Management Reporter Essentials. Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012

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1 Management Reporter Essentials Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012

2 Table of Contents Course Details 1 Prerequisites 3 Course Outline 4 Agenda 8 Course Details This three-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skill to build basic and advanced financial statements with Management Reporter Audience This training is intended for individuals who will be building and maintaining financial reporting. Controller CFO Accounting Manager At Course Completion At the end of this course students will be able to: Explore sample reports Export the sample reports as a template for their own report design Design basic report building blocks in Report Designer (Row definitions, Column definitions, Reporting tree definitions) Associate the building blocks in a variety of report definitions (Trial Balance reports, Income Statements, Variance reports, Balance Sheets, Statements of Cash Flow, Consolidation reports) Discover the power and flexibility of reporting trees to present financial results at the responsibility level (i.e. by dimensions) Apply worksheet linking to report on data maintained in Microsoft Office Excel Use report output and distribution options Electronic copies of certificates are given out automatically upon completion of a course. If for some reason you don t receive a certificate or have special circumstances (multiple participants, physical certificates, etc.), feel free to contact us at jstraining@junctionsolutions.com. Proprietary and Confidential Page 1 of

3 Course Cancellation Policy Junction Solutions reserves the right to cancel courses up to 7 days prior to class commencement due to low enrollment. In the event of a cancellation, Junction Solutions will contact any enrolled students. Guaranteed to Run This course is Guaranteed-to-Run ("GTR") if hosted by Junction Solutions and a minimum of 4 participants have registered. Once the registration requirement is met, the course is guaranteed to run. If cancelled, it will effective no later than 7 days prior to course commencement. Travel Guide You are responsible for making all arrangements for travel. We are located in the Denver Technology Center (DTC). You can fly into Denver International Airport (DEN) an most major airlines. It is recommended that you fly the evening before you class is scheduled to begin and depart the evening of the last day of class. On average please allow at least one hour to travel from our office to the airport South Ulster St. Suite 400 Denver, CO For hotel accommodations you can refer to our travel brochure where you can receive discounted rates at local hotels. Because we are located in the heart of the DTC, rental cars are not mandatory. They can be useful if you want to travel around the greater Denver area to see one of our many great tourist attractions. Payment All work performed shall be performed on a fixed fee basis. Junction Solutions will bill the Client upon execution of the statement of work. Payments must be made before the beginning of the training. Refund Policy: Any cancellations 14 days prior to the scheduled course will be provided a 100% refund. Cancellations 7 days prior to the scheduled course will be provided with a 50% refund. Cancellations within 7 days of course commencement will not be refunded. Proprietary and Confidential Page 2 of

4 Prerequisites Participants Students attending this section of the course should have a basic understanding of: General knowledge of Microsoft Windows Basic knowledge of accounting principles and procedures Prior knowledge to building financial statements Understanding of specific XBRL reporting requirements Environment If the training will be conducted in Denver at the Junction Solutions office, the requirements listed below will be provided by Junction Solutions. Before the beginning of the first lesson the following materials and equipment will be required: A LCD Projector* Projection screen/surface A white board or Flip chart stand/paper (optional) Each attendee will need a Laptop/PC with the following available: Internet connection A VPN connection to Junction Solution (The connection information will be provided by the trainer upon the first day of training). Junction Solutions Training Academy hosts the training images on a local server in our Denver offices. The VPN connection is required for the participants to connect to the Hyper-V training image. * The instructor can provide a projector if one is not available upon request only. Proprietary and Confidential Page 3 of

5 Course Outline Chapter 1: Introduction, Overview, and Navigation This module introduces Management Reporter 2012 for Microsoft Dynamics ERP and briefly looks at how it connects to the source system. In addition, students generate a pre-defined sample report in Report Designer and review its contents in Report Viewer. The associated building blocks are then explored in Report Designer. Introduce accessing Management Reporter Explore Management Reporter capabilities Review the building blocks of Management Reporter Chapter 2: Detailed Trial Balance This module explains how to create the row, column, and report definition, then save and generate the report in Report Designer. The report is then reviewed using drill down to transaction level in the Report Viewer. Create a detailed trial balance row definition Define a current and year-to-date column definition Build the trial balance report definition Review the generated report in Report Viewer Detailed Trial Balance Chapter 3: Summary Income Statement This chapter focuses on how to design a summarized income statement. It also explores creating TOTs and CALs in the row definition as they relate to an Income Statement report. Explore how to create building blocks Discover formatting options available in row definitions Explore totals and calculations available in row definitions Create a report definition Summary Income Statement Proprietary and Confidential Page 4 of

