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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

Understanding all the financial information about an asset with fixed asset details


Dynamics GP has a nice module for tracking and maintaining fixed assets. However, many users have trouble figuring out the history of a specific asset. Often users find that while reviewing fixed asset general ledger postings something looks wrong, but they can't figure out where to go in the fixed asset module to validate how transactions posted.

Dynamics GP provides the ability to see every transaction for a fixed asset and its link back to the general ledger. This functionality can be hard to find. In this recipe we'll look at how to trace fixed asset transactions.

How to do it...

To get the specifics of fixed asset transactions, perform the following steps:

  1. In Dynamics GP, select Financial from the navigation pane. Then select Financial Detail under the Inquiry | Fixed Assets area.

  2. Use the lookup Button (magnifying glass) to select asset 00001 with suffix 1. Set the Book ID to INTERNAL.

  3. The Financial Detail...