Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 Architecture White Paper

An interesting white paper which describes the architecture for Microsoft Dynamics GP which explains how the architecture’s features make Microsoft Dynamics GP an ideal solution for organizations that are implementing a business management system today, and how the system will grow with them tomorrow.
This paper discusses the following topics:  

-      The structure of the Microsoft Dynamics GP application, which is composed of the Dexterity runtime engine, the Dynamics application dictionary, and the Microsoft SQL Server database

-      How Microsoft Dynamics GP efficiently uses system resources for both client workstations and servers

-      The customization tools that are built into the software and are accessible to all users, and the tools that system administrators can use to customize Microsoft Dynamics GP, such as Modifier, Report Writer, and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)

-      The tools that are available for importing and exporting Microsoft Dynamics GP data, such as eConnect, Web Services, and Integration Manager

-      The features that provide platform enhancements, such as flexible account numbers, lists, data-driven scrolling windows, security, international support, macro capabilities, named printers, the mail API, and error reporting

-      The reporting and analytics tools that are available for Microsoft Dynamics GP, including Report Writer, SmartList, FRx, SQL Reporting Services, Excel Reports, and Crystal Reports

-      How the workflow capabilities in Microsoft Dynamics GP control the flow of documents through the accounting system

-      The architecture and features of Business Portal, which you can use as your company intranet or as an extension to it to provide Web-based access to Microsoft Dynamics GP data

-      The additional industry- or market-specific capabilities that are included with Microsoft Dynamics GP, such as multidictionary architecture, the trigger system, and available development options

For complete details, download it https://mbs.microsoft.com/partnersource/documentation/whitepapers/gp10_architecture.htm?printpage=false

Business Portal Customization Whitepaper

Must see, 
An excellent white paper explains about Business Portal Customization. It has information on both Microsoft Dynamics™ GP 9.0 with Business Portal 3.0 and Microsoft Dynamics™ GP 10.0 with Business Portal 4.0.
https://mbs.microsoft.com/downloads/customer/BPCustomizationWhitepaper.pdf
The purpose of this document is to clarify what type of customizations can and cannot be done with Business Portal in Microsoft Dynamics GP. Some customizations are possible by implementers while others are possible through ISVs or Microsoft Dynamics Advanced Product Support Services. 
This document will describe the customization options and Advanced Product Support Services available as well as which types of customizations are not possible through any type of service.

Using Group Policy to deploy Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0

An interesting white paper on MBS,

https://mbs.microsoft.com/partnersource/documentation/whitepapers/gp10_grouppolicydeployment.htm

This article describes how to use Group Policy to automatically distribute Microsoft Dynamics GP to client computers. Group Policy is an administrative tool within Active Directory, and it is used for managing user settings and computer settings across a network. With Group Policy, you can specify policy settings for software installation.

Have a look.

Level Of Posting From Series Option In GL Account Maintenance

This is one of the basic questions people used to ask during the GL training, what does “Level of posting from series” means in account maintenance window. So here is it

1.    Level of Posting form Series specifies how much detail you want to post to General Ledger from each series like (Sales, Inventory Control, Purchasing, and Payroll). This setting is under account maintenance window (Cards >> Financial >> Account )

2.    It totally depends on Posting Settings of each module and its origin as well. ( Microsoft Dynamics GP menu >> Tools >> Setup >> Posting >> Posting )

3.    In posting setting, If you mark Create Journal Entry Per

§  Transaction

·         Then Level of posting from series option of account maintenance will not be considered at all.

·         System will always create an individual GL entries for each transactions from respective module.

§  Batch

·         If it is batch with “Use Account Setting” checkbox marked.

o    Then system will check Account Maintenance window for Level of posting from , and if Level of posting is

§  Details

·         Then it will be one journal entry per batch with different line of that account for each entry in the batch you have posted.

§  Summary

·         then it will be one journal entry per batch and one line(sum of values) of that account for each entry in the batch you have posted.

·         If You Choose Summary method, just be sure that you will not get Originating Mater ID, & Originating Control Number Info in GL transaction details like below

FRx Error – Cannot Update Database Or Object Is Read Only ( Windows Server 2008 )

This was recently reported by one of customer as he was facing the following error while he starts FRx.

Apparently form the screen shot it seems an issue with SQL database access, but it is not. This error prompts when user runs the FRx rather logging to the FRX.

The error prompts when user does not have access to FRx 6.7 application folder. 

To give access locate the FRx application folder most probably it will be “C:\Program Files\FRx Software”

-      Right click on FRx 6.7 folder and select properties.

-      Then Select security Tab.

-      Then Select that particular user or group of users , and make sure they have read & write access to this folder.

Be The First – Microsoft Beta Versions of Microsoft Office 2010 Suites and Related Products

Now you have the opportunity to experience the Microsoft Office 2010 suites and Microsoft Project 2010, Microsoft Visio 2010, and Microsoft SharePoint 2010 software for yourself and give your feedback to MS.

Install the betas today to familiarize yourself and your customers with some of the great new enhancements.

https://partner.microsoft.com/global/40124112

About Microsoft Dynamics Range Of Products

An interesting article on http://www.softwareadvice.com/ regarding Microsoft Dynamics Applications.

http://www.softwareadvice.com/articles/manufacturing/understanding-the-difference-between-gp-nav-sl-ax-1111709/

Integration Manager 10– Debugging Integration Error

Sometimes using integration manager you may face errors while doing the integration say for example "Not all required fields have been entered. Required fields appear  in bold red type." And you have tried and tried finding and setting all fields but can’t locate the field it is referring to. Here is the simple solution to dig into this error

1-    Close integration manager

2-    Open Integration Manger Root Folder

3-    Open the Following File “Microsoft.Dynamics.GP.IntegrationManager.ini”

4-    Update the following line

[IMGPPrv]

ShowDynamics=True

DoUIRedraw=True

5-    Write the following Line code into the file.

Dumpmacro=C:\Macros.txt

6-    Re-open integration manager

7-    Run the integration (Dynamics GP will remain open and you can watch the integration)

8-    Important - don’t click anything while the integration is running, the macros.txt file will provide you with the integration information, that is, it will tell you where the integration is failing.

If you are using Dynamics GP 8.0, then use this procedure for IM

1-    Open Integration Manger Root Folder

2-    Create a new text file by the following name “im.ini”

3-    Copy the following code

[IMDynPrv70]
DoUIRedraw = Yes
ShowDynamics = yes
Dumpmacro=C:\Macros.txt