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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

Controlling data with SmartList Record Limits


When running a SmartList the number of records returned by the SmartList are shown in the lower left of the screen. By default, SmartLists have a record limit of one thousand (1,000) records.

The idea behind this default limit is to prevent long running SmartList queries from slowing down the system. However, sometimes it makes sense for queries to return more than a thousand records. For example, if a firm knows that they have more than a thousand fixed assets then it doesn't make sense to limit fixed assets queries to a thousand as most of the time this number will need to be adjusted. Similarly, many companies easily have more than a thousand bank transactions in a given month.

There are a few options for increasing or decreasing this record limit including adjusting it on the fly, adjusting the limit for a Favorite, and setting a new default limit. We'll take a look at all of these options in this recipe:

How to do it...

To adjust Record Limits...