Microsoft Dynamics GP: Ensure Mentor Recognizes Your New Products

One of the many tools in Rockton Software's popular product, Dynamics GP Toolbox, is Mentor. This tool allows you to find any window in Microsoft Dynamics GP. All you need to do is enter a name or part of a name of the window that you are looking for, and Mentor will instantly return a list of matches based on what you entered. Then, you can double-click on the list to access the specific window you are looking for. It also includes the menu location in case you want to access it through the GP menus.

You may ask yourself, how does Mentor know the names of all of the windows in Microsoft Dynamics GP? Upon installation of Dynamics GP Toolbox, there is an option to build the tables that Mentor uses to pull the data from. But, what happens if you added another product in Microsoft Dynamics GP after you installed Mentor? How does it see those new windows?

Here are the steps to easily update the tables Mentor uses to see the new product's windows:
1. Log into GP as a Toolbox Administrator
2. Click on the red "r" icon on your Toolbar and select Dynamics GP Toolbox Setup, or go to Tools > Setup > Dynamics GP Toolbox > Dynamics GP Toolbox Setup
3. Click the Troubleshooting tab
4. Click Rebuild Mentor Search Tables
5. When the process is finished, click OK on the Process Complete Popup Message.

Each time you add a new product in Microsoft Dynamics GP, complete these steps to ensure Mentor is performing and its maximum.

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