not able to attend the Dynamics GP Tech Conference 2017. I am following along on Twitter using the #GPTechConf hashtag and thought I’d post about some of the information which is being released; sort of a digest series of posts on the new features and anything else which strikes me as interesting enough to share.

Check back over the next few days as the conference is ongoing.

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