Released on = September 7, 2006, 5:18 pm

Press Release Author = Alba Spectrum Group

Industry = Computers

Press Release Summary = Microsoft Great Plains installation, legacy accounting data
conversion & migration, integration with third party ERP systems, Microsoft
Dexterity customizations upgrade & recovery in Chicago, IL & Houston, TX area and US
nationwide

Press Release Body = Alba Spectrum Group: 1-866-528-0577, help@albaspectrum.com
skype: albaspectrum

Microsoft Great Plains installation, legacy accounting data conversion & migration,
integration with third party ERP systems, Microsoft Dexterity customizations upgrade
& recovery in Chicago, IL & Houston, TX area and US nationwide

Microsoft Dynamics GP currently is supported for MS SQL Server database platform,
however direct data feeding into SQL tables should probably be avoided due to the
fact that Great Plains data should comply to numerous business rules, In other
words, it is safer to use such tools as eConnect, Microsoft Dynamics GP Integration
Manager or in some cases GP macros to validate application business logic in adding
master records (customer, vendor, employee, etc) and transactions (sales and
purchasing invoices, etc). In this small article we would like to give you some
hints on Microsoft Dynamics GP data conversion:
. Initial Balances Approach. This is the simplest and probably recommended way -
you keep your legacy ERP for history lookup, in Great Plains you enter GL beginning
balances, import your customers and vendors and begin new fiscal year in GP. When
your customer calls and asks you about last year transaction, you open legacy MRP
and give the answer from there
. Historical Records. If you need history in your new accounting - you should try
to minimize historical data conversion, again due to the requirements of business
logic validation in bringing in historical records. Some people could disagree -
who cares - you bring history "as is". Unfortunately, there is the problem - when
you post or move your records to the history in the regular business operations, you
may conflict with your history data conversion inaccuracy.
. Data Conversion Tools. The easiest one is Integration Manager. However
integration manager can only bring master records and work transactions, then you
should post these work transactions. The same should be told about eConnect data
conversions, however eConnect is usually applicable to ongoing data integrations.
The next tool is SQL - here you have to deploy Microsoft Dynamics GP consultant, who
is familiar with Microsoft Great Plains data migration.
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Textile, Pharmaceutical, Non-Profit, Beverages, Conglomerates, Apparels, Durables,
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