Category Archives: GP

Management Reporter 2012 RU5 Now Available

Posted on 9th May 2013 by Ian Grieve

On the 18^th April the release of Management Reporter 2012 RU5 was announced on the Dynamics Corporate Performance Management blog.

The following are key features of Management Reporter 2012 RU5 when used with Microsoft Dynamics GP;

The Web Viewer is now the default report viewer although any report can be opened in the Desktop Viewer
Any report displayed in the Web Viewer can be collapsed into a summary view
A Default Report Link Location can now be specified to easily indicate where reports should be stored in SharePoint or network location
Drill Down has been added to the Dynamics Data Mart which allows for drill down to at least the account level and can drill back from the Desktop Viewer to the Microsoft Dynamics GP Detail Enqiry, Historical Detail Enquiry or Budget Transaction Inquiry windows

Rollup 5 for Management Reporter 2012 can be downloaded here (CustomerSource or PartnerSource login required).

Posted in Dynamics, GP, Management Reporter, Microsoft, Web Viewer | Tagged GP, Management Reporter, Microsoft, Microsoft Dynamics, New Release, Rollups, Web Viewer | 1 Comment

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Service Pack 1 Available

Posted on 25th April 2013 by Ian Grieve

Last Friday the Dynamics GP Service and Support blog announced that the first Service Pack for Microsoft Dynamics GP was available for download.

Service Pack 1 can be downloaded from the following pages;

As well as the service pack itself there is a new DVD containing the service pack which can be downloaded from the Product Release pages;

Posted in Dynamics, GP, Microsoft | Tagged Downloads, GP, Microsoft, Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013, Service Packs | 1 Comment

Another Posting Hiatus

Posted on 18th April 2013 by Ian Grieve

Unfortunately (well, fortunately if truth be told), the time has come for another enforced posting hiatus for me. Following my illness and emergency surgery in October last year, I am going back into hospital for follow up surgery tomorrow and will not be working or blogging for a time after while I recover.

Knowing myself pretty well, I’m sure I’ll get bored fairly quick, but Mark Polino has the antidote to any boredom with the release of his new book, Building Dashboards with Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 and Excel 2013;

Building Dashboards with Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 and Excel 2013 by Mark Polino

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Posted in Dynamics, GP, Microsoft, Packt Publishing, Site | Tagged eBook, GP, Mark Polino, Microsoft, Microsoft Dynamics, Packt Publishing, Site News | 1 Comment

Developing Microsoft Dynamics GP Business Applications by Leslie Vail

Posted on 18th April 2013 by Ian Grieve

If you’re a regular visitor to my blog, you’ll be aware that I have been doing a detailed review of Leslie Vail’s book Developing Microsoft Dynamics GP Business Applications;

Developing Microsoft Dynamics GP Business Applications by Leslie Vail

I sometimes feel that in my reviews I may be coming across too critical. If so, I apologise because I actually think the book is really good and I have a lot of respect for Leslie and her contributions to the Dynamics community.

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Review of Developing Microsoft Dynamics GP Business Applications – Part 6

Posted on 15th April 2013 by Ian Grieve

I have many other outside work items competing for my time at the moment which, combined with being busy at work is leaving me little time for reviewing. To that end I’m snatching an hour while sat at a hotel in the Midlands (South Yorkshire to be exact) to add another part to my review of Leslie Vail’s book Developing Microsoft Dynamics GP Business Applications published in October by Packt Publishing;

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Posted in Dynamics, GP, Microsoft, Packt Publishing, Review, SmartList Builder, Third Party Add-on | Tagged Books, Drill Down Builder, Exel Report Builder, Extender, GP, Integration Manager, Leslie Vail, Microsoft, Microsoft Dynamics, Packt Publishing, SmartList Builder | 2 Comments

Coming Soon: Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Cookbook

Posted on 11th April 2013 by Ian Grieve

With an expected release date of June 2013, the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Cookbook is to be released.

This is an update to the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 by Mark Polino, which was released three years ago. With the new version of Dynamics GP 2013 being released in December last year, it was time for a new version of the book to be written and with Mark was otherwise engaged writing the Building Dashboards with Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 and Excel 2013 so Packt Publishing approached me and asked if I would write the update.

