| Microsoft Great Plains (Dynamics GP) software is | | | | with Odbc standard into Great Plains. The user |
| an Enterprise Resource Planning software, that | | | | can designate the source, query, and destination |
| has many basic and advanced modules to help | | | | for deciding how the data are brought in, |
| small to mid size businesses to automate their | | | | formatted, and converted into Great Plains. |
| accounting processes. It has many tools like | | | | Great Plains Visual Studio Sdk is a relatively new |
| Dexterity, eConnect, Visual Basic for Application, | | | | tool to customize forms, reports, program flow, |
| Integration Manager, Great Plains Visual Studio | | | | and codes for Great Plains. It usually requires a |
| Sdk, Form and Report Modifiers, Crystal Report | | | | developer or developers to create a code project |
| and other tools to help companies to customize | | | | in Visual Studio with programming language like |
| Great Plains and suit their way of doing business. | | | | Visual Basic or C#. The developer then refers to |
| Certain tools will require the company to purchase | | | | Great Plains exposed data fields, table, form |
| the corresponding licenses or registrations to use. | | | | structures to write a program like Dexterity can |
| Dexterity is a tool that is used to create Great | | | | do, but in a different language and way. |
| Plains and also allows Great Plains developers to | | | | Form and Report Modifiers are for changing the |
| customize forms, reports, and program flows. | | | | windows and reports for Great Plains like adding a |
| The modifications that Dexterity creates are just | | | | data field to a window or report, and other |
| look-and-feel the way Great Plains does. For | | | | modifications. The developer can also write |
| example, if the user adds a text box, combo box | | | | Crystal Report to access Great Plains database |
| or list box to the Inventory Item Maintenance | | | | for creating custom reports. Microsoft Great |
| window or report, it will just look exactly like the | | | | Plains or Dynamics GP provides many ways and |
| existing text box or other controls. Because of | | | | tools for customizations. The user or developer |
| Dexterity always use indexes for retrieving data | | | | can choose any of the tools, depends on what |
| from a Sq Server table, the performance is very | | | | the requirement or specification of changes will be. |
| fast under usual environment. That’s why | | | | If you feel you need help on anything related to |
| Dexterity is one of the best tools for customizing | | | | Great Plains that might help improve your current |
| Great Plains.eConnect is a tool that is good for | | | | Business Process we can customize any Great |
| repeating data migration into Great Plains from | | | | Plains Module to your specific needs and |
| other data source like Microsoft Excel, Access, | | | | requirements: we specialize in the following |
| text files, Xml files, and other data that are | | | | modules and functionalities: System Manager, |
| compliant with Odbc standard. eConnect is like a | | | | Business Portal, General Ledger, Customization, |
| server object that usually requires a front end | | | | Financial Management: Accounts Receivable (AR), |
| program like Visual Basic or C# to work with to | | | | Accounts Payable (AP), Bank Reconciliation (BR), |
| convert outside data source like Xml files into | | | | Cash Flow Management, Analytical Accounting, |
| Great Plains. Once setup, the user can run it as | | | | eBanking, eExpense, Fixed Asset (FA), Collections |
| wishes or schedule it to run periodically. | | | | Management (CM), Multicurrency Management |
| Visual Basic for Application or VBA is a tool that | | | | (MM). |
| works great with Great Plains forms usually. | | | | Distribution: Sales Order Processing (SOP), |
| Because if a data field like Item Number and its | | | | Purchasing Order Processing (POP), Inventory |
| Item Maintenance window are added to Visual | | | | (IV), Payables Management (PM), Receivables |
| Basic, then VBA can be used to refer to the data | | | | Management (RM), Manufacturing, Bill of Materials |
| field and window and then changes the flow of | | | | & Material Requirements Planning (BOM & MRP), |
| the data for the form. For example, instead of | | | | Human Resources (HR), Payroll, Field Service |
| moving from field 1 to field 2, VBA can change | | | | Management, Project Management (PM), Job |
| the flow from field 1 to field 4, or skips field 4 to | | | | Costing, eConnect, Crystal Reports, FRx |
| field 7. | | | | Professional, Enterprise Reporting and Smart List |
| Integration Manager is another tool that is used | | | | Builder. In addition to the main core modules, we |
| for migrating data like Microsoft Excel, Access, | | | | developed and customized various add-ons to |
| text files, Xml files, and data that are compliant | | | | Microsoft Great Plains. |