Before starting to use your Dynamics GP system you will typically need to populate some initial data, like General Ledger accounts, vendors, customers, and open transactions or balances. While all of these can be entered manually, it is often more efficient to import them. Each Dynamics GP license sold today includes Integration Manager—Conversions, which gives you use of Integration Manager for up to 240 days from your GP purchase.
In this chapter we will go over the basics of using Integration Manager to import data into Dynamics GP and look at an example of each of the following types of imports:
General Ledger accounts
General Ledger transactions
Vendors
Open payables transactions
Customers
Open receivables transactions
Inventory items
Inventory transactions