Management Reporter New Features and Bug Fixes Summary

Gathered from Microsoft Knowledge Base articles by Derek Krebs at the MSX Group.

If any questions, please feel free to email: [email protected]

Management Reporter New Features and Bug Fixes Summary

Gathered from Microsoft Knowledge Base articles by Derek Krebs at the MSX

Group. If any questions, please feel free to email: [email protected]

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Management Reporter Feature and Version Number Summary ............................................................................... 3

Management Reporter New Features....................................................................................................................... 3

CU 6 New Features ............................................................................................................................................... 3

CU 7 New Features ............................................................................................................................................... 4

CU 8 New Features ............................................................................................................................................... 4

CU 9 New Features ............................................................................................................................................... 5

CU 10 New Features ............................................................................................................................................. 5

CU 11 New Features ............................................................................................................................................. 5

CU 12 New Features ............................................................................................................................................. 6

CU 13 New Features ............................................................................................................................................. 6

CU 14 New Features ............................................................................................................................................. 7

CU 15 New Features ............................................................................................................................................. 7

CU 16 New Features ............................................................................................................................................. 7

Management Reporter Bug Fixes .............................................................................................................................. 8

CU 6 Bug Fixes ...................................................................................................................................................... 8

CU 7 Bug Fixes ...................................................................................................................................................... 8

CU 8 Bug Fixes ...................................................................................................................................................... 9

CU 9 Bug Fixes .................................................................................................................................................... 11

CU 10 Bug Fixes .................................................................................................................................................. 13

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CU 11 Bug Fixes .................................................................................................................................................. 16

CU 12 Bug Fixes .................................................................................................................................................. 17

CU 13 Bug Fixes .................................................................................................................................................. 19

CU 14 Bug Fixes .................................................................................................................................................. 20

CU 15 Bug Fixes .................................................................................................................................................. 22

CU 16 Bug Fixes .................................................................................................................................................. 24

Known Issues List .................................................................................................................................................... 25




MANAGEMENT REPORTER FEATURE AND VERSION NUMBER SUMMARY

Over the last two years there have been quarterly releases of Management Reporter that have introduced many

new features and supported scenarios. The Program Management team and Customer Service team are always

getting asked what version contains a feature a customer is interested in. This is the cheat sheet of versions and

features of Management Reporter.

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dynamics_financial_reporting/2014/03/25/management-reporter-feature-and-

version-number-summary/

NOTE: Management Reporter 2012 CU14 will be the last supported release on SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server

2008 R2. Beginning with Management Reporter CU15, SQL Server 2012 will be the minimum supported version of

SQL Server.

MANAGEMENT REPORTER NEW FEATURES

CU 6 NEW FEATURES

Ability to generate a single report link for a report group created in Management Reporter Report Designer

and open all reports from a single page in the web viewer

Option to define the company, report date and report output locations for all reports assigned to a report

group

14 new default reports that will be loaded for new Microsoft Dynamics AX and Microsoft Dynamics GP

customers using Management Reporter; Existing customer also can easily import these default reports

New vendor, customer and audit attributes added for Dynamics AX

Support for transaction descriptions that are longer than 100 characters

Support for bi-directional text in Management Reporter Report Designer and Web Viewer

Translation for 12 additional languages, including Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, Czech, Finnish, Thai, Hungarian,

Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian, Icelandic and Arabic


https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dynamics_financial_reporting/2014/03/25/management-reporter-feature-and-version-number-summary/

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dynamics_financial_reporting/2014/03/25/management-reporter-feature-and-version-number-summary/



CU 7 NEW FEATURES

• Ability to drill back to your Dynamics ERP from Management Reporter Web Viewer, allowing you to see

detailed transactional information on any account

• Included Management Reporter into the Dynamics AX install for new customers, making it more

straightforward to get the entire solution up and running

• Ability for Microsoft Dynamics AX customers to view any Management Reporter report in both functional and

reporting currencies using the Management Reporter Web Viewer

• Support for currency translation for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 customers

• Accounts and dimensions on reports will now be displayed in the order you’ve identified in Dynamics AX

• Ability to include Fixed Asset Acquisition Date as an attribute on a report (Dynamics AX only)

• Performance enhancements using Management Reporter Web Viewer to view reports

• More than 90 bug fixes across Management Reporter and all Dynamics ERP integrations

CU 8 NEW FEATURES

Dynamic calculated column headers…no more hard coding of Months within the column definition. This

feature received 55 votes on Microsoft Connect, thanks for continuing to submit product suggestions.

Currency translation for Dynamics GP 2013 using DDM Data Mart provider

Ability to create a side by side balance sheet by using a section break option in row definition. This feature

received 65 votes on Microsoft Connect.

Additional attributes added for Dynamics AX integration to support country specific localizations

Triangle symbol to indicate negative balances; needed for specific geographies but available for all

Option to include line numbers on generated reports

Translation support for XBRL configuration

Ability to set all columns in definition to Autofit by default

Collection of Excel formatting improvements (50 votes on Microsoft Connect across)

Additional fixes for product defects




CU 9 NEW FEATURES

View a list of previous month’s reports and open them in the web viewer

Refresh a report in the web viewer

Publish a report from the web viewer

Headers and footers are shown by default in the web viewer

Enhanced data detection in the Configuration Console

Support for dynamically displaying currency symbol, currency code and

currency description (AX 2012 CU6 or AX 2012 hotfixes, SL 2011, GP 2013)

Support for SQL Server 2014


CU 10 NEW FEATURES

Export row-based TOT formulas to Excel

An additional parameter has been added to control header and footer options for exporting to Excel in page

view vs. normal view

Removed account category from showing in the viewer and exported reports

Improved generation and viewing performance if using SQL Server 2014 Enterprise Edition

Ability to include or exclude companies for reporting in the Dynamics GP data mart

Ability to exclude Analytical Accounting details in the Dynamics GP data mart

Improved integration performance for large ERP databases


CU 11 NEW FEATURES

Drill-down on TOT rows

Ability to choose which closing periods to include in Management Reporter columns




Drill into TOT rows from Web Viewer

Ability to select closing period in Management Reporter

Company selection with Dynamics GP 2015 and Dynamics SL 2011 and 2015

Improved performance for integration and report generation

Currency Translation fixes for Microsoft Dynamics GP. Click here for more information on the fixes for

currency translation.

CU 12 NEW FEATURES

This is a quality release focusing on bug fixes only

CU 13 NEW FEATURES

Here’s a summary of the new Management Reporter CU13 features:

View a report in the web viewer in a grid view

Display zero rounded values and zero actual values based on a report definition option

Choose where the line number column displays on a report

Display date formats in the report header based on regional settings

Display calculated rows on the same line for different columns

Report on closing transactions for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012


In addition to the new features, there has also been a number of changes made to installation and configuration.

With Management Reporter 2012 CU13, we have also removed the licensing checks within Management

Reporter. All of the Microsoft Dynamics ERPs now support an unlimited licenses model, and we've decided to

stop checking for licensing within Management Reporter. If you are not yet on an unlimited license plan,

please ensure you stay compliant on your number of users.

Microsoft PowerShell 3.0 or later is now a required prerequisite on Management Reporter server machines

Changes were made to the database schema. If you had existing queries or scripts, they may need updating


http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dynamics_financial_reporting/archive/2014/12/22/updates-for-dynamics-gp-currency-translation.aspx



Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is no longer supported

CU 14 NEW FEATURES

Below is a summary of the new Management Reporter CU14 features:

Report Options for Web Viewer (DDM only)

Change Period and re-generate report from Web Viewer

Keyboard accessibility for Drill to Dynamics

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 enhancements for budget submodels with multiple parents

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Budget Control enhancements including new attributes

Microsoft Dynamics GP performance improvements (previously released as CU13 hotfix 3682838)

Many fixes for exporting to XPS


CU 15 NEW FEATURES


Improved responsiveness in the Web Viewer

Search for Web Viewer

Printing in Web Viewer via XPS download

PowerShell module for reset of data mart


Microsoft Dynamics GP 2016 partially supported. Data Validation will be added in a future hotfix.

CU 16 NEW FEATURES

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dynamics_financial_reporting/2017/02/27/management-reporter-cu16-now-

available/


https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dynamics_financial_reporting/2017/02/27/management-reporter-cu16-now-available/

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dynamics_financial_reporting/2017/02/27/management-reporter-cu16-now-available/




HTTPS Support for Server and client components

Add Hebrew (he-il) localization


MANAGEMENT REPORTER BUG FIXES

CU 6 BUG FIXES

No web link published by Microsoft.

CU 7 BUG FIXES

The following is a list of some fixes and some updates that are included in Microsoft Management Reporter2012

CU7: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2902728

Bug # Title

351935 Headers in column A and B may cause an error during report generation

649713 Corrected New User menu options

677532 Changing the Account Category of an account (with existing data) will create two DimensionCombinations

712778 Extra dash shows on ACCT column in Web Viewer when you have two dimension values added together

712822 Management Reporter GP DDM provider install fails on duplicate segment name

751127 Management Reporter may show duplicate data when adjustment period date overlaps with another period

752444 Improved General Ledger Transaction to Fact error handling


http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2902728



758720 Error generating report when linking to Excel and detail level includes Transaction

783259 Normal Balance of C (sign on account balance will be reversed) is ignored if the Print Control is set to DR or CR

786030 “Object reference not set to an instance of an object” when selecting a parent level of a Tree with transaction detail level

788530 Incorrect base period selected with CUR when using Management Reporter with Dynamics GP DDM

788813 Dynamics AX Provider Installation Guide lists incorrect Dynamics AX 2012 R2 version

790082 Performance issue on dimComboRow temp table during report generation

793111 Improved performance for Dynamics GP AccountProvider statement

794670 Unable to assign groups to security assignments in the Report Library in CU6

797314 Arithmetic overflow error on aaTrxDimCodeNum during Fact task for Dynamics GP DDM

803186 Consolidated reports fail with companies that have different fiscal years and report set to use "rollup by using default company period end date"

804790 Management Reporter Process Service leaves an open AOS connection for each report schedule with Dynamics AX 2009

805974 Subtract or Add account/dimension not working with Tree

811978 Unable to enter registration keys after evaluation license expires

816947 Drilling into transaction detail fails with a period 1 PERIODIC column and YTD column

817484 Upgrading Management Reporter changes the recovery model on the Management Reporter database to full

829213 Update map times for the Dynamics SL Data Mart

831107 Migration Wizard crashes during validation step on CU6 due to missing DLLs

841192 The @UnitName and @UnitDesc are not working in Web Viewer

CU 8 BUG FIXES







Bug # Title

352277 Exporting a report to Excel will include a blank worksheet for tree units without data

352278 Summary Account Detail tab is missing in Excel when exporting from Management Reporter

352285 Errors opening Report Designer if the Default Font is set to something that does not exist on the client

373961 “The given key was not present in the dictionary” error when exporting to Excel with single worksheet option marked and information in the fourth line of the footer

377555 Cells containing shading in Report Viewer do not export to Excel if cell contains no data

758711 Conditional Printing does not work correctly across years when period is hard-coded in column

811970 Changing the default name of an operating unit dimension will break any Organization Hierarchies that include this dimension

817292 Fiscal year information is calculated instead of read from Dynamics ERP and Management Reporter Data Mart

830933 Multiple attribute filters may return incorrect data

865243 Fiscal Year map can produce a SQL query with more than 2100 parameters and encounter a SQL limitation

865522 Two periods that end on the same day show incorrect balance on PERIODIC column with the Data Mart and Dynamics SL

866963 Using /-12 account modifier and column ranges pulls in the last period in the range instead of the total of the range for the prior year

877367 Fact Task can grow the SQL tempdb excessively with Management Reporter CU7

878028 Underscore and Line rows are missing at the account detail level for a column that follows two NP columns

880791 Only the first WKS column returns data when there are multiple "link to external worksheets"

880894 Scenario Task returns error when a budget was deleted in the Dynamics ERP that contained data

881243 Management Reporter and Data Mart Integration database created with PAGE_VERIFY database option set to NONE

881381 Consolidated report containing companies with different functional currencies fails

881445 User with Viewer role who is granted access to one reporting unit through reporting tree security cannot view the report when the report is included in a Report Group




