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Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Cookbook: LITE
Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Cookbook: LITE
Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Cookbook: LITE
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This practical, hands-on cookbook is specifically designed to improve the way you use and work with Dynamics GP and unleash the powerful functionality of Dynamics GP. The material has been carefully selected from Packt’s fuller Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Cookbook. If you are a Dynamics GP user or Dynamics GP partner primarily focused on delivering time-proven application optimizations, then this book is for you. This book assumes that you have a basic understanding of business management systems, with basic knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics GP. All the recipes are real-world tested and designed to be used immediately.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateMay 19, 2011
ISBN9781849683814
Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Cookbook: LITE
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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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    Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Cookbook - Mark Polino

    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

    Copyright © 2011 Packt Publishing

    All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles or reviews.

    Every effort has been made in the preparation of this book to ensure the accuracy of the information presented. However, the information contained in this book is sold without warranty, either express or implied. Neither the author, nor Packt Publishing, and its dealers and distributors will be held liable for any damages caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by this book.

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    First published: April 2011

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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

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