Book Image

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Reporting

Book Image

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

Management Reporter architecture


With the release of Management Reporter, Microsoft has updated its code base from the one previously used for FRx Financial Reporting. Previous users of FRx will find the look and feel of Management Reporter very similar to FRx. An understanding of this new architecture is important for any user of Management Reporter, as this understanding can drive such things as system requirements.

Management Reporter was built with 64-bit environments in mind and does indeed fully support these environments. The code base has been updated to the powerful Microsoft .NET Platform and a new C# codebase that provides far superior application stability than its predecessors. In addition to the codebase, Management Reporter uses SQL Server for its data storage, which is a great leap from the days of Microsoft Access that FRx used, as well as the move to Internet Information Services (IIS) as the Report Processor. Due to these improvements, one can expect increases in performance...