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Management Reporter Overview

April 29, 2010 By Jan Lenoir Harrigan CPA 2 Comments

This is a quick high level overview of Management Reporter, the next-generation FRx replacement.

Caveat: This product is not available for ERPs other than Dynamics GP, SL, AX and NAV.

  • 64 bit—native
  • Back end completely rewritten—brand new .NET and C# code base replaces FRx’s VB6
  • SQL Server instead of Access—way more stable
  • Improved multi-user capabilities
  • Report Library—centralized storage used to view reports and group reports into folders
  • Report Viewer—replaces FRx’s Drill Down Viewer
  • Undo/Redo—everybody is thrilled with this one
  • Formatting and Images—can add logos, and formatting is done from familiar toolbars
  • Column Page Breaks—everybody is thrilled with this one too
  • XBRL—tag in the rows and generate the XBRL instance document

I am really excited about this product. Safe to say it’s been a long time coming.

Filed Under: Management Reporter Tagged With: FRx Replacement, Management Reporter, Undo, XBRL

Comments

  1. Bill Miller says

    July 20, 2010 at 6:36 pm

    Hi Jan,

    I like and use your site a lot.

    I appologize for this question if you have answered it: Can Management Reporter be used on GP 9 or 10 (not GP2010)?

    Thank You

  2. Jan Harrigan CPA says

    July 20, 2010 at 10:11 pm

    Hi Bill…my understanding is that Management Reporter is for GP2010 only. Thanks for the compliments! Jan

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