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This post outlines how to maintain control over General Ledger and Dimension combinations when migrating from Dynamics GP to Business Central. It explains that Business Central treats segments as Dimensions and suggests using the “Allowed Value Filter” to restrict which Cost Centres can be used with specific General Ledger codes, thus preventing incorrect entries.… Continue…
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The post discusses the migration of Dynamics GP users to Business Central, focusing on differences in the General Ledger structure. It explains the challenges users face when viewing balances post-migration and offers three methods to replicate GP’s Summary Enquiry functionality. The article highlights Business Central’s features, including Copilot-enhanced analysis tools.… Continue reading →
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Introduction When you post a transaction in a subsidiary module in Dynamics GP, a journal is created in the General Ledger to record the transaction in the chart of accounts. The journal has its own unique journal number that groups all the distributions related to that transaction together and is stored in the GL table…
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Introduction Recently I had a situation where I had to change the voucher number of a posted payables document. There is no standard way to do this via the application however it was causing issues with a third party integration so we had to investigate how this could be done. To do this task I…
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Introduction Sometimes when you select “Smartlist” off the menu in Dynamics GP nothing appears to happen? Smartlist doesn’t load but you don’t get any errors. When you look at the Windows toolbar, smartlist appears to be open but you can’t select it. Its all very strange. We get this scenario quite often on the support…
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Introduction This is another blog in a series I’ve been writing comparing functionality in Dynamics GP to Dynamics 365 Business Central. In this post I’ll compare how purchase holds work in both Dynamics GP and Dynamics 365 Business Central. Both products offer solutions for applying holds at a document and Vendor level, however there are…
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Introduction A few weeks ago I assisted with a General Ledger year end for a GP user with a very large number of journals and consequently a very large SQL database. Usually a year end is a fairly straight forward routine, however as this user has such a large database, along with additional SQL bits…
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Introduction In this post I’ve created a list of Dynamics GP tables and windows along with their Dynamics 365 Business Central counterparts. I’m hoping this will give any GP user venturing into BC a greater insight into how to navigate around Business Central and also which tables store the data. (I’ve included tables because us…
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Introduction Situations can arise where batches show a status of “Receiving” or “Busy” in the various series post windows. This is generally nothing to worry about, it just means a user is active with that batch, however if the batch continues to say “receiving” or “busy” when no one is posting, further investigation may be…
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Introduction This article outlines the steps needed to create a new currency in Dynamics GP. The article assumes you have the relevant security permissions to access the various windows and also the system password if one is used. Adding a new currency First you need to add the currency via “Tools > Setup > System…
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