Gaps in Management Reporter

As you are probably aware of by now, Management Reporter is replacing FRx Reporter with the release of Dynamics GP 2010. Many users have looked forward to this release for a while, but unfortunately not everyone is going to be able to immediately move to Management Reporter. There are some features of FRx Reporter that have not yet made it into this release of Management Reporter. Here are some of the gaps that have been identified.

• Currency Translation (this will be available for Management Reporter in the GP 2010 Feature Pack, but that will probably not be available for about a year)
• Forecaster Integration (this might also be in the Feature Pack, but in the short term you could use the transfer tool to move Forecaster data into the GL)
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  Row Linking
  • You can use dimension sets to handle exceptions that cannot be accommodated by using ranges and wildcards.
  • You can also create multiple dimension links in a single row format. This method works for consolidations and situations in which row definitions are similar and dimension codes are different.
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  WebPort
  • You must have a Management Report client to view the reports. The option would be to print the report to Excel
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  Email
  • Again you would need to run reports to Excel and attach files to email.
• Report Manager – the Report Library of Management Reporter will allow external files, but it is a manual process.

If these are areas you are currently using in FRx Reporting you need to consider your alternatives before moving to Management Reporter. Overall Management Reporter looks to be very strong and easy to use. FRx users will be able to quickly create reports and they will certainly see an improvement in performance.