Microsoft have today released Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018 R2 for download.
The full installation media download for Dynamics GP 2018 R2 and all related products is available from the download page 
(CustomerSource login required).
If you only need the service pack, it can be downloaded from service pack page (CustomerSource login required).
As I usually do, I’ll be following up over the coming days with a Hands On With Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018 R2 series.
As of 1st Ovtober 2018, Jet Reports have re-branded to Jet Global Data Technologies (or Jet Global for short).
Since Jet Reports was created, the company has gone through a number of changes and no longer just does reporting. This was true enough as was, but with the recent release of Jet Budgets it is even more accurate. The name change is meant to represent this expanded focus.
As part of the company re-brand, the products have also been re-branded:
| Old Product Names | Now Product Names |
|---|---|
| Jet Express for Excel | Jet Basics |
| Jet Professional | Jet Reports |
| Jet Enterprise | Jet Analytics |
| Jet Web Portal | Jet Hub |
| Jet Budgets |
As you can see, the Jet Reports name itself is not going away; instead Jet Professional has been re-branded to Jet Reports. My initial thought was that I didn’t like Jet Professional being re-branded to Jet Reports as this could cause confusion for clients, but I think the reality is that most clients already refer to Jet Professional as Jet Reports.
Jet Global also promise that existing users and partners “will experience the same level of service and even more features and functionality now than ever before, and there will be no significant changes to the way Jet Global conducts business with its global partners and customers”.
The Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP blog has started a series Feature of the Day posts for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018 R2 on which I am following and adding commentary. The series index for this series of posts is here.
The twenty-second Feature of the Day is mass update of master records from navigation lists.
This feature today is the ability to mass update a group of master records from the Navigation Lists; you can now inactivate and reactive multiple records at the same time for the following master record types:
In addition, the vendor navigation list allows you to mass update the temporary status.
A visual indicator quickly lets you know the status of these records:
Since navigation lists were introduced in Dynamics GP 10, they have grown increasingly common in usage, in particular new clients; there are some navigation lists which rarely see use, but ones for master records and transactions seem to be used a lot. There have been a few enhancements to ists over time, and I welcome even more being introduced, so it is good to see this feature.
The Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP blog has started a series Feature of the Day posts for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018 R2 on which I am following and adding commentary. The series index for this series of posts is here.
The twenty-first Feature of the Day is Letter Writing Assistant works in the web client.
This feature is the Letter Writing Assistant now works in the web client; when in the SmartList window and you click on the Word option, the templates are available as they are in the windows client:
Letter Writing Assistant was one of the few pieces of functionality which did not work in the web client, so it is nice to see it being made available.
The Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP blog has started a series Feature of the Day posts for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018 R2 on which I am following and adding commentary. The series index for this series of posts is here.
The twentieth Feature of the Day is SmartList Designer favorites in navigation list.
This feature is SmartList Designer Favorites will now display in the navigation lists. Previously, only standard SmartList favourites would display in the SmartList Favorites navigation list, but with this feature all those favourites created for SmartList Designer SmartLists, will also now display:
I have a handful of clients using SmartList Designer, but the majority of my clients use SmartList Builder from eOne Solutions due to functionality differences. Even those clients using SmartList Designer never, to the best of my knowledge, use the SmartList Favorites navigation list.
The Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP blog has started a series Feature of the Day posts for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018 R2 on which I am following and adding commentary. The series index for this series of posts is here.
The nineteenth Feature of the Day is option to not display inactive checkbooks in lookup.
This feature is a new option Exclude Inactive Checkbooks in the checkbook lookup which can be selected; it can also be set your default lookup:
With the last feature of the day which defaults the Checkbook on the creation of a payment run, there probably won’t be muh use for this feature.
The Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP blog has started a series Feature of the Day posts for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018 R2 on which I am following and adding commentary. The series index for this series of posts is here.
The eighteenth Feature of the Day is Checkbook ID defaults on check batch.
This feature is an enhancement which defaults the Checkbook ID default from the Payables Management Setup window (Purchasing area page » Setup » Payables) into the Payables Batch Entry window (Purchasing area page » Transactions » Payables Batches) when creating a Computer Checks batch. The Checkbook ID will also default in the Select Payments and Edit Payment Batch window.
I welcome this feature as it will somewhat streamline the creation of payment runs. A lot of clients will only use one checkbook for making payments, so it has always seemed od that the chequebook couldn’t be defauted in.
Over the last few years, I have written a number of series of posts. To make finding series easier, I have created an Index of Series.
This page will automatically update as new series are created; the index is in reverse order with newer series at the top.
Each version of Microsoft Dynamics GP which is introduced sees additional functionality introduced; often this additional functionality means new windows are created. This in turns means that the security roles and tasks required by Dynamics Gp change.
A fresh install of Dynamics GP includes all of this new functionality by default, but an existing implementation is not updated.
The reason it isn’t automatically updated is to allow the client to decide if the new functionality should be updated or not. To facilitate this, the Dynamics GP Support and Services Blog provides a script for each version with SQL insert statements for the new roles and tasks.
I’ve previously had a post which I updated with this information, but have now created a permanent page linking to the scripts.
I’ll be keeping this page updated in future for all new versions.
The Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP blog has started a series Feature of the Day posts for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018 R2 on which I am following and adding commentary. The series index for this series of posts is here.
The seventeenth Feature of the Day is new totals print on the Payroll Check Register report for FICA.
This feature adds totals to the print of the Payroll Check Register report for FICA. A new Total FICA Owed, Total Employee FICA owed, and totals for both FICA Medicare and FICA Social Security all print on the payroll check register report:
