Fix it Felix. The Dynamics GP Excel Financial Dashboard. Phoenix 2018 GPUG Summit presentation.

2. Fix it Felix

3. Speaker
Sean Hunter
Senior Dynamics Implementation Specialist
636.777.4110
shunter@turnkeytec.com
www.turnkeytec.com

4. Wreck it Ralph

5. • First introduced to me back at convergence in 2013
• Introduced in GP version 2013 R2 installations
• GP 2013 R2 – GP 2015: Excel Financial dashboard does not work
outside of Fabrikam database.
• GP 2016 to current: Excel dashboard stops working completely.
Timeline

6. • Data connections pointed specifically to TWO database
• Broken joins
• Issue with calculated fields
Root of the issues

8. • 7 total data connections exist
• Account Transactions
• AR Days Outstanding
• Bank Transactions
• Current Ratio
• Debt to Equity Ratio
• Quick Ratio
• Receivables Turnover
Recreate the data connections

9. Demo

10. • SQL Data Connection
• Use Account Transactions view
select [Journal Entry], [TRX Date], [Account Number], [Account Description], [Credit Amount], [Debit Amount],
[Account Category Number], [Account Index], [Originating Credit Amount], [Originating Debit Amount], [Originating Document Number],
[Originating Master ID], [Originating Master Name], [Originating Posted Date], [Originating TRX Source], [Account Index For Drillback],
[Journal Entry For Drillback],[Posting Type], segment1, segment2,segment3
from AccountTransactions
Account Transactions

11. • SQL Data Connection
• Use Bank Transactions view
Select distinct [Checkbook Description],[Checkbook ID],[Currency ID],[Current Balance]
from BankTransactions
order by [Current Balance] desc
Bank Transactions

12. • SQL Data Connection
• Use seeARDaysOutstandingKPI stored procedure
exec dbo.seeARDaysOutstandingKPI @TimeUnit=Period
AR Days Outstanding

13. • SQL Data Connection
• Use seeGLCurrentRatioKPI stored procedure
exec dbo.seeGLCurrentRatioKPI @TimeUnit=Period
Current Ratio

14. • SQL Data Connection
• Use seeGLDebtToEquityKPI stored procedure
exec dbo.seeGLDebtToEquityKPI @TimeUnit=Period
Debt to Equity Ratio

15. • SQL Data Connection
• Use seeGLQuickRatioKPI stored procedure
exec dbo.seeGLQuickRatioKPI @TimeUnit=Period
Quick Ratio

16. • SQL Data Connection
• Use seeGLReceivablesTurnoverKPI stored procedure
exec dbo.seeGLReceivablesTurnoverKPI @TimeUnit=Period
Receivables Turnover

17. • 9 different Pivot Tables
• OpEx
• COGS
• Revenue
• Net Income
• Ratios
• Current
• Quick
• AR Days Outstanding
• Debt to Equity
• Receivables Turnover
Recreate the pivot tables

18. Demo

19. Ratios

20. Net Income

21. Revenue

22. COGS

23. OpEx

24. • 2 Summary Tables
• 2 Pivot Charts
• 1 Timeline
Recreate the original dashboard

25. Demo

26. Operating Expense Chart
• Insert Chart on OpEx tab
• Cut and paste to Dashboard

27. Indicators
• Calculations based on pivots
• Net Sales = Revenue Credit total – Debit total
• Cost of Goods = COGS Debit total – Credit total
• Gross Profit = Net Sales – Cost of Goods Sold
• Operating Expense = OpEx Debit total – Credit total
• Net income = Net Income Credit total – Debit total

28. Current
• Pivot Chart of Indicator
• Format indicator as table
• Insert Pivot Chart

29. Financial Ratios
• Table based on values from ratios
• Format ratios as table

30. Checkbook Balances Pivot
• Insert Pivot Table based on Bank Transactions connection

31. Insert Timeline
• Insert on Net Income
• Copy and paste to Dashboard
• Connect to other pivots
• Set to quarterly or preference

32. • Find a shared location to save the dashboard or save to the location your other GP
reports are saved.
• MAKE A BACKUP of the original somewhere safe
Come back for more information on security setups
Thursday at 9:45am in 106A – West Building
Opening the door to SSRS and Excel Reporting Security for GPs