Many of my clients started early with their GP 2016 & 2018 Year-End updates to get all the new rules from IRS around the 1099 forms filling applied to their GP instance. And this is a time-sensitive issue, as those fillings are expected by the IRS by January 31st every year. The major change this... Continue Reading →
Why are all my Dimensions gone in MR 2012 ?
Here is a strange case that happened to a customer today which is using Management Reporter 2012 CU15 and GP 2015 (I know they are behind on an unsupported version, but that's not part of the problem). The financial controller of the company generated a report in GP that they've been using for years now... Continue Reading →
Get around the ActiveX error when trying to run IM map
From time to time I get a call from customers that are using Dynamics IM (Integration Manager) in conjunction with their GP client. I recent call was about a new user that got setup on a brand new Windows 10 workstation and when trying to run the first time an integration about Sales Invoices in... Continue Reading →
The new GP 18.3 has been release!
Just in time for the Dynamics Community Summit North America 2020, the all new Dynamics GP 18.3 version has been released today for download from the Customer Source (Partner will have to get it from the same place, as Partner Source was officially retired and disabled by October 1st, 2020). This is a quick overview... Continue Reading →
Another Office Update that screws up the Word Template printing in the GP Client!
Another round of MS Office updates screwed up your GP client by preventing the Word Template to open after they get generated.
Build 28 of GP Power Tools Released!
After much waiting, the latest build 28 of GP Power Tools (GPPT) has been release today by David Musgrave.. I have been participating in the development of this new build by helping out BETA testing for this version since early spring 2020 and the more the testing went on, the more features got added, as... Continue Reading →
glpPostAccount. Error occurred NULL parameter
This is quite a common error message you may get in Dynamics GP when trying to post a GL Batch in Financial. The full message actually starts with "The Stored procedure glpPostBatch returned the following results: DBMS: 0, Microsoft Dynamics GP: 20052" And that is the problem. The message means nothing and doesn't give you... Continue Reading →
Disaster Recovery planning for Dynamics GP (Part 1/4)
First article of a series about DR & BC planning. Experience from the trenches.
Can I change the Company ID in my GP setup after installation ?
Most of you may be aware that during the initial GP setup with GP Utilities you define a 1-5 digit company ID / DB Name, but what most don't know is how this can have deep implication in the global setup of your GP instance. First and foremost the basics: the information about the company... Continue Reading →
Are you ready to ditch Windows 7 & 2008/R2 ?
Windows 7 & 2008/R2 coming to an End-of-Life.. what to do about when running Dynamics GP ?