Founder and principal of East Coast Dynamics, a Microsoft Certified Business Professional - GP, Microsoft Certified Trainer and Microsoft MVP.
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When this box is checked in Item Class Setup , any variance between Shipment Receipt Cost and Invoice Receipt Cost will be posted to inventory and the Item Cost will be updated to reflect the Invoice Cost . This is fine if you still have the items in...
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How do you transfer an inventory item from one project to another in Project Accounting ? Use the Inventory Transfer transaction. Project>Transactions>Inventory Transfer * click image to enlarge Use the Return Transaction Type to return the item...
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When GP and any associated 3rd party applications are installed, a file is created called Dynamics.set, aka the Launch File . The Launch File contains instructions as to which products to initiate when starting GP and where the applications, forms, and...
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This feature is very helpful if you need to copy a certain range of accounts to create a new range. For example, let's say you need to setup a new department in you chart of accounts. Rather than setting each account up one-by-one, use Mass Modify...
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Our friends over at http://www.softwareadvice.com/ are taking an informal survey about ERP implementation strategies at http://www.softwareadvice.com/articles/manufacturing/erp-implementation-strategies-1031101/ . They want to determine which implementation...
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Need to do a recurring batch but none of the standard recurrence frequencies suit your needs? Use the Miscellaneous frequency. The Miscellaneous frequency allows you to specify the number of recurrences and the number of days between each recurrence....
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Have you experienced the frustration of trying to perform a Returns Transaction in Purchasing , only to have the system tell you there are no quantities available to return against a PO? Here's how to determine if there are quantities remaining on...
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If you print MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition) checks, are you still buying special MICR cartridges for your checks printer? Check with your bank to make sure MICR toner is really required to process your checks. Optical Character Recognition...
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Ever notice the little padlock-looking button next to the Budget ID field in Budget Maintenance ? The button allows you to password-protect your budgets so that other users can't change the data in them. Just click on the padlock, enter a password...
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Typically, upon installation of Manufacturing , the Manufacturing Series Registration window opens upon first login to GP. However, if you don't choose to enter the keys at that point, how do you find the registration window later? The MS developers...
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What are these Item Types, how do they differ, and how do they differ from Sales Inventory and Discontinued ? These Item Types differ from Sales Inventory and Discontinued items in that Sales Inventory and Discontinued items track both cost and quantities...
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This tip comes compliments of fellow MVP Leslie Vail . Sometimes, especially where subcontractors are concerned, you need to post an invoice which includes both 1099 and non-1099 amounts. For instance, you may be paying the subcontractor for reimbursable...
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Occasionally, a batch will 'hang' during the posting process and not show as available to be recovered in Batch Recovery . When this happens, follow these steps to 'unstick' the batch. Note: to be performed by GP Administrators only. 1...
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Have a look at my latest article on MSDynamicsWorld. This is the first of three articles leading up to my presentation at MSDynamicsWorld's virtual conference - Decisions2010 in May. http://msdynamicsworld.com/story/accounting/sharpen-axe-and-increase...
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If you find that loading transactions when using Checkbook Balance Inquiry takes a long time, you might want to Remove Bank History . Tools>Utilities>Financial>Remove Bank History * click image to enlarge This process allows you to remove transactions...
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Occasionally, data corruption can occur in tables due to power failures, printer failures, network failures, etc. The most common indicator of data corruption is an alert message that indicates an error in a specific table. However, data corruption may...
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The is the prescribed order for running Reconcile ( Tools>Utilities>xxxmodule>Reconcile ) - 1. Sales Order Processing 2. Purchase Order Processing 3. Inventory 4. Project Accounting (if used) 5. Field Service (if used) Running Reconcile in this...
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When looking for the Batch ID in a Financial Transactions SmartList , one would think that if you add the Batch Number column, you'd see the Batch ID in one of those fields. But noooooooooo . . . that's the case only if the batch isn't posted...
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If this happens in your company, here's the fix - https://mbs.microsoft.com/knowledgebase/KBDisplay.aspx?scid=kb$en-us$864913&wa=wsignin1.0 Note: You must have access to either CustomerSource or PartnerSource to access this document. If you don't...
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Ever wonder what the setting in User Preferences called Horizontal Scroll Arrows does? * click image to enlarge For companies that have very long account numbers, checking this box enables scrolling arrows in account lookup windows to make it possible...
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From the GP forums this morning comes the question 'How do I capitalize an asset without depreciating it?' The poster had received some fixed assets as gifts and didn't want to depreciate them. Here's how you do it - very simple. In the...
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Here's a rather obscure window in GP that I don't see used often. Go Cards>Inventory>Item History to view. * click image to enlarge As you can see, this window provides a wealth of historical information about the sales and usage of your...
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I'm sure this has never happened to anyone, but if by chance you ever inadvertently close the Current FA Fiscal Year, it will prevent you from posting depreciation into any period in the current fiscal year. How do you get around that? It's pretty...
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Did you know that you can perform searches and filter using wildcards in SmartList? It's true. Because SmartList is a query tool that uses SQL-like search functions, SQL wildcards can be used successfully in SmartList. So you ask, what are the SQL...
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I generally don't get into the technical side of GP in the Tip42day but this is just too good not to share. A user on the https://community.dynamics.com/forums/32.aspx forum posed the following question - Is there any column that will show the last...
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