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We often see the scenario when brave IT in-staff programmercomes with the initiative to design and deploy all Great Plains Dynamics GPreports in Crystal or SRS this is definitely great initiative, however itmight not be too rational: each reporting tool is dedicated to its own set oftasks and covers specific area. In thissmall publication we would like to talk about Dynamics GP Report Writer: 1. RWbest fit. It is where you call reportsfrom Dynamics GP screens: Sales Order Entry, Purchase Order Entry, forexamples. In these cases Great Plainsscreens allow you to fill in parameter fields and call Report Writer reportsaccordingly: SOP Blank Invoice form is good example. In order to do similar job for Crystal Reportdesigner you will have to purchase GP Modifier module (customization siteenabler) with VBA. But this is just thebeginning of the story then you will need to program Crystal Reports Enginecall from VBA script. Some additionalinfo: ReportWriter is Great Plains Dexterity programmed module and this is whyit is seamlessly integrated into Dynamics GP user security realm. If you need custom GP reports to be developedand integrated to your unique Dynamics GP Dexterity programmed add-on,Microsoft Dexterity is appropriate tool to do GP software development 2. ReportWriter programming. This paragraph isfor Dynamics GP Dexterity developers and programmers. In order to add custom feature to existing GPRW report, you may consider moving it into your Dexterity developmentdictionary. Then, you should create RW_global function in Dex and this function from that time will be available inyour Alternate Modified Dynamics GP Reports. Alternate means standard report included into your GP custom ISVdictionary and then modified with Report Writer 3. ReportWriter or FRx. Here you should followthe rule: FRx is for strictly Financial reporting: Balance Sheet, Statement ofProfit and Loss, Statement of Cash Flow, Consolidation financial reporting,including international multicurrency reporting. Plus FRx has Reporting Tree concept, allowingyou to pick specific departments or consolidate selected companies 4. Whereyou have to consider Crystal Reports. RWis not flexible in the situation, where you decide to deploy user definedfields, or when you have to base your reports upon custom tables (including theones, created in Dynamics GP Dexterity customization). And please, note here, that we are talkingabout modules specific reports, not GL ones, where FRx is the way to go
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