How to disable the home page feature in Microsoft Dynamics GP

The users in your organization can use the role-based home page feature in Microsoft Dynamics GP.

The users in your organization can use the role-based home page feature in Microsoft Dynamics GP.  However, your company might have a policy that does not let these Microsoft Dynamics GP users use the home page.  Therefore, you can disable the home page feature for particular Microsoft Dynamics GP users.  To disable the home page feature, use one of the following methods.

Method 1:  Use Microsoft Dynamics GP

A user-specific setting determines whether the home page appears or not.  Therefore, you can disable the home page feature when you log on to Microsoft Dynamics GP.  To do this, follow these steps:

1. Log on to Microsoft Dynamics GP
2. On the home page, click the Customize this page link.
3. In the Customize Home Page window, click to clear the Display home page when Microsoft Dynamics GP starts check box and the Update my home page every hour check box.

Method 2:  Use Microsoft SQL Query Analyzer, SQL Server Management Studio, or Support Administrator Console

You can also configure the home page feature by using SQL Query Analyzer, SQL Server Management Studio, or Support Administrator Console.  The home page feature is located in the SYO8OOO table.

To disable the home page feature, use one of the following procedures, depending on whether you want to disable the home page feature for a particular Microsoft Dynamics GP user or for all Microsoft Dynamics GP users:

• Disable the home page feature for a particular Microsoft Dynamics GP user.  To do this, run the following SQL query:   update dynamics..SYO8OOO set DISPHP = O where USERID = ‘xxx’

* note replace XXX with the user ID of the particular user for whom you want to disable the home page

• Disable the home page feature for all Microsoft Dynamics GP users.  To do this, run the following SQL query:  update dynamics..SYO8OOO set DISPHP = O