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Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Reporting

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Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Reporting

Overview of this book

Resources such as the book you now hold in your hand are critical to taking the extra step in uncovering the trends locked deep within your data. Not only will this book offer insight into the many reporting tools currently available for GP, it will also offer a unique perspective on how each reporting tool can be used to meet specific challenges faced by your organization" - Errol Schoenfish, a member of the Microsoft Dynamics community for over 24 years Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 is a sophisticated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system with a multitude of features and options. Microsoft Dynamics GP enables you to create and manage a variety of reports that help small and mid-size businesses effectively manage their financial and operational data. This book will show you how to create and manage reports, know what tools to use and when, how to use them and where to find the data based on how it's being entered into the system with Dynamics GP. This book will empower you with the tools and reports necessary to use Dynamics GP data in making key business decisions. The book addresses the many challenges and frustrations a company may face when preparing to build new reports. Then it moves on to explain how to find your data in the GP system and company databases. The book then dives deep into topics such as SmartLists, SL Builder and Excel Report Builder, Report Writer, SSRS Report Library, and Analysis Cubes Design and Management Reporter amongst others. With this knowledge in hand, you will be capable of selecting the most effective tool for the current reporting environment.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Reporting
Credits
Foreword
About the Authors
Acknowledgement
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Modifying all reports in the application by using global modifications


Although the most common use for Report Writer is to make modifications to individual reports, Dynamics GP Report Writer does allow for changes that affect all of the reports in a particular application. In this section, we will cover each of these global resources that can be modified in detail.

Data types

In addition to being able to adjust the keyable length as we discussed earlier, certain control types allow us to specify static values for the data type. An example of this would be the text on a push button or items included in a list box. Static text can be used in the following control types:

  • Drop-down list – Indicates the selections in the drop-down

  • List box – Indicates the selections in the list

  • Visual switch – Displays two or more text values that will be displayed based on user clicks

To view/modify static text, do the following from within Dynamics Report Writer:

  1. Select Resources | Data Types.

  2. Select a Data Type,...