Microsoft Dynamics Corporate Performance Management, Management Reporter & BI Blogger

Sadly, there is no still no Microsoft Dynamics Corporate Performance Management (CPM) or Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) solution available from Microsoft. Along with that, Microsoft's for...

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The term 'self-service' has been applied to reporting, business intelligence and analytics over the past few years.  While there are many business use cases for agile, 'self-service' approaches...

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We've been hearing a lot about Big Data for years and big data sources getting increasing attention these days are smart machines and sensors.  Sensors, like the one in Dilbert's stylish ha...

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I feel compelled to post this latest Dilbert strip on spreadsheet errors, as a follow up to yesterday's post. Source: http://dilbert.com/strip/2016-01-07 I suppose this same type of questio...

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There have got to be more posts on the problems with Excel and spreadsheet errors than pictures of cats on FaceBook at this point. But, now that Dilbert has chimed in, we all know the issues are ...

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This year, one of my sons participates in the Science Fair for the first time.  All in all, this was a good experience for both him and us parents.   Now, I didn't take a lot of science mysel...

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One of our clients recently implemented Jet Enterprise in their organization to improve reporting on a third-party Dynamics GP module. They had previously used both Crystal Reports and SSRS; how...

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Big Data is definately here to stay, but as Dilbert points out below the ethics of Big Data analysis also need to be considered. Source: http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2014-01-27/

http://dynamicscpmblogger.blogspot.com/2014/05/dilbert-on-big-data.html

One of the previous tag-lines for Microsoft Dynamics was 'it works the way you do' and when it comes to reporting, that pretty well sums up the Microsoft Dynamics GP offering in a nutshell. T...

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I love Dilbert and I especially love Dilbert on anything related to budgeting, reporting, analytics or business intelligence. Source: http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2013-10-21/ In many o...

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Let's face it - most companies use Microsoft Excel to either fully prepare their budgets and forecasts, or at least to aid in some portion of this process. There are numerous reasons for this, i...

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Good news for Forecaster 7 users who have been patiently waiting for the re-release of Forecaster 7 SP4 to rectify a number of nasty issues - Service Pack 5 is on its way! At present, I do not h...

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Jet Express is the latest in the full selection of friendly, easy to use reporting and analytics tools available from Jet Reports. It is a free Excel based reporting tool that will be made availa...

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I couldn't resist another winter themed post on Business Intelligence.  While those of us who are less technically inclined may enjoy the picture below, those who design and develop data marts...

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If you have kids, you'll agree that one of the top things on their minds this season is what they want for Christmas. But what about the retailers and organizations who are hoping to make the be...

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This post is nothing but my own thoughts, as Microsoft unfortunately does not have an update on when Management Reporter will incorporate budgeting and forecasting functionality. That being said...

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It has been over two years now since Management Reporter 2 was released and available for Microsoft Dynamics GP - its hard to believe!  Click here to see my first blog post on the subject. Mic...

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Management Reporter 2012 has been released!  This release includes more than 30 new features, including all promised features !  You can find videos of these features at the Microsoft CPM blog ...

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Do you or your organization suffer from a lack of focus during your planning, budgeting, forecasting and reporting exercises? The other day, while I was watching my five year old son's indoor so...

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If your organization is affected by the discontinuation of Microsoft Dynamics GP Enterprise Reporting, you should review and consider the following replacement solutions: Management Reporter Pr...

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A lot of fun is poked at 'bad' customer service and we all know how important it is to have trained, fully engaged client facing human resources in our organizations.  When it comes to tech s...

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Management Reporter (MR) 2012 is chaulk full of new features, many of which in line with the 'distribution theme' of this release. Here is a partial listing: MR 2012 now integrates with all Dyn...

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Kyle McNerney of TARGIT has kindly put together a 20 minute overview of TARGIT BI, the leading BI/analytics solution for Dynamics ERP. Click here to register and view.

http://dynamicscpmblogger.blogspot.com/2012/02/on-demand-targit-bi-demo.html

Self-service BI is not just a buzz-word.  It is an approach to analytics that enables business users to analyze organizational information (i.e. create reports, make dash boards, perform ad-...

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This is the final blog entry in a 3 part series on combining financial & operational models to link key business drivers to budgets & forecasts. Click here to review part 2  or part 1 respecti...

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