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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

Coloring windows by company


Many companies use several company databases in Dynamics GP. This may be because they have multiple entities to account for or because they want a test and a production database. Invariably, data entry mistakes get made because users inadvertently key information to the wrong company. For some time, users have asked for a way to visually tell one company from another. One feature of the Support Debugging Tool is designed to do just this.

The Support Debugging Tool allows a user to change the window background color for a specific company. This provides a consistent visual cue to identify the company being used.

In this recipe, we will look at how to assign colors to specific companies to distinguish them from each other.

Getting ready

The Support Debugging Tool needs to be installed on each user's machine and users need access to the MBS DEBUGGER USER security role for the company-based color schemes to work. Additionally, the Administrator mode needs to be activated...