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Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Cookbook

By : Mark Polino
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Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Cookbook

By: Mark Polino

Overview of this book

Microsoft Dynamics GP is an Enterprise Resource Planning system, essentially an accounting system on steroids, designed for mid-sized organizations. The implementation of Dynamics GP is usually considered to be complex, and people often realize there must be more efficient ways of working with the system. This book will show readers how to improve their use of Dynamics GP and get the most out of this tool quickly and effectively.This book picks up where implementation training leaves off. Whether you are new or experienced you will find useful recipes for improving the way you use and work with Dynamics GP. The clear recipe steps and screenshots make implementing these solutions easy for users of any level and will be sure to improve your efficiency with the Dynamics GP system.The book starts with recipes designed to enhance the usefulness of Microsoft Dynamics GP by personalizing the look and feel of the application. Most of the recipes are designed to give tips for a typical installation of Dynamics GP, including core financials and distribution modules. The book then moves through recipes that include automating Dynamics GP to allow users or administrators to focus on value adding tasks, harnessing the power of SmartLists to leverage both simplicity and power, connecting Dynamics GP to Microsoft Office 2007, exposing hidden features in Dynamics GP, and much more!By following the clear recipe steps and screenshots in this book, you will learn what is required to improve your efficiency with the Dynamics GP system
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
Preface
Index

Jumping to the right location with Breadcrumbs


Dynamics GP 2010 has embraced the concept of Breadcrumbs. Breadcrumbs provide a fantastic opportunity to ease system navigation. By showing the path through the system, new users gain an understanding of how to navigate within Dynamics GP. Experienced users learn that it's a fast way to hop through the system without accessing menus. In this recipe, we'll look at how to use breadcrumbs to improve navigation through Dynamics GP.

Getting ready

In Dynamics GP, select Financial from the Navigation Pane. On the Financial Area Page select Transaction Entry in the Transactions area. This will open the Transaction Entry window for a general journal entry.

How to do it...

Let's now look at how breadcrumbs can improve navigation for a user by completing the following steps:

  1. On the upper left of the screen is the breadcrumb trail. It shows Home | Financial | Financial:

  2. This is the path through the system to this window. It indicates that from the Home page, the user has navigated to the Financial Area Page.

  3. On the Navigation Pane to the left select Accounts. This opens the Accounts Navigation List and changes the breadcrumb to show Home | Financial | Accounts. Select Financial from inside the breadcrumb trail to go back one step and return to the Financial Area Page.