881449 User without access to folder in Report Library can open report link for Report Group but receives blank screen with no message

881964 Remove the reference to the account sets migrating in the Migration Guide

882022 Microsoft Dynamics GP guide missing required versions

882045 Microsoft Dynamics AX Install Guide lists incorrect required AX versions

882764 Management Reporter upgrades may fail on ReportRepositoryLink table

882950 Drill to Dynamics does not work for a Viewer user using the Report Viewer

883335 PERIODS calculation on CALC column only work for one company in a consolidated report

883476 GL Transaction to Fact integration error with CU7 and a case sensitive SQL Collation

893002 Configuring AX integration in a one way trust environment fails

906000 “The operation could not be completed due to a problem in the data provider framework” error when a company does not contain an open period

909365 Report Groups do not prompt for which units of the tree to include when generating

909802 Management Reporter CU7 missing transactions during the Dynamics SL Data Mart integration

918635 Error when drilling down on an account if "report duplicate accounts" is checked and a duplicate exists using a range of accounts

919820 Exchange Rate task can fail with “Reader returned fewer objects for processing than expected” with Dynamics AX Data Mart

924556 Using multiple companies and Account Categories may cause report generation errors with Dynamics GP Data Mart

928021 Incorrect syntax near ')' error occurs when generating a report for period 1 with an Account Modifier in the row of /Y and Start and End dates defined in the column.

CU 9 BUG FIXES





CU9: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2968488/en-us

Bug # Title

352117 A box around rows (BXB and BXC) that has line rows does not work correctly when you export a report to Microsoft Excel.

352675 Companies to company mapping fails if a user is deleted from Active Directory but remains in Microsoft Dynamics AX.

928056 Dynamics AX 2009 Management Reporter users need write access to the Event Viewer log on the Management Reporter server when inserting rows from dimension.

1017832 Cannot use a Microsoft Dynamics AX Reporting currency in reports of Management Reporter CU6 and later versions.

1030367 False error "Adapter must have a setting with a Site attribute" in the integration log for Dynamics AX 2012 data mart.

369311 AutoFit column width does not work correctly when you print multiple reporting units.

881456 Error "Unclosed quotation mark after the character string" occurs when deploying the Application Service if a master password includes an apostrophe.

918624 Selecting only detail units from different summary levels results in a Unit Tree Security error in Web Viewer.

921420 Management Reporter DDM report generation may process many invalid dimension combinations.

928281 "Report duplicate accounts" option misses accounts if identical lines exist in a report.

936135 Dynamics GP AA budget based on a date range that includes multiple fiscal years does not return balances for any fiscal year but the last year included in the budget.

1014887 Columns are shifted at the transaction detail level when Account and Transaction Attribute columns exist.

1016095 Improved error or warning message in Web Viewer when a report contains no data.

1016685 Change tracking left joins on initial load can cause significant decrease in performance.

1020923 Format override by using a period "." in the currency symbol causes an incorrect number of decimal places in the amount.

1020932 A report that has columns that span multiple pages does not print the correct page when you use the "Shrink to page width" option.

1033123 Large number of records in the changetable SQL Change Tracking can cause "record level


http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2968488/en-us



exception" error for many Fact transactions.

1042568 Unposted intercompany transactions result in incorrect data in the datamart of Dynamics GP.

1042588 Many columns that contain dimension filters and multiple companies can hit RPC SQL parameter max of 2100.

1062038 Web Viewer displays text from DES in incorrect column if columns to the left of DESC column does not print.

1063812 TranslatedPeriodBalance table does not populate for all companies.

1065494 Subtotal by period with an Actual and Budget column displays totals on different rows.

1065617 Error "Sequence contains no elements" occurs when opening a migrated row definition.

1066231 Spelling errors in the migration and the wizard crashes.

1066387 Partition restriction on a hierarchy organizational unit (OU) or dimension query excludes valid hierarchies or tree units.

1067381 Account to Account integration fails after making change to the exchange rate type for an account in Microsoft Dynamics GP or AX.

1067382 Improved error from an exception in the BulkLoader.

1221918 UpdateBalancesForExchangeRate stored procedure blocks report generation when new exchange rates are integrated.

1510470 Report Headers and Footers are not migrated from FRx that has CU8 installed.

1020958 Report Library Permissions only show folders.

CU 10 BUG FIXES



Bug # Title

415065 Management Reporter is incorrectly validating the version of SQL during data mart





configuration

793092 Column Justification setting doesn't export to Excel

804830 User is not able to generate a report for just the companies they have access to

906000 “The operation could not be completed due to a problem in the data provider framework” error occurs when opening a report definition if a company does not contain a current year

938671 Using XCR in the column, Rounding Adjustment in the row, and rounding in the report definition results in incorrect rounding adjustment and sign

1066769 Configuration of Dynamics AX 2012 Data Mart Next button may not work when multiple integrations are running on the same Dynamics AX database

1231438 Query improvements for long running reports while the DDM integration is running

1493892 Management Reporter is unable to integrate with AX 2012 CU4 and AX 2012 R2 CU1

1510145 Totaling account updates are not reflected in designer

1551909 Missing Account Analysis timeout in GetUsedDimensions ([dbo].[fnGetUsedDimensionsForCompany])

1564518 Performance improvements to the user integration

1574869 Poor performance of the UpdateBalancesForExchangeRate stored procedure if there are a very large number of currencies and exchange rates

1587161 Duplicate amounts when same dimension is used in row and tree

1602459 CBR calculation shows zero at account level when using rounding in the report definition

1603128 Invalid Period warning with consolidated report for Dynamics GP companies with a short fiscal year

1603137 Confirmed budget encumbrance reporting incorrect amounts

1603192 Add transaction description as an attribute for SL data mart

1618848 AX 2012 GL Adapter SQL timeout on ReadDeletedObjectKeys during Fact integration

1618873 Incorrect syntax near ')' when generating a report using a custom posting layer if no transactions exist for the company

1618874 Report Designer crashes in Dimensions Window when 201+ dimensions lines exist

1620372 Transaction Detail Descriptions showing for NP Column

1623574 Case difference in Dynamics AX AOS server integration configuration causes UNIQUE KEY constraint 'UC_ControlFolderIntegration_Name_SourceID' error on Hierarchies task

1624065 Dynamics AX DM - Base period list does not originate from the Base year shown when




Report Definition is opened (first year's periods shown)

1631811 Slow performance of general ledger transactions to fact when querying the count() on BUDGETPLANchanges

1634910 Side by side company report returns no data for non-default company

1636205 More than 32,768 units in a Tree causes “The INSERT statement conflicted with the CHECK constraint "CK_ReportUnit_Index" error message.

