From the GP Blogs: The Basics of Integration Manager; Closing Purchase Orders Safely; “Field Service Anywhere” Discontinued; Business Essentials Technical Demonstration Toolkit

Understanding the Basics of Integration Manager: Q Factor's Blog provides a clear and detailed explanation with screenshots for the end user: "I find that most end users have a difficult time understanding the fundamentals of IM, so I want to outline a very simple integration design for those of you who are new to building integrations and feel a bit overwhelmed by the tool.

"The simplest way to approach a data import using IM is to first manually key in a transaction from the record set you wish to import, whether it be a journal entry, a payables invoice, or a bank transaction.  This is best done in a test environment. Once you have the transaction entered, you can then open integration manager and better understand how it works because IM is like having another data entry person in your system. That's right, folks: integration manager enters the data just like you did when you hand-keyed it.

For more in-depth information, please see the MSDynamicsWorld.com article, Putting to Rest Four Myths About Microsoft Dynamics GP Integration Manager, by Mariano Gomez.

How to Close Purchase Orders Safely: From gp2themax: "Prior to manually closing POs, check two things -

1.  That all periods for the most recent historical year are closed for the Financial ...