Learn to build professional and powerful dashboards with Microsoft Dynamics GP and Excel About This Book * This book provides a core foundation for you to understand the ever-changing Microsoft Power BI * Through this book, you'll understand how data flows and is secured between Microsoft Dynamics GP and Microsoft Excel * You'll see how to create amazing dashboards using various tools such as Excel 2016, Power BI, Jet Express, and more Who This Book Is For This book is geared up for analysts and accountants keen on building and maintaining professional dashboards with Microsoft Excel 2016 for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2016 data, and building financials with visuals using the New Jet Reports Express Tool for Dynamics GP. An introduction is provided for those who want to maintain dashboards in Microsoft Power BI. What You Will Learn * Use GP Data in Excel 2016 in a meaningful way * Build basic financial statements using Jet Reporting Express, including visualizations * Understand the foundation of Power BI and its components * Get and maintain data from Dynamics GP in Power BI * Find out how to use the Power BI Query Editor (the Get and Transform feature in Excel 2016) * Format basic visualizations to get better insights * Understand Jet Reports Express, which is used to create basic financial statements * Use the new Dynamics GP features, such as OData and adding Power BI tiles on the home page In Detail Microsoft Dynamics GP is a complete ERP solution that is extremely beneficial for small to midsize organizations in helping them grow exponentially. The book shows you in detail how to build great-looking dashboards with Microsoft Dynamics GP that enhance a company's decision-making processes. This guide will take you from the basics of setting up and deploying to creating secure, refreshable Excel reports. Using a whole host of tools available within Microsoft Dynamics GP and Excel, this tutorial will show you how to visualize your data using simple conditional formatting techniques and easy-to-read charts, and allow you to make your data interactive with slicers. We will also cover core topics such as Business Analyzer, Microsoft SQL Reporting services reports, BI360, and more. You will find out to use Power BI, share and refresh data and dashboards in Power BI, and use Power BI Query Editor. By the end of this book, you will have all the information required to build interactive dashboards using Dynamics GP. Style and approach The book takes a step-by-step approach and contains real-world examples that provide the building blocks to create engaging dashboards. This practical guide is all about doing. Get your data, open up Excel, and go!

Over 100 powerful and effective recipes to help you solve real-world Dynamics GP problems About This Book * Switch to Dynamics GP 2016 to take advantage of improved cloud support, workflow enhancements, and a more intuitive user experience * Understand the various tips and tricks to master Dynamics GP, and improve your system's stability in order to enable you to get work done faster * Discover how to solve real-world problems in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2016 with easy-to-understand and practical recipes Who This Book Is For The book is for Dynamics GP users or Dynamics GP partners. It assumes that you have a basic understanding of business management systems and Microsoft Dynamics GP. What You Will Learn * Explore the new enhancements in Dynamics GP 2016 * Personalize Microsoft Dynamics GP to improve accessibility and efficiencies * Maintain Dynamics GP and ensure proper operation of the system using optimum processes * Efficiently organize Microsoft Dynamics GP to improve processes * Leverage the power of SmartLists using proven tips and techniques and undocumented search functionalities * Connect Microsoft Dynamics GP 2016 to Microsoft Office 2013 * Enhance the usability of Microsoft Dynamics GP with hacks * Expose the hidden features in Microsoft Dynamics GP to improve efficiency and get more from the system * Deploy and use the Support Debugging tool to trace, locate, and resolve problems encountered by users * Explore PowerBI and how it can be used with Dynamics GP 2016 In Detail The latest release of Dynamics GP 2016 offers a powerful, adaptable, and cloud enabled enterprise accounting software solution. The new version has experienced changes in serviced-based architecture, workflow, existing functionalities, and the introduction of plenty of new features. This book will help you get the most out of Dynamics GP quickly and effectively. This book picks up where implementation training leaves off. Whether you are new or experienced, you will find useful recipes to improve the way you use and work with Dynamics GP. The book starts with recipes designed to enhance the usefulness of Microsoft Dynamics GP by personalizing the look and feel of the application. Most of the recipes are designed to give you tips for a typical installation of Dynamics GP, including core financials and distribution modules. The book then moves through recipes that include automating Dynamics GP to allow users or administrators to focus on value adding tasks, connecting Dynamics GP to Microsoft Office, exposing hidden features in Dynamics GP, PowerBI, and much more! Style and approach This book follows a recipe-based approach with a problem-solution mind-set. Each recipe is independent of the others; real-world tested, and designed to be used immediately.

About This Book Extend your Microsoft Dynamics GP skills by mastering Microsoft Dynamics Excel and Microsoft Power BI tools Gain insight into your current data, providing insight for better decision making Empower yourself with easy-to-follow directions for preparing useful and advanced reports Who This Book Is ForIf you're a GP user, this book is aimed at making your job easier. How? Through the use of Business Intelligence (BI) provided by your Microsoft Dynamics GP software to aid you in making informed decisions. This book assumes no previous experience; however, a basic knowledge of Excel is expected.

"Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Cookbook" is a highly practical beginner to intermediate Cookbook to improve your efficiency and master your use of Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013. All the recipes are time-proven; real-world tested, and designed to be used immediately. If you're a Dynamics GP partner or Dynamics GP user, primarily focused on delivering application optimizations, then "Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Cookbook" is for you. This book assumes that you have a basic knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics GP, a basic understanding of business management systems, and some exposure to Microsoft SQL Server.

Follow real-life, step-by-step examples that provide the building blocks to build engaging dashboards. This practical guide is all about doing. Get your data, open up Excel, and go! You don't need to be an expert to get the most out of your Dynamics GP implementation and build great-looking, easily maintained dashboards using Microsoft Excel. If you have a working knowledge of Dynamics and Excel you'll be producing amazing dashboards in hours not days.

As a cookbook, this book enables you to solve real-world Dynamics GP problems with immediately useable recipes that unleash the powerful functionality of Dynamics GP. The book provides tips, techniques, and solutions designed to show users how to improve their use of Dynamics If you are a Dynamics GP user or Dynamics GP partner primarily focused on delivering time-proven application optimizations, then this book is for you. This book assumes that you have a basic understanding of business management systems, with basic knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics GP. All the recipes are real-world tested and designed to be used immediately.