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Eenterprise – Old Great Plains Software ERP Application Reactivation

If you remember the XXI century story about Microsoft purchase of Great Plains Software – this is where eEnterprise, that was the last GPS ERP name invention ceased to exist in its MRP name consistency. Great Plains eEnterprise was renamed into Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains Professional, later on in September 2005, Great Plains was renamed into Microsoft Dynamics GP. But anyway, if you or your company had hard time back in earlier 2000, then you might be on Great Plains eEnterprise or Great Plains Dynamics for Microsoft SQL Server versions 6.0 or 7.0. Let’s review eEnterprise upgrade and walk away paths:

1. DB Platform. eEnterprise was available on Microsoft SQL Server only, so more likely you are on Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 or even MS SQL Server 2000. So, considering the fact that high-end version of Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 or 9.0 is available on MS SQL Server 2005 and 2000 only – from DB perspective there are no challenges

2. GP Licenses and MBS Great Plains annual enhancement program status. Well, considering the fact that you are supposedly still on GPS eEnterprise ERP version, chances are high that you lapsed in Microsoft Business Solutions GP annual enhancement program. If our assumption is correct, then you will have to contact you Microsoft VAR to understand your annual enhancement reactivation options. If you have no idea on what we are talking about – call us

3. eEnterprise upgrade scenarios. If you are on Great Plains Software eEnterprise, more likely you have more than 10 Great Plains system manager users and so, you are valuable customer (meaning that you are large or mid-size business from the ERP perspective). If you didn’t downsize in 2001-2004, then your upgrade path is to Microsoft Dynamics GP Professional

4. Microsoft Dynamics C/S+. This is the predecessor of eEnterprise, C/S+ versions were 5.5, 5.0, 4.0 and 3.2. Those days Microsoft SQL platform was in the formation stage, so your version might be MS SQL Server 6.0 or alternative DB platforms: Btrieve or Ctree/Faircom. Your migration path is likely to be to Microsoft Dynamics GP Professional as well. If you are on non Microsoft SQL Server DB platform – you will need to migrate to MS SQL Server. The migration tool is available fro Microsoft Business Solutions, however it is not trivial and we recommend you to deploy GP technical consulting firm to do migration and version upgrade job.

5. Great Plains Dexterity customizations for eEnterprise. Dex programming was very popular in late 1990th, and this is not a surprise if you have Dex altered Dynamics business logic. Please review you Dynamics.set file to figure out if you have Dexterity custom logic and if so, try to find Dynamics.dic with your Sanscript scripts in not stripped out

6. eEnterprise custom reporting. The most likely you have GP ReportWriter modified reports: SOP Long Invoice or Blank Form, POP Purchase Order. RW is in fact Dexterity module and reports migration and upgrade require Dex architecture expertise and software development experience.

7. Dinosaur versions of Great Plains. GPA for DOS, MS Windows or Macintosh were discontinued to support in earlier XXI Century. If you are still on one of those, you got to consider walk away migration option: to Microsoft Dynamics GP would be the natural way, however you may theoretically migrate to Oracle, Sage, PeopleSoft, JDEdwards, Scala, or other ERP application

8. GP Licenses. You are probably familiar with ERP industry rules – besides initial MRP application purchase you have to be current and pay annual fee for ERP enhancement program. You are lapsed in enhancement program, you should expect re-enrollment fee. The GP re-enrollment fee depends on the number of lapsing years, and in some cases it is more beneficial to do new GP software licenses purchase, please contact your Microsoft Dynamics GP Great Plains reseller for details.

9. Dex Customization upgrade. If you have custom Dex logic in your eEnterprise installation version, you should not assume that modified logic update will be automatic. Typically Dexterity developers and programmers need to be involved to estimate upgrade efforts

10. Crystal Reports and Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services SRS vs. Great Plains ReportWriter. RW is Microsoft Dexterity module, so you should not expect miracle from Report Writer interface. RW has access to GP Dex reports, stored in Reports.dic file, plus these mentioned reports have Dexterity parameters entry screens in regular GP logic. CR is Dex-independent tool and you should try to base Crystal Reports on SQL Stored Procedures and Views logic. The same should be said about SRS

11. Dexterity sanscript advise. Dex historically deploys cursor base logic in its Sanscript scripting language. This logic might not be optimal for MS SQL Server 2005 and 2000 platforms. Please consider calling MS SQL Server stored procedures from Dex sanscripts directly

12. eConnect programming. Again, eConnect was not available in 1999, eConnect was introduced for eCommerce developers in earlier 2000. eConnect is the set of encrypted stored procedures, assuming that you have already upgraded to GP 7.5, 8.0, 9.0 or 10.0

13. eEnterprise and Great Plains Software Dexterity traces. You should know that Dynamics.dic for eEnterprise is similar to the one for Dynamics for MS SQL Server. Dexterity places the following rules on MS SQL Server DB design: DEX_ROW_ID – this column is use in Dex internal logic, Dex.ini – here you place the instructions to Dexterity to log certain events

14. If Upgrade stalls. Typically this is due to inconsistent Company DB records. First consider check links rescue, however it doesn’t work in 100% of the cases. If you don’t have a luck with check links, then you will have to do manual data repair SQL scripting

15. Most Typical Pitfalls. GP Upgrade process is not easy and this is not because Microsoft Business Solutions has inefficient upgrade path, in the opposite – GP upgrade fails, due to the data inconsistency in your GP tables, typically in Purchase Order Processing: POP10110, POP30110 and IV10200

16. Manufacturing, Project Accounting, Fixed Assets special considerations. These mentioned modules were integrated with Great Plains Dynamics in late 1990th. PA was the result of MatchData purchase, Philippines base Dexterity development partner, GP Manufacturing was Icontrol Purchase, Fixed Assets module is the successor of Forestar FA application for GPS Dynamics.