1636223 Rounding of Thousands or greater returns incorrect data (decimal place issue) on a CALC column at the Account Detail Level

1636231 NP on DESC column causes error in Web Viewer

1647838 "Dynamics cannot show the selected item" error in Web Viewer when using the Open in Microsoft Dynamics/Drill to Dynamics feature for an encumbrance column with Dynamics AX 2012

1676670 Short Fiscal Year with Calc Column returning "An unknown error has occurred while processing report"

1676671 Dynamics AX DDM Performance issue after a Master Planning run which updates InventTable records

1681960 Adding a specific dimension to row definition with CU9 causes invalid report data

1683020 Fiscal Years task errors on LoadMatchingFiscalYears with "An item with the same key has already been added"

1687237 Integration select queries locking/blocking Dynamics GP transactions

1687286 Calculation/Total in row will be incorrect when it pulls from two other calculations/totals below it and tree is being used

1689169 Invalid data from Dynamics GP causes duplicate key exception in fiscal year provider

1693183 Missing transaction drill down details when using Dimension Filter in column

1693194 Range of account on Row not returning expected data with Management Reporter Data Mart

1693894 Cannot drag and drop report to a different folder in the Report Viewer with CU9

1697236 Moving MR database to different server causes Decrypt error to occur multiple times every minute

1697784 Blank dimension is ignored when included in a range with Management Reporter Data Mart

1699179 Ampersands are removed on export to Excel from report header

1700625 Dynamics GP DDM - update AA_FindYEC_RetainedEarnings data validation script




1702733 Adding DR and CR Print Control to Row Definition using XBRL Taxonomy returns error and crashes

1707325 GP Data Validation runs successfully reporting no errors while data issue exists

1709158 GP Data Validation AA_FindUnmatchedDists(17) flags bad records when no data issues exist

1709176 Exchange rate table that is setup in GP that has rates without an expiration date will not be used to translate balances

1713216 Changes in report performance from RU5 to CU9

1714931 Dynamics GP Bug 69692 causes incorrect data in Management Reporter when reporting on AA budgets

1715493 Users who are not Management Reporter administrators aren't clearly warned by task "You don't have permission to access companies in Management Reporter"

1716469 GP Data Validation – Remove Dynamics GP 9 validation scripts

1716470 GP Data Validation – Add French localization in AA_FindUnmatchedDists scripts

1716510 GP Data Validation – Update AA_FindUnmatchedDists description

26370 DDM must be re-created when a new company is added with Dynamics SL

30776 Period 13 missing data if period 12 and 13 share the same date with Dynamics SL

31870 Integration performance issue with a large number of companies with Dynamics SL

31976 Transaction description attribute missing with Dynamics SL

CU 11 BUG FIXES



Bug # Title

352086 Trying to modify a Dimension Set that contains a blank line causes Management Reporter to close unexpectedly

352594 Excluding users from a role in Microsoft Dynamics AX does not remove them from Management Reporter

358469 Active Directory groups in Microsoft Dynamics AX are included in the Management Reporter data mart





387414 If Account Security is on in Microsoft Dynamics GP and multiple organizational entities are assigned to an account, Management Reporter will pull the value for that time frame multiplied by the number of entities on that account

1066276 Report Designer provides access to all accounts for all entities at the same level when account level security is configured in Microsoft Dynamics GP to restrict access

1078881 Update format codes, print controls, page options and column restrictions to be friendlier, localizable terms

1721610 The Generate to a single report library and link location gets deleted when the Report Group Definition form is opened and saved without making any changes

1721895 After a generated report opens in the Report Viewer, clicking the Report Library button shows a blank report list

1737774 Removing Indent from a row in the row definition doesn't update font override setting 1740092 No periods display when using the P=B print control and hardcoding periods into the column

definition 1750242 Retained earnings are calculated taking the full opening balance each year times the exchange

rate instead of the entry each year times the exchanged resulting in incorrect data 2195690 Data mart integration fails to recover after being disconnected from SQL Server 2715979 Conditional Print Control with period ranges doesn’t work the same between Management

Reporter 2.0 and Management Reporter 2012

CU 12 BUG FIXES


CU12: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3065253

3213555 When configuring the data mart for Management Reporter 2012, you receive an error at the database already exists

3213580 Unable to save when using a range of periods and BASE in the column definition 3214544 Data mart integration user does not have the ALTER permission, which causes an error

when running UPDATE STATISTICS 3214748 Moving reporting tree definitions doesn't work as expected 3239105 Initial transaction to fact error causes secondary SQL date time overflow error if

GeneralJournalEntry record is missing 3240650 Vendor Name transaction attribute is not correct when using a virtual company with a

shared table collection that includes VendTable 3248432 Reports generated as a Report Group may have missing or extra formatting lines when

exporting to Excel 3249707 Reports scheduled for the last day, weekday, or weekend day may fail and terminate the

Process service


https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3065253



3268668 Customer Name transaction attribute is not correct when using a virtual company with a shared table collection that includes CustTable

3273327 License limit error occurs if the users to be integrated exceeds the license key group limits

3274360 Foreign key constraint error when removing a user from Management Reporter 3298557 Maintenance task execution creates informational messages in the SQL Server log 3318210 Report generation is slow if you're not consistently using the same financial dimensions

throughout the report 3373819 Generator and Designer users lose access to companies with CU11 HF2 3373823 ExchangeRate table does not update correctly when an exchange rate is deleted and

added within the same run of the task (Default 5 Min) 3373858 Unable to drill into transaction detail when the Column Definition contains a range of

