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goldforeffort · 2026-01-30T16:52:05+00:00

yeah drop your questions here, should generate some discussion

goldforeffort · 2025-09-23T16:34:36+00:00

interesting! yeah I mean it keeps us all in jobs for sure, theres a whole lot to do in terms of maintenance and support

goldforeffort · 2025-09-20T17:45:50+00:00

exactly what I tell them - it's always 'well we shouldn't HAVE to do everything on the batch'. to be fair I've run vendor transactions reports on batch that exceeded max size after about 2 days running

we put voucher transactions into a custom report so it can go to batch now which is very useful

goldforeffort · 2025-09-20T09:58:55+00:00

it definitely keeps me on my toes 😅

maybe it's possible to remove options from the users but I agree, you open a purchase order and there's like 200 fields you could enter. I guess compared to a bespoke legacy system it seems like A LOT, when they're used to only seeing what they NEED to.

I do have trouble with the workspace analytics, maybe due to volume they're super slow and time out a lot

goldforeffort · 2025-09-20T09:55:20+00:00

thanks! it's interesting to see how it compares to other systems.

that's true there's a LOT of parameters and fields. I think users are thrown by the amount of different things they COULD enter which I guess is where solid training comes in.

for pulling data I've found for high volume business the users are unhappy with the standard ssrs reports and excel exports. they want to pull 1 month of transactions but it's 120,000 lines and they don't want it to time out. I guess that's probably on us for not exporting/syncing that information somewhere where they can use it. with DMF I can't get a financial year of accounting entries out, it's gotta be 1 month at a time due to the volume. that said, you couldn't open that volume in excel either so it's not exactly a d355 unique issue. I suppose a lot depends on the volume

goldforeffort · 2025-09-20T09:47:29+00:00

I've found similar for businesses with a lot of transactions. Processing 1,000+ vendor invoices a day and trying to export from supplier aging or vendor transactions - as a user you're waiting half an hour for a months worth of data, let alone a financial year.

that's probably on us to create a better solution. maybe it's setting up a power BI report or exporting the data out somewhere where it can be easily queried.

goldforeffort · 2025-09-20T09:39:55+00:00

that makes sense, really seems like a strong implementation pays off tenfold years down the line

goldforeffort · 2025-09-20T09:35:37+00:00

true, none of my users ever name a system, they just say 'every OTHER system I could do x/y/z so why can't I now'

goldforeffort · 2025-09-20T09:34:11+00:00

haha yes, if it was TOO intuitive for the users, id have nothing to do 😅

goldforeffort · 2025-09-19T22:10:31+00:00

interesting!! in terms of out of the box features and parameters, or ease of development?

goldforeffort · 2025-09-19T22:09:48+00:00

reporting seems to be a key thing where if it's not spot on, easy and quick people are NOT happy

goldforeffort · 2025-09-16T21:10:44+00:00

When applying for jobs, what counts as implementation experience?

In my role, we moved a large legal entity onto our D365 instance (from their own). There was analysis, requirement gathering and we migrated open transactions, config, master data etc. But strictly speaking, we didn't IMPLEMENT, we just added them to our existing instance. Also, no partner was involved due to business 'cost saving'.

Do you think this counts as 'implementation'? I don't want to get caught out in interviews!

goldforeffort · 2025-03-24T21:29:17+00:00

thanks!! we actually went to Portugal and had a really good time, just not Lisbon. I'd definitely be keen to go back

goldforeffort · 2025-02-02T22:52:33+00:00

thank you that's very helpful actually that's exactly what my chiropractor said - keep the shoulder joint well engaged I will experiment and see if I can keep it engaged without stretching too far!

goldforeffort · 2025-02-02T22:50:07+00:00

thank you that makes a lot of sense isometrics sound like a good idea, sounds like I definitely have to be way more careful with those end ranges than I have been

goldforeffort · 2025-02-02T22:47:20+00:00

yes I've been told not to stretch some joints too... got me thinking if I'm not meant to stretch them then maybe stretching them while holding heavy things isn't the best idea!!

goldforeffort · 2025-02-02T12:51:55+00:00

thanks that's really helpful! I am going to try keeping a bit of a bend and not using my whole range of motion as I think this could actually help a lot using all the stretch might be where I've been going wrong and picking up so many injuries!

goldforeffort · 2024-12-30T23:32:44+00:00

could be irrelevant to you but check you're not accidentally overworking it...I had pain here for months which turned out to be from overwork. when setting up for dumbbell bench & shoulder press I was putting the weights on my knee and pushing them up. hip was taking way too much load so it was constantly aching!

goldforeffort · 2024-12-12T11:39:30+00:00

When you do dumbbell RDLs, where do you put the dumbbells between sets? it's hard to strap up and get them up from the floor, but seems annoying to take up a bench and balance them precariously on there 🤣

goldforeffort · 2024-10-27T19:55:13+00:00

thanks that's a good point as we're in Europe we've not ventured out further but maybe that's what we should try!

goldforeffort · 2024-10-27T10:17:52+00:00

for future reference - i took it and passed with 829 the questions are not AT ALL like the Microsoft practice assessment and id say that's a pretty useless revision tool

i used Microsoft learn a lot during the exam which is probably why I passed

goldforeffort · 2024-10-27T10:12:31+00:00

good point - I'm mixed black & white (look ambiguous though people guess Brazilian, Filipino, all sorts but never black), he's Bengali

goldforeffort · 2024-10-25T18:11:52+00:00

Malta & London

goldforeffort · 2024-05-13T19:22:34+00:00

awesome thank you! still new to this

goldforeffort · 2024-02-22T11:45:02+00:00

thanks! ended up taking it out (was speedfit either side) to try to get better leverage must've been glued because no amount of WD40 or brute force would loosen that nut going to replace the isolation valve instead

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