Mohammad R. Daoud

Configure Terminal Services Sessions Limit

2010-03-20T13:53:00Z

Sometimes, you might need to have your Terminal Services Server to terminate idle sessions to avoid server load, or vise versa as you might need to prevent the server from terminating your sessions if you would like to run processes over night, to configure such settings, follow steps below: 1. Go to your server Administrative tools. 2. Locate “Terminal Services Configuration” 3. Click on “Connections” 4. Right click “RDP-TCP” and select properties as shown in the image below: 5. Click on “Sessions...(read more)

Vacation!!!

2010-03-16T16:11:00Z

Last week I been out of reach in a personal trip to Lebanon, it was great! Below is my son in Syda: Regards, -- Mohammad R. Daoud - CTO MVP, MCP, MCBMSP, MCTS, MCBMSS +962 - 79 - 999 65 85 mohdaoud@gmail.com mohdaoud.blogspot.com...(read more)

Miscellaneous Recurring Batch

2010-03-16T15:55:00Z

Good tip by Frank Hamelly, on how to specify Misc number of days for recurring batches, checkout his article here . Regards, -- Mohammad R. Daoud - CTO MVP, MCP, MCBMSP, MCTS, MCBMSS +962 - 79 - 999 65 85 mohdaoud@gmail.com mohdaoud.blogspot.com...(read more)

My Interview with Dynamics World was published!

2010-03-16T11:36:00Z

Check it out below: http://www.dynamicsworld.co.uk/Interview---Mohammad-Daoud.php Regards, -- Mohammad R. Daoud - CTO MVP, MCP, MCBMSP, MCTS, MCBMSS +962 - 79 - 999 65 85 mohdaoud@gmail.com mohdaoud.blogspot.com...(read more)

ERP Implementation Strategies

2010-03-16T11:30:00Z

Another great job by Houston Neal, he posted an article about ERP Implementation Strategies, checkout his blog post here. Regards, -- Mohammad R. Daoud - CTO MVP, MCP, MCBMSP, MCTS, MCBMSS +962 - 79 - 999 65 85 mohdaoud@gmail.com mohdaoud.blogspot.com...(read more)

Auto grant access to users on newly added Analytical Accounting Codes

2010-03-06T09:14:00Z

This feature is already added to GP 2010, but if you are looking to have such feature in your current GP, you might need to take a look at this macro generator . Regards, -- Mohammad R. Daoud - CTO MVP, MCP, MCBMSP, MCTS, MCBMSS +962 - 79 - 999 65 85 mohdaoud@gmail.com mohdaoud.blogspot.com...(read more)

View for Account Payable Transactions with Analytical Accounting Information

2010-03-06T09:07:00Z

If you are looking to combine such information in smart list builder, take a look to this article , it will save you allot of time. Regards, -- Mohammad R. Daoud - CTO MVP, MCP, MCBMSP, MCTS, MCBMSS +962 - 79 - 999 65 85 mohdaoud@gmail.com mohdaoud.blogspot.com...(read more)

Support Debugging Tool Portal

2010-03-06T08:27:00Z

Looks interesting.. http://blogs.msdn.com/developingfordynamicsgp/pages/support-debugging-tool.aspx Regards, -- Mohammad R. Daoud - CTO MVP, MCP, MCBMSP, MCTS, MCBMSS +962 - 79 - 999 65 85 mohdaoud@gmail.com mohdaoud.blogspot.com...(read more)

Dynamics GP Change Colors Per Company

2010-03-06T08:19:00Z

David post an article about covering this section in the Support Debugging Tool, checkout his blog post here . Regards, -- Mohammad R. Daoud - CTO MVP, MCP, MCBMSP, MCTS, MCBMSS +962 - 79 - 999 65 85 mohdaoud@gmail.com mohdaoud.blogspot.com...(read more)

Tips on Discontinued Items

2010-03-05T21:38:00Z

When you need to inactivate one of your inventory items, your only available option is to change the item type to discontinued, in Item Maintenance: Logically, discontinued items that has quantity on hand must give users the ability to SOLD remaining quantities, you need to setup the application to allow this, check out the message below on Sales Transaction Entry: To correct this, you must change your settings in SOP Setup options to allow Sales of Discontinued Items: While the system does not allow...(read more)

Only Transactions that has special characters in Number field are displayed in Bank Statement Reconciliation

2010-03-04T11:34:00Z

One of my customers reported that when they are trying to reconcile bank statement, not all transactions entered in bank transaction window are displayed, while investigating the issue, I did the following: 1. Checked-links. 2. Changed Regional and Language options language for Unicode characters to make sure that this is not a collation error. 3. Reinstalled the application. 4. Tried to use another machine. 5. Checked the knowledgebase, the only solution they provided is to compare CM20200 and CM20500...(read more)

Post Dated Checks in Dynamics GP

2010-03-01T15:30:00Z

Since long time ago, I used to hear that partners develops tools that manages post dated checks, in Microsoft Dynamics GP, there is a build in module that covers all the needed requirements out of the box, that’s why I thought I should post few screenshots about this module: After installing the “Payment Document Management” module from CD1, you will need to go to “Microsoft Dynamics GP menu >> Tools >> Setup >> Company >> Payment Document Setup” and activate the module, you...(read more)

Using SQL Wildcards [%_] in Smart List

2010-02-20T10:33:00Z

Today is full with great tips! Frank posted a great article about smart list search, where you can use SQL Wildcards when filtering the Smart List: Regards, -- Mohammad R. Daoud - CTO MVP, MCP, MCBMSP, MCTS, MCBMSS +962 - 79 - 999 65 85 mohdaoud@gmail.com mohdaoud.blogspot.com...(read more)

Script to Get Users Logged in to GP with no activities!?

