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How to become familiar with GP?

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Posted on by Trancefrank 955

HI I have been writing reports using SOP tables. I do have at my disposal the full scale test system of GP. Any thoughts on how I can learn. Essentially I am unemployed, just some occassional report writing. I am looking to get a job at any level so this might be my best shot. I apologize if this is off topic post and please remove it if is.

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  • Frank Hamelly | MVP, MCP, CSA Profile Picture
    Frank Hamelly | MVP... 46,613 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
    Re: How to become familiar with GP?

    Trance,

    From what perspecgtive do you want to learn GP?  As a functional user or a developer?  That would make a difference in the approach you take to learning the application.

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    Re: How to become familiar with GP?

    Hi, In my opinion...the best way to get a good overview of the system (if you don't work with it every day as a user, don't have access to training and don't want to read a ton of manuls) is to create a company in GP (use the set up lists) that sells items of stock, and then invent a weeks transactions and try and process them. ie. First set up some GL accounts - Bank, Debtors control, Creditors control, stock, sales, cost of sales, sationery, insurance, etc. Then buy some stock from a supplier (place a PO and print it out, enter a receipt of stock, and then enter the vendor invoice), sell some of this stock to a customer, get paid by the customer, pay the supplier, buy some stationery on a credit card, process your ficticious credit card statement, pay the credit card bill, process an invoice for insurance and pay it, reconcile your bank, find some stock in the warehouse is missing and write it off..etc etc.

    If you build up a scenario like this and then try and find out how to account for it in GP, you will learn more than reading a whole load of manuals in isolation. Plus, GP will force you to complete any set up tasks you haven't done..like creating item sites, sales prices, vendors, functional currency, financial periods etc etc. Only use the manuals / help file when you are trying to understand a particular issue.

    Post any issues you are having here, or if help files don't explain things very well.

    You could always attempt an exam. The study manuals for these are quite good and force you to look into the application to fully understand...but get your hands dirty as above first so you have a good idea of how the whole system hangs together.

    Start with just the minimum standard modules Financial and Distribution. When you crack these (and there is an lot in them) you can start to look at project accounting, field service etc. and other bits of functionality like analytical accounting or whatever.

    Best of luck.

     

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    K Day 7,365 on at
    Re: How to become familiar with GP?

    I would say that your best bet would be to do e-learning courses available under customersource.  But you would need a login to get to that.  Maybe you can get an account through the company that you do your occasional reports through.  Also, since you have a test system available, you might want to go through the Printable Manuals that are under the help menu.  Since you have an understanding of the SOP tables, this gives you a headstart on the concepts.  Also, being familiar with Accounting doesn't hurt, since that is basically what you are doing.  Maybe take a class if it is new to you.  If it is more programming that you like, there is always a need to customization so knowing some of the .net technologies can be very marketable skills. 

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