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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

Disable a company database to prevent users from logging in


Out of the box, Microsoft Dynamics GP doesn't have a method for disabling access to a company. For example, if you're running an upgrade you may want to disable all companies to prevent users logging in and then enable each one as the upgrade of that database completes.

PSTL offers this functionality. In this recipe, we'll take a look at how to disable a company using Database Disabler.

How to do it...

To disable a database, perform the following steps:

  1. In PSTL, select Database Disabler from System Tools.

  2. Click on Next.

  3. Select the Disable checkbox next to the company name that is to be disabled.

  4. Click on OK.

How it works…

Once a database has been disabled, users who are already in that company can continue working, but users who try to log in or change company will not see the company listed for selection.

The disabled company can still be accessed by the sa user normally so there is no possibility, if you only have one company, of preventing...