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Real-world Business Intelligence with Microsoft Dynamics GP

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Real-world Business Intelligence with Microsoft Dynamics GP

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Real-world Business Intelligence with Microsoft Dynamics GP
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Items shipped within the last 30 days with tracking numbers


Microsoft Dynamics GP SOP has the ability to store the tracking numbers for shipments. Open the SOP invoice, and open the user-defined fields to enter or obtain the tracking information. If the custom links are set up correctly for your shippers, you can drill into the tracking information on the Internet from the SOP Invoice.

Tip

Yes, the trick is getting the shippers set up correctly. Each shipper has a different link that needs to be used, as they all store tracking numbers differently. Review this Microsoft Support KB article for more information: http://bit.ly/GPsopTrack.

Brief background of the company

This distribution company sells product through some websites that require that shipping to occur within a specified time period. In an attempt to retrieve tracking numbers with the invoice information, tracking numbers are stored in the GP invoice user-defined window.

Pain or goal defined

When a customer calls to find out the status...