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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

Logging transactions for troubleshooting


In the Troubleshooting issues with a DexSQL log recipe of Chapter 10, Maintaining Dynamics GP we looked at creating a DexSQL log file for use in troubleshooting. That recipe didn't require any special software but it did take a lot of back and forth to limit the contents of the file to the specific process to be logged. The free Support Debugging Tool from Microsoft not only makes this much easier, it adds a host of features and logging options to get more information for support.

How to do it...

To create a DexSQL log, perform the following steps:

  1. In Microsoft Dynamics GP select Tools | Support Debugging Tool from the Microsoft Dynamics GP menu.

  2. At the top of the screen, above Microsoft SQL Server Options, click on Turn On Manual Logging Mode.

  3. Select Financial from the navigation pane. Select General under Transactions.

  4. Reopen the Support Debugging Tool window from the Windows taskbar and click on Turn Off Manual Logging Mode.

  5. The DexSQL.log file now exists...