Microsoft Dynamics GP October 2021 - Update Account Descriptions Using Mass Modify

We have added a new option to the Mass Modify Chart of Accounts window which will allow you to update the existing account descriptions to match the segment descriptions that make up that account.  Microsoft Dynamics GP will take the description for each segment from the Segment Setup window, and build a string to update your new account description.  This modification can be processed on a single account or a range of accounts. 

For example, if you have 3 segments and your account looks as follows 000-1100-00.  The first segment represents your division, the second segment represents your accounts, and third segment represents your departments. 

The current description of the account in the Account Maintenance window is 'Cash Account for Sales', but I want to update it to more specifically describe which division, account and department it is used for based on its segment's descriptions. 

You can see each segment's description by going to the Microsoft Dynamics GP menu, point to Tools, point to Setup, point to Financial, and click on Segment.  The table below has the segment description listed for each of my 3 segments on my example account. 

I can now run the Mass modify Chart of Accounts tool to update my account descriptions by going to the Cards menu, point to Financial, and click on Mass Modify. 

In this window you will see a new drop down for Update Account Description.

After selecting this new option, you can either choose to update all accounts or enter a To and From range.  In this example we only want to update the account description on account 000-1100-00.

After clicking the Modify button the new account description will now match the 3 segment descriptions and appear as follows: Two, Inc-Cash-Sales

The account description in the Account Maintenance window is limited to 50 characters.  Segment descriptions will be truncated if the total string of the combined segment descriptions are greater than 50 characters.   In my example above, I have 3 segments so if my segment descriptions combined were greater than 50, this process would truncate each segment at 16 characters after compensating for segment separators (dashes).    

(50 minus 2 separators = 48 divided by 3 segments) = 16 per segment

1234567890123456-1234567890123456-1234567890123456

TIP: It would be recommended to do this first in a TEST company to verify all information changes as you would expect as this change cannot be reversed if any errors arise.

I hope you enjoy this feature!  Continue to check back to the Microsoft Dynamics GP October 2021 - Feature Blog Series Schedule page to review upcoming blog posts related to our new features and other helpful resource links.

Isaac Olson

Microsoft Support