Tips, Tricks & Thoughts on Microsoft Dynamics GP

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Monday, February 20, 2012      General LedgerTroubleshooting

What I'm posting today is hopefully of use to someone out there who runs into this same problem.  Admittedly it's rare but it took me a while to find the answer.

In this case, "I" didn't find the answer, I found it buried in a community forums post from Sivakumar, one of the Microsoft Dynamics GP MVPs.

(Update: include link to Sivakumar's blog)


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Why does the JE description say “Receivings Transaction Entry”?

Sunday, January 22, 2012      General LedgerHow To & TipsPurchase Order Processing

This question came up in a forum recently - not in this exact form - but essentially the question was "where can you change the description of a transaction from a Dynamics GP Receivings Shipment or Shipment/Invoice"?

The short answer is, it's very well hidden but it is there, and most users don't see it and generally it stays at the default value which is "Receivings Transaction Entry".  That means if you print transaction descriptions on a Accounts Payable cheque or EFT remittance, that's what you see.

 


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What happens when you hit the max Journal Entry Number

Wednesday, January 19, 2011      General StuffGeneral Ledger

This falls under the category of "who knew?"!

There is a long story to why I even tested this in the first place, but it's not very interesting so I will spare you the details!  Suffice it to say I'm evaluating some requirements for a client who is planning to add a significant volume of transactions to Dynamics GP (potential volume in the millions of transactions per year). 


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Find the right G/L account with Aliases

Monday, November 1, 2010      General LedgerHow To & Tips

Do you have trouble finding the right G/L account to use when you enter transactions?  Do you frequently use the same G/L accounts on your day to day transactions and have the key them in or look them up each time?  Have you recently changed your G/L account numbering and can't remember the new account numbers?  Aliases may be useful to you if you answered yes to any of these questions!


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