Category: GP (Great Plains)

The Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP blog started a series of Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 R2 Feature of the day posts the other day. As they did with the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Feature of the Day posts they are doing them as short posts containing a PowerPoint slide show. I am translating these from the PowerPoints into posts; you can find my series index here.

The thirty-sixth Feature of the Day covered is Email by Document Type. This new functionality gives the end-user the flexibility to send emails based on the actual type of the document; for example they may want to send quotes to a different email address that the actual invoice. This now can be accomplished using a simple interface.

The Customer Maintenance email tab (Microsoft Dynamics GP menu » Cards » Sales » Debtor (or Customer if in the US) » Email tab) has been updated with a new Email Address column containing an ellipsis button:

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The Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP blog started a series of Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 R2 Feature of the day posts the other day. As they did with the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Feature of the Day posts they are doing them as short posts containing a PowerPoint slide show. I am translating these from the PowerPoints into posts; you can find my series index here.

The thirty-fifth Feature of the Day covered is Print Remaining Documents. Users will now have the ability to email and print batches or statements in one step rather than having to handle those that will be emailed or printed separately.

In the PM, RM, SOP and POP Batch windows the UI will not change; the user will simply mark both options to Print and Send Documents in E-mail.

The Print Receivables Statements form will see the introduction of a new option for use hen emailing statements:

The Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP blog started a series of Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 R2 Feature of the day posts the other day. As they did with the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Feature of the Day posts they are doing them as short posts containing a PowerPoint slide show. I am translating these from the PowerPoints into posts; you can find my series index here.

The thirty-fourth Feature of the Day covered is Purchase Order Prepayment Additions. In Microsoft Dynamics GP2013 R2 the Purchase Order Prepayments functionality has been extended:

1. Enter a prepayment for a project accounting purchase order
2. Include analytical accounting transaction dimension codes
3. View PO number on Payables Payments Zoom
4. Prepayments paid and applied will be included in the PO document amount on the Cash Flow Calendar

As mentioned above, the Project Accounting version of Purchase Order Entry has been updated to allow Prepayments to be entered:

This feature is targeted at the following roles:

1. Purchasing Agent
2. Purchasing Manager

The Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP blog started a series of Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 R2 Feature of the day posts the other day. As they did with the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Feature of the Day posts they are doing them as short posts containing a PowerPoint slide show. I am translating these from the PowerPoints into posts; you can find my series index here.

The thirty-third Feature of the Day covered is OLE Notes Migration Utility. The ability to attach documents to record level notes has been available in Microsoft Dynamics GP for a long time. The record notes were always stored as OLE attachments until now; in Microsoft Dynamics GP, the OLE Notes have been replaced with the Document Attachment functionality which stores the notes directly in the Microsoft SQL Server Database.

To facilitate this, a Migration Utility, which runs as a separate application, can be obtained from PartnerSource/CustomerSource. The utility will allow existing users to migrate the files that have already been attached to Notes using the existing OLE functionality into the new Document Attach functionality:

I’ve never liked the OLE Attachment available in record level notes; if one client had a different path defined in the ini file and the user opened and saved a window the attachments then they would get corrupted. Using Document Attachment functionality removes this risk of data corruption and provides functionality which is much more robust.

This feature is targeted at the following roles:

1. Administrators
2. System Implementers

The Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP blog started a series of Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 R2 Feature of the day posts the other day. As they did with the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Feature of the Day posts they are doing them as short posts containing a PowerPoint slide show. I am translating these from the PowerPoints into posts; you can find my series index here.

The thirty-first Feature of the Day covered is Replace OLE Notes‏ With Document Attachment‏. Dynamics GP has long supported the ability to record notes against records and also to attach OLE objects to the notes. However, the OLE notes were stored on a network share with only the link being stored in Dynamics GP.

This feature adds the ability to attach documents to the record level notes in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 R2 using the Document Attachment functionality which means the notes are stored directly in the Microsoft SQL Server database.

As Document Attachments are stored in the SQL Server database the data is backed up along with the rest of the Microsoft Dynamics GP data which reduces backup issues and will also simplify client installs as the OLE Path in the Dex.ini file no longer needs to be changed. Files that are attached to the notes using Document Attach will also be accessible from the Web Client.

As an example, notes can be added to the Creditor Maintenance window (Purchasing » Cards » Creditor) by clicking the Notes icon (blank white page) next to the Creditor ID field:

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