Happy New Year Everyone!!

Wishing everyone a happy, safe and prosperous New Year!!  May we all see great things happen for Dynamics GP in 2011.  Hope to see you all at Convergence this year.

GPTip42day - Victoria Yudin's new book - Microsoft Dynamics GP2010 Implementation

What a way to start the New Year!  Our good friend and fellow MVP has a new book out called Microsoft Dynamics GP2010 Implementation.  Victoria is extremely knowledgeable about Dynamics GP and has been a GP MVP for longer than I've even known what an MVP is.  She has taken her vast knowledge about GP and used it to create a step-by-step guide to implementing GP2010.  I'm going to read the book in the next couple of weeks and post a review here on the blog but I wanted to give you all advance notice that the book is available here - https://www.packtpub.com/microsoft-dynamics-gp-2010-implementation/book.

I'm really looking forward to reading the guide and whether you're getting ready to implement GP2010 or just want to learn more about it, I'm sure this will be a must-have for your GP library.

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and Happy Holidays to Everyone!

May your holidays be safe, serene and restful and may your New Year bring you health, wealth and wisdom.  My best to each and everyone!

GPTip42day - Why can't I see the Batch ID in SmartList after I post a GL batch?

This little quirk has to do with GP allowing you to use the same Single Use (as opposed to Recurring) Batch ID multiple times.  If GP stored the Batch ID (BACHNMBR) in the Open or History tables after the batch is posted, as it does in the Work table prior to posting, this could prevent use of the same Batch ID again.  Some (like me) might say this is a good thing because it would provide a solid audit trail between the batch and its transactions.  However, the current behavior does offer more flexibility in batch naming.

At any rate, if you need to see the Batch ID for a posted batch in a Financial Transactions SmartList, add the 'Originating Source' column to your SmartList.  That is where the Batch ID is stored permanently.