Something fishy with an account balance? It's nice to be able to drilldown in FRx instead of going to the GL. Saves a few steps. I'm not going to show you what the finished product looks like because I'm in a demo database and the transactions look pretty tacky. But suffice to … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2010
The Perils of Page Breaks in FRx
Adding a page break in FRx is laughably easy—sort of. For the most part, you should use the Format Code PI in the row format instead of the PB code. Why? Well, PB doesn't actually stand for Page Break. It means "give me a new page for a balance sheet, and skip all those messy … [Read more...]
Migrating from FRx to Management Reporter: What Comes Over and What Doesn’t
If you use one of the four Microsoft Dynamics ERPs, you could be thinking about migrating from FRx to Management Reporter, the next-generation FRx replacement. And you might be wondering what pieces of FRx will get lost in the shuffle. This is a laundry list that I got a couple … [Read more...]
FRx Shortcut—Use Launcher Instead of Chaining
What to do when you want to run several FRx reports? Run them one at a time? Well, most people turn to Chaining in the Output tab. That's all well and good, but often I like to use Launcher instead. It's fast and there's no setup involved. (Launcher was technically designed … [Read more...]