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Microsoft Dynamics GP 2016 Cookbook

You're reading from   Microsoft Dynamics GP 2016 Cookbook Over 100 powerful and effective recipes to help you solve real-world Dynamics GP problems

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2016
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ISBN-13 9781786463401
Length 376 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ian Grieve Ian Grieve
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Personalizing Dynamics GP FREE CHAPTER 2. Organizing Dynamics GP 3. Automating Dynamics GP 4. Leveraging New and Updated Features in Dynamics GP 5. Exposing Hidden Features in Dynamics GP 6. Improving Dynamics GP with Hacks 7. Preventing Errors in Dynamics GP 8. Harnessing the Power of SmartLists 9. SmartList Designer 10. Connecting Dynamics GP to Microsoft Office 2016 11. Maintaining Dynamics GP 12. Extending Dynamics GP Professional Services Tools Library 13. Modern Business Intelligence for Dynamics GP Index

Speeding up account entry with Account Alias

As organizations grow up, the chart of accounts tends to grow larger and more complex as well. Companies want to segment their business by departments, locations, or divisions; all of this means that more and more accounts get added to the chart and, as the chart of accounts grows, it gets more difficult to select the right account. Dynamics GP provides the Account Alias feature as a way to quickly select the right account. Account aliases provide a way to create shortcuts to specific accounts, which can dramatically speed up the process of selecting the correct account. We'll look at how that works in this recipe.

Getting ready

Setting up account aliases requires a user with access to the Account Maintenance window.

To get to this window perform the following steps:

  1. Select Financial from the Navigation pane on the left. Click Accounts on the Financial area page under Cards. This will open the Account Maintenance window.
  2. Click the lookup button...
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