Here are my top choices for “2013 Most influential people in Microsoft Dynamics”:

• David Musgrave (page 4)- Somehow he was missed out in the last years list. I still don’t understand why he was missed out, but I  am really happy to see his name this year; he is a well renowned blogger Developing for Microsoft Dynamics GP
• Mark Polino (page 9) - Dynamics GP MVP;  Blogger  DynamicAccounting.net 
• Mariano Gomez (page 9)- Dynamics GP MVP; Blogger The Dynamics GP Blogster
• Frank Hamelly (page 5) – Dynamics GP MVP; Blogger GP2themax
• Victoria Youdin (page 14)- Dynamics GP MVP; Blogger; Author of “Dynamics GP 2010 Implementation”
• Jivtesh Singh (page 7) - Dynamics GP MVP; Blogger About Dynamics, Development and Life
• Patrick Roth (page 11)- an extremely talented and knowledgeable GP support Engineer; I had the pleasure of      working with him on couple of complicated issues and meet him personally at Fargo; Blogger Developing for Microsoft Dynamics GP
• Christina Philip (page 3) – Blogger Dynamics GP Land
• Steve Endow (page 13)- Blogger Dynamics GP Land
• Leslie Vail (page 9)- Microsoft Dynamics GP MVP; blogger Dynamics Confessions Blogspot; Author of  ”Developing      Microsoft Dynamics GP Business Application”.
• Mohammad R. Daoud (page 10)- Microsoft Dynamics GP MVP; blogger Mohammad R. Daoud
• Ian Stewart -  Microsoft Dynamics GP MVP; blogger DynamicsGP.ie – Global Insights from Ireland
• John Stulak - Founder of Ethotech a leading solution provider Dynamics GP.
• Andrew Snook – President of FastPath; leading solution provider in the security, audit and compliance market space.
• Richard Whaley – Founder of Accolade Publications; Dynamics Guru, Author and Publisher
• Chad Sogge – Principal Group Program Manager at Microsoft
• Kirill Tatarinov – President, Microsoft Business Solutions Division
• Lindy Antonelli -  Chairman & Executive Director at Cloud Accounting Institute

Please cast your vote and support!!!

Last few days I was working on a problem reported by my customer. Finally, I have decided to create my customer’s environment to debug the problem they were facing. After going through several steps to set up the GP environment (up to the same GP service pack level), I was ready to synchronize the account framework and login to GP application to troubleshoot the issue. At this point, I ran into the following error message while I was login to GP application–

“An available update may be required for your computer, but the update process couldn’t verify information. Contact your system administration for additional information.”

(this happened only when you login to GP and not with GP utilities…)

I immediately knew that this error has something to do with Dynamics GP client update. I queried SYUPDATE table in DYNAMICS database and found 2 entries with UNC path pointing to my customer’s environment. Initially I was little hesitant to delete the records. So I reached out to the GP community and searched in all the blogs that I follow. I have attached two link at the bottom of my blog that gave me all the answers that needed. Thanks to Doug Pitcher and Scott Emick for their wonderful blog article.

Open SQL Server Management Studio

USE DYNAMICS;

GO

SELECT *

FROM   SYUPDATE;

GO

DELETE SYUPDATE;

Note: Before delete any record from GP tables, please make sure you do your research and have a clear understanding as well as a take proper database backup(s).

Post from Doug Pitcher

Post by Scott Emick

Until next post–

The view below links GL20000 (GL_YTD_TRX_OPEN – Year-to-Date Transaction Open) and GL00201 (GL_Budget_SUM_MSTR – Budget Summary Master) and GL00105 (GL_Account_Index_MSTR – Account Index Master). The variance is a calculated field (actual – budget).

CREATE VIEW view_GL_Actual_vs_Budget_by_Period

AS

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    -- Created by    :    Samuel Mathew, Eclipse Computing, Inc.

    -- Date            :    04/08/2013

    -- Description    :    Displays Actual, budget and variance for all accounts

    --                    by year and period.

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    SELECT GL00105.ACTNUMST AS 'ACCOUNT',

           GL00201.YEAR1 AS 'YEAR',

           GL00201.PERIODID AS 'PERIOD',

           ISNULL(tSQL.ACTUAL, 0) AS 'ACTUAL',

           GL00201.BUDGETAMT AS 'BUDGET',

           (ISNULL(tSQL.ACTUAL, 0) - GL00201.BUDGETAMT) AS VARIANCE

    FROM   GL00201

           INNER JOIN

           GL00105

           ON GL00201.ACTINDX = GL00105.ACTINDX

           LEFT OUTER JOIN

           (SELECT   GL00105.ACTINDX,

                     GL20000.OPENYEAR,

                     GL20000.PERIODID AS 'PERIOD',

                     SUM(GL20000.DEBITAMT) - SUM(GL20000.CRDTAMNT) AS 'ACTUAL'

