Day: May 24, 2014

The Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP blog started a series of Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 R2 Feature of the day posts the other day. As they did with the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Feature of the Day posts they are doing them as short posts containing a PowerPoint slide show. I am translating these from the PowerPoints into posts; you can find my series index here.

The seventh Feature of the Day covered is Workflow User Delegation. The new workflow creates task assignments for users with a due date/time by which the task must be completed.

Users have the option to delegate task assignments to another user on a task-by-task basis, but also if a user will be out of the office for an extended period of time, the system also offers the option to set up automatic delegations to reassign the task.

In the Workflow User Delegation window delegation can be configured for all workflow types, or delegation can be configured on a per type basis:

Once delegation configuration is complete, if a task is assigned to the user while he or she has turned on the automatic delegations, the task is then automatically delegated to the assigned delegate.

The Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP blog started a series of Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 R2 Feature of the day posts the other day. As they did with the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Feature of the Day posts they are doing them as short posts containing a PowerPoint slide show. I am translating these from the PowerPoints into posts; you can find my series index here.

The sixth Feature of the Day covered is Workflow Types. The new Workflow system in Dynamics GP2013 R2 includes only four workflows, although Microsoft Dynamics GP 2015 coming later in this calendar year will include more.

The Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 R2 Workflows:

1. Purchase Order Approval
2. Purchase Requisition Approval
3. Payroll Timecard Approval
4. Project Timesheet Approval

Others that are on the list for inclusion in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2015 are Project Expenses, Sales Order, and Batches although this list is subject to change.

These workflow types allow users to create workflow processes around each of the respective document types, requiring the workflow to be completed before defined document processes can be performed.

To show an example of workflow in GP 2013 R2, below is the Purchase Order Processing (Purchasing » Transactions » Purchase Order Processing) form:

As you can see there is a workflow notification bar below the ribbon which shows the workflow status, as well as a couple of buttons on the ribbon.

The Workflow button itself gives access to the Approve/Reject and Delegate actions:

The Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP blog started a series of Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 R2 Feature of the day posts the other day. As they did with the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Feature of the Day posts they are doing them as short posts containing a PowerPoint slide show. I am translating these from the PowerPoints into posts; you can find my series index here.

The fifth Feature of the Day covered is Workflow. Previously there was a Workflow module available with Microsoft Dynamics GP which sat on top of SharePoint; Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 R2 sees the introduction of a new Workflow module which does not sit on top of SharePoint. Instead it is now a Microsoft Dynamics GP window which means it is easier to deploy, access and customise and allows users to design workflows, such as approval paths, for documents in Dynamics GP.

In Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 R2, four types of workflow is available for use: Purchase Order Approval, Purchase Requisition Approval, Payroll Timecard Approval, and Project Timesheet Approval. Other workflow types will be introduced in future releases.

I have a number of clients who are looking for the functionality available within Workflow. While they could have used the SharePoint based Workflow module I have been recommending delaying until the rewrite was complete so I am really looking forward to this one being available. Especially as it removes the need for SharePoint and the problems which go along with integrating it with GP.