FRx and GP 2010 and SQL 2008

[bustell]

I am a developer that is being tasked with upgrading our Great Plains installation from 7.5 to 2010. As someone not very familiar with GP I'm sure I'll be visiting this as well as other forums quite a bit in the next couple of months.

Our finance department currently uses FRx 6.7 (with GP 7.5 and SQL 2000). If we upgrade to GP 2010 and SQL 2008, is there any chance that FRx 6.7 will still work with the new database?

Also, in searching the Internet, it seems as if there might be some replacement for FRx in the newer versions of GP or maybe some other module or something. Is there a newer version or a replacement for FRx?

Thank you in advance.


Pat B

 

[VictoriaYudin]

Pat,

FRx 6.7 will work with SQL 2008 and GP 2010 - you will need the latest service pack (SP 11). Here is a list to help identify your service pack level with links for downloads:

http://victoriayudin.com/2008/10/13/frx-service-packs/.

There is a replacement called Management Reporter - you can choose to use this instead of FRx. Here is a blog post about what comes over to Management Reporter from FRx that you may find interesting:

http://www.frxbuzz.com/migrating-from-frx-to-management-reporter-what-comes-over-and-what-doesnt/.

Victoria Yudin
Dynamics GP MVP 2005 - 2009
Flexible Solutions - home of GP Reports

http://www.flex-solutions.com/gpreports.html

blog:

http://victoriayudin.com

 

[bustell]

Thank you for the links! As a newbie to Great Plains, all the help I can get is greatly appreciated.



Pat B