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Send Me Your Spec Set

If you want to talk about working together, the second step is to send me your spec set if you have existing FRx reports. This will allow me to see your FRx building blocks and account structure. Data does not transmit, so confidentiality won’t be a concern.

Here’s how:
1. In FRx, with all building blocks closed, choose Company menu, then Specification Sets
2. Highlight the spec set you’re using (it’s probably obvious, but if not, try ‘Default’)
3. Click the Export icon
4. On the Catalogs tab, choose the Select All button
5. ‘Mark Related Rows, Columns, and Trees’ should remain checked
6. Click Export button on bottom
7. Name the file (extension will be .tdb) and note location (or better yet, save to desktop)
8. The file generates quickly (watch lower left corner) and without notice of completion
9. Close the spec set screen
10. Email the file to me at jlh at jharrigan.com

"I'll teach you the simplest & fastest way to use M-R and still wind up with accurate reports."

Search—try this 1st!

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Hey! I'm a CPA and I specialize in Management Reporter and FRx. [Sometimes with a side of snark.] I've been doing this for 22 years (yikes). But when I'm not working I can be found reveling in live music & pizza trailers at home in Austin Texas! —Jan Lenoir Harrigan More

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Why fight with Microsoft's manual? Life is too short as it is.

My first manual—4 foundation reports:
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My second manual—12 more reports:
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My third (and hopefully last) manual—cashflow:
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Watch out—a few unscrupulous consultants are lifting copyrighted original content from several sites, this one included, and passing it off as their own. I'm hacked off and I don't mind naming names. Bottom line—be very careful about whom you hire!

"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur."
—Red Adair

Who I Work With

I work with zillions of companies who run Dynamics GP, AX and SL.

And lots of other consultants.

So I work with accountants who need accurate financials to help close the books. Not to mention present to the Board.

I don't sell or install MR. [How smart am I?]

FRx is Toast

FRx is toast—and I hope you're getting rid of it soon—but just in case someone still needs to learn it:

  • FRx in 8 Hours—Introduction 
  • FRx in 8 Hours—Intermediate

BTW, if you're on Dynamics, you can migrate to MR, but you should know there are other options. Choose what's best for you.

New to MR?

Here are 3 essentials to know before you start.

Background—back in the day, FRx was a famous midmarket report writer from a small agile company in Colorado. Then it got acquired. [Sigh]

Now it's owned by Microsoft. They rewrote it and rebranded it Management Reporter.

The two are very much alike and much of the FRx content here also applies to MR.

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