Category: Power Platform

Dynamics GP Tech Conference 2017: Power BI Enhancements

Ian Grieve2 minute read0 comment

Microsoft Dynamics GPMicrosoft Dynamics GPThis post is part of the series I am doing on the Dynamics GP Tech Conference 2017.

Power BI is more the area of Belinda Allen or Mark Polino than mine, but I’ll be getting more of a look at it soon as I have one of my team about to take a more in depth look, so it is nice to hear there will be more new stuff coming in the next version of Dynamics GP:

  • Support for paging in OData Services
  • Support for filtering in OData Services
  • Support for OData v4
  • GP Power BI Content Pack – I need more information on this, but it sounds like a set of pre-packaged reports which will be welcome.
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MDGP 2016 R2 Feature of the Day: PowerBI On The Web Client Home Page

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Microsoft Dynamics GPThe Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP blog has started a series Feature of the Day posts for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2016 R2; as the most recent versions have been, these posts are in the form of PowerPoint slides; I am reposting them here so they can be read more easily.

The series index for this series of posts is here.

The twentieth Feature of the Day is PowerBI On The Web Client Home Page.

Power BI on GP Web Client Home Page

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MDGP 2016 R2 Feature of the Day
SmartList Designer SmartLists in Advanced Lookups
SmartList Favorite Protection
Cancel PO Linked To A Requisition
Batch Edited Message
Requisition Inquiry Icon
Display Tax Percent for Historical Sales Transactions
GL Distribution Line Display UI Change
Link Credit Card Invoices to Original Invoice
Receivables/Payables Dist Line Display Expanded
Bank Rec Tracks History
Credit Limit Warning Calc for Unposted Credit Docs
Safe Pay File Displays Check Name From Check
POP to FA Link to Include Taxes
Payroll Admin Can Print W2 Using Self Service Report
Save Fixed Asset ID With Suffix
Track Termination/Rehire Dates
New Project Accounting Timesheet Status Report
Project Accounting Line Distributions Edited By Item
HTTPS Support for Management Reporter
PowerBI On The Web Client Home Page
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MDGP 2016 R1 Feature of the Day: PowerBI Reports on the Home Page

Ian Grieve2 minute read1 Comment

In February 2014 Microsoft launched PowerBI for Office 265 and are now bringing it to the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2016 R1 home page (but only the home page of the desktop client):

PowerBI on the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2016 R1 home page

The main features of are:

  • New part on Home Page to display Power BI Reports.
  • Click on the report to take you out to your Power BI site.

I’m not entirely sure how to feel about the addition of PowerBI to Dynamics GP; it almost feels like a scatter gun approach is being used for reporting with Dynamics GP. There are standard reports, Metrics, Excel Reports, SSRS Reports (which for most clients replace the Metrics to the extent I had to lookup the name of Metrics), Management Reporter (with an unknown roadmap/future) reports and now PowerBI reports.

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MDGP 2016 R1 Feature of the Day
HTML 5 Web Client
Web Client Search
Sales All-In-One Document View
Inventory All-In-One Document View
Project Accounting on Requisitions
Payroll Document Attach
Payables Credit Card Payment Run
Excel Export as Numbers
Inactive Pay Codes Lookup
Prepayments on Purchase Orders
Payroll Posting Accounts
Budget Import Exception Report
Analytical Accounting User Access Settings
Export/Import in SmartList Designer
SmartLists from Favorites
Word Templates for Batch Approval Workflow
Workflow Condition Management
Workflow Reassignment Notification
Named Self Serve User
Automatically Batch Deposit Cash Receipts
Manage or Edit Attachment Flows
Budget Import Duplicate Accounts Import Exception Report
PowerBI Reports on the Home Page
OData Service Deployment
OData Service
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