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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

Renaming fields for clarity


SmartLists are full of cool features and they are great for throwing together a report quickly. But, sometimes the column names don't mean much to an average user or the way that a company uses a field is different from its original intent.

It's not only possible, but also easy to change the column description that shows up on a SmartList. In this recipe, we'll look at how to do that.

How to do it...

To change the name of a SmartList column, perform the following:

  1. Select the SmartList icon from the menu bar at the top, or select Microsoft Dynamics GP Menu from the top, and click on SmartList.

  2. Select Financial and then Account Transactions from the pane on the left.

  3. Click on Columns.

  4. Click on TRX Date under the Display Name heading. Type Journal Date right over the old name and click on OK.

How it works...

Changing the column names in a SmartList doesn't change the name in the database; it uses the new name as an alias to overlay the database name for reporting. Notice...