            FROM     GL20000

                     INNER JOIN

                     GL00105

                     ON GL20000.ACTINDX = GL00105.ACTINDX

            WHERE    (GL20000.SOURCDOC <> 'BBF')

            GROUP BY GL00105.ACTINDX, GL20000.OPENYEAR, GL20000.PERIODID) AS tSQL

           ON tSQL.PERIOD = GL00201.PERIODID

              AND tSQL.OPENYEAR = GL00201.YEAR1

              AND tSQL.ACTINDX = GL00201.ACTINDX;

GO

GRANT select

    ON view_GL_Actual_vs_Budget_by_Period TO DYNGRP;

Read the article click here (membership required to read the full article)

Microsoft Convergence 2013 is over for another year and we are all back to our daily routines. Convergence is always a unique experience for me. It’s a week long conference that helps you understand more about Microsoft Dynamics product line (GP| AX| NAV|SL| CRM) through general sessions, individual sessions and deep-dive sessions. These sessions are loaded with valuable information and in-depth demonstrations of the respective product lines. Another great thing about convergence is to network with Microsoft executives, partners, ISV’s and customers. In addition, you have the unique opportunity to connect with peers in similar situations.

This year was out tenth consecutive sponsership of the event. Based at expo booth # 2256 we showcased two of our products in our booth, Eclipse Royalty & Rights Management System and  our new web-based portal (Eclipse Dynamics Portal), which is designed specifically for Microsoft Dynamics GP that provides enhanced capabilities of the standard ERP product(s). EDP is designed to provide enhancements to standard GP features for companies that process high volumes of transactions or require more flexibility in the manner of recording information. The software can greatly enhance the productivity and reduce redundant entry across multiple companies.

I was very pleased to meet a few of our long-standing customers and spend time discussing about our products and the services. I enjoyed speaking with Ryan Hallett from Monotype, Michael and Brad from American Technical Publishers, Alex Lewis and David Roselle from Team Beans & Forever Collectibles, Andy Skipton from Logos and Neil Smith from Zillow.

I was also delighted to meet Mr. Sivakumar Venkataraman,  a former two time MVP for Microsoft Dynamics GP and a very excellent blogger in the Dynamics GP community. Check out his blog, Interesting Findings and Knowledge Sharing. Siva is one among the many GP product experts and a well-known blogger that I follow regularly. It was a great pleasure to meet and chat with him about the GP product and his new role in Microsoft as a partner technical consultant.

See you next year in Atlanta, Georgia, USA from 03/04/2014 to 03/07/2014.

ERRMS for Dynamics GP 2013 is loaded with enhancements, specifically in the areas of royalty payments and royalty expense deductions. In the royalty payments area, there is an enhanced royalty advance recoupment and reserve for return calculation process. Users can now set up partial advance recoupment against the earned royalty amount. The partial recoupment can be based on a fixed amount or a percentage of total payable royalty earning. The enhanced reserve for return handles reserve withholding and reserve liquidation based on distribution channel.

Other important features in this release include:

• Manual advance payment entry
• Manual expense entry
• Enhanced rights transaction entry – the system can now calculate royalty earnings based on net or gross revenue earnings
• Flexibility to select “Post through general ledger” for all General Ledger transactions
• Supported calculation of Bad Debt deduction based on distribution channels
• Revised SQL Reports
• Full compatibility with the new Dynamics GP 2013 web client.

To speak to us about the enhancements in ERRMS for Dynamics GP 2013, call us on +1 201 210 8264 or +1 201746-6255 ext. 201

View the featured blog http://www.nchannel.com/2013/01/22/a-look-at-the-top-microsoft-dynamics-gp-blogs/

I wanted to take this opportunity to thank Joe Lerro for his tremendous support and mentoring throughout my carrier with Eclipse Computing. I would also like to thank my colleagues and friends Ben Miklitsch, Hiroko Kitamura and Ryan Hallett for their invaluable feedback, support and guidance. Next I would like to thank all my valuable blog readers for your comments and feedback.

Finally, I thank my wife Susan and my 3 wonderful children for their unconditional love, support and understanding.

Convergence will be held in New Orleans, LA from March 18th through 21st. Convergence is the largest event for Microsoft Dynamics community. Please don’t miss this event.

To learn more about our product.. Please visit Expo Booth # 2256 and ask for Joe Lerro or Samuel Mathew.

2013 is officially upon us and I want to take this opportunity to thank all my readers and visitors a very Happy and Prosperous New Year. We have many exciting things in this new year to look forward especially GP 2013, Microsoft Convergence 2013 etc.

“Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account. – Oscar Wilde”