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Converting Different Customer DBs on Locally Instance of Dynamics

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Hi - I am continually converting databases for multiple companies and I have been uninstalling all the version e.g. 2010, 2013, 2015 on up and clearing the folders and reinstalling to make sure I am starting fresh. Does anyone know a way to avoid having to do this? I heard somewhere about rebuilding the dynamics.dic file and that the account structure was a concern so I decided to avoid any issue and reinstall and reconfigure the options and feature and so on. Any thoughts out there to make this easier to handle?

Vince

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    Derek Albaugh Profile Picture
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    I'm not fully understanding the question, but as far as account framework structure, when you first install Dynamics GP and create databases, you specify an account framework maximum, as far as the number of segments and number of characters per segment the account numbers can have.

    The company databases don't have to use the maximums, but they can use up to those maximums.

    Depending on the GP databases you're pointing the GP code at, if they are the same exact version/build and in most cases same features installed (as per Dynamics.set), but the account framework may be different, you can synch the dictionary files with the acct framework maximums by going into the Dex.ini and changing SYNCHRONIZE=FALSE to TRUE, saving changes then launching GP Utilities and it will synch.

    You can verify the synch by going back into the Dex.ini and seeing that SYNCHRONIZE= is set back to FALSE, otherwise the Dynamics.dic may be damaged.

    You can re-create the Dynamics.dic by renaming it and running a Repair against Dynamics GP via Control Panel > Programs and Features.

    That being said, the synch only lets the GP code know what to use for times when you're re-creating dex procedures which are specific to tables and that.

    If you're always changing installs and versions to match different GP databases, there may not be an easier process than what you're doing, to make sure everything matches exactly how the databases are setup.

    Thanks

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    Thanks for that. It was helpful.

    Vince

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