This post is part of the series on Upgrading to Jet 2019.
The new version of Jet Analytics has quite a number of new and improved features.
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Upgrading to Jet 2019: Series Index
Back in April I did a series of posts on implementing the various products from Jet Global Data technologies (or Jet Reports as they then were before their re-branding).
Jet Global have recently launched new versions of their products and I thought a short series on upgrading might be useful. This post is the series index, and will automatically update as the posts go live (if you’re reading this on a syndicated post, make sure you check back to the original as only that will update).
In this series I will be upgrading both Jet Analytics (formerly Jet Enterprise) and Jet Reports (formerly Jet Professional).
| Upgrading to Jet 2019 |
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| What's New In Jet Analytics 2019 |
| Install Jet Analytics |
| Upgrade Jet Analytics |
| Start Jet Analytics Service |
| What's New In Jet Reports 2019 |
| Upgrade Jet Reports |
Implementing Jet Professional: Deploying Jet Views
This post is part of a series of posts on implementing Jet Reports and is part of the Jet Professional sub-series. I’m a little late in posting this one, as I forgot to include it with the original series when I posted it.
Jet Professional provides a number of database views which can be used to simplify reporting, rather than using the Microsoft Dynamics GP tables (the structure of which can be confusing to many users of Dynamics GP.
However, the views are not deployed automatically, but need to be deployed after the first client has been installed. To deploy the views, log into Microsoft Dynamics GP and then start the Jet GP Updater which is in the Jet Reports installation folder:
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Implementing Jet Reports: Management Reporter vs. Jet Reports
The vast majority of my clients are users of Management Reporter, when implementing Jet Reports, one of the key areas, which needs to be discussed, is how Management Reporter compares to Jet Reports.
Fortunately some work has already been done in this area by MVP Belina Allen, the GP CSI. She has done a series of videos on Management Reporter versus Jet Reports.
Below are links to the playlist of all videos as well as links to the individual videos:
- Playlist containing all of the below videos
- Excel Add-On: An Introduction – Management Reporter vs. Jet Reports
- Building Rows – Management Reporter vs. Jet Reports
- Building Columns – Management Reporter vs. Jet Reports
- Building Trees – Management Reporter vs. Jet Reports
- Report Definition – Management Reporter vs. Jet Reports
If you’re a Management Reporter user who is implementing Jet Reports, I’d encourage you to take the time to watch Belinda’s videos.
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| Management Reporter vs. Jet Reports |
| Differences Between Versions of Jet Reports |
Jet Reports is Now Jet Global Data Technologies
As of 1st Ovtober 2018, Jet Reports have re-branded to Jet Global Data Technologies (or Jet Global for short).
Since Jet Reports was created, the company has gone through a number of changes and no longer just does reporting. This was true enough as was, but with the recent release of Jet Budgets it is even more accurate. The name change is meant to represent this expanded focus.
As part of the company re-brand, the products have also been re-branded:
| Old Product Names | Now Product Names |
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| Jet Express for Excel | Jet Basics |
| Jet Professional | Jet Reports |
| Jet Enterprise | Jet Analytics |
| Jet Web Portal | Jet Hub |
| Jet Budgets |
As you can see, the Jet Reports name itself is not going away; instead Jet Professional has been re-branded to Jet Reports. My initial thought was that I didn’t like Jet Professional being re-branded to Jet Reports as this could cause confusion for clients, but I think the reality is that most clients already refer to Jet Professional as Jet Reports.
Jet Global also promise that existing users and partners “will experience the same level of service and even more features and functionality now than ever before, and there will be no significant changes to the way Jet Global conducts business with its global partners and customers”.
Jet Reports 2018 R2 New Features
I wrote a blog post on Implementing Jet Reports earlier this year. While I was mid-series a new version of Jet Reports was released, Jet Reports 2018 R2.
Jet Reports published a blog post on the new features and there are some quite nice ones included.
- Run Reports directly from your Windows Desktop – Run your reports without even starting Excel; just right-click and the new task tray app will let you know when your report is ready.
- Run Reports in the Background within Excel – No need to wait for your report before you can start using Excel as you can run your report in the background and continue working with your other Excel files.
- Updated Jet Ribbon and Windows within Excel – The Jet ribbon has been updated and the entire user interface has been refreshed to be more consistent.
Several items have been rearranged to be easier to find and other related items have been grouped together for a cleaner experience; all configuration settings have been combined under a single button and the run options have also been consolidated.
In an effort to better explain what they do, the Refresh and Report buttons have been renamed to Run and Run from Cache, respectively.
Details on all of the changes are available on the Jet Reports blog.
Implementing Jet Enterprise: Implementing Jet Professional
This post is part of a series of posts on implementing Jet Reports and is part of the Jet Enterprise sub-series.
No, the title is not a mistake. When you purchase Jet Enterprise, you also get a licence for Jet Professional. This ensures you get the full reporting capability available from Jet Reports. It also means that as well as following my series on Implementing Jet Enterprise, you should also follow the series on Implementing Jet Professional.
In the last post, on the Jet Enterprise sample reports, I said you could use the reports for both Jet Professional and Jet Enterprise, but forgot to say how. The how is because you have access to Jet Professional if you install it.
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Implementing Jet Enterprise: Sample Reports
This post is part of a series of posts on implementing Jet Reports and is part of the Jet Enterprise sub-series.
As with the other versions of Jet Reports, there are sample reports available from Jet Reports. Back in May I posted about the sample reports for Jet Professional.
The download for Jet Professional and Jet Enterprise is the same one; with jet Enterprise all of the files in the download will be able to be used.
To download the use the reports, follow the instructions in the Jet Professional sample reports post.
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Implementing Jet Enterprise: Schedule Execution Package
This post is part of a series of posts on implementing Jet Reports and is part of the Jet Enterprise sub-series.
The final step in automating the deploy and execution of the project, is to create the scehdule. Do this in the Jet Data Manager Server by selecting the Execution tab, right click on the execution package to which you want to add the schedule and then click Add Schedule:
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Implementing Jet Enterprise: Test Execution Package
This post is part of a series of posts on implementing Jet Reports and is part of the Jet Enterprise sub-series.
In the last post, I stepped through the creation of an execution package; I am going to set this to execute automatically on a schedule, but first I am going to manually run it to ensure that it works.
To test the execution package, select the Execution tab, right click on the execution package to test and click Execute:
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