BASE-X:BASE, a YTD column, and the report spans multiple fiscal years 3386323 Reports fail to generate when the DataMartMAXDOP setting is configured and

dimension filters are used 3404939 SQL Merge integration error when Budget Control is enabled 3408094 Reports are slow to generate when 1 million or more values exist in a single financial

dimension 3447148 XBRL - Not possible to mark items as nil if they must be reported on but have 0 balance

in GL 3573724 Non-printing rows are incorrectly exported to Excel when formulas are not exported 3575714 When exporting a report to Excel from Management Reporter, non-printing rows are

not included at the account and transaction detail levels 3586348 "An Unexpected error occurred parsing the operands. Parameter name: operand1"

error when exporting a report with Excel formulas enabled 3587585 GP DDM - reversing transaction posted to historical year integrates as facttype 3 but

should be 0 3589718 User permissions are not removed when only one integrated user exists within

Management Reporter 3592742 "An Unexpected error occurred parsing the operands. Parameter name: operand2"

error when exporting a report with Excel formulas enabled 3595667 With Microsoft Dynamics GP, the CheckMainSegmentId subquery should be

configurable for timeout value for large data sets 3602012 Transactions may appear in an incorrect fiscal period if recalculate ledger periods is run

after modifying fiscal periods 3608718 Different fiscal year setup between companies with separate application databases

causes Fiscal Year task to fail with FOREIGN KEY constraint error 3611517 ProcessStagedData TOP statements not using ORDER BY and may cause data issues in

data mart 3214713 In the Web Viewer, there is no indication of currently active reporting tree node 3239105 Initial Transaction to Fact error causes secondary SQL Datetime overflow error many

times 3366638 Dynamics SL transactions incorrectly integrated as Unposted when the GLTran.Posted

value contains a lowercase p 3322491 Report Designer crash issues when modifying building blocks




3373858 BASE-1:BASE Periodic column with a YTD column errors when drilling to transaction

level

CU 13 BUG FIXES

The following is a list of some fixes and some updates that are included in

Microsoft Management Reporter2012 CU13:

https://mbs.microsoft.com/files/customer/MgmtReporter/Learning/Documentation/UserGuides/ManagementRe

porterCU13FixList.pdf

773412 Generators should be able to change the company within the Report Definition 811152 Management Reporter config console logs Parameter siteIntegrationID error repeatedly

in installation log file 882490 Setting for “Start page numbering at” does not return expected results 1733879 “An unknown error has occurred” error when generating a report with an External Link

including Excel data 3213552 When opening Management Reporter from Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, you receive an

error that the file does not have a program associated with it 3218013 Created by transaction attribute for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 is blank for General

Ledger transactions 3274012 Changes to groups company access will not save after sorting on the company access

tab 3286086 Budget account entries posted to a totaling account do not display in Management

Reporter 3369493 You may receive an incorrect balance for the beginning balance translated amount 3374057 Dimension value sets do not subtract accounts correctly if a second dimension is used

on the row 3383462 Originating master Record Name\ID may display a value when it should be blank 3393828 Incorrect results when using multiple report attributes from within the row definition 3404932 When closing a report, users in the Generator role receive the error “ You don’t have

permission to perform this operation” 3410167 SQL Merge integration error when a budget model is a submodel for two or more

models 3588451 You receive an unexpected error when generating a report with currency translation

and no beginning balance amounts 0 Sequence contains no matching element 3602093 Beginning balances are duplicated when reprocessing the create opening balances

process and more records exist in factstaging than the fact table in data mart 3608535 AssessRequiredCalculation @fullBalanceRequired will be 0 after initial integration unless

@stagingCount >= @tableCount


https://mbs.microsoft.com/files/customer/MgmtReporter/Learning/Documentation/UserGuides/ManagementReporterCU13FixList.pdf




3609646 If DuplicateDimensionCombinationDetectionEnabled is set to true, you will see poor performance on the #FirstBalancePostedToPeriod query

3609784 Unable to drill to transaction detail when consolidated tree has companies with different number of segments

3611063 "Integration source SERVERNAME with discriminator :DYNAMICS not found" error from the Company integration

3615128 Companies to Company map fails when SQL language for service account does not use mdy format

3617710 Report contains no data when a dimension filter in the column definition includes dimension values that do not exist

3618551 Management Reporter user integration will use the last integrated permission rather than highest possible permission

3624955 TranslatedPeriodBalance table rebuilt more often than required 3625020 Performance issue with Microsoft Dynamics SL with deleted actuals and a large number

of companies 3626581 Slow performance on Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R1 when integrating budget control

data 3628079 Total line is incorrect when exporting a report with a reporting tree and viewing as a

single worksheet in Excel 3628854 Encumbrance Reduction transactions do not correctly integrate 3631251 Add data validation for Microsoft Dynamics GP for an invalid journal entry with both a

debit and credit on the same line 3632047 Using a book code modifier in the row definition for a book code that does not exist may

cause the report generation to fail 3641456 Underscore amounts may be applied to a DESC column 3645427 Financial Dimension values for custom dimensions incorrectly appear in other custom

dimensions 3645607 Deleted budget records are not completely disabled for Microsoft Dynamics SL 3645728 A fiscal period could be incorrectly deleted when a year or period is updated 3645761 Rows with a C for normal balance do not reverse the sign at the transaction detail level

when the column is restricted to DR or CR 3645834 Some transactions may be stuck in FactStaging for Microsoft Dynamics SL 3646273 You see poor performance when opening a report in the desktop viewer with many

quicklinks 3650317 Blank dimension filter in column definition returns no data 364939 Report Designer crashes when exporting Building Blocks and Windows Update

KB3059317 is installed

CU 14 BUG FIXES






https://mbs.microsoft.com/files/customer/MgmtReporter/Learning/Documentation/UserGuides/ManagementRe

porterCU14FixList.pdf

812071 The amounts in the XBRL instance document should be formatted to not display zeros after the

first 2 decimal places

3267686 Error/Crash for Viewer user with Drill to Dynamics from Report Viewer desktop client "You don't

have permission to perform this operation"

