ERP and MRP application support might be too critical to ignore and left in the hands of internal IT folks. This statement is especially true if your business processes require certain level of customization, add-ons development, reports design, modification and custom programming.
Your Business Management System or Corporate ERP application stoppage might be too dangerous – in these scenarios Great Plains Technical Support: Data Repair, Version Upgrade, EDI, Moving Great Plains to new dedicated SQL 2005 Server, Integration with Microsoft CRM 4 should be considered seriously with possible appropriate budgeting. In this publication we would like to give you highlights on Great Plains maintenance:
1. SQL Server Maintenance. Here you typically deploy SQL Server maintenance wizard to create GP databases backup and maintenance jobs. The most important databases are Dynamics, Company DB as well as Master database, where you store all SQL Server security
2. Custom Reports and Forms. Great Plains Dynamics GP is Microsoft Dexterity based application, and Dex in turn has Modified reports and forms concept. You can modify standard report in Great Plains ReportWriter, as well as modify any existing GP form or screen in Great Plains or Dynamics GP Modifier. Modifier allows you to add VBA scripts to Great Plains modified forms, where you can even connect to Dynamics GP tables via ADO construction in VBA scripting
3. Great Plains Dynamics GP Technology Paradox. If you look at Great Plains Dexterity – this Sanscript programming or scripting language and IDE Shell was programmed in C programming language in earlier 1990th, however even now Dex is base for new Great Plains Dynamics GP version 10.0
4. eConnect as platform Paradox. eConnect was programmed in encrypted SQL stored procedures by Dynamics GP programmers, who apparently had access to DYNAMICS.DIC Dexterity source code dictionary. This technology opens Dynamics GP Dexterity objects to Microsoft Visual Studio C# or VB.Net software developer, who is familiar with SQL Server Stored Procedures and XML
Dexterity Customization for Dynamics GP Evaluation Level Paper
When you are developer it is always a good idea to read technical manuals. But if you was just assigned to the IT team to decide if Dexterity is the right tool to customize your ERP application then first you need something which is in style of ‘easy reading papers’ or FAQ
Planning Dynamics GP Customization in Large Corporation
If you are reading this page then chances are high that you were not able to find ISV add-on and need customization project. Let’s talk about planning, quality assurance and future event such as version updates.
Dynamics GP Invoice Logo Attributed to Specific Company or Crossing the Borders of Three SOP Forms
Initial Great Plains Dynamics architecture had three SOP Invoice forms: Long, Short and Blank. Modern GP is popular in scenarios where you have more than three companies under one business entity umbrella
