Brian Meier, Microsoft FI30: DIY CUSTOMIZED SALES ORDERS AND PURCHASE ORDERS
2 #NAVUGFocus Discuss common pain points in personalization of external facing documents. How do templates work? Where do I start? What defaults are available to me? How to create your own templates. SESSION OBJECTIVES
3 #NAVUGFocus ABOUT ME Brian Meier Principal Program Manager NAVUG Member for 9 years SMB Development 16 Years Microsoft
COMMON PAIN POINTS
5 #NAVUGFocus Default documents that I send to my customers and vendors are not what I want I don’t know how to customize the reports Some of my customers and vendors have specific requirements for the documents I send to them Upgrading customized report objects COMMON PAIN POINTS
DEFAULT TEMPLATES
7 #NAVUGFocus Templates are associated with an existing report object. Default templates available for 6 report objects Most templates have multiple designs available Default, Red, Modern, Blue & Timeless Default templates can be personalized in Word DEFAULT TEMPLATES
8 #NAVUGFocus Sales Quote (1304) Sales Confirmation (1305) Sales Invoice (1306) Sales – Credit Memo (1307) Standard Statement (1317) Vendor Remittance (11383) DEFAULT TEMPLATES
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LOOK MOM, I CREATED MY OWN TEMPLATE!
11 #NAVUGFocus What reports can I create a template for? Any report object can have a template Why don’t I see the XML Add-in in Word? You must open the template from NAV Are there any Word limitations? No Word limitations, but all database fields must be associated with a Word table How do I assign a template to a specific customer or vendor? Default templates are assigned at the company level and specific templates associated with a customer or vendor are defined at the master record level CUSTOM TEMPLATES
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14 #NAVUGFocus Contact information Brian Meier, Microsoft– THANK YOU
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