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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

Utilizing the Excel cube formulas


In our last section, we explored creating Analysis Cubes reports by using the PivotTable functionality in Excel. For those of us who have used Excel's PivotTable functionality, it is a powerful tool that allows for effortless ad-hoc data analysis. When combined with Analysis Services, PivotTables can provide users with an unparalleled ability to peruse aggregated data and drill-down to the underlying data quickly and accurately.

But, for all of its usefulness, some drawbacks do exist for using Excel PivotTable functionality to access data in an Analysis Services database.

First, it's difficult to combine PivotTables in a worksheet containing other PivotTables or Excel objects such as charts and graphs. The dynamic nature of PivotTables also makes it extremely difficult to control the size of the generated report. Adding and subtracting measures and attributes or expanding and collapsing hierarchies in the PivotTable will cause the PivotTable pane to expand...