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Microsoft RMS is SQL Server-based application, so we will consider SQL programming - SQL queries, views and stored procedures. Here we are talking about custom integration, which you can create as a stored procs set. To fix the issue you need to trigger worksheet creation and launch on the headquarter level to replicate new balance to all the stores. If worksheet mechanism didn't play during this time interval - store B gift card balance will show incorrect value. Customer uses card in store A and then walks in to the store B.

Great Plains Dexterity with SQL Stored Procs Nowadays, most of Great Plains installations are moved to SQL Server - so you can use Dexterity for custom forms drawing only and make the buttons run SQL stored procedures. If you need cross dictionaries customization - consider using SQL Stored Procs for crossing dictionary borders and pulling data/making changes in the other dictionary. Dexterity Forms - if you like VBA and are comfortable to do all the business logic in VBA - you can use Dexterity as new forms creator/editor. This is OK - but you have to purchase VBA/Modifier and Customization Site Enabler from MBS. Great Plains is actually integration of multiple dictionaries.

In the case of custom internet application you can deploy. Net web publishing - Microsoft Great Plains data sits on Microsoft SQL Server. Here you should consider EDI (if you are large corporation) or eOrder or other simple internet ordering solution. If automated shipment is the most business processes critical requirement - you can implement Supply Chain solution, integrated with Microsoft Great Plains. If you are looking for budget solution - we recommend you light modification in Sales Order Processing (SOP) and Purchase Order Processing (POP) modules to automate Shipping/Receiving with barcode scanning.

If eConnect is too expensive - you could appeal to experienced developers, who has set of custom stored procedures to work with SOP10100, SOP10200 and IV00100 tables. Our suggestion is to realize it in SQL Stored Procedure and then you could create Crystal Report with parameters to calculate and report commission amounts. We saw very complex and proprietary formulas. In Furniture outlet shift manager commission is based on her/his employees-salespersons performance. Here you deploy eConnect and have your or contracting developers do the job.

Net, Web Service, Transact SQL scripting and stored procedures, deploy such SQL Server tools as Linked Server to all ODBC/OLEDB compliant database, including ORACLE, Sybase, Ingress, DB2, Unidata, Pervasive SQL, Ctree and even Lotus Notes/Domino. Andrew Karasev is Chief Technology Officer in Alba Spectrum Technologies - USA nationwide Great Plains, Microsoft CRM customization company, based in Chicago, California, Texas, Florida, New York, Georgia, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Canada, UK, Australia and having locations in multiple states and internationally (www. Net, Crystal Reports and Microsoft CRM SDK developer. In this small article we would like to give you the clue on programming the integration with SQL third party Database. Net and one of its programming languages - C.

These are the restrictions of Great Plains architecture and to resolve the issue you need set of custom stored procedures. The dilemma for the programmer is - should I know all the details of Great Plains table structure model and document workflow - or probably purchase the set of SQL stored procs to help me. If you use IT subcontractors - these folks should be trained on installing new Great Plains workstations (or you should insist on working via terminal server/Citrix. Usually you create your custom Sales Order Processing (SOP) invoice form from one of the GP workstations and then place your reports on the server. Please, invest reasonable resources into GP basics, before you get in touch with nation-wide subcontractor.

This will certainly allow you to switch companies, but this requires programming. Andrew is a Great Plains specialist in Alba Spectrum Technologies ( http. However there are Microsoft Great Plains maestros who could make magic things happen. This is probably true if you do not have IM expertise in your company. Integration Manager itself uses OLE functionality to validate text or ODBC integration files data through Great Plains forms behind the scenes.

In the described case we suggest to use SQL stored procedures for calculating checks and Dexterity process server to post checks (creating SQL stored procs for posting would be virtual rewriting 40% of Great Plains Dexterity based payroll module. Currently we are confident in MS Great Plains ability to automate the following industries. Aerospace & Defense, Chemicals, Oil & Gas, Advertising & Publishing, Distribution & Logistics, Beverages, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Pharmaceutical, Nonprofit, Healthcare/Hospitals, Wholesale/Retail, Manufacturing/Assembling, International Business/Multinational Corporation, Government. We have to tell you here that proposed solution is for large corporate clients only. We certainly understand that placement & recruiting midsize and small market is underserved.

