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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

Historical depreciation report


One of the regularly and most frequently requested enhancements, fixed asset management, is the ability to generate historical depreciation reports in order to verify depreciation expense for tax purposes.

This feature has arrived with Dynamics GP 2013.

How to do it...

The option to run the historical depreciation report has been added to the standard fixed asset report options. To generate a historic depreciation report, perform the following steps:

  1. Open the Depreciation Reports window in Dynamics GP by selecting Financial from the navigation pane and clicking on Depreciation in the Reports section under Fixed Assets.

  2. Select Depreciation in the Reports field.

  3. Click on New to open the Depreciation Report Options window.

  4. Enter HISTORIC in the Option field.

  5. Choose End of Previous Fiscal Year, or End of Previous Month, in the Depreciation as of field (the default option is Current Amounts, which reproduces functionality as it existed in previous versions).

  6. Check the Active...