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Brandon

Power BI Report Server or Power BI SaaS: which is right for me?

Recently, Crestwood was asked three questions that pertain to Power BI in the cloud (the Microsoft SaaS offering) and how it compares to the on-premise (or cloud-hosted) Power BI Report Server solution.  Both solutions enable Power BI reports and visualization construction by leveraging the power of Microsoft’s Power BI services, but there are notable differences … Read more

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Drive growth in Acumatica
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Lauren

How Acumatica is Forging Ahead in the ERP World

One of the biggest dangers is failing to keep up with the expectations of current and prospective customers. In 2000, the Fortune 500 top 30 featured major players of the day such as Sears, Enron, Compaq, Lucent, MCI WorldCom, and Kmart Holdings. Being great at a point in time doesn’t mean perpetual greatness. Steve Jobs … Read more

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Setting Reminders for Business Events in Acumatica
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Lori

Using Business Events for Approval Reminders in Acumatica

Acumatica introduced Business Events in Acumatica ERP 2018 R1. Business Events provide a platform to monitor data and events and create actions such as an email notification or an import scenario. Our clients have used Business Events for notifications on events such as: Additions of new customer locations to confirm tax settings. Purchase receipts created … Read more

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Removing Duplicates in Acumatica
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Lori

Removing Duplicates from GIs in Acumatica

Sometimes you need to add an additional table to a simple Generic Inquiry in Acumatica in order to get data that is not in the original table.  If the new table has a many-to-one relationship with the original table, you can see duplicates, (or worse: entries as many times as there are records in the … Read more

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Shortcuts in Acumatica
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Colleen

Acumatica Shortcuts – Shift F to Filter

I was on a certification training webinar with Acumatica recently, and during the meeting, the Acumatica team showed a shortcut trick that I think everyone in our community needs to know about. It’s possible that you already do, but if not, it is worth the few minutes to read. Acumatica has built many amazing inquiry … Read more

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Prepayments in Dynamics 365
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Melissa

Initial Setup for Prepayment Percentage – Sales Orders in Dynamics 365 Business Central

If you require your customers to submit payment or if a vendor requires you to submit payment before shipment, you can use a prepayment. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central makes it easy to invoice with prepayment percentages. We learned that with just a bit of initial setup, you can design a very smooth processing experience. … Read more

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Acumatica 2019 R2 - Financial Features
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Mike

New Financial Features in Acumatica 2019 R2

Acumatica 2019 R2 was released in September, 2019 and included more than 100 improvements, enhancements, and new features.  The release notes are extensive covering additions in the platform, usability, financial management, project accounting, inventory and order management, construction, field service, and manufacturing.  Many of these new features were developed by user requests, to make Acumatica … Read more

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Dynamics GP Error
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Brandon

Dynamics GP and SQL 2019 – Internal error: “An expression services limit has been reached”

With a recent Dynamics GP upgrade, we ran into a unique error message that we had not seen before: This error was appearing in various Navigation Lists in GP 2018 R2 on the latest version.  Examples of Navigation Lists impacted included the following: All Purchasing Transactions Purchase Orders Not Submitted Purchase Requisitions Pending Approval Other … Read more

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Acumatica 2020 R1 New Features
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Mike

Acumatica 2020 R1: New Financial Features

I know you probably love reading all the release notes for the new versions of Acumatica, but I’ll save you some time and give you the cliff notes.  Here is a list and screen shot of the new financial features in Acumatica 2020 R1. Banking Payables Receivables Fixed Assets Taxes Banking Validate External Transactions Form … Read more

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