Fun Stuff

 

  • “My mind now expects to take in information the way the Net distributes it: in a swiftly moving stream of particles. Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy on a Jet Ski.”  –Nicholas Carr, American writer and editor, Atlantic Monthly, July 1, 2008
  • “The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do.”  –Ted Nelson  
  • “Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining.”  – Jef Raskin
  • When you should have run check links a long time ago: check-links-6767

    

 

 

– Last updated 01.30.2009

15 Responses to “Fun Stuff”

  1. Thanks a lot Victoria.

  2. Thanks a lot, Victoria! You are the best!

    Steve

    • Hi Victoria,

      I have to bug you again.

      When we print picking ticket, there is an option called”include kit components” is defaulted checked. We don’t want it being checked at all. Is there a way we can deselect this option, so we don’t have to deselect it every time when we print a picking ticket?

      Thanks a lot,
      Steve

  3. Thanks so much Victoria!

    I didn’t expect you can response so quickly!

    Thank you.

    Steve

  4. Hello Victoria,
    Our company works with GP 9.0. I have two questions here:

    1. Can I do a financial check link in test company when users are using real company?
    2. Can I do a SQL backup when users are using GP?

    Thanks a lot,
    Steve

    • Hi Steve,

      1. Yes. The only check links series that affects more than the company you’re in is the System series. All others are company specific.
      2. Yes. Making a backup directly in SQL simply takes a snapshot at that point in time. There should be no issue doing this while users are in GP, however, depending on resources, your users may experience a performance hit during the backup.

      None of this is version specific, so these answers would be the same for GP 10.0 and GP 2010.
      -Victoria

      • Hello Victoria,
        We have an sales batch, which doesn’t have transactions, but it is with a batch total of $150.

        Why did this happen and how to fix it?

        Thanks,
        Steve

        • Hi Steve,

          This can happen when transactions are moved between batches and is usually nothing to be concerned about. If you have confirmed that the batch does not actually have any transactions (by going into the transaction window and searching or by looking at the related tables in SQL) then you can simply delete the batch in GP.

          -Victoria

  5. Benoit (Ben) Lalonde Reply September 25, 2011 at 8:59 am

    Hello Victoria,

    Our company works with GP and I am being told by I.T.”s that on the “Sales transaction entry” we cannot change the following;

    1) Order entry form changed to landscape form portrait

    2) Add additional line of information to appear on order for each product

    3) and have the option for French or English descriptions for specific language clients

    Is this true?

    Thanks in advance

    Note: we just recently updated to the latest version of GP

    • Hi Ben,

      I think this is all possible, however, I don’t know how easy it would be using GP’s Report Writer. For these kinds of changes, I would typically recommend working with Crystal Reports or SSRS.

      -Victoria

  6. I just thought I would browse thru’ the Fun Stuff and out of all I liked, this one is awesomely satirical: When you should have run Check Links a long time ago. And I just wonder what I would do if I face anything like that in my consulting career. Scary.

  7. I am going to have to steal the “no soup for you” line and hide it somewhere in GP. Very, very clever.

  8. Hi Victoria,

    I found the blog you posted about using credit cards to pay vendors and it is perfect for what we are wanting to do with our new implementation. I have also seen several of your post on the newsgroups and have been very impressed with your knowledge of GP. I have been a GP user for over 9 years and a GP consultant for over 2. I hope to be as smart as you one day.

    Thanks for all your advice and help.

  9. Happy New Year. Thanks for your tips on the SBF board. I am now switching my thinking back to GP for the conversions. Should be a good year for that task.

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