6 Chapter 4: Working with Reporting Trees This module introduces how to build and maintain a reporting tree, an optional building block in basic report designs. Reporting trees allow users to define reports based on responsibility centers within the organization and create rollups that are independent of the chart of accounts. Create a basic two level, dimension based, reporting tree Add a reporting tree to an existing report Explore the characters used in reporting trees Create a multiple level reporting hierarchy Review other reporting tree options Chapter 5: Using Dimensions This chapter examines dimensions and dimension filters, what they are, why to use them and most importantly, how to create flexible and unique financial reports while keeping report maintenance low. Learn how dimensions are used in Management Reporter Explore how to create a side by side report using dimension filters Discover how to use dimension values sets when designing reports Explore dimension sets Chapter 6: Relational Reporting This module explains the use of both single and multiple base row format codes in the row definition and how to define a column calculation that reports data in relationship to the base row (s). Explore the use of BASEROW in a calculated column Look at assigning a base (CBR) row Review defining multiple base rows Relational Reporting Chapter 7: Variance Reporting This module explains how to design column definitions that report on two common types of variance presentations: over/(under) and favorable/(unfavorable). The XCR print control is introduced to support favorable/(unfavorable) variances when the type of account being reported needs to be considered (i.e. income versus expense accounts). Create an over/(under) variance column definition Define a report that displays favorable/(unfavorable) variances Variance Reporting Proprietary and Confidential Page 5 of

7 Chapter 8: Balance Sheet Reporting This module looks at how to define a row definition that presents all general ledger accounts in a balance sheet style report. The effect of rounding and how to account for it in the report design is also introduced. Two balance sheet presentations are designed through the column definition: year to date and current year to date compared to prior year end results. Construct a balance sheet row definition Design a year-to-date column definition Associate the building blocks in a report definition Review the design of a sample balance sheet Balance Sheet Reporting Chapter 9: Statements of Cash Flow In this module of training, students create a sample cash flow report. Create the sample statement of cash flow report design Explore design details for a statement of cash flow Examine the effect of the calculation priority setting Statements of Cash Flow Chapter 10: Report Generation and Distribution This module explains several options available for distributing reports. After a report definition is created, it can be generated to a single location in the report library or it can be generated to multiple locations with multiple forms of delivery. Management Reporter can publish secured and personalized links to reports in network locations or in Microsoft SharePoint sites. Describe the options for distributing reports Discuss the web viewer and options available Explain available download options Report Distribution and Viewing Chapter 11: Web View The Web Viewer lets you view a Management Reporter report in a web browser, without using Desktop Viewer or an installation of the Management Reporter client. To view a report in Web Viewer, you must be assigned a user role in Management Reporter. By default, generated reports open in the Web Viewer. Exploring the web view options of comments, jumping, summary lines only, charts, units, drill down, download, currency and goto functionality. Review the web viewer interface buttons Proprietary and Confidential Page 6 of

8 Chapter 12: Desktop Viewer The Management Reporter Desktop Viewer allows you to view and share generated reports, and interact with the data in a generated report. Viewing reports and specific versions of reports Introduction to the Report Library Using the Fact Pane Reviewing Interactive Components and Navigational Features Describe the Desktop View Menu Commands Chapter 13: Management Reporter Templates Management Reporter 2012 incorporates many new features such as interactive report view, dimension set collections, and greater integrations with Microsoft Dynamics AX With many existing legacy FRx and previous versions of Management Reporter no longer available, it is an excellent time to upgrade to what the product is today. To aid with the transition, Microsoft published both a comprehensive manual and twelve example reports. The reports come with a disclaimer that they are for illustration only and are fictious, however, they have merit as an excellent starting point. This chapter illustrates how to take an example template Balance Sheet report and easily adapt it to fit your enterprise. Introduction to standard templates Extracting the chart of accounts from Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Review the basic template structure Create Row, Column, and Report Definitions based on your account structure Create a new Balance sheet report using the supplied template Chapter 14: Security Management Reporter uses several levels of security to help ensure that authorized users can perform certain tasks in Management Reporter, modify the building blocks that are used in reports, and view generated reports. Review the levels of security including company access, user roles/groups/permissions, report libraries, and reporting tree structure Describe the example scenario and possible solutions Discuss Security in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 and Management Reporter 2012 Proprietary and Confidential Page 7 of

9 Management Reporter 2012: Syllabus and Agenda Agenda DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 11:00 AM 12:00 PM Management Reporter Overview Detailed Trial Balance Relational Reporting Variance Reporting Statements of Cash Flow Report Distribution Work with client to build custom reports LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH 1:00 PM 2:00 PM 3:00 PM Summary Income Statement Working with Reporting Trees 4:00 PM Using Dimensions Balance Sheet Reporting Statements of Cash Flow Management Reporter Templates Security Overflow/Parking Lot 5:00 PM SESSION END SESSION END SESSION END Work with client to build custom reports Proprietary and Confidential Page 8 of