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Microsoft Dynamics GP or former Great Plains Software eEnterprise/Dynamics is matured ERP/MRP application and its customization tools evolution came in parallel with the evolution of our computing tools and hardware fleet. This article gives you highlights on the Legacy and New tools and you are the one to make a decision.
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Microsoft Dynamics GP or former Great Plains Software eEnterprise/Dynamics is
matured ERP/MRP application and its customization tools evolution came in
parallel with the evolution of our computing tools and hardware fleet. This
article gives you highlights on the Legacy and New tools and you are the one to
make a decision.
Legacy Tools. Great Plains Dexterity was designed on several fundamental idea,
popular in the beginning of 1990th computer graphical platform and database
platform independence, and logically as you might remember the stake was on C
programming language, as the hybrid of assembler and at the same time more
generic programming or high level language. Obviously if you decide to stake on
one you have to sacrifice or disregard the other. In the case of Great Plains
Dexterity we see the following problems: lack of Unicode support (making it not
a good choice for international expansion), DEX_ROW_ID in SQL Server database
each dexterity table must have this field, used by Dexterity engine
internally, inflexibility in ReportWriter or Dex reports, where you have to use
only key-based links. Plus graphical interface is kind of outdated again it is
based on C transferable graphics
eConnect & XML web services. With the progress of Project Green or now
Microsoft Dynamics project, there is the potential need to resolve multiple
database kernels for several Microsoft ERP: Great Plains, Navision, Axapta,
Solomon with unified interface, utilizing .Net or its successor. eConnect allows
developer to manipulate Microsoft Dynamics GP objects through programmable .Net
interfaces. If you will deploy web service envelopes then you potentially can be
independent from programming language and computer technologies, and so
manipulate Microsoft Great Plains business logic from your front end application
of choice, including eCommerce, EDI, J2EE, Oracle, Business Intelligence (BI),
etc.
Dexterity Customizations Upgrade recommendations. It is probably not
reasonable to spend large budget to switching to new technologies in one step,
however you should consider step-by-step switch. We recommend you to deploy
eConnect and web service interfaces as much as you can, plus try to switch
reporting from Dexterity to SQL Server Reporting Services
Crystal Reports. As you can conclude Microsoft will be recommending SRS
versus Crystal Reports, and you probably remember, that Crystal was the
reporting tool of choice for older Microsoft Great Plains versions: 5.5, 6.0,
7.0 and 7.5
Recent Tools. Xtender, Excel, Explorer and other end-user-friendly tools. In
this article we definitely recommend you to do your intuitive discovery, but we
concentrate on programmer approach and instruments.
Please do not hesitate to call or email us: USA/Canada: 1-866-528-0577,
1-630-961-5918, Europe: +44 20 8123 2580, +45 36 96 55 20, Mexico:
52-55-535-04027 help@albaspectrum.com
Andrew Karasev is technical consultant at Alba Spectrum Technologies (
http://www.albaspectrum.com
http://www.ronix-systems.de
http://www.enterlogix.com.br )
- Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains, Navision, Axapta, MS CRM, Oracle
Financials and IBM Lotus Domino Partner, serving corporate customers in the
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Logistics, Hospitality, Banking & Finance, Wholesale & Retail, Chemicals, Oil &
Gas, Placement & Recruiting, Advertising & Publishing, Textile, Pharmaceutical,
Non-Profit, Beverages, Conglomerates, Apparels, Durables, Manufacturing and
having locations in multiple states and internationally.
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