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Microsoft Dynamics GP 2016 Cookbook

By : Mark Polino, Ian Grieve
Book Image

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2016 Cookbook

By: Mark Polino, Ian Grieve

Overview of this book

The latest release of Dynamics GP 2016 offers a powerful, adaptable, and cloud enabled enterprise accounting software solution. The new version has experienced changes in serviced-based architecture, workflow, existing functionalities, and the introduction of plenty of new features. This book will help you get the most out of Dynamics GP quickly and effectively. This book picks up where implementation training leaves off. Whether you are new or experienced, you will find useful recipes to improve the way you use and work with Dynamics GP. 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 you 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, connecting Dynamics GP to Microsoft Office, exposing hidden features in Dynamics GP, PowerBI, and much more!
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Microsoft Dynamics GP 2016 Cookbook
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Activating OData for better external analysis


OData stands for Open Data Protocol. It is an open protocol that allows the creation and consumption of data. In particular, OData allows web clients to publish and edit resources, identified using URLs and defined in a data model. With respect to Dynamics GP, it facilitates easy, secure access to GP data for any number of needs, including reporting and analytics.

There are some pretty significant installation and setup requirements for OData before it's ready to use, but the end result is worth it, so we'll cover that here.

Getting ready

OData is installed separately from the GP installation media. Ian has already done a terrific job of explaining how to install OData for Dynamics GP at http://azrcrv.co.uk/EL80CN.

Also, there was an early update to fix issues with OData connections. Make sure to visit CustomerSource to obtain the latest updates. The initial update can be found at http://azrcrv.co.uk/IyRK5V.

When you install the OData service, the...