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Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Reporting - Second Edition

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Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Reporting - Second Edition

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Reporting
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Comparing the Dynamics GP Reporting Tools Against Different Reporting Challenges
Index

Accessing data at the table level using SQL Management Studio


Once we have identified our physical table name, we can begin to use SQL Management Studio to view the data in the table. To accomplish this, we can write simple select statements to view the data. This can be very useful, as it allows us to see actual data in the underlying table. So, if a user tells us they need information they are entering in Sales User defined fields, we can view that data directly in the table to be sure we are capturing the requested data. A helpful tip for this is to open the Sales User-Defined Fields Entry window in Dynamics GP for a specific document number. Then, in SQL Management Studio, we can select the record from the table (in this case, the SOP10106 table) that equals the same document number we are looking at in the screen. This allows us to ensure we are looking at the correct data.

Tip

One thing to keep in mind if we are working on a production database or even a test database with large amounts...