Expected audience of this paper is IT managers. It might be not technical enough for programmers. We will review various flavors of GP and recommend the way of data export:1. Great Plains Accounting for DOS, Windows or Mac 9.5, 9.2 and...英国华人论坛
Business One is in competition with Dynamics GP formerly known as Great Plains. Sometimes when IT people mention Great Plains they actually are talking about Great Plains Accounting for DOS, Windows (archaic Microsoft Windows which was...英国华人论坛
Plus you can deploy integration tools, such as GP Integration Manager with the options of data translation, scripting, advanced ODBC queries. Based on your programming skills and preferences you can use one tool or another, however it is h...英国华人论坛
Great Plains has large number of horizontal and vertical solutions, often referred as third party modules or add-ons, however in some scenarios to tune standard logic or develop small in-house modification to GP is more feasible. To give y...英国华人论坛
As we come through numerous data massage and migration cases, we would like to share our experience to help you with your homework:1. This method is the simplest one and you should probably consider it first. If you had Quickbo...英国华人论坛
GP software licenses are sold through VAR channel and following software installation, data conversion, user training, modifications, system setup, integration and reporting are normally done by the same GP implementation partner. Lets r...英国华人论坛
Do not expect GP modifying process to be very easy, and it also may lead you to the option of subcontracting the programming phase to professional GP Dexterity developer or technical consultant1. Tools. In this small article we...英国华人论坛
You should expect exceptional technological expertise of our Microsoft Great Plains Dynamics consultants and programmer to help you with the projects where other companies give up. GP highlights:1. English and Spanish versions...英国华人论坛
Alba Spectrum with offices in Chicago, San Diego and Houston provides full service to new and existing Dynamics GP customers, special emphasis to technically challenging projects with the needs in custom software development and Microsoft De...英国华人论坛
In this small publication we would like to show you alternative way of delivering PDF printed Sales Documents to your customers via email. You should also be aware that in GP Business Portal you can achieve the same goal by first of all im...英国华人论坛
In this small publication we would like to orient you in Microsoft CRM consulting hours capturing and moving them into Great Plains SOP invoice for billing out to your customers. This example allows MBS consulting practice to build their t...英国华人论坛
Many mid-size and large consulting firms, with offices in key business metros go and add nationwide support call centers and software development factories. Nationwide support is typically specialized in industry verticals, products or uni...英国华人论坛
If you need new user licenses you should be current in Annual Enhancement program, if you need to be reenrolled, you can give us a call or contact your current GP VAR of record. Alba Spectrum serves you locally in Chicago, Orange County,...英国华人论坛
If you have extensive custom reporting, written in ReportWriter, Crystal Reports or Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services (or even in Microsoft Access reports) are also important in version update. Current version of Microsoft Dynamics G...英国华人论坛
However if you are without support, typically when you are using one of historical Great Plains versions: 7.5, 7.0, 6.0, 5.5, 5.0 or even GP 8.0 and you are not sure who is your current Great Plains Partner, then you need to local Microsoft...英国华人论坛
Plus Dex has its own scripting language (which is not interpreted, but compiled) Sanscript. GP Dexterity might be not the first modification option, you like to try you can first research such tools as Modifier with VBA, eConnect, Ex...英国华人论坛
In certain cases purchasing add-on may not be feasible due to the simplicity of your requirements or paradoxically their complexity, where you would like to control EDI mapping in-house or with trusted Great Plains Dynamics consultant. ...英国华人论坛
In this small publication we would like to give you highlights on moving old version of Great Plains Dynamics from Pervasive SQL 2000 or Ctree database platform to Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or 2005. If you are on Btrieve/Pervasive, likely...英国华人论坛
The techniques, described in this article were actually available for old Integration Manager connectors, however they were not practical, until eConnect virtually resolved integration speed and performance. With eConnect integrations you...英国华人论坛
We will give you highlights if your back end ERP is Microsoft Dynamics GP or former name Great Plains. We have already described solution which work in the case of GP integration with Microsoft RMS, now is Counterpoint integration review t...英国华人论坛
Dexterity modifications are typically outsourced to Great Plains Technology Partner and Certified GP technical consultant. If you are doing modifications on your own and your are technically comfortable with Great Plains, then you can revi...英国华人论坛
Of course, for luxury EDI solution you can purchase Add-Ons and simply setup EDI export in the user friendly interface, however this publication is for people, who are either on the tight budget, or who have really complex EDI requirements a...英国华人论坛
If you are on earlier versions: 9.0, 8.0, 7.5, 7.0, 6.0, 5.5, 5.0, 4.0 or Great Plains Accounting for DOS or Windows you should consider version upgrade, if you are looking into the future of your business. In this small publication we...英国华人论坛
However, very often you are in the situation when you can not control the incoming text file and have to massage it in the query. In order to achieve this goal, you need to deploy Advanced ODBC queries. Good example is when you are impor...英国华人论坛
However, GP data conversion might be potentially dangerous, as you, as software integration developer may compromise business logic data integrity. In this small publication we are giving you highlights on the integration tool, which valid...英国华人论坛
