Tag: management reporter

#GPLifeHacks, Dynamics GP, Jet Basics - Replace Management Reporter

GP #LifeHacks 200: Replace Management Reporter with Jet Reports

Some time ago Microsoft announced that Management Reporter was no longer going to get development support.  This meant that it was time to start exploring options to replace MR internally for financial reporting.  No rush, MR isn’t going away soon, but why not explore…

Here is a link with some information about this:

https://www.jetglobal.com/promos/gp/upgrade-from-management-reporter/

At the same time that the announcement occurred, Microsoft also announced a FREE solution to report our financials… FREE… plus it is EXCEL based.  WHAT?!?!?! Awesome, I know!!

Jet Express (Now called Jet Basics) is 100% FREE and does a great job of utilizing Excel and connecting directly to your GP data source for financial reporting… don’t let FREE push you away… it is a VERY powerful free tool and can replace Management Reporter.

Jet Basics is a great way to get started with financials in Excel.  Jet Reports takes it one step further… and it’s totally awesome!!!

In this series I will break down how to install Jet Reports and how to build out your first simple reports.
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#GPLifeHacks, Company, Dynamics GP, Year End Closing

GP #LifeHacks 110: Post Financial Transactions to History

Does this sound familiar?  “I can’t close my fiscal year yet… the audit is not finished.”
Closing a fiscal year in Dynamics GP does a few things, but in particular, it closes the Profit and Loss account balances out to the retained earnings account.
Many customers fear closing their fiscal year because their previous years work is not complete.  This causes complications with summary windows as well as with Financial Reporting.
I believe, in most cases, that the fiscal year can be closed right on schedule… just like closing any other month… no need to wait… no need to rebuild reports to create a make shift ‘balance brought forward’.  Just use the ‘Post to History’ functionality.
Let’s take a brief look at this…
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