Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Cookbook: LITE
By Mark Polino
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Mark Polino
Mark Polino is a Certified Public Accountant, a Microsoft Certified Business Management Professional, and a Microsoft MVP for Dynamics GP. He has been working with Dynamics GP as an administrator and consultant for more than ten years. Currently Mark is a Principal Consultant with Microsoft partner I.B.I.S., Inc. and he runs the premier user-focused Dynamics GP blog at DynamicAccounting.net.
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Table of Contents
Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Cookbook:LITE
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. Personalizing Dynamics GP
Introduction
Improving visibility by setting Required Fields to bold and red
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Modifier with VBA
Getting faster access to data with the Shortcut Bar
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Using external shortcuts for greater flexibility
Organizing with folders
Complex shortcuts
See also
Reducing clicks with Startup shortcuts
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
File example
Drag and Drop
See also
Personalizing the Home page by selecting the right role
How to do it...
See also
Speeding up access to data with Quick Links
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Rearranging Navigation to make it easier
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Jumping to the right location with Breadcrumbs
Getting ready
How to do it...
Managing personal reports with My Reports
How to do it...
There's more...
Reports without options
Better dates in report options
See also
Viewing open items with the Task List
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Recurring tasks
See also
Visualizing information with Home page Metrics
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Multiple metrics
Full View
See also
Accessing accounts faster with Favorites in Lookups
Getting ready
How to do it...
There's more...
Set as Default View
Restricted List
Resetting
Account Security
Cleaning up the mess by fixing AutoComplete errors
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Removing unused entries
Reducing the number of AutoComplete entries
Resetting AutoComplete
2. Organizing Dynamics GP
Introduction
Speeding up account entry with Account Aliases
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Gaining visibility with Horizontal Scroll Arrows
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Activating Horizontal Scroll Arrows for all users
Widening segments for better visibility
Streamlining payables processing by prioritizing vendors
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Getting clarity with User Defined fields
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Special User Defined 1 features
Company Setup user defined fields
Expanded user defined fields
See also
Developing connections with Internet User Defined fields
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Login and password
Labels 7 and 8
See also
Gaining additional reporting control with Account Rollups
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
Remembering processes with an Ad hoc workflow
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Improving financial reporting clarity by splitting purchasing accounts
How to do it...
How it works...
Speeding up lookups with Advanced Lookups
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Going straight to the site with Web Links
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
All field values
Multiple values
See also
3. Automating Dynamics GP
Introduction
Using Reminders to remember important events
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Drill down into Reminders
See also
Controlling reporting dates with Beginning and Ending Periods
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Fiscal period versus Month
Beyond the period
See also
Automating reporting with Report Groups
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Groups of groups
See also
Speeding up entry by copying an nventory Item
How to do it...
How it works...
Improving consistency with Shortcuts and User Classes
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
Speeding up month-end close by Reconciling Bank Accounts daily
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
High Transaction Volume Accounts
Bank statement cutoff
Automating processes with Macros
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Macros and the Shortcut Bar
Running macros with a keystroke combination
Macro pauses
Sequential Macros
See also
Getting early warnings with Business Alerts
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Prebuilt alerts
See also
Splitting AP across departments automatically with Control Account Management
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Multi-company
See also
Getting control of accruals and deferrals with Recurring GL batches
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Recurring batch best practices
Revenue/Expense Deferral module
Field Service Contracts module
Speeding up document delivery with e-mail
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Setup
Index
Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Cookbook: LITE
Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Cookbook:LITE
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First published: April 2011
Production Reference: 1130411
Published by Packt Publishing Ltd. 32 Lincoln Road Olton Birmingham, B27 6PA, UK.
ISBN 978-1-849683-80-7
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Credits
Author
Mark Polino
Reviewers
Frank Hamelly
Leslie Vail
Acquisition Editor
Kerry George
Technical Editor
Aditi Suvarna
Indexer
Monica Ajmera Mehta
Production Coordinator
Shantanu Zagade
Cover Work
Shantanu Zagade
About the Author
Mark Polino is a Microsoft MVP for Dynamics GP, a Certified Public Accountant, and a Microsoft Certified Business Management Solutions Professional. He is the author of the premier Dynamics GP related blog, DynamicAccounting.net and the creator and presenter of the successful series Getting More Out of Microsoft Dynamics GP: 50 Tips in 50 minutes
. Mark has worked with Dynamics GP and its predecessor, Great Plains, for more than 10 years.
He works as a Principal Consultant with I.B.I.S., Inc. and spends his days helping clients implement Microsoft Dynamics GP.
Acknowledgement
To my wife Dara and my children, Micah and Angelina, thank you for your support for this project. You’ve patiently endured this obsession without complaining or killing me in my sleep. To mom and dad, thanks for the cheerleading even though you had no idea what this book is about.
Thank you to Andy Vabulas, Dwight Specht, and Clinton Weldon at I.B.I.S. for your support of this book. Without your openness to this project it never would have