3410167 SQL Merge integration error when a budget model is a submodel for two or more models

3596584 GP Transaction to Fact performance issue with large chart of accounts

3599519 Large number of records in GL00100 table causes timeouts in integration and performance issues

in Configuration Console

3623912 Configuration Console may crash when loading too many long events from the Event Viewer

3647752 Report designer may crash when the client does not contain the language culture defined for the

company

3649058 You receive the following error in the AX 2012 Dimension Values to Dimension Values map:

System.IndexOutOfRangeException

3658362 Unable to connect to the Management Reporter application service. Make sure the service is

started. See the service log for details" error after upgrading to CU13 and opening the

Configuration Console

3660410 Management Reporter data mart deployment fails on Turkish_CI_AS database collation

3660758 Slow performance on AX 2012 companies to company map for Management Reporter if there

are many security roles defined within Microsoft Dynamics AX

3662063 Management Reporter 2012 CU13 will not install on Windows Server 2008 SP2 - Error

"Management Reporter Setup ended prematurely"

3663084 XPS Viewer cannot open XPS file generated by Report Designer Japanese version

3669431 You may receive the following error from the Companies to Companies map - "Sequence

contains no elements"

3670371 Incorrect XBRL schema is used if the 5.2 taxonomy is selected

3672374 You may receive an error when viewing a report using the B0 print control and display blanks for

zero amounts is deselected






3677880 Incorrect YTD results for Unit Accounts for Microsoft Dynamics GP when currency translation

occurs and account is set to 'clear balance during year-end close'

3680516 Case sensitivity in the company identifier in AX causing Sped ECF not to be generated in some

cases

3681935 Report Designer may crash when using Missing Account Analysis with excluded dimensions

3682778 Report group will fail to generate when @ANY is used for the company

3686223 Improve report generation performance from CU13 where many account filters exist with many

dimension combinations

3688040 Formula for TOT row incorrect when exporting report with tree to Excel using "Export to single

worksheet" option and zero rows are not displayed

3689876 AX User integration query runs twice (Once for “Company to Companies” and once for “Company

to Organizations”) but the results are ignored for “Company to Organizations”

3690816 Unexpected service error on call:

http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/2011/8/integration/IConfigurationServiceContract/GetInte

grationGroups an error occurred while reading from the store provider's data reader. See the

inner exception for details.

3692838 Slower report generation for consolidated company reports from CU12 to CU14

3695615 TOT formulas incorrect when Page Layout header option selected and exporting to single

worksheet

3696500 Error opening or designing report in es-es culture: TableLayoutPanel cannot expand to contain

the control, because the panel's GrowStyle property is set to FixedSize.

3701740 Microsoft Dynamics GP AA validation not working for blank CurrencyID in GL20000 table with

CU 15 BUG FIXES



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352589 Renumber rows will fail for column references for double-character index names

3623582 Desktop Viewer is unable to drill back to Microsoft Dynamics GP 2015

3631190 System.IO.IOException: The file exists error when exporting a large report or many reports to XPS

with an image in the header

3668795 Web Viewer will silently crash and hang at loading screen indefinitely if more than 50,000

transactions exist for one account

3690330 Invalid rounding adjustment warning when using a variance CALC type column

3694343 Microsoft Dynamics GP ExchangeRateProvider to Exchange rate task performance issue with

large number of exchange rates

3697452 Report generation performance issue with multiple dimensions specified in row definition

3704653 Column headers don’t display on each page when exported to Excel

3705047 Report returns no data if summary level of reporting tree has FD link column populated and

option to use row definition from reporting tree is not checked

3705101 Report contains no data when dimension value set added to dimension filter in column definition

contains a value that does not exist for the current company

3708668 Configuration console will crash when run without local administrator permissions

3708688 The second section of center header is not centered when viewed in Web Viewer if a certain

length is output out in left or right headers for the first and third sections

3708759 Shrink to width doesn’t work when exporting to Excel

3711560 TOT formula range incorrect when exported to Excel with SORT row

3713005 An integration task can get stuck in "Canceled" state if the integration is disabled then enabled

while the task is running

3714637 Organization Hierarchies with a financial dimension as a parent contains unneeded references to

unused financial dimensions

3714638 Reporting tree summary nodes with financial dimensions specified should roll down to children

rows

3717314 Configuration Console will crash with error "System.Xml.XmlException: Unexpected end of file" if

DeploymentContext.txt file is blank

3722601 Desktop Viewer crashes when selecting a comment created by a disabled or deleted user

3724393 Improve error message for Windows PowerShell 3.0 prerequisite




3724644 Report performance degradation when using currency translation and YTD column

3725605 You may be unable to export transaction detail to Excel if your report contains subtraction of

multiple dimension values within a column definition

3726735 You may see a delay when opening a large report group as a non-administrator user

3727641 Microsoft Dynamics AX Purchase Order transactions posted with a receipt do not display vendor

name 3728586 Reports can remain the report queue with a status of queued when using a

reporting unit restriction

3728826 TranslateBalances stored procedure should not consider any transactions where the

PrimaryAmount = 0

3728878 Enable XPS bookmarks that were disabled in CU14

3735212 Scheduler.Data.DataManager.TryLockTask throws SQL Exception “datediff function resulted in an

overflow”