At this time, fall of 2008, it is probably impractical to talk about Great Plains Accounting customizations, as if you are still on GPA, you are probably not looking for business expansion, or if you have such plans, then you should consider...英国华人论坛
we recommend you to consider following ERP selection, salescycle, data conversion and user training recommendations, as our experienceimplementing Great Plains since 2004 indicates, they could save you a lot ofmoney and secure successful imp...英国华人论坛
In this small publication we will try to orient you even inthe case when you are on Great Plains Accounting for DOS or Windows to upgradeit all the way up to current Dynamics GP version 10.0 1. If you are on Dynamics GP 8.0, or 9...英国华人论坛
if you are Dynamics GP Reseller, or from Customer Source, ifyou are end customer. In this smallpublication we will try to give your technical highlights on tax updates, especiallywhen you are on older Great Plains versions: 8.0, 7.5, 7.0,...英国华人论坛
In order to save on Dynamics GP user licenses, it is commonto see simple or complex timecard custom made application on the front, oftenweb based, where employees are logging their time on the daily base after eachshift and then this timeshe...英国华人论坛
Payroll tax update is normallysimple routine, when you have current service plan with Microsoft BusinessSolutions through your Dynamics GP reseller or partner. However in the time of economy slowdown, wesee more and more GP customers, who...英国华人论坛
If you are small or small-to-midsize business with up to 10Great Plains users, you should consider GP installation, initial conversion andon-going performance tuning to be outsourced to Great Plains Reseller orconsultant. We would like to...英国华人论坛
There is some chance, however, that if you are reading theselines you are on older Great Plains Dynamics GP version: 8.0, 7.5, 7.0, 6.0,5.5, 5.0 or earlier or even on Great Plains on Pervasive SQL Server orCtree. In old Great Plains Dyn...英国华人论坛
We often see the scenario when brave IT in-staff programmercomes with the initiative to design and deploy all Great Plains Dynamics GPreports in Crystal or SRS this is definitely great initiative, however itmight not be too rational: each...英国华人论坛
then you might be interested in cross platform integrationbetween Dynamics GP and Oracle application. Again, if you have Great Plains Dynamics implemented, it is ratherlegacy MRP and ERP systems situation, where either Oracle or Great Plain...英国华人论坛
Here you may need orientation session to understand whichDynamics GP reporting tool would fit you the best. In this small publication we would like toreview Great Plains reporting options for IT specialist as well as for companycontroller: ...英国华人论坛
These scenarios are popular in Dynamics GP Great Plainsimplementation and modifications. Wewould like to offer you Great Plains warehouse management integrationhighlights 1. GPLogistics and WM. Supply ChainManagement automat...英国华人论坛
If your company is mid-size or large business, we suggestyou to recheck your Sales Tax obligation and its sources on the SQL back end,or in other words through SQL custom queries. Lets look into some Tax Details in this small publication: ...英国华人论坛
FRx is by all means great reporting tool, however if you arenot professional Great Plains consultant, you should be aware that due to thefact, that FRx is designed to server various accounting applications: GP, Axapta,Navision, Solomon, Smal...英国华人论坛
Normally upgrade is outsourced to Great Plains Consultant:1. GP 10.0 License. If you are current in Microsoft Business Solutions annual enhancementprogram, you should have access to all the versions of license keys. In the case...英国华人论坛
In this small publication we would like to give youcustomizing tools orientation session with some emphasis on their evolution, asGreat Plains ERP is traditional and matured system with great implementationhistory and excellent future positi...英国华人论坛
If your Great Plains Implementation failed the first time,it is probably due to inefficient communication between your original initialDynamics GP Partner. Sometimes yourinitial Dynamics GP VAR underestimates your challenging required busi...英国华人论坛
Here, if your case requires Dexterity programming, werecommend you to contract Dynamics GP ISV with Dex programming department,other option, such as altering tables in RW Reports.dic should be somethingthat you could do on your own: 1. ...英国华人论坛
Surprisingly, but we saw some interest in FRx metadata extraction. This is when you are trying to replicatereports, originally designed in FRx, in other tools: Crystal Reports, MicrosoftSQL Server Reporting Services or SSRS. Thereare num...英国华人论坛
And we understand that you had respected reasons to stick to your old Great Plains version and we do not question it - all the versions should be supportable and all the situations should be recoverable. This article is written in Great Plai...英国华人论坛
However, those old days are now over and Dynamics GP changed several versions (from 7.5 to current version 2010) and even couple of years ago we heard semi-official opinions from MBS that everything will be rewritten in eConnect and such not...英国华人论坛
As the campaign signals: Microsoft are offering at the moment 75% discount to customers who upgrade from GPA to Dynamics GP. The one condition is that they sign an agreement that they will enroll in a 3 year Enhancement program1.Why should...英国华人论坛
In some cases we see old Great Plains customers, who need support with such issues as moving GP or GPA from old server (WindowsNT, Novell) to new one: Windows 2008 or 2003 and they need professional to redeploy Pervasive SQL 2000. You may...英国华人论坛
Well, you are not the first and probably not the last one seek second opinion in Corporate ERP implementation. In this small publication we will review how Microsoft Dynamics GP could be recovered, including its older versions, known as...英国华人论坛
If you are still on GPA versions 9.5, 9.2, 9.1, or earlier chances are high that the volume of transactions is moderate or low or even chat you are keeping it for potential future audit for inquiries only. Unfortunately from time to time y...英国华人论坛