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While Microsoft does not release specific figures for its Dynamics ERP product line, annual revenues have been estimated at between US$1.1 billion and $1.2 billion, according to Ray Wang, a partner with the analyst firm Altimeter Group.

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Here is a simple fix to resolve your issue. Open up Windows Explorer and browse to the “C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Application Data\Microsoft Dynamics SL\MenuCache” folder. In that folder you will find a collection of XML documents. These XML documents are locally stored “copies” of your SL menu. When you login to SL you use these cached copies of the SL menu to load the main SL screen faster, but if there was a change to the menu you may not see it because you are loading a cached copy. If you delete the contents (all these XML files) from the MenuCache folder the next time you login to SL you will get a fresh version of the SL menu.

That’s it!

•    General Ledger batches
•    Payables Management batches
•    Purchase Orders
•    Receivables Management batches
•    Sales quotes

GP Workflow is a wonderful tool to streamline an internal approval process.  Take for example a Purchase Order (PO).  As an organization I want to require approval for a PO that is over $1000.  Anything under this $1000 threshold is fine and can be purchased without approval.

With GP Workflow when a user enters a PO that is over $1000 and submits the PO it is automatically routed to another user that has been identified as my approver.  The “Approver” can review the PO and choose to:

•    Approve the PO
•    Reject the PO
•    Request a Change on the PO
•    Delegate the PO to another user in our Workflow configuration

Any of these actions can be accomplished in GP, from Outlook 2007, or by accessing the Workflow web site.  This means by using Outlook or a web browser, users can be reviewing and approving PO’s without using a license in GP.   Once approved, the PO can be printed and received against in GP.

The example used here is of a very simple approval process.  However, with GP Workflow, it is very easy to setup a more complex tiered approach to approvals.  With a little thought and planning GP Workflow can work very well for an organization looking for an electronic way to approve transactions in GP.

As a quick note - GP Workflow is installed on a web server that needs to be running Microsoft Office SharePoint Server.

Thanks for reading. Have any experiences with GP Workflow you would like to share? Please post them here!

- Erik V.

Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 enables everyone in your organization to drive business success by streamlining and automating business processes. Your people and teams can succeed in a highly collaborative work environment by sharing files and information, bridging communication between your employees, customers, and partners. Your people can also work faster and smarter when working with a user interface that is designed for how people really do work.

Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 helps to ensure consistency, accuracy, and tighter controls across your business with automated approval workflows. Workflows can be set up to fit the unique needs of your business process.

People also have quick and easy access to shared information with enhanced search capabilities across your organization. And you can be confident in the integrity and confidentiality of critical information with improved security features.

Increase business productivity on all levels

Provide everyone in your organization—from your chief executive officer (CEO) to your finance managers, your salespeople to your warehouse staff—with the information, tools, and collaboration capabilities they need to be

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What’s new in Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0

1. New menu interface
Microsoft Dynamics SL’s new menu interface is built to work like and with other Microsoft products you and your people are familiar with, helping reduce the time required to become productive.

• New, menu interface that is similar to the 2007 Microsoft Office system

• Configurable, role-relevant menus and home pages….

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Top 10 reasons to upgrade to Microsoft Dynamics SL 7.0

If you do decide that you would like to make an ID change, there is a tool that will allow you to make that change, not only for new project, but also for existing projects and old projects. This tool actually changes all of the historical data, as well.

Stay tuned for the next 4 parts on what to consider before, during, or after a Dynamics SL Project Accounting Implementation. Thanks for reading!

- Jon

Once you add a user field to the entity, you may want to add that field to a report. This too is easy to do. With a little Crystal or SQL Reporting Services training, you can learn how to add fields to reports.

Hope this helps! Be on the lookout for Part 3 of, “Things to consider before, during, or after a Dynamics SL Project Accounting Implementation.”

-Jon

But watch out, SAP and Oracle. While continuing to bludgeon and attack each other as they go after SMBs, both vendors now must look over their shoulders at hard-charging Microsoft and its burgeoning Dynamics set of business applications.

“Microsoft remains a relative newcomer to the business applications market,” notes Warren Wilson, a research director at Ovum, in a report. “However, it is committing more and more resources to its Dynamics solutions, and its ability to integrate Dynamics with its ubiquitous Windows applications—especially Office—makes Microsoft a threat that neither SAP nor Oracle can afford to take lightly.”

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Microsoft Dynamics goes head-to-head with SAP and Oracle