Tuesday, October 28, 2008

The F7 key works MAGIC in Dynamics SL

A great short-cut that you may not know about is the F7 key when in any date field in Dynamics SL. If you press F7 when in the date field - the field will populate with today's date, eliminating key strokes.

Also, check out other "short-cut" keys as part of the "edit" menu from the tool bar.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Dynamics SL Report Assistants

Lot's of folks don't know about the Report Assistants books available from Microsoft. These fantastic books are now available FOR FREE! from Microsoft for most of the Dynamics SL modules. These books are a must have for any Report Writer in your organization, Crystal or SQL Reporting Services. The are priceless..... They have a screen by screen representation of tables and fields as well as PV Values for all tables. As long as your maintenance is current with MBS, you can download them from CustomerSource.

After you log in, select "CustomerSource" in the drop down menu in the upper left, and click "Go." Enter "Report Assistants" in the Search box, change the Product to Dynamics SL, then click on "Search." Click on "1. Report Assistants for Microsoft Dynamics SL" and the books will appear on the right side to download. The following Assistants are available for 6.5 only:

Project Controller
Time and Expense
Inventory
Order Management
Payroll
Purchasing
General Ledger
Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable
Cash Manager

I cannot recommend you downloading these enough!

HAPPY REPORT WRITING!