Management Reporter vs Microsoft FRx

Here is a list of the benefits in migrating to Management Reporter from FRx:

• Undo button!
• Column page breaks.
• Ability to add images to your reports (e.g. logos, graphs, etc.)
• Reports Viewer – Comes with a Report Server that allows you to publish your reports to a web server and all users can view, print and Export to Excel the reports they are used to getting in paper format.
• There is enhanced stability because the underlying database is SQL Server instead of Access.
• Reports Library – ability to organize your published reports by type and set security for each report.
• A migration tool is available to move FRx reports to Management Reporter reports.  This can be tricky.
• Use the various dimensions in Dynamics GP 2010 (e.g. GAAP, IFRS, etc.)
• Reports can be grouped for generation of multiple reports at once.

There are some caveats as well that may cause you to postpone your migration:

• Evaluate the multicurrency translation tables that you are utilizing in FRx.
• The speed in generating a report to a queue rather than on your desktop is lacking. The benefits of a web publishing environment will outweigh the wait.
• If you are linking directly to Forecaster, you will need to wait until the Forecaster replacement is announced.  No date on that yet.
• If you are exporting to cubes or Excel Pivot Tables, those features are not there in MR.