Recently when I was creating an SSRS report and was having a difficult time inserting a watermark. Unlike Microsoft Word, there is no button called “watermark” where one can be easily inserted. I could also not find a way to have a text box with an adjusted transparency. Instead I came upon a very helpful
Read MoreWhen using Manufacturing in Microsoft Dynamics GP (both GP 2010 and GP 2013), people not assigned to the POWERUSER role are unable to see Manufacturing SmartLists by default – even users who are assigned MFG ADMIN and MFG_INQUIRY roles. To grant permissions for these, you need to include them with a task. You can assign
Read MoreIn GP Manufacturing, the accounting flow for inventory transactions involved in a Manufacturing Order can be tricky, because they don’t all follow the same logic. Below is a summary of the accounting flow for some of the basic inventory transactions that take place during the Manufacturing process. Component Transaction Entry (Issue) Issues raw materials to
Read MoreIf you are familiar with Dynamics CRM 2013, than you are aware of the great new auto-save feature that was introduced with this release. By default, Dynamics CRM 2013 will auto-save the form you are working on every 30 seconds unless you increase the time-lapse period or disable the feature. If you disable the auto-save
Read MoreWe found an issue in Microsoft Dynamics CRM update rollups 15 and 16 when trying to apply filters to views. When adding any filters for “Related” records to a view and then saving the view and closing, the filter will not save. If you re-open the view to check for the filter you just added
Read MoreWorking with GP2013, I encountered this error logging in: “An error occurred while loading or initializing an addin. Ask your administrator to check the Windows event log for more details. Dynamics will now close.” Checking the Event Viewer provided a bit more information: “Microsoft Dexterity error: The description for Event ID 0 from source Microsoft
Read MoreIf GP seems unusually slow when starting up, it may be caused by reminders you have set. Upon startup, GP searches through the data for each reminder. Therefore if you have several reminders set on your Home screen, and/or if your reminders comb through a large amount of data, it can slow down GP’s startup
Read MoreReminders can sometimes slow down the performance of Microsoft GP Dynamics. Below are step-by-step instructions for removing your reminders from GP. (This will remove reminders only for your login, it will not affect reminders others may have set.) Go to Microsoft Dynamics GP >> Reminders
Read MoreIf you are struggling to sign into Microsoft Dynamics CRM as a different user because you automatically keep logging in as the same user, it is probably because your company has implemented Single Sign-On functionality. Single Sign-On is when your computer’s credentials are automatically passed along to the site, rather than making you manually enter
Read MoreI recently tried to open and edit the Sales Performance Dashboard. I got the message “Cannot Edit Dashboard. The dashboard could not be opened. Maximum no. of columns allowed in the layout is 4.” I also tried to make an unmanaged copy of the dashboard with no success, as I got the same error message
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