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From the GP Blogs: Large Transactions; Rapid Migration Tool; GP Service Pack Support; and Batch Posting

by Jared Berezin
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How to Configure Web Services to Efficiently Handle Large Transactions: Developing for Dynamics GP tackles the important issue of size, and offers a step-by-step strategy to avoid timeout errors: "It is definitely possible to use Web Services for Microsoft Dynamics GP to create large transactions. By large transactions I am referring to examples of where a sales invoice would have several thousands of lines on it. That's right, some companies are integrating transactions this large using our Web Services for Dynamics GP!"

"I had a recent support case where a business requirement was to create a sales invoice with 20,000 lines on it. The eConnect XML string that Web Services ultimately creates will be very large and several minutes can go by in this case. Depending on hardware and the environment it could take an hour for a transaction of that size to complete... This is where the MSDTC (Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator) timeout settings and other timeout values in the configuration files come into play. If the settings are not used the transaction will timeout from MSDTC and any eConnect stored procedures that have updated the database will rollback."

Moving Made Easy with Rapid Migration Tool: Merit Matters blog posted a helpful Dynamics GP Rapid Migration Tool Demo. The video "demonstrates how easily the Rapid Migration tool can be used to migrate data from Intuit QuickBooks to Microsoft Dynamics GP. Learn how recent updates to the tool have made it quicker and easier ...

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About Jared Berezin
Jared Berezin serves as a contributing writer to MSDynamicsWorld.com. With combined interests in technology and science, Jared previously served as a writer for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, drafting scientific narrative reports on the latest advancements in cancer research. Jared has also served as associate marketing specialist for International Data Corporation (IDC), a market research firm. In this position, he planned and executed strategic marketing initiatives for IDC's software and services research programs, and wrote outbound communications to the press, existing clients, and prospects. Jared also has experience working for several local newspapers in eastern Massachusetts. Jared graduated with honors from Colby College with a BA in English and creative writing.
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