3736390 Microsoft Dynamics SL: Dimension description lost when different subaccounts have the same ID

with different descriptions

3739344 Missing index on DimensionValue table results in poor generation time for large consolidated

reports with many companies

3739841 Report takes significantly longer during rounding part of report generation

3741398 Data mart reset should not cause loss of transaction detail

3741879 Reports in a report group exported with header settings different from group have incorrect TOT

formulas

3744102 Unable to open or delete a building block checkout to a user that has been deleted

3746280 XPS bookmarks line to wrong unit when using larger trees

CU 16 BUG FIXES



3749486 Change tracking only gets enabled on the first Microsoft Dynamics GP company database




3751976 Wildcards and ranges doesn't return all valid dimension combinations

3753112 Dimension filter uses an OR condition instead of an AND in different scenarios when two

dimensions are specified

3754945 Dynamics GP: Management Reporter is performing a count query before actual query, doubling

the query cost with data mart

3754947 Dynamics GP: Management Reporter fact integration slow when posting large Analytical

Accounting batches

3754948 Dynamics GP: GP data validation not working for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2016

3755023 Dimension filter uses an OR condition instead of an AND if using a dimension value that does not

exist

3757515 Dynamics GP: Unable to create GP integration with GP 2016 Dexterity Shared Components

3757516 Dynamics GP: Yes/No Analytical Accounting dimension not working or integrating correctly in the

Management Reporter data mart 3767519 Report generation fails when using a dimension value

setting in the reporting tree based on MainAccount

3768350 Dynamics AX: Company Integration very slow when many records in

SECURITYUSERROLECONDITION table

3768609 MR CU15 Known Issue - @DateLong AutoText header displays day of week in web viewer

3771542 Dynamics AX: Integration fails if collation is different between tempdb and Microsoft Dynamics

AX database

3778344 Dynamics AX: Vendor name transaction attribute isn't correct when using a virtual company with

a shared table collection that includes VendTable

3794033 Report generation fails when there is a duplicated name for a dimension value

KNOWN ISSUES LIST

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Management Reporter 2012 for Microsoft Dynamics ERP 2.1.1026.37

488281 - Missing Account Analysis does not show values for trees with @ANY selected

as the company 485632 - Missing Account Analysis closes unexpectedly when switching from all values to a single value after selecting refresh

485641 - Missing Account Analysis may close unexpectedly after switching to a different building block group

488213 - Report Designer closes unexpectedly if a user opens a report definition for a company they don't have access to

488300 - Report Viewer closes unexpectedly if a user edits a chart or comments that have been deleted by another user 487079 - Configuration Console closes unexpectedly if incorrect login information is

entered for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 488146 - Attribute selection on Account Type or Account Category returns no data for

Account when Account has no matching type 471771 - Double-Line together with other line formats may cause layout issues with

other elements in the report 484633 - Using Management Reporter with Microsoft Dynamics GP AA may miss data if multiple currenies are used

475203 - Using Management Reporter with Microsoft Dynamics GP AA will not generate a report if Microsoft Dynamics GP AA budgets and only Microsoft Dynamics GP AA

dimensions are used 484670 - Unchecking “Display reports with no active rows” in Management Reporter

does not suppress the printing of reporting units 484025 - IF THEN ELSE calculations do not work when specifying a result column in the THEN part of the calculation

485552 - Header font color is ignored when using BASE and spreading headers across columns

482066 - Unable to use X:BASE for defining periods

Management Reporter for Microsoft Dynamics ERP 2.0.1664.19 (FP1)

482100 - Error generating report for Dynamics GP 2010 R2 with AA.

481922 - Amounts can be incorrect when using numeric transaction dimension types in

Dynamics GP AA.

479593 - Report Designer will crash during insert rows from dimensions when only one

segment is in the account structure.

473872 - Unable to pull data after a dimension has been deleted with Dynamics GP AA.

473870 - Unable to pull data after dimension order has been changed with Dynamics GP

AA.




475333 - Users in the Viewer role unable to print.

475310 - Error occurs when generating a report if duplicate budget IDs exist in

Dynamics GP AA.

474762 - Error occurs when running report with currency translation and unposted

values for Dynamics GP AA.

474761 - Transaction detail incorrect with current currency translation for Dynamics GP

AA.

474756 - When using a two way trust you will only be able to add users from the

domain where MR is installed.

474107 - Beginning balance incorrect with Dynamics GP AA.

474019 - Error when processing the report with Dynamics GP AA dimension filters.

473861 - Amounts multiplied when using an account multiple times in a journal entry

with Dynamics GP AA.

473431 - Error when generating a report with budget information and transaction detail.

472437 - Report with columns restricted to reporting units in the tree will not produce

data if the entire tree is not selected when generating.

472292 - User receives error "The operation could not be completed due to a failure on

the server" logging in when they are members of two or more groups containing

company access.

472227 - Report may not generate when using column definition header A1 with other

column headers in row 3.

471512 - Report Designer will crash when typing the format code into a row format on

the last row and hitting enter.

470606 - SQL Compact Edition SP2 may be needed on the computer that the database

install is run from (see KB 2413470).

470284 - Explicit dimensions are not written to the XBRL instance document.

Management Reporter for Microsoft Dynamics ERP 2.0.1663.3 (SP1)

472227 - Report may not generate when using column definition header A1 with other

column headers in row 3.

471774 - Error message "The report contained no data" when the GL10110 or GL10111

contains values in the actnumbr_x column.

470606 - SQL Compact Edition SP2 may be needed on the computer that the database

install is run from (see KB 2413470).

444833 - A currency symbol displays on the first row only if the first row contains an

amount.

446471 - Conditional formatting suppresses data, but the columns are still displayed in




the Report Viewer.

407786 - When you use shading in column headers, the shaded section extends into the

spaces between columns.

439120 - Can output a report to Microsoft Excel only when the Replace output file

without warning option is selected. If this option is not selected, the report fails.

454695 - Report headers and logos are not exported to Excel.

427786 - XBRL notes and footnotes are not written to the XBRL instance document.

447859 - Custom XBRL units cannot be defined from existing units.


332038 - When a database is restored, the SQL Broker service is automatically disabled.

This causes documents to accumulate in the Report Queue.

469162 - Cannot use the SQL Server sa user for the database connection credentials

during installation.

470005 - The Designer must be restarted for style changes to take effect.

470555 - When you run the Migration Wizard in Validate Only mode, cached

credentials prevent validation.

469031 - Cannot filter by the Reporting Ledger attribute in Analytical Accounting for

Microsoft Dynamics GP.

Management Reporter for Microsoft Dynamics ERP 2.0.1662.37 (RTM)

458444 – Error message when you save a row definition and the Regional Settings are

set to a language other than US English: “Unable to complete the operation because of

corruption to the data".

460705 – Migration Wizard error “Windows Authentication is not supported for

Microsoft Dynamics GP”.

