Released on: September 7, 2008, 2:38 pm

Press Release Author: Tenny/Viccomp, Inc.

Industry: Software

Press Release Summary: Besides the great and versatile built-in Microsoft Dynamics
GP or Great Plains Report Writer, Crystal Report also offers another great tool to
create financial reports that base on Dynamics GP data.

Press Release Body: Besides the great and versatile built-in Microsoft Dynamics GP
or Great Plains Report Writer, Crystal Report also offers another great tool to
create financial reports that base on Dynamics GP data. The data can come from GP
modules like Accounts Receivables, Accounts Payables, General Ledger, Inventory,
Sales, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Project Accounting and many other modules.

Just like building Crystal reports for any other accounting software, a right data
connection is the first thing that needs to be done correctly. The most convenient
connection is to use the Sql Server Odbc connection to connect to GP database. Once
the Odbc entry is correctly created, you can select it in a Crystal report to
connect to GP modules for their data.

Either regular or formula data fields are readily placed on the reports. You can
create a data source either based on a single GP table or linked multiple tables in
GP. For the linked table data source, you could link the table in a Sql Server
stored procedure, a view, or simple link them in a Crystal report. Once that is
ready, just select the fields or create formula fields and place them on the
reports. All the formatting like font and color for labels and data fields are just
like the regular reports.

Because of the ability of accessing various modules in GP, a Crystal report can show
data simultaneously come from Sales, Purchasing and Inventory for example. Also,
because of the ability of using formula fields, the resulting Crystal reports can
show GP data in many different ways.

All Great Plains or Dynamics GP windows and reports are ready to customize, you can
use modifiers to change the appearances or values. If more advanced modification or
customization is needed then VBA, Dexterity, Visual Studio Sdk are there to help.
Great Plains has been in the accounting software marketing for many years, and it is
one of the first software to convert to Windows environment from DOS. It is also
one of the first accounting software to include the .Net in its tools, so the
software has always been trying to be on top what are new with computers and
operating systems.


Web Site: http://www.viccompinc.com

Contact Details: Alhambra, CA 91803, 626-281-5636, help@viccompinc.com