MDGP 2018 RTM Feature of the Day: SmartList Favorite Password Protection

Microsoft Dynamics GPThe Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP blog has started a series Feature of the Day posts for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018 RTM; as the most recent versions have been, these posts are in the form of PowerPoint slides; I am reposting them here so they can be read more easily as well as adding my won commentary.

The series index for this series of posts is here.

The sixteenth Feature of the Day is SmartList Favorite Password Protection. This new feature is in response to the reaction to the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2016 R2 new feature of SmartList Favorite Protection.

The problem with this feature, was that the security was at the global SmartList level so all SmartLists would be protected by the same password. The new feature being introduced in Dynamics GP 2018, is password protection at the SmartList Favourite level:

Add or Remove Favorites

I’m bery happy to see the password available at the SmartList Favourite level as this will make it useful to quite a few clients who have asked about how to protect their favourites. It’s also nice to see it for another reason; it shows that Microsoft is responsive to the requests of the Dynamics GP community.

You can influence the development of Microsoft Dynamics GP by submitting, and voting on, suggestions on the Microsoft Connect website.

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MDGP 2018 RTM Feature of the Day: Copy User Access Across AA Dimensions

Microsoft Dynamics GPThe Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP blog has started a series Feature of the Day posts for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018 RTM; as the most recent versions have been, these posts are in the form of PowerPoint slides; I am reposting them here so they can be read more easily as well as adding my own commentary.

The series index for this series of posts is here.

The fifteenth Feature of the Day is Copy User Access Across AA Dimensions. A new button has been introduced to the User Access to Trx Dimensions window which allows setup to be copied between users:

User Access to Trx Dimensions

All alphanumeric dimensions in AA need to have access configured on a per user basis; this can mean a lot of work to both setup and maintain. This new functionality should at least make it a little easier by allowing you to copy settings between users.

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MDGP 2018 RTM Feature of the Day: Display Hold Status

Microsoft Dynamics GPThe Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP blog has started a series Feature of the Day posts for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018 RTM; as the most recent versions have been, these posts are in the form of PowerPoint slides; I am reposting them here so they can be read more easily as well as adding my own commentary.

The series index for this series of posts is here.

The fourteenth Feature of the Day is Display Hold Status. The Sales Transaction Entry and Sales Transaction Enquiry/Inquiry windows have been updated to have a hold status icon displayed next to the Type/Type ID field:

Sales Transaction Entry

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Microsoft Dynamics GP Macros: Macro By MailMerge

Microsoft Dynamics GPIn this series I am taking a look at how macros can be used to update data in Microsoft Dynamics GP.

The most common way I update a macro template with the data to be updated, is to use Mail Merge in Microsoft Word.

Make sure you have your data prepared: in the demo system I’m using, I have only four users. I have created some new passwords based on the User Name field and stored them in an Excel spreadsheet:

Microsoft Excel

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