Recently, we received a call from a client that their Microsoft Dynamics GP web services stopped working. Additionally, they weren’t able to get into the Dynamics Security console either. The Problem: When clicking “Select Applications” the message would appear in the lower left corner “Action: In progress…” and nothing further would appear. Browsing to the … Read more
Which dictionary do I use if I have multiple versions of Microsoft Dynamics GP? If you are a Dexterity developer with many alternate Dynamics GP forms in your development dictionary, e.g., your development dictionary is Dynamics GP2013 RTM and the Dynamics GP client application dictionary is GP2013 SP1, which dictionary do you use? If the … Read more
Did you know you could hide a row on a SSRS report if all the fields on that row are blank? I found a lot of documentation on how to hide a text box, or even a row based a condition or calculation, such as blank, zero or null values. However, I didn’t see much … Read more
The below C# pseudocode will set a “Date and Time” attribute to a provided value using the Microsoft Dynamics CRM SDK framework. This part is very straightforward and can, in fact, be simplified by performing the type casting in one line rather than parsing via multiple lines. string sSourceValue = “12/01/2016”; string sDestField = <DateTime_Attribute>; … Read more
Recently, I came across an issue at a long time Microsoft Dynamics GP client. When they tried to go to the Receivings / Transaction Entry window via Transactions > Purchasing menu, nothing would happen. It would not open, even though the option was present in the menu. Additionally, there was no error message and it didn’t … Read more
Did you know that you can use SQL Stored Procedures (SP’s) as a data source in a Scribe Insight integration? You might have done something similar when you use SP’s as the data source for custom reports. Using SQL Server as a data source in Scribe lends all the power and functionality of SQL Server … Read more
Client Issue: We recently had a support case where a client was using one Exchange server, and had just moved their email to Office365. They are using the “Exchange” email option in their environment since they are using Office and Outlook 64-bit. When prompted to login with their Exchange email credentials, they would continue to … Read more
Microsoft includes a license with Dynamics GP for their “Swiss Army Knife” set of tools called the Personal Services Tools Library (PSTL). One of these tools is Company Copy. It is used to copy the setups from one company to a new one. This is very useful for new Dynamics GP companies, implementations, or for … Read more
I recently was helping a client who tried to upgrade to Microsoft Dynamics 2016 and had problems. I had to uninstall Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016 and reinstall Dynamics CRM 2013 first. When doing so, I ran into an issue with the Volume Snapshot Service, also known as the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS). What is … Read more