Common Support Debugging Tool (SDT) Myths – Fact or Fiction?

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Vaidhy Mohan

I am too late in reading this post from David (how bad I am?). But better late than never, right?

The post lists out some of the common myths circling around the best admin tool GP has ever seen and solves the mysteries. Read it here: Common Support Debugging Tool (SDT) Myths – Fact or Fiction?

Watch out for some cool myths pointed out at the end (original idea behind those is from our own Mark Polino).

David, you got to be an Alien for certain. Not just this tool, but also your futuristic steps that we witnessed not too far in the past.

VAIDY

Required Fields – Additional Tip

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Vaidhy Mohan

This one is a simple tip, yet very useful one. Frank reminds us on where and what would be the problem if we don’t see required fields as we wished to.

Now, this one is for developers. If it’s a customization that we have developed and on that if users are not able to see required fields as they wish, then you know what the problem is: Set Required property to TRUE without fail for all fields that are suppose to be REQUIRED and make sure that you have linked the prompts (Link Prompt action) for those fields correctly.

VAIDY

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 – Reporting (By David Duncan & Christopher Liley)

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Vaidhy Mohan

I just added one more treasure on my kit, in the form of a new book called Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 – Reporting, written by David Duncan (I.B.I.S.) and Christopher Liley (I.B.I.S.), published by Packt Publishing.

I have started reading this book from today and hopefully in a week, I will be able to grab hold of the vast set of chapters.

To give you an overview of what is there inside this book: The book covers everything “reporting” in GP. From Report Writer reports to Smartlist to Excel Reports to SSRS to Analysis Cubes to Management Reporter. Every single thing about GP Reporting.

However, the book does not talk about two things:

1. Crystal Reports and the way you can access crystal reports from GP quite understandably because Crystal Reports is NOT supported out of the box by Dynamics GP. It can be used with the help some 3rd Party solutions, such as GP Report Viewer (from Flexible Solutions) or even a simple code piece written by any Consultant who knows GP, Crystal Reporting and .NET coding.

2. FRx, as this is already been replaced by Management Reporter. There is of course a section in this book where the difference between FRx and Management Reporter is explained.

I shall be writing a review of this book in a week’s time (hopefully). Just could not wait to tell you all that this book really going to be a great treasure for those who wants to understand how effectively GP data can be visualized and analyzed.

Until next post.

VAIDY

Packt Publishing Celebrates Dynamics Month – May 2011

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Vaidhy Mohan

Packt Publishing, the publishers who published some of the famous books such as Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Cookbook (authored by Mark Polino) and Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Implementation (authored by Victoria Yudin), has now come with a great idea: Celebrate May 2011 as Dynamics Month.

This comes after they have added one more Dynamics GP book, which is Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Reporting.

And of course, it’s not just a celebration. It’s about some really interesting exclusive offers when you buy these books. Trust me, there are some great books out there for your grabbing. Those who have not availed previous opportunities in reading these books that are treasured and revered by many, this IS time. Go for it.

VAIDY

What is Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) and how it is calculated?

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Vaidhy Mohan

The concept that I learned in past 2 days is this: Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) and the way you calculate it.

Joshua Burnett has posted an article on this way back in March 2009. Read it here: The DSO Calculation (Days Sales Outstanding).

It’s quite simple and yet very deep in concept. I simply loved to read and learn. I am sure it would be useful to some people out there, trying to understand what DSO is all about.

VAIDY

The Future of Microsoft Dynamics GP Technologies – Mariano

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Vaidhy Mohan

Mariano highlights 5 coolest technologies for Microsoft Dynamics GP in coming years to watch out for. I can’t agree for more, since I am already seeing 3 of the highlighted 5 currently.

Just to list you those technologies:

1. Microsoft Lync
2. Microsoft Silverlight
3. Microsoft Visual Studio Lightswitch
4. Cloud Computing
5. Microsoft Dexterity (yeah you did hear it right)

And to know why the above are cool, check out his post: The Future of Microsoft Dynamics GP: 5 Cool Technologies You Should Watch For (and Learn) in the Coming Years

VAIDY

Last Sale By a Customer & Item – Victoria’s SQL View

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Vaidhy Mohan

Victoria‘s latest SQL view retrieves the last sale by customer and an item. With little tweaks here and there, this SQL view will serve us immensely to show various information pertaining to Customer and/or Item sales.

Thanks Victoria for this view. This has come especially when I am working on some dashboards and reporting. It’s surely going to help me deriving some important reports.

VAIDY

Mark’s Advice for Convergence Speakers

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Vaidhy Mohan

I am nowhere near being even an Amateur Speaker. Haven’t presented anything in life so far. Not going to do that in near future either.

But still this article, Advice For Convergence Speakers, from Mark made more sense to me. I am going to keep this article stored in my brain. You never know; I may also present something in future to some audience and this post is going to help me tons.

Thank you very much Mark. As usual, awesome piece of advice for us.

VAIDY