MDGP 2013 Feature of the Day: Update Item Allocation Inquiry In Field Service

Microsoft Dynamics GPMicrosoft are posting the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Feature of the Day series on the Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP Blog.

The forty third feature they’ve announced is Update Item Allocation Inquiry In Field Service.

In the Item Allocation Inquiry window, Field Service now appears in the Module Restrictions box. You can now view item quantities allocated from Service Calls, RTVs and Depot work order documents. You can also use the Document Number field zoom to open the Field Service series inquiry window displaying the original document;

Service Call Entry/Update

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MDGP 2013 Feature of the Day: Edit Remit To Address

Microsoft Dynamics GPMicrosoft are posting the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Feature of the Day series on the Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP Blog.

The forthy second feature they’ve announced is Edit Remit To Address.

In Payables Management when entering an invoice, you select the vendor address to which an invoice is to be paid. Now, with Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013, you can edit the remit-to address ID after the invoice is posted.

This is done by loading the open invoice in the Edit Payables Transaction window where the remit-to address ID can be changed;

Edit Payables Transaction

This new feature is targeted at the following roles:

  • Accounts Payable
  • Accountant
  • Bookkeeper

MDGP 2013 Feature of the Day: Journal Entry History Inquiry

Microsoft Dynamics GPMicrosoft are posting the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Feature of the Day series on the Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP Blog.

The forty first feature they’ve announced is Journal Entry History Inquiry.

In versions prior to Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013, the only Journal Entry Inquiry was on open year journals. Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 introduces the ability to perform an inquiry on historical years.

This feature modifies the Journal Entry Inquiry window to display information for both open and historical year journal entries;

Journal Entry History Inquiry

In the past I’ve directed users to the SmartList for doing a lookup on historical year journals, but this amended inquiry provides a quick, and much simpler, way for users to do this lookup.

This new feature is targeted at the following roles:

  • CFO
  • Accounting Manager
  • Controller
  • Accountant

MDGP 2013 Feature of the Day: Pay Code, Benefit & Deduction

Microsoft Dynamics GPMicrosoft have started the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Feature of the Day series on the Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP Blog.

The fortieth feature they’ve announced is Pay Code, Benefit & Deduction.

This is a US and Canadian Payroll only Feature of the Day.

Now you can change the name of a pay code, deduction code or benefit code with Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013. This feature allows you to change individual codes or change multiple codes using an import file.

This feature will change the name of the code throughout the data tables including history tables. You can validate the import file before processing it and at the end of the process an update report is generated showing you what was changed.

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MDGP 2013 Feature of the Day: Update Back Order Item Qty In Field Service

Microsoft Dynamics GPMicrosoft have started the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Feature of the Day series on the Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP Blog.

The thirty ninth feature they’ve announced is Update Back Order Item Qty In Field Service.

Microsoft Dynamics GP Service Call Management and Depot Management will now update the Item Quantity Master when they have a back ordered item. This will be visible in the Item Inquiry and Item Quantities Maintenance windows and give you a truer representation of your inventory quantities.

The example screenshots show Item 3-D2657A (DB 15 Male Adapter) with no items on back order in Item Inquiry;

Item Inquiry

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How To Install Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 (Beta) – Deploy Demo Company

Microsoft Dynamics GPThis post relates to the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Beta; if you’re installing the RTM of Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 please read this post instead

With the release of the beta of Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 earlier this evening I thought I’d do a short series of posts on the installation process.

In this post I’m going to cover the deployment of the demo company.

To perform the server configuration, run GP Utilities and log in using the sa user and progress to the Additional Tasks stage, select Add sample company data and click Process;

Additional Tasks

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How To Install Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 (Beta) – Server Configuration

Microsoft Dynamics GPThis post relates to the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Beta; if you’re installing the RTM of Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 please read this post instead

With the release of the beta of Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 earlier this evening I thought I’d do a short series of posts on the installation process.

In this post I’m going to cover the server configuration part of the installation process.

To perform the server configuration, run GP Utilities and log in using the sa user;;

Welcome to Microsoft Dynamics GP Utilities

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How To Install Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 (Beta) – Client

Microsoft Dynamics GPThis post relates to the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Beta; if you’re installing the RTM of Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 please read this post instead.

Well, with the beta of Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 being released, I couldn’t resist. I got a friend to download it for me so I didn’t have to wait for tomorrow morning when I got to work.

Yes, I’m a geek. Yes, I’ sad. Yes, I need a life. I’ve heard it all tonight. I don’t care; a fresh bottle of Glenkinchie is accompanied by GP 2013 🙂

To start with I thought I’d cover the installation of the traditional desktop client.

Run up the setup utility by double clicking the setup.exe which will run the Bootstrapper Setup to install the prerequisites;

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Bootstrapper Setup

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Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Beta Available For Partners To Download

Microsoft Dynamics GPErrol Schoenfish, Director Product Management at Microsoft, on the Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP blog has just announced that the beta release of Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 is now available for download.

Unfortunately, I won’t be able to download it until tomorrow morning but it can be found here.

I’m really looking forward to playing with this version of GP.

MDGP 2013 Feature of the Day: Un-apply Credit Documents When Voiding A Check

Microsoft Dynamics GPMicrosoft have started the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Feature of the Day series on the Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP Blog.

The thirty eighth feature they’ve announced is Un-apply Credit Documents When Voiding A Check.

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 will automatically un-apply a credit document from an invoice after a payment that was associated with the same invoice is voided in Void Historical Payables Transactions (Transactions » Purchasing » Void Historical Transactions).

This means that credit documents no longer need to be voided if the applied invoice is to be voided and the credit can then be applied to other documents (or against the same invoice if required).

The screenshot beow shows the Transactions by Vendor (Inquiry » Purchasing » Transaction By Vendor) inquiry window for Cowley Engineering which shows an invoice along with the applied credit note and payment;

Payables Transaction Inquiry - Vendor

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