Microsoft SQL Server platform allows you to deploy all the industry tools, such as Crystal Reports, SQL Stored Procedures and Views. Microsoft Office is now the second priority. So, this is where all the efforts are applied. Poor integration with Microsoft Office tools - as of right now Microsoft is in process of moving all its ERP packages. Andrew Karasev is Chief Technology Officer in Alba Spectrum Technologies - USA nationwide Great Plains, Microsoft CRM customization company, based in Chicago, California, Texas, Florida, New York, Georgia and having locations in multiple states and internationally (www.

Robert Horowitz is Certified Navision Specialist in Microsoft Business Solutions Partner. Do you plan to expose Navision data to other applications? - Navision has tools to expose the data from C/SIDE database (C/ODBC, C/FRONT), but in the case of SQL Server you certainly have standard Microsoft technologies in your disposition. Do you need OLAP/Datawarehousing? - then SQL Server is the way to go. It has built in Analytical Server with OLAP cube creation and Excel data pivoting. Alba Spectrum Technologies - USA nationwide Navision, Great Plains, Microsoft CRM customization company, based in Chicago, California, Arizona, Texas, Florida, New York, Georgia, Washington, Colorado, Canada, UK, Australia and having locations in multiple states and internationally (www.

MS SQL Scripting (stored procedures and views), ADO. If you have thousand transactions and performance is critical - switch to SQL Stored procs or Dexterity custom process server. And the second is even more interesting - you alter check date. First you construct check number, using Date and time plus Document number. It is good idea to nullify your variables.

The product we've mentioned above is collection of stored procs. Data Transformation Services (DTS) - Good tool for importing your third party data into staging tables in GP - then you can pull them in using either stored procs of Integration Manager. RMS tables structure is self explanatory. Sometimes it is good idea to use inbound/outbound XML in the parameters - then you can deploy web service as a middle party between two systems. Also you need to realize that each GP table has DEX_ROW_ID - identity column.

If your corporation uses such product as Lotus Notes/Domino for 10 plus years - you can expect that majority of documents are stored in the Lotus databases. You can always have us help you with the integration and customization. Considering these arguments and having multiple requests from Microsoft Business Solutions and directly from our prospects and customer, we have realized the connector, which allows Microsoft CRM use Lotus Domino email server with similar messaging functionality as Microsoft Exchange 2003/2000 Microsoft CRM Exchange connector needs to be installed and its DLL based functionality is superceded by our own DLL, which communicates with Lotus Domino server via Java Agents. Andrew Karasev is Chief Technology Officer in Alba Spectrum Technologies - USA nationwide Microsoft CRM, Microsoft Great Plains customization company, serving clients in Chicago, California, Texas, New York, Georgia, Arizona, Louisiana, Michigan, Florida, Canada, UK, Australia, South Africa and having locations in multiple states and internationally ( http. Net, Crystal Reports and Microsoft CRM SDK developer.

However, CallableStatement is mainly meant for stored procedures. So the overload incurred by parsing and compiling the same statement can be reduced. This significantly improves the performance because whenever a statement has to be executed repeatedly, it doesn't need to be parsed and compiled time and again. When there is a requirement for single request to process multiple complex statements, CallableStatement gives better performance as compared to PreparedStatement and Statement. Afterwards the database reuses the already parsed and compiled statement.

XML inbound and outbound streams for the integration stored procedures is becoming defacto standard. Crystal Report itself is usually based on the view or stored procedure. If you need to notify your GP users on the specific event in GP - such as invoice was paid, you can deploy SQL emailing. Logins and access management - Great Plains uses its own security, which is translated into SQL logins with encrypted password. Also you should be familiar with heterogeneous SQL queries.