Product News, Tech Tips and the Inside Scoop
November 2004 l www.dsdinc.com l 619-683-9900
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Up Close and Personal by Doug Deane, President of DSD
This is the time of year when the flu, elections, holidays,
wrapping up the current year, and planning for next year, all dominate our lives. I hope
that you'll dodge the flu this season. I wasn't so lucky, and it had me down for nearly a
month and caused me to miss last month's newsletter.
Thankfully, there were few problems at the polls last
week. With the exception of the San Diego Mayoral race, there's no lingering uncertainty
over the results. This, coupled with a pro-business environment in Sacramento, bodes well
for our state and for our businesses in the next year.
Foremost in our minds is ending 2004 with a bang and planning
for 2005. DSD has an extremely talented group of professionals who stand ready to help you
in all of these areas.
Bill Herde's IT group can help you predict when your system
hardware is due to be replaced or upgraded, and they can protect your system against
intrusion and data loss. Let them help you take the guesswork out of knowing how much
you'll spend in 2005 on IT issues.
Jim Woodhead's Professional Services group will help you manage
end-of-year accounting and tax planning issues.
April Holman's Sales staff will perform a free system evaluation
for you. They can help your firm to be more profitable, competitive, efficient and
consistent in 2005. We are ready to help, all it takes is a call or e-mail.
Everyone here at DSD wishes you and your family a great
Thanksgiving, and we'd like to remind you that if you'd like a prosperous New Year, now is
the time to plant those seeds.
Happy Thanksgiving,
Doug Deane
President
MAS90 Workshop Course Description The MAS 90 and MAS 200 release is one of the most significant releases to these products since the move to Windows. Reap all the benefits of the new features in this release by attending this one-day workshop. You will gain valuable, hands-on experience using the features in Library Master, General Ledger, and the new Business Insights Reporter. Don't be left behind, enroll in this workshop today. You will Learn How to:
Duration: 1 Day Cost: $425 Time: 9 am - 5 pm Dates: November 18, 2004 and December 10, 2004 Early registration is recommended due to limited seating. To register, call 619-683-9900 and talk to Sandy McCauley (sandym@dsdinc.com).
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Upcoming MAS 90 and MAS 200 Classes
| Library Master and Security | $425 | Dec 6, Jan 10 |
| General Ledger | $425 | Dec 7, Jan 11 |
| Accounts Payable | $425 | Dec 8, Jan 12 |
| Accounts Receivable | $425 | Dec 9, Jan 13 |
| Inventory Management | $425 | Dec 13, Jan 17 |
| Sales Order | $425 | Dec 14, Jan 18 |
| Purchase Order | $425 | Dec 15, Jan 19 |
| FRx Desktop | $425 | Dec 16 |
| Crystal Reports (2 days) | $800 | Jan 20-21 (2-day class) |
You must sign up a week in advance of the scheduled class to reserve your spot! Late registrations are subject to availability and an additional $50 processing fee.
All classes are held from 9am - 5pm, and cost $425 per person unless stated otherwise. Lunch is provided. They are held at the DSD Building in beautiful Mission Valley in San Diego.
To register, call Sandy McCauley at 619-683-9900 or e-mail SandyM@dsdinc.com
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MAS 90 and MAS 200 Promotions For Existing Customers*:
*Some restrictions apply. To order please contact Stephanie Smith at 619-683-9900 or e-mail StephanieS@dsdinc.com Tech Tips Starship and Windows XP Service Pack 2 by Ken Phillips V-Technologies Bulletin October 2004 V-Technologies has completed compatibility testing of StarShip with Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2). What is XP SP2? Windows XP Service Pack 2 is designed to better defend against viruses, worms, and hackers. Its enhanced security infrastructure offers increased manageability and control for Windows XP users. How does this impact StarShip? The increased security measures of XP SP2 block communication within the following StarShip components: • StarShip GTC When upgrading to SP2, configuration changes are required to ensure uninterrupted StarShip communication. Click here to review the complete procedure: StarShip & Win XP SP2 or enter the following link into your browser: http://www.vtechnologies.com/Help/XPSP2.pdf Note: Steps outlined in the above procedure should be completed immediately after installing Windows XP SP2 (also applies to 2003 Server Service Pack 1). If you require additional assistance, information regarding V-technologies support policies can be found on their website at: http://www.vtechnologies.com/support_starship.html FRx Tip: Blank Last Rowby Angela Davis With FRