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Our latest poll indicated that the use of the Cycle Count functionality in Dynamics GP is not overwhelming.

The Cycle Count functionality is a great tool to keep on top of your inventory, and is certainly less stressful than doing a 100% count once or more in a year.

Here is a blog article that explains the process: http://gp.rosebizincblogs.com/2009/06/inventory-cycle-counts-2.html

If you think that Convergence is a waste of time and money, you haven’t been to Convergence. If you think it’s long, tiring, and requires a lot of effort, you’re probably right.

I go to Convergence to talk with Dynamics Partners and Users. I don’t go to any sessions. I don’t spend much time looking at software products and services offered by other partners. I don’t even eat much of the food. I talk with people about Dynamics; how they use it, what they like about it, what they don’t, and what they’d like to do with it.

Every Dynamics user I talk with heartily agrees that Convergence is a worthwhile use of their time and money. The most enthusiastic are those who are attending Convergence for the first time. Most of them are downright bubbly as they describe their experiences over those few days. We had several customers join is in Houston this year. There were several first-timers. All of them loved it.

These are some of the reasons first-timers love it:

• They get to discuss the issues they may be having with another set of very knowledgeable people
• They become aware of a broader range of functionality available in their existing systems
• They decide that, “OK. Now it’s time to upgrade.”
• They discover several ways to solve problems or increase the benefits of their systems with small additional investments
• Microsoft does a pretty good job of executing a fun and interesting convention experience
• They get to talk with lots of other users, doing all sorts of things with Dynamics
• They get to see Kirill live and in action, and Doug Kennedy may play the drums
• They get to visit an interesting place they may have never been to before
• They know that there will most likely be another Convergence within 12 months

So next year we’re going to New Orleans. Will you be there?

My days are always much better when I can begin them with a little exercise. That’s especially true when I’m out of town as I am today, attending Convergence.

It’s a stormy day in Houston. Lots of wind and rain. A perfect morning for a short run.

I had a nice two mile run down to and along the river, as a gentle and warm rain escorted me along my path.

Actually a nice run does me more benefit than a good night’s sleep, so I’m ready to go. See you there.

It’s 9:30 am in Houston. Doesn’t look too cheery, does it?

The preparation and setup is done, so we got to spend  most of the day talking with customers and partners; my favorite part. It’s the reason I make the effort to travel across the country. There are lots of enthusiastic Dynamics users and partners. It’s fantastic.

I spent a small part of the morning with Microsoft Dynamics GP developers. They are very, very focused on delivering the next version of Dynamics GP. They are super focused on the technology in order to present a better experience to the end-user. That’s it, delivering a better experience to the end user. You shouldn’t want anything more. Your investment in the product will continue to produce a positive return. I know it.

We spent the evening at the Astros’ home park. What a beautiful baseball park. I like the Padres’ park in San Diego, but Minute Maid Park is much  more interesting and fun.

Oh yeah. And there was this kid named Daughtry playing his guitar. He was pretty good.

Arrived all intact in Houston by 12:00 noon. 73 degrees and a bit humid. St. Patrick’s Day celebration in full swing.

Only one snafu. We inadvertently left the keys to our travel boxes in San Diego.

Not a problem that couldn’t be easily solved with a pair of bolt cutters.

Quickly got set up for the next four days. Easy.

Should be a great time in Houston. Looking forward to it.

GP 2010 includes functionality to easily distribute business documents via e-mail.

Here are the results of a recent poll we took on this site:

Here’s a blog article that provides more detail: http://gp.rosebizincblogs.com/2010/09/gp-2010-document-e-mail-distribution.html

Here’s another that shows it in connection with EFT processing (you have to go to the video to see it): http://gp.rosebizincblogs.com/2011/05/eft-for-payables.html

The folks over at the Dynamics Corporate Performance Management blog drew my attention to this video about the report scheduling functionality in Management Reporter.

Take a look at this video:

“Report scheduling offers a flexible and secure mechanism for automating the publishing of your financial reports from within Management Reporter. Report schedules are simple to setup and require little maintenance. In your business, Report scheduling can be used to eliminate the repetitive task of generating the same reports every day during the month end.”

MR 2012 Feature Overview – Report Scheduling

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These are the results of our January Poll:

So you want to modify a Dynamics GP Report Writer report. Do you feel lucky?

Report Writer is pretty easy to use. It’s pretty easy to modify existing reports.

Some people like it. Some don’t. And another from Mark.

But beware of corrupting the reports.dic file. Oh precious, you don’t know what that is?

Take a look at these:

The Achilles’ Heel of Dynamics GP

Recreating reports.dic in Dynamics GP

If you’re intrepid and barrel forward, take heed of Musgrave’s advice:

“My answer is simple and I have been saying for years. Don’t use shared Reports.dic. Use a synchronised one instead. See the article below for more info:”

http://blogs.msdn.com/developingfordynamicsgp/archive/2008/08/20/automating-distribution-of-customisations-part-1.aspx

And if you want to see Harry in action, see it here (not for kids): http://youtu.be/daFb3J-cwLg

Do you feel lucky?