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Forecaster.ini...or maybe outie?
With a 4 month old in the house, I can't resist a belly button joke :) I wanted to take a moment to share a little shortcut concerning managing Forecaster 7.0 applications. The installation of the...
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Whozit, Whatzit, Forecaster?
When newcomers are learning Forecaster, whether it be consultants or end-users, I think one of the hardest concepts to grasp is the relationship of Forecaster, Users, Data Sources, and FRx. So I...
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Breaking It Down- New Budgets in Forecaster
I have to admit, there are a few questions that make me cringe. They include-- Why does the reports.dic have to be rebuilt so often? Do commissions post to payables or payroll? How do I set up a new...
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Forecaster TRANSLATE -vs- TRANSLATEL
Subtlety is an art, right? So it goes that the difference between the TRANSLATE and TRANSLATEL tasks in Forecaster is a very subtle one. For those of you unfamiliar with currency translation in...
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Helpful Microsoft Forecaster Scripts
I know I have been quite absent from the blogosphere lately, but I hope that Steve has been keeping everyone entertained (or at least keeping you in deep thought over complex technical issues). I wish...
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Forecaster Database Transfer Tool Permissions
A shout-out to Jake Friedl at Microsoft for pointing us in the right direction on this one. If you are using Forecaster with Management Reporter, you probably have been faced with using the Forecaster...
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Forecaster Line Sets With a Period
Back in the days of Forecaster 6.7, I used to really emphasize the need to avoid special characters when naming or entering just about anything. There were such a myriad of issues caused by special...
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The value of logging and diagnostics in Dynamics GP integrations
By Steve Endow I developed a custom web service for a customer that allows one of their internal web sites to create customers in GP and store customer credit card data in a third party credit card...
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How do you backup your Hyper-V virtual machines?
By Steve EndowSo, how do you backup your Hyper-V virtual machines? You DO back them up, don't you?Today I spent a rare day working on my "data center infrastructure".Specifically, I was working on my...
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Who deleted my Dynamics GP database table and stored procedure.?
By Steve EndowAn unusual situation has come up at a client. While reviewing some integration logs, I saw that a custom database table had been deleted from the production Dynamics GP company database....
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eConnect will import data with leading spaces: Why should you care?
By Steve Endow One fine day, you joyfully work on a simple Dynamics GP customer query. You just want to look up the record for a customer.SELECT*FROMRM00101WHERECUSTNMBR='WEB001'Couldn't get much...
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Dynamics GP GPConnNet ReturnCode 131074: One possible cause
By Steve EndowLast week a customer contacted me saying that an eConnect integration suddenly stopped working.They have been using the integration for a few years without issue, but without apparent...
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Two quick tips on Dynamics GP SQL Server backups
By Steve Endow I recently learned two interesting things about SQL Server backups from the esteemed Victoria Yudin.FIRST, I'm embarrassed to say that I didn't know that SQL Server 2008 added a native...
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Reopening Closed Years!
Okay, so my new year’s resolution has completely gone astray as I have been absent from this blog for way way way too long. So here I am, coming out of the post-year end haze, and hope to get back in...
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Updating Payroll Transactions for FUTA and SUTA
I had previously posted some scripts to do a compare, to identify transactions where the FUTA and SUTA fields are set differently than the set up records for the pay codes involved. Remember, FUTA...
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Get GPConnNet to connect to SQL Server instance with a TCP port number using...
By Steve Endow I have a very large Dynamics GP customer who has a very large and complex IT environment with a lot of security. In their Test Dynamics GP environment, they have the unusual situation...
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Source Code Control: Converting from VisualSVN to Git on BitBucket
By Steve EndowI do a lot of development with Visual Studio, creating eConnect integrations and VS Tools integrations for Microsoft Dynamics GP.Back in 2012 when I decided to finally setup a source code...
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BadImageFormatException Error after upgrading eConnect import to GP 2015:...
By Steve EndowI recently upgraded a .NET eConnect Dynamics GP integration from GP 2013 to GP 2015.In Dynamics GP 2015, the eConnect libraries were updated to use .NET 4.5.1, so when you upgrade any...
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One sign of a really bad API
By Steve EndowThe last several months, I've been working with a third party product that integrates with Dynamics GP.While the product sometimes technically works, it is absolutely riddled with bugs....
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Clearing Out Old Uninterfaced Fixed Assets GL Activity
It's not unusual for Fixed Assets to get implemented after the initial project for Dynamics GP. But lately, I have had a few different clients who went live with Fixed Assets but never actually went...
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