1. What’s New in Dynamics GP 2016
Bryan Smith
TrinSoft, LLC
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2. Agenda Features added in Dynamics GP 2013
Dynamics GP Roadmap
System Wide Changes
Business Intelligence
Financials
Distribution
Project Accounting
Payroll Enhancements

3. Features added in Dynamics GP 2013
Take companies offline
Purchase requisition
Identity Management
Web Client functionality
SmartList designer additions
Microsoft Azure backups
Print and documents, batch and statements
Document attach enhancements
Reverse Fiscal Year
Copy and Paste to General Ledger
Default Sort Order for Payables Checks
Payables Prepayments additions
Employee and Project Self Service Home Page
We won’t have time today to go through the features but here is a list of a number of those enhancements introduced in GP 2013.

4. Features added in Dynamics GP 2015
Service-based architecture
Additional workflow functionality
Intercompany enhancements
Warning of vendors that have purchase orders.
Fixed Assets year-end close report.
Edit for historical documents – sales and purchases.
Payment terms enhancements.
Employee self-service enhancements.
Skills and training list notification for approvers.
Approval list of employee self-service tasks.
Management Reporting navigation integration.
SmartList designer – refreshable Excel reports.
Business Analyzer companion app available in the Microsoft App Store.
We won’t have time today to go through the features but here is a list of a number of those enhancements introduced in GP 2015.

5. Dynamics GP Roadmap
Dynamics GP 2016 has 35+ new features & enhancements
Like NAV, GP is now on a six month release cadence for new versions/updates. -
Dynamics GP 2016 has over 35 new features & enhancements in Foundation, Distribution, Financials, Business Intelligence & Web Client. As Microsoft moves its brand toward the cloud, Dynamics GP is set to become a fully-enabled cloud app over the next couple of years.

6. System Wide Changes (Foundation)
Web Client Enhancements
Document Attachment
Word Templates
Workflow Management
Odata Service

7. Foundation: Web Client Enhancements
The Web Client interface has been refreshed. Built entirely in HTML5.
The home page can be tailored to user preferences.
Web Client Search – a new search feature allows you to locate and open windows through search.
Support has been added for multiple devices, including iPad and Android tablets.
Support for multiple browsers has been added including Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Safari and Chrome.

8. Foundation: Document Attachment
Ability to scan multiple pages.
Scan more than one page at a time if you’re using a document feeder.

9. Foundation: Word templates for batch approval
Enable a default Word template of the batch edit list to be ed to an approver so they can see complete information about the transactions in the batches before approving the workflow step.
This function can be enabled in:
General Ledger
Payables
Receivables

10. Foundation: Workflow condition management
New options are available for processing workflows when something in the workflow doesn’t meet prescribed conditions.
Continue to the next step
Reject the workflow

11. Foundation: Workflow reassignment notification
notifications can be sent to the approver for:
Delegation
Escalation
Alternate Approval

12. Foundation: OData service deployment
OData is a protocol that allows access to information exposed by any Odata data source.
Separate install under Additional Products
Use GP Security to control access to data
Supports tables, views and stored procs as data sources.
Allows for support of Power BI

13. Business Intelligence Enhancements (BI)
Import and Export SmartLists
Default columns in SmartList Options
Export formatted numbers to Excel
Create SmartLists from Favorites
What is Power BI
Add Power BI reports to Home page

14. BI: Import and Export Smartlists
Import and Export Smartlist definitions from one installation to another.

15. BI: Define default columns in Smartlist Options
All columns included in new Smartlists created in the Smartlist Designer will be displayed in the Smartlist Options window by default. Prior to this, you could not define default columns in the Smartlist Options window.

16. BI: Export formatted numbers to Excel
When exporting Smartlists to Excel, numbers will now be formatted as numbers. Previously, numbers were formatted as text.

17. BI: Create SmartList from favorites using SmartList Designer
Create a new SmartList from a favorite using SmartList Designer.

18. What is Power BI
Power BI is a suite of analytical tools designed to analyze and share data.
Power BI Desktop gives you tools to transform, analyze and visualize data.
Power BI Mobile allows you to monitor important data from all of the devices you rely on.
You can securely connect to your data whether it is on-premise or in the cloud.
You don’t even have to be a developer to create meaningful and stunning visual representations of your data.

19. Power BI!

20. BI: Power BI reports can be added to home pages
A new web part is available to easily add power BI Reports to the Home workspace.

21. Financial Enhancements (Financial)
Budget import exception report
Analytical Accounting user access settings
Payables batch credit card payment option
Edit attachments that flow to transactions
Deposit cash receipts batches automatically

22. Financial: Budget import exception report
When you import budget from Excel, an exception report will list accounts that aren’t setup in General Ledger as well as any duplicates found in the import file.

23. Financial: Analytical Accounting user access settings
Use the User Access to Trx Dimension Codes window to grant access to multiple users.

24. Financial: Payable batch credit card option
Enable payables computer check batches to be paid using a credit card. The payment will create an invoice for the credit card vendor and a remittance form will print a list of the invoices paid with the credit card transaction.

25. Financial: Edit attachments that flow to transactions
Edit information in attachments that are included through the document attachment function. The feature allows you to edit the attachment properties of a document that flowed from a master record.

26. Financial: Deposit cash receipts batches automatically
When you mark the option to automatically post cash deposits, this feature allows for a single deposit to be created that includes all of the cash receipts in a batch.

27. Distribution Enhancements (Dist)
All-in-one document view for sales
All-in-one document view for inventory
Prepay purchase order total

28. Dist: All-in-one document view for sales
View all related documents for a single sales transaction in the same window.
Filter any document and all related documents will be retained in the view. Quickly see all documents linked to a Quote, Order, Invoice, Credit or Cash Receipt.

29. Dist: All-in-one document view for inventory
View all related documents for a single sales transaction in the same window.
Filter any document and all related documents will be retained in the view.

30. Dist: Prepay purchase order total
Pay the total amount of a purchase order with a prepayments. This can include taxes, freight, and miscellaneous charges along with all line items. Prior to this enhancement, prepayments could not exceed the subtotal amount of the purchase order.

31. Project Accounting Enhancements (Proj)
Document attachments
Project fields in purchase requisition entry
Unit cost field in employee expense window
Project time entry reports added

32. Proj: Document attachments
Documents like receipts can now be attached to an employee expense transactions from the Employee Expense Entry window.

33. Proj: Project Accounting fields in Purchase Requisition Entry
Two new fields have been added to Purchase Requisition Entry. Project number and cost category are available on each line of the requisition. This is also included on the purchase order created by the requisition.

34. Proj: Unit cost field in PTE Employee Expense window
A field has been added that you can use to view and edit expense transactions. Also, Item field was renamed to Cost Category ID, Billing renamed to Bill Type and Amount field renamed to Purchases.

35. Proj: Project Time Entry reports added
Two new Project Time Entry reports have been added
PTE Timesheet Edit List
PTE Expense Report Edit List

36. Payroll Enhancements (Payroll)
Inactive pay codes lookup option
Enhanced payroll posting accounts setup

37. Payroll: Inactive pay codes lookup option
A new option to exclude inactive pay codes from lookup windows throughout Payroll.

38. Payroll: Enhanced payroll posting accounts setup
You can now see all posting accounts in a navigation list. You can filter and sort accounts using the functionality common in other navigation lists. They can be exported to Excel, edited and imported back into GP. On import, an exception report will identify duplicate or missing accounts.

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