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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

Executing SQL from the Support Administrator Console


There are times when the best way to confirm that information in Dynamics GP is correct is to simply look at the records in the SQL Server. Typically, this is done by executing an SQL command in SQL Server Management Studio. However, SQL Server Management Studio is not typically installed on an average user's machine. Also, the user's machine can be a long way from a computer with Management Studio installed. Finally, Management Studio contains a lot more features than is necessary to simply execute a query.

Microsoft again provides a free tool, this time in the form of the Support Administrator Console. Originally, this tool was designed for versions of Dynamics GP that ran on a light version of SQL Server that didn't include SQL Server Management Studio. Nevertheless, the Support Administrator Console works just fine with Dynamics GP 2010 and provides a lighter option in place of using SQL Server Management Studio for quick queries.

The...