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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

Summary


In this chapter, we introduced the first four tools in our Reporting Toolbox; SmartList for easy on demand ad-hoc reporting, SmartList Builder for times when the default SmartLists just don't cut it, and we need to build our own SmartList Objects; Excel Reports for viewing SmartList like data in Excel; and Excel Report Builder for when we want to extend the concept of SmartList Builder into Excel and build our own refreshable Excel Reports and/or Office Data Connections.

We began with the basic structure of each tool and what it does and ended with some real life step-by-step examples of how to use the builder tools. Finally, we looked at some tips and tricks when using the SmartList Builder and Excel Report Builder tools.

In the next chapter, we will dive into Report Writer, which has been the backbone of reporting in Dynamics GP for many years. We'll begin with understanding what Report Writer is before looking at using the tool to customize reports. We will then explore the Word...