465395 – Error message when a segment in Microsoft Dynamics GP is more than 7

characters: “This report contains no data”.

465396 – Unable to report on blank segments within Microsoft Dynamics GP.

These items are resolved in Management Reporter Service Pack 1. Please contact

support if you have any questions.

Management Reporter 2012 CU10 for Microsoft Dynamics ERP 2.1.10001.112

2810949 - Export/Include formulas to Excel fails with dictionary error when row TOT

(non-range) references a row that doesn't return data (CU10 HF1)

2810950 - Export/Include formulas to Excel fails with variableOffsets error when row TOT




range start or end are not next to a row that generates data (CU10 HF1)

2829614 - Export/Include formulas to Excel has incorrect range when hiding headers

(CU10 HF1)

2829616 - Export/Include formulas to Excel has incorrect formula when adding a row

with no data (CU10 HF1)

2755873 - Add company feature not working after the initial integration with Dynamics

GP DDM (CU10 HF1)

2855374 - Pre-Deployment scripts timeout after two minutes (CU10 HF1)

2195690 - Integration failing to recover from SQL connection issue (CU10 HF2)

3128878 - AX 2012 Dimension Values error "Reader returned fewer objects for

processing than expected" after editing projects in Dynamics AX 2012 (CU10 HF2)

3127823 - Fact task error "Conversion overflows" / "SqlDateTime overflow. Must be

between 1/1/1753 12:00:00 AM and 12/31/9999 11:59:59 PM" (CU10 HF2)

3127783 - Export/Include Formulas to Excel fails when TOT range references XO rows

without data (CU10 HF2)

3186084 - Current Translation Type beginning balance is incorrect if periods are not

populated into the DDM in chronological order (CU10 HF2)


1721895 - After a generated report opens in the Report Viewer, clicking the Report

Library button shows a blank report list


1016685 - Change Tracking on initial DDM load can cause a performance degradation

1033123 – “Record level exception” error may occur for many/all Fact transactions

during DDM integration

1063812 – Currency translation not working when multiple companies with different

segment names are used with Dynamics GP DDM

1510470 - Report Headers and Footers are not migrated from FRx with Management

Reporter CU8


27687 – Transactions are missing when update occurs during integration with Dynamics

SL DDM

811970 - Operating Unit dimensions will not integrate with Organizational Hierarchies if




the default name of the operating unit dimension is changed

865243 - Fiscal Year map can produce a SQL query with more than 2100 parameters and

encounter a SQL limitation

877367 - The SQL Tempdb database can grow excessively while running the Fact task

during the DDM integration

881381 - Consolidated report containing companies with different functional currencies

may fail


794670 - Unable to assign groups to security assignments in Report Library with CU6

816947 - Drilling into transaction detail fails with a period 1 PERIODIC column and YTD

column

Management Reporter 2012 RU5 for Microsoft Dynamics ERP 2.1.1037.15

685055 - Management Reporter Configuration Console will not show DDM integration if

Email Notifications are used with RU5


569501 - Transactions missing with Dynamics GP Data Mart (see KB 2831693)


425679 - Incorrect financial level balances with GP DDM 415611 - Report Designer closes unexpectedly when creating a column layout with

Dynamics GP 2010 Data Mart if a currency has a blank ISO code (see KB 2792806) 405245 - Microsoft Management Reporter 2012 RU3 returns incorrect AA budget data

when the Dynamics GP Data Mart is used (see KB 2792324)


351972 - Underlined cells do not export properly to Excel when a blank value is present

352687 - Dynamics AX 2012 Data Mart can load duplicate balance entries when consolidation process is re-run 352688 - Dynamics AX 2012 Data Mart can load duplicate opening balance entries when

a year-end close process is run more than once 353136 - Account sort order is incorrect when an account only has a budget amount in




the Data Mart 354690 - Renumber rows only changes related formulas if the format code is TOT or

CAL


488865 - Multiple Dimension Filters in the same column filter does not correctly restrict

dimensions 488889 - Unable to detect Dynamics AX 2012 virtual companies

488861 - Report Designer closes unexpectedly when attempting to edit a cell that has non-default text copied from another cell 488799 - Report Designer closes unexpectedly when attempting to open a report for a

company that the user does not have access to 488863 - "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" error occurs when

attempting to export a report generated in Management Reporter and upgraded to Management Reporter 2012

488900 - Report Viewer opens slowly with a large number of reports and versions 488862 - Using a Dimension Value Set along with another dimension in that row may cause duplicate amounts

488942 - Using a Dimension Value Set may ignore values of other segments in the row

Management Reporter for Microsoft Dynamics ERP 2.0.1700.66 (SP2 Update)

484938 - MR Performance with Dynamics AX decreases with the use of Trees.

Management Reporter for Microsoft Dynamics ERP 2.0.1700.31 (SP2)

483850 - The Generate Report button hangs (unresponsive) when report has multiple

rows.

482131 - The company calendar couldn't be retrieved from Dynamics AX 2009 when

multiple years have closing periods in the same year.

484501 - Unable to run reports for companies other than the default company for

Dynamics AX 2009.

483621 - Unposted data will show incorrectly with Dynamics GP for YTD columns

484631 - Wildcards in ranges return incorrect data for Dynamics AX 2012.

484460 - Unable to load the calendar in Dyanmics AX 2012 if more than one period is in

the same month.

480002 - Some attribute filters with transaction detail return zero for totals with

Dynamics AX.

483478 - When using CPO in a "Financial Dimension + Worksheet" link the CPO will only




return results for the first column.

475151 - Error logging into a company when an AA dimension has the same name as an

account segment in Dynamics GP.

472368 - Error logging into a company when a User Defined field has the same name as

an account segment in Dynamics GP.

470555 - When you run the Migration Wizard in Validate Only mode, cached

credentials prevent validation.


470005 - The Designer must be restarted for style changes to take effect.

427786 - XBRL notes and footnotes are not written to the XBRL instance document.

Microsoft Forecaster Data Transfer Tool 2.0.0.0

476528 - Forecaster Data Transfer Tool throws incorrect syntax error when a database

exists with a hypen character.


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