Test Microsoft Dynamics GP 2016 Features

The latest release of Microsoft Dynamics GP – Dynamics GP 2016 – will be released on May 1st, 2016. Take a glimpse at some of the new powerful features included in the release.

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OData Service
OData Service

  • Ability to define end points for the service
  • View GP data with any tool that supports OData feeds
OData Service Deployment
OData Service Deployment

  • Separate install under Additional Products
  • Use GP Security to control access to data
  • Supports tables, views and stored procs as data sources
Power BI Reports on Home Page
Power BI Reports on Home Page

  • New part on Home Page to display Power BI Reports
  • Click on the report to take you out to your Power BI site
Display Duplicate G/L Accounts on Budget Exception Report
Display Duplicate G/L Accounts on Budget Exception Report

  • When importing a budget from Excel, an exception report will print displaying accounts that are duplicated within the excel file. The first record will be imported
Manage/Edit Attachments that Flow to Transactions
Manage/Edit Attachments that Flow to Transactions

  • Edit attachments that flowed from master record
  • Enable Flow and Email checkboxes for attachment options
Automatically Batch Deposit Cash Receipts
Automatically Batch Deposit Cash Receipts

  • When Automatically Post Cash Deposits is marked and you post a batch with cash receipts in it, one deposit will be created for all cash receipts in the batch
  • If you transaction level post, each transation will create a separate deposit
Support Named User Pricing
Support Named User Pricing

  • Support Named User Licensing for the Self Service User Type
Workflow Reassignment Notifications
Workflow Reassignment Notifications

  • Email notifications can be sent to the new approver for:
    • Delegation
    • Escalation
    • Alternate Approval
Workflow Condition Management Enhancement
Workflow Condition Management Enhancement

  • Two new options for what happens when step conditions are not met:
    • Continue to next step
    • Reject
Word templates for Batch Approval workflow emails
Word templates for Batch Approval workflow emails

  • Workflow Batch Approvals now have a default Word template for the edit list for:
    • General Ledger Batches
    • Payables Batches
    • Receivables Batches
  • Can be emailed to approver for complete information before approving
SmartLists from Favorites
SmartLists from Favorites

  • You can create a new SmartList from a favorite using Designer
  • User does not have to remove extra columns from the default SmartList
Import/Export SmartLists from Designer
Import/Export SmartLists from Designer

  • User will be able to export and import SmartList definitions created with SmartList Designer from one install to another
AA user access settings
AA user access settings

  • Option to automatically give users access to all AA transaction dimension codes, rather than defining access individually for all users to all codes
Budget Import Exception Report
Budget Import Exception Report

  • When importing a budget from Excel, an exception report will print displaying accounts that aren’t setup in Dynamics GP
Ease of use Payroll Posting Accounts Setup
Payroll Posting Setup

  • See all posting accounts in a navigation list
  • Easily filter and sort accounts with navigation list functionality
  • Export and Import payroll posting accounts using Microsoft Excel
Project Accounting fields in Requisition Entry
Project Accounting fields in Requisition Entry

  • Project Number and Cost Category ID fields available in Purchase Requisition Entry window
  • Requisitions with project and cost category can still go through workflow process
  • Project and cost category will flow to Purchase Order
HTML Web Client
HTML Web Client

  • Support for Multi-browser (IE Chrome HTML Web browser IE, Chrome, Safari, Edge)
  • Support for Multi-device (Windows, iPad, Android)
  • New controls created for HTML client
  • UI changes
  • Window Search
  • Office “banner”
  • Navigation, color, etc.
Prepayment on Purchase Order Total Amount
Prepayment on Purchase Order Total amount

  • Prepayment amount on purchase orders can now include Taxes, Freight and Miscellaneous
  • Entire PO amount can be included in the prepayment
Inactive Pay Codes Lookup Option
Inactive Pay Codes Lookup Option

  • Option to exclude inactive pay codes from the pay codes lookup
  • Works for Employee Pay Codes Lookup and the Pay Codes lookup window
Export numbers to Excel formatted as Numbers
Export as Numbers

  • Numbers exported will be exported from Excel in number format, rather than text format
Payables Credit Card Payment
Credit Card Payments

  • Option for a computer check batch to be paid by credit card
  • The credit card payment will create an invoice for the credit card vendor
  • A remittance form will print to show the invoices paid
Project Expenses – Document Attachments
Project Document Attach

  • Use the Document Attachment feature in PTE Employee Expenses and Employee Expense Entry
  • Header and line attachments such as receipts can now be added to an employee expense
  • Attachments will flow from PTE to Project Accounting to Payables
Inventory All-in-One Document View
Inventory AIO View

  • View quantity in and quantity out transactions for one item in one window
  • Accessible from Item Maintenance, many item inquiry windows, navigation lists and the home page
Sales All-in-One Document View
Sales AIO Viewer

  • View all related sales documents for a single transaction in one window
  • Requisitions with project and cost category can still go through workflow process
  • Accessible from Customer Maintenance, many sales inquiry windows, navigation lists and the home page
Web Client Search
Web Client Search

  • Ability to search for a window or report within the GP web client
  • Shows a list of all open windows and reports based on search criteria
  • Shows a list of all windows and reports and the navigation based on search criteria
  • Ability to close all open windows at once