Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Features and Enhancements

July 19 | By Tracey Brinkman

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By Ryan McBee

GP 2013 will continue the long tradition of seeing many new enhancements to the product, with the marketing team saying “over 100 new items”, while the product development team talks about over 150 enhancements. Whatever the number, this is truly a feature rich enhancement, adding tons of functionality to the product.  Here is a list of the know product enhancements.

  • Track Serial Numbers for Drop      Ship items
  • Allow prepayments on a PO
  • Prevent PO close prior to      Invoice Match
  • Print Button on Pick List      Shortage Inquiry
  • Ship to Address has different      Company Name
  • Relate / Link Items for      suggestions on Sales
  • Integrate AA with Copier Series      SOP/POP and GL Copy
  • Add Field Service Allocations      to Item Allocation Inquiry Window
  • Update Back Order Quantity in      Item Maintenance
  • RMA Entry – Update Contact      & Address ID
  • Consolidate Revenue Recognition
  • Item Description from RMA      Credit
  • Multi-User check in RMA Entry
  • Equipment Super Session
  • Hotline Update
  • RMA Return Quantity and Type
  • Ship to Address Integration to      SOP
  • Cross Ship RMA consolidation
  • Honor Discontinued Item Status
  • Auto Populate Customer ID
  • Add a Contract Number search in      Revenue recognition window
  • Allow contract line to be moved      to another contract even if on an open service call
  • Option to have an equipment      card created when manufacturing receives a serialized item into inventory
  • Contract Workflow
  • Add BAI2 format support to      eReconcile
  • FA Calendar Setup
  • FA Intercompany Asset Transfer
  • FA Historical Depreciation      Report
  • Lock Current FA Year and Mass Backout
  • FA to GL posting process      updates
  • FA Updates for MACRS
  • Integrate Fixed Assets with AA
  • GL Journal Entry Inquiry for      History
  • Reconcile Bank Reconciliation      with GL
  • Year End Close Options
  • Subledger Reconcile IV to GL
  • Calculate Average Exchange Rate      for Currency Translation
  • Integrate GL with encumbrance
  • Enable Enc to assign Multiple      GL Budgets for Fiscal Year
  • Encumbrance Cost Diff      Notification
  • Restrict Void of reconciled      check, display reconcile status in Check Inquiry
  • Void of check returns applied      Credits
  • Void credit card payment vendor      invoice – void to original vendor
  • EFT add settlement date option
  • EFT Field Length and      Delimitation Options
  • Edit Payables Transactions:      Remit to Address, 1099 information, Edit Description
  • PM Reprint Checks/Remittance      forms
  • Need a 1096 Form
  • Allow renaming of user-defined      fields on Customer Address
  • Multicurrency apply in cash      entry
  • Database multi-tenancy (named      system database)
  • Application multi-tenancy
  • Report deployment and retrieval      for multi-tenant
  • Multi-tenant Applications –      tenant service
  • Multi-tenant Integration      Manager
  • Multi-tenant web service
  • Life Insurance enhancements
  • Check Build Exception Report
  • Stop Duplicate Checks
  • Paycode History Edit
  • Paycode, Deduction, Benefit      Modifier
  • FICA TSA Deductions
  • Customer Fields
  • Advanced Warning Notice and      Delete History Records
  • Mandatory Arrears Template and      Reminders
  • DIA Reporting
  • Voucher Description and Voucher      Document Number
  • Voucher Consolidation
  • HR Calendar
  • Negative Carryover
  • PTO Detail and History
  • PTO Manual Checks
  • Year End PTO
  • Office Presence in Advanced HR,      Advanced Payroll, Payroll Extensions & PTO Manager
  • HR Requisition List View
  • Consolidated Invoicing
  • Additional String Resources      (Dex)
  • Key Relations tracked in index      file for source control(Dex)
  • Update VBA Components
  • Enhance the AltMod windows with      a mark all/unmark all functionality
  • 64 Bit Support for Email (Dex)
  • Default sort for Customer and      Vendor lookups
  • Email Indicators in Transaction      lists
  • Save batch approval information
  • Select Printer at time of print      AND Support for http:// on the Report Destination window
  • Adding support for the Business      Analyzer to NLB
  • Grouped Reports
  • SmartList Builder – remove      dependency on having an Admin login after new install
  • Extender Window export/import      to include Smartlist integrations
  • Add Extender & SmartList      Builder Default Security
  • Export Using Open XML
  • Enable printing of SSRS report      from forms
  • Navigation Lists for Web Client      (BA Functionality)
  • Re-architect home pages to WPF
  • New SSRS reports to support Web      Client template forms
  • Business Analyzer WPF upgrade
  • Additional Word Templates for      SOP
  • Single Email with multiple      attachments
  • SRS Reports
  • Print Customer Items option
  • Select invoice on one-off Email      window
  • Notes on Credit Documents
  • Document Attach
  • Item Standard Cost adjustment      post to GL
  • Multi-S/N select
  • Inactivate a Site and Item Site
  • Reason Codes for stock      movements/adjustments
  • Inactive Items – Inventory      Status enhancements
  • Bin Transfer History
  • Tolerance Handling