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Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Cookbook

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Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Cookbook

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. "Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Cookbook" 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 2013 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 2013, exposing hidden features in Dynamics GP, and much more! Through the final chapters, the book covers system maintenance and extending Dynamics GP with the Support Debugging Tool and Professional Services Tools Library.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgment
About the Author
Acknowledgment
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Enhanced GL Year-End Closing


Year-End Closing on the General Ledger is the only routine which must be performed at a year end. This process performs several actions, such as resetting the year-to-date figures, rolling the balances of balance sheet accounts forward to the new year, as well as closing off the profit and loss accounts to the retained earnings account.

Dynamics GP 2013 has seen an enhancement to the Year-End Closing window, which allows inactive accounts to be maintained on the system rather than automatically deleted.

The final and much appreciated addition of a progress bar that shows how far the Year-End Closing has progressed, serves to reassure the user that the process has not hung or crashed; this has been a regular concern due to the critical nature of the process.

How to do it...

To use the enhanced Year-End Closing routine, perform the following steps:

  1. Open Financial from the navigation pane on the left. In the central area page, under Routines, select Year End Closing...