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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

Excel Pivot Table-Analysis Cubes Interface


For those of us familiar with Excel PivotTables, this next section will be familiar; however, be sure to pay close attention because we'll point out some of the differences between PivotTables that use a standard dataset—such as a table in another Excel worksheet—versus PivotTables that use Analysis Services as a data source.

The next image shows us some of the features of Excel PivotTables that we will cover in this section:

PivotTable pane

When we first create a connection to our cube, our Excel worksheet is transformed into an Excel PivotTable. The most immediate indication of this is the PivotTable pane that will appear in the upper left-hand corner of the spread sheet. This pane is where our report will be built. Right now, it is blank because we have not yet added any measures or attributes to our report.

As we begin to add measures and attributes to our report, the PivotTable pane will expand. Applying filters or refreshing the data over a period...