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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

Importing and exporting customized reports


Reports that are modified via Report Writer are portable, meaning we can make a modification to a report and transfer it to other workstations or GP instances. Now that we've explored how to customize our own reports, we may want to utilize the Import and Export functionality to transfer the modified report to another local reports dictionary. This can be used in cases such as the one we discussed earlier in this chapter where individual workstations on the same system are accessing separate report dictionaries. It can also be used to transfer customized reports from one company database to another or even from one system to another.

The ability to import and export customized reports means the developers and consultants can create custom reports on a test database, test them, and solicit user feedback and approval—without ever impacting the production environment! Once a report customized on a test database has been approved by the user, the customized...