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Dynamics GP 2013 - how to tell what modules are active

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I remember way back when.....that you could take a look at the modules that were active.

  • Beat Bucher  GP Geek  GPUG All Star Profile Picture
    Beat Bucher GP Gee... 28,019 Moderator on at
    RE: Dynamics GP 2013 - how to tell what modules are active

    Richard,

    forget about that post.. it's just spam, totally unrelated to this thread. I've reported it.

  • Richard Wheeler Profile Picture
    Richard Wheeler 75,730 on at
    RE: Dynamics GP 2013 - how to tell what modules are active

    What does Kiddions have to do with GP? If you installed GP the ODBC connection is already there. Why do you need to recreate it? Creating it manually is fine just make sure it is setup as a system DSN will all the same settings as before.

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    Beat Bucher  GP Geek  GPUG All Star Profile Picture
    Beat Bucher GP Gee... 28,019 Moderator on at
    RE: Dynamics GP 2013 - how to tell what modules are active

    Hi Genevieve,

    Unfortunately the path provided by Gavin is only half the truth... because you can have a bare minimum setup with GP and still all the modules checked off in the Registration screen...

    The registration screen only provides you a list of the modules that the Microsoft keys entitle you to use, which by far doesn't mean it's installed or can be used..

    Knowing what modules are installed is a combination of both the Registration form in GP and the list of modules that are loaded in the launch file (DYNAMICS.SET usually).. though you need to be careful, because 3rd-party ISV products will not show up in GP's registration form, as they are mostly handled by the add-on themselves.

    The odds are that I've seen many partners setup GP at customer site by just checking off all the modules in the registration screen, which is a mistake IMHO because it can trigger menu entries which you don't even need or ever going to use, since the module might a) be missing from the launch file, or b) not be configured at all.

    Adding modules just because you don't know what you're going to really use is a bad choice, as down the road it creates a lot of unneeded SQL objects, that years later can bite you when it comes time to perform upgrades and then someone realizes that there are way too many modules which are never used, removes them from the launch file, but then those SQL objects are not updated anymore, still lingering in the company (or system) databases.

    HTH,

  • Gavin Profile Picture
    Gavin 2,337 on at
    RE: Dynamics GP 2013 - how to tell what modules are active

    Hi,

    You can check the registration window to see what modules are registered. Does this help?

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    You can also check enabled 3rd parties by looking at "Tools > Customise > Customisation Status"

    Hope this helps.

    Thanks

    Gavin

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