In the previous chapter, we explored our first four reporting tools. These tools were mainly used for mining Dynamics GP data and providing us with lists of data. After starting with the structure of each tool and describing how to use them, we gave some real-life examples to hone in on how each tool could be used to complete the example.

In this chapter, we move on to the Report Writer tool. Report Writer has been the underlying basis for reporting in Dynamics GP for many years. Every module in Dynamics GP has standard reports that originate from Report Writer. Many of these are posting journals that print when transactions are posted in the system. There are also reports such as activity reports, trial balances, modules setups, and so on. Any of these standard reports can be modified with the Report Writer tool.

Some examples of situations where we might find the need to modify these standard Dynamics GP reports could be adding aging periods to...