17. Intellisol Advanced Purchase Order Processing and Project Accounting upgrade to GP PO Processing. To have you informed, Intellisol International, Australian based company tried to relocate to Fargo, ND in 1998. Then GPS negotiated with MatchData and Icontrol to purchase and incorporate their respective modules over Intellisol PA and Advanced POP. Intellisol APOP upgrade path is still available to GP 7.5, please contact us for further details

18. Mekorma Modules, This Los Angeles based software vendor was famous in GP secured check printing. Please contact Mekorma if your new intended for upgrade version of Mekorma GP is available

19. Local and State Tax calculation and filing partners, such as Avalara. Alba Spectrum initially helped Alalara to develop Avatax GP 7.0 and 7.5, later on Avalara decided to outsource Avatax development to India Great Plains Dexterity developers, where Alba Spectrum provided Avalara with Dex source code

20. French Canadian and European Dynamics GP ERP market. While French Canadian GP version 10.0 as well as Latin American Spanish version, German GP 10.0 version is scheduled to be phased out – in Germany and many of European countries Microsoft Axapta and Navision will be supported instead

If you like us to help you with GP upgrade, integration, software licenses, reporting, please give us a call

About the Author

Andrew Karasev, Alba Spectrum Group, http://www.albaspectrum.com help@albaspectrum.com 1-866-528-0577, 1-630-961-5918, serving customers USA/Canada nationwide: Illinois, California, New York, Quebec, Ontario, Colorado, Utah, Wisconsin, Florida, Texas. Local service is available in Houston & Dallas: Richmond, Sugar Land, Katy, Rosenberg, Missouri City, Pearland, Friendswood, Meadows, Mission Bend, Jersey Village, Fort Worth; serving GP customers in Chicago, IL: Naperville, Aurora, Joliet, Wheaton, Bolingbrook, Romeoville, Lyons, Niles, Downers Grove, Lisle, West Chicago, Barrington, Schaumburg, Elk Grove Village, Lombard, Morris, Ottawa, Marseilles, Seneca, Oswego, Plainfield, Darien, Winchester, Hinsdale

Why Should You Use A Repossession Company?

Repossession companies can be the solution to many homeowners with financial worries. If you're having difficulty making your monthly bond payment, repossession may seem like a real threat to you. Contacting your bank for help is always the first step you should take to prevent repossession. Unfortunately, plenty of people are ashamed, humiliated or just plain scared to get hold of their bank and admit they're having financial problems.

What makes matters even worse is when they ignore the phone calls from the bank trying to help them resolve their problems. They wait until it's almost too late and repossession is an almost sure thing. Then they wonder what they can do besides give up. An alternative that many home owners are choosing is repossession companies. Repossession companies can do many things for real estate owners who are at risk of losing their house to repossession. Some of these things include:

- Free credit counseling or putting you in touch with help
- Free evaluation of your financial situation
- Services provided with no fee (in most cases)
- Buying your home from the bank to avoid it being repossessed
- Delay the eviction period
- Renting the home back to you so you don't have to move
- Selling the home back to you when your finances improve

If you are at risk of having your house repossessed, a repossession company will step in and purchase your property from the bank. They won't buy it at market value but they'll usually offer to pay 70% of the market value. Homeowners seldom are able to make a profit when they're selling their home under these circumstances so the value isn't a worry to them because they are getting help to avoid having it repossessed. Plenty of real estate owners who cannot make their bond payment and are terrified that their property may be repossessed aren't sure when it's a good idea to see a repossession company and this can be the best way to prevent repossession.

Interest rates seem to be constantly increasing every day. When interest rates increase, the payments on many bonds also increase as well as the balance on your bond. If you're already having difficulty making your monthly payments, increased interest rates are only going to make it harder. Here is where repossession companies can really help you.

Repossession companies can step in and offer the bank cash for your home. One of the major pitfalls of losing your house to repossession besides actually losing your property is what it does to your credit history. When repossession companies buy the property for you, you will not have a record of repossession following you for many years, making it almost impossible to get credit for up to a decade. It’s clear that any home owner would rather stop repossession of their home and selling property when under pressure can be tough!

Repossession companies can also delay the eviction period for you and, after purchasing your home, can rent it back to you so you and your family can continue to live in your home. Repossession companies are very efficient with their services and can complete your sale fast, which will help your credit and relieve you of the pressure and distress about repossession.

Can anyone tell me the web address of the company "baby yoghurt" ,its from Italy?

Two years back I had yoghurt from this company in Verona, Italy.It was on the main street.It was plain yoghurt but had a huge amount of toppings. Thanking you guys in advance.

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SwiftKey X 2.2 arrives for smartphones and tablets with support for 35 languages (Engadget)

If you're unhappy with your current Android keyboard, TouchType would like to
think that it delivers a better option. The company's popular input
alternative, SwiftKey X, has just received another major update -- this time
with support for 35 languages, along with full localization for the major
European ones. Even if you happen to speak plain ol' English, the software
promises better accuracy and prediction than before with a new multitouch
framework. There's even something for those who like to go _really_
alternative, as Dvorak and Colemak layouts have been added to the mix. Topping
it all off, version 2.2 introduces support for Ice Cream Sandwich, along with
a host of user interface refinements -- which you'll find in the gallery
below. After a quick run around the block with SwiftKey's latest, we must say
that we were quite pleased. Then again, we happen to really like Android's
stock keyboard, too. As for the complete list of languages, just check the PR
after the break.

**Gallery: SwiftKey X 2.2**

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