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eConnect error: All transaction type child nodes must contain the same...
By Steve Endow I developed a new eConnect GL JE import for a customer and during an initial test, it worked fine. But during a subsequent test with a new sample data file, the customer would receive...
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Will eConnect import transactions into a batch that is in Batch Recovery?
By Steve Endow Will eConnect import transactions into a batch that is in Batch Recovery? The short answer is Yes. A client asked me this question today and I didn't have an answer, as it is something...
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Why is my Dynamics GP database growing / getting so large / taking up so much...
By Steve Endow There was a recent forum post by a user who had noticed that his Dynamics GP system database was growing, and was apparently looking to understand how to monitor the growth. I have dealt...
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No plan survives contact with the enemy: Budgets and Project Plans
By Steve Endow "No plan survives contact with the enemy"--this is a paraphrased version of an oft cited quote by Field Marshall Helmuth Carl Bernard Graf von Moltke (that's quite a name). I'm currently...
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Do your "non-profit" customers ask for a discount on software or services?
By Steve Endow I recently had an interesting experience. A Dynamics GP customer contacted me to purchase some software. They tried the software, liked it, and said they were ready to purchase. They...
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Correcting Project Expenses
When someone needs to correct something in project accounting, I always push a little bit...asking what exactly they need to correct. Is it the cost? Or is it the billing? Or is it something showing up...
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Adjusting Prior Year Balances in Dynamics GP- Lesson Learned!
First, I want to preface this with the statement to PROCEED WITH CAUTION. I just thought the lessons learned in the post below might benefit someone. But, as with anything, please test, test, test, and...
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Replicating or Reverse Engineering Dynamics GP Windows and Features: A Risky...
By Steve Endow Several years ago I had a customer who was migrating 5 years worth of data to Dynamics GP. They needed to do a detailed data migration, so every transaction needed to be imported into...
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Recommended Reading: Dynamics GP and SQL Server Connection Issues and...
By Steve Endow I'm working with a Dynamics GP customer that is experiencing some SQL Server connection issues and errors. They started to notice the issue with a third party GP product that was logging...
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How do you avoid accounting process mistakes? How about a checklist?
By Steve Endow A customer purchased some software from me recently, and decided to pay with a credit card. I processed the credit card transaction last week and all was well. But today I received a...
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Illegal address for field TPEInitialize in script [Not Found]. Script...
By Steve Endow Today I worked with a customer who was receiving this error message when posting batches: Illegal address for field 'TPEInitialize' in script '[Not Found]'. Script terminated. We also...
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Developing a RESTful JSON web service integration for Dynamics GP - Part 1
By Steve Endow I just finished a very interesting Dynamics GP integration. It is a RESTful JSON web service that allows a web site to integrate with Dynamics GP, Authorize.net, and k-eCommerce / Azox...
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In praise of source code control: Do you use a source code repository for...
By Steve Endow In February 2012, I installed VisualSVN for source code control. For years I had just been zipping up my entire projects with date and time and version file names, and archiving those...
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Dynamics GP crashes after installing AddIn DLL with...
By Steve Endow A client was trying to test some Dynamics GP AddIns on their server, but when they copied the DLL files to the AddIns folder, they could no longer launch GP. It would crash immediately....
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GP Customers: Talk to your Dynamics GP partner! Let them know if you are not...
By Steve Endow I am sure I have written about this at least once before, but today, in the last two hours, I had TWO conversations regarding Dynamics GP customers that are not happy with Dynamics GP...
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Integration Manager 11 / 2010 Error: Invalid object name SY00100
By Steve Endow This week I helped someone troubleshoot and refine an Integration Manager script for use on GP 2010. The integration is for a GL JE import with AA, so I fired up my dedicated AA virtual...
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Is eConnect multi-threaded?
By Steve Endow Just when you think you know something about something, a question comes up that gives you pause because you don't know the answer. I just fielded a seemingly simple question about...
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Dynamics GP takes over 10 minutes to login or switch companies (aka Don't...
By Steve Endow I have had a few calls with a Dynamics GP customer that was having performance issues. They have two separate Dynamics GP environments for two separate entities. Environment A runs...
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Does Dynamics GP use the tempdb database? No? Yes? Prove it!
By Steve Endow I received an interesting email today with this statement: " TempDB has no performance impact on Dynamics GP, as it does not use TempDB. " I had to read that a few times to make sure I...
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SQL Server WHERE clause wildcards
By Steve Endow This morning I was working on a SQL query used to create to create new Dynamics GP customer IDs. The customer IDs are created by using the first 6 characters of the customer name,...
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