That’s pretty interesting stuff out there in The Old New Thing blog.
I got to read about why the close button of Windows is on the right corner?. In addition to the article, you got to read the comments which are as interesting (and funny, if I may say) as the article itself.
The idea behind the right corner placement is Fitt’s Law.
Read it on the source blog. I bet, it’s worth.
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Till SQL Server 2008 R2, if you want to change the database on which you would like to execute a SQL query in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), the keyboard shortcut to do so was CTRL + U from the query window.
Now from SQL Server 2012, it is CTRL + ALT + J.
So those who tried this using the old shortcut, keep in mind that the new shortcut.
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Over at ERP Software Blog, MIBAR.net has shared an article from ITWorld.com about 13 Common ERP Mistakes that we should avoid.
It’s indeed a comprehensive list.
Below are the points, which are elaborated in that article:
And I would like to add one further mistake:
I believe the above list pretty much completes the most common mistakes that we might make in an ERP implementation.
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Angela Ebensteiner (Technical Lead, Microsoft Dynamics) share a fix on Microsoft Dynamics GP Support blog for the performance issue with Received Not Invoiced report in Purchase Order Processing (POP).
To brief you here on why this performance issue occur, it’s because of huge pile of PO records staying on POP open tables, even after they are closed. When you run the report, it goes through each and every record on POP open table, due to which you got to wait for some time till query processing finishes.
Fix is to remove completed POs from open tables to history, which we have a standard utility available in GP.
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Mark highlights the Smartlist Left Pane curse (what else do you say if you see half of your screen is occupied by the Smartlist Favorites tree view and only half being allotted for results?) and a suggestion that was made by Sivakumar V.
The Connect suggestion post can be seen here: GP Smartlist Window Splitter to be made resizable.
But when I see this suggestion, it says Resolved:
So that means, is it going to be available on next release? Or on GP2013?
Nevertheless, visit the portal and vote for it.
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Rose Business Solutions, Inc. blogs about a really useful tip for Finance users on how to duplicate a posted journal entry.
It’s very much time saving if your journal entry is big enough.
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I had earlier posted about this ongoing series; not long back. To know what it is exactly, read it here: Report Writer Series.
The new post on this series discusses about how to create custom report writer reports.
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Derek Singleton, at Software Advice, got to have had a short meeting with Christian Pedersen, Microsoft’s General Manager of Enterprise Applications and Services on the topic of how IT consumerization affects Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software in general and what Microsoft’s plans are on it’s own line of products, that is Microsoft Dynamics (GP, AX, NAV, SL & CRM).
Quite an interesting topic, I would say. It’s about the need to change/enhance the ERP experience that would work on par with what we have for our normal day-to-day technological consumption, such as Smartphones, Tablets, etc. It’s all about productivity without affecting a user’s interest and enthusiasm.
Read the article here to learn more: The Consumerization of ERP Software. And those who would like to see the video straightaway, please do so from here:
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Microsoft had released the System Requirements for Dynamics GP 2013, that includes GP Web Client requirements as well. The system requirements page can be found here: System Requirements for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013.
While I leave it to you to get informed about entire details, it’s worth to brief you about what are NOT supported:
So start planning for the future of GP.
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Following are some real time SQL Server 2012 Performance Dashboards, taken from a real time SQL Server 2012 environment:
HOME PAGE
EXPENSIVE QUERIES – CPU
EXPENSIVE QUERIES – DURATION
and much more…
It’s a great set of reports for every SQL Server DBA to understand his/her SQL Server environment.
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