Category Archives: Management Reporter

Management Reporter Export Report Definition Listing to Excel

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Steve

A client asked me if I can get a listing of report definitions out to excel so I contacted an MR colleague and here’s what she came up with that works well: 1. Open up Report Designer 2. Open up … Continue reading →

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Specify connection error in Management Reporter 2012 FRx Migration wizard

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Steve

Just today, I did a test installation of Management Reporter 2012 and migrated my client’s FRx reports using the migration wizard.  There are quite a few useful posts out there but I ran into an issue that hasn’t been documented … Continue reading →

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Microsoft’s change in Corporate Performance Management Roadmap

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Steve

Microsoft has changed their Product Road Map for Corporate Performance Management which includes Management Reporter -a Financial Reporting tool (FRx replacement) and Forecaster – a financial budgeting tool. At Microsoft’s recent conference (Convergence), the Corporate Performance Management products show “continued support … Continue reading →

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What does not migrate from FRx to Management Reporter

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Steve

When you use the Migration Wizard in Microsoft Management Reporter to migrate all your FRx data not all information is migrated. The following list of features is not part of the migration process.  Many of these features exist in Management Reporter, they’re just not part of … Continue reading →

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Training snacks by Microsoft

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Steve

The Dynamics GP product management and marketing team have put together an informative “What’s New” for GP 2010 in the form of short webinars called “training snacks” in the various modules such as advanced distribution, manufacturing, SQL Reporting, and Management Reporter to … Continue reading →

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Management Reporter – Product Road Map

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Steve

Management Reporter (MR) is the replacement for FRx.  However, MR is one part within Microsoft’s future product vision in which they’re making a significant development investment called Corporate Performance Management (CPM) that includes financial reporting, consolidations, and planning/budgeting. Here is the product roadmap … Continue reading →

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Management Reporter features v2

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Steve

If you use FRx with any of the Microsoft ERP systems (GP, AX, SL, NAV) you’ll have a chance to upgrade from FRx 6.7 to Management Reporter (MR).  However, the only data provider that’s been released is Dynamics GP and … Continue reading →

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