So, in June this year the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Cookbook by Ian Grieve and Mark Polino will be released;

With this book you will:

Understand the various tips and tricks to master Dynamics GP, and improve your system’s stability in order to enable you to get work done faster
Discover how to solve real world problems in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 with easy-to-understand and practical recipes
Access proven and effective Dynamics GP techniques from authors with vast and rich experience in Dynamics GP

You can pre-order the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Cookbook direct from Packt Publishing.

Posted in Dynamics, GP, Microsoft, Packt Publishing, Site | Tagged Books, GP, Ian Grieve, Mark Polino, Microsoft, Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013, Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Cookbook, Packt Publishing, Site News | 3 Comments

Review of Developing Microsoft Dynamics GP Business Applications – Part 5

Posted on 11th April 2013 by Ian Grieve

I started reviewing Leslie Vail’s book, Developing Microsoft Dynamics GP Business Applications, which was published at the end of December by Packt Publishing, a few weeks ago. To do this review I decided to take a read through and complete all the examples she gives on developing an application as I’ve only had very limited experience with Dexterity;

Today, it is time for part 5 of my review where I look at Chapter 6: Deploying a Dexterity Solution where Leslie covers the following key topics:

System requirements
Versions and builds
Table creation routines
Completing the application
Creating the chunk file
Testing in a multi-dictionary environment
Distributing the completed application

This chapter has a fair bit of explanatory text covering each of the key topics.

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Posted in Dexterity, Dexterity Utilities, Dynamics, GP, Microsoft, Packt Publishing, Review, sanScript | Tagged Books, Dexterity, GP, Leslie Vail, Microsoft, Microsoft Dynamics, Packt Publishing, Review, sanScript | Leave a comment

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Web Client First Run On A Client

Posted on 10th April 2013 by Ian Grieve

Over the last few posts, I’ve covered the installation of the Web Client Runtime, added the IIS role, created a self-signed certificate, installed the Web Client, ran the Configuration Wizard, and installed the GP Resource Web Cache. Now it is time to run the Web Client for the first time to ensure required components are installed on a client; I’m installing a new demo machine so I know one component won’t be installed.

Navigate to the address if the site hosting the Web Client. In the case when you have a self-signed security certificate (which I would only advise for demo or test systems) you will be presented with a warning that the site may not be safe; this is the one time I will recommend to someone that they go against the browser’s advice and click Continue to this website (like my credit card company, MBNA, who have a site with an invalid certificate, going on for six years now, and have the security team advise people to accept the invalid certificate and proceed);

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Posted in Dynamics, GP, Microsoft, Web Client | Tagged GP, Installation, Installation & Configuration, Microsoft, Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013, Silverlight, Web Client | 4 Comments

Review of Developing Microsoft Dynamics GP Business Applications – Part 4

Posted on 6th April 2013 by Ian Grieve

I started reviewing Leslie Vail’s book, Developing Microsoft Dynamics GP Business Applications,which was published at the end of December by Packt Publishing, a few weeks ago. To do this review I decided to take a read through and complete all the examples she gives on developing an application as I’ve only had very limited experience with Dexterity;

Today I’m taking a look at Chapter 5 which covers sanScript and how to add it to windows to enable the required functionality. The key topics to be covered are:

Introduction to sanScript
Scrolling Windows
Triggers

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Posted in Dexterity, Dexterity, Dynamics, GP, Microsoft, Packt Publishing, Programming, Review, sanScript | Tagged Books, Dexterity, GP, Integration Manager, Leslie Vail, Microsoft, Microsoft Dynamics, Packt Publishing, sanScript | 2 Comments

Developing Microsoft Dynamics GP Business Applications eBook Giveaway Winners

Posted on 3rd April 2013 by Ian Grieve

I recently had three e-copies to giveaway of Leslie Vail’s book, Developing Microsoft Dynamics GP Business Applications.

The ebook giveway was in association with the publisher of the book, Packt Publishing.

Thanks very much all who entered, but unfortunately there could only be three winners who have now been contacted by Packt on the email address supplied with their entries in the giveaway.

The winners are (in no particular order, beyond ladies first);