2010-02-20T10:23:00Z

Great script to get idle users that have GP open with no activities worth testing!! Thanks to Frank for this script who in return did thank Ron Wilson and Sivakumar Venkataraman for this great tip! SELECT CASE WHEN S.session_id IS NULL THEN 'Missing DEX_SESSION' ELSE '' END MISSING_SESSION, CASE WHEN DATEDIFF(mi, P.last_batch, GETDATE()) > 1 THEN 'Idle for ' + LTRIM(RTRIM(STR(DATEDIFF(mi, P.last_batch, GETDATE())))) + ' minutes.' ELSE '' END AS IDLE_TIME_DESC...(read more)

Duplicate Journal Entry Numbers!?!

2010-02-20T10:13:00Z

This subject published almost on all the GP blogs! Below are the reasons: 1. Reversing journal entries use the same JE number 2. Recurring journal entries (actually, recurring batches) repeat journal entry numbers with each recurrence 3. If you post a journal entry to a closed year, GP uses the same JE number in the current year to close the activity to Retained Earnings. Regards, -- Mohammad R. Daoud - CTO MVP, MCP, MCBMSP, MCTS, MCBMSS +962 - 79 - 999 65 85 mohdaoud@gmail...(read more)

Reconcile Checkbook with no transactions

2010-02-20T10:11:00Z

Another workaround by Frank, check it out here . Regards, -- Mohammad R. Daoud - CTO MVP, MCP, MCBMSP, MCTS, MCBMSS +962 - 79 - 999 65 85 mohdaoud@gmail.com mohdaoud.blogspot.com...(read more)

Backorder Service Items

2010-02-20T10:09:00Z

Frank posted a great tip about service items backorder, as the application does not automatically check for stock availability for such type of items, checkout Frank post here . Regards, -- Mohammad R. Daoud - CTO MVP, MCP, MCBMSP, MCTS, MCBMSS +962 - 79 - 999 65 85 mohdaoud@gmail.com mohdaoud.blogspot.com...(read more)

Excel Pivot Tables

2010-02-20T10:00:00Z

Great article by Amy Walsh on how to create simple pivot table in Excel, good article for newbie's as he described the process step by step, checkout the article here . Regards, -- Mohammad R. Daoud - CTO MVP, MCP, MCBMSP, MCTS, MCBMSS +962 - 79 - 999 65 85 mohdaoud@gmail.com mohdaoud.blogspot.com...(read more)

Maximum Number of Notes Forms

2010-02-20T09:46:00Z

“You have too many note windows open. Close a note window” Mariano in his post about Notes in Microsoft Dynamics GP get me a new tip that only 5 Notes Forms could be open at the same time, checkout the technicalities behind this by reading his article . Regards, -- Mohammad R. Daoud - CTO MVP, MCP, MCBMSP, MCTS, MCBMSS +962 - 79 - 999 65 85 mohdaoud@gmail.com mohdaoud.blogspot.com...(read more)

Group Transactions in Integration Manager

2010-02-20T09:26:00Z

Mariano came across a question he got on how to group transactions by date in Integration Manager, checkout how did he resolve this here . Regards, -- Mohammad R. Daoud - CTO MVP, MCP, MCBMSP, MCTS, MCBMSS +962 - 79 - 999 65 85 mohdaoud@gmail.com mohdaoud.blogspot.com...(read more)

Requisition Management

2010-02-20T09:12:00Z

Steve Chapman posted an article with videos about Requisition Management module, checkout his post here . Regards, -- Mohammad R. Daoud - CTO MVP, MCP, MCBMSP, MCTS, MCBMSS +962 - 79 - 999 65 85 mohdaoud@gmail.com mohdaoud.blogspot.com...(read more)

Manufacturing “By Products”

2010-02-19T22:33:00Z

Great article by Waqas where he explained how to handle By Products in the manufacturing bill of material, checkout his post . Regards, -- Mohammad R. Daoud - CTO MVP, MCP, MCBMSP, MCTS, MCBMSS +962 - 79 - 999 65 85 mohdaoud@gmail.com mohdaoud.blogspot.com...(read more)

What is the Currency ISO code used for?

2010-02-19T22:24:00Z

To get the answer, read this post by Steve Endow. Regards, -- Mohammad R. Daoud - CTO MVP, MCP, MCBMSP, MCTS, MCBMSS +962 - 79 - 999 65 85 mohdaoud@gmail.com mohdaoud.blogspot.com...(read more)

How to edit VBA code without having VBA module registered?!?

2010-02-19T22:19:00Z

Great article at “In Touch with Dynamics GP” blog, it resolves the question in the subject, thanks to Vaidy for pointing me to this post . Regards, -- Mohammad R. Daoud - CTO MVP, MCP, MCBMSP, MCTS, MCBMSS +962 - 79 - 999 65 85 mohdaoud@gmail.com mohdaoud.blogspot.com...(read more)

Professional Services Tools

2010-02-19T22:06:00Z

Great list by Leslie at the Dynamics Confessor blog, she listed allot of tools available for purchase that are not a part of Dynamics GP out of the box, check the list in her post by clicking this link . Regards, -- Mohammad R. Daoud - CTO MVP, MCP, MCBMSP, MCTS, MCBMSS +962 - 79 - 999 65 85 mohdaoud@gmail.com mohdaoud.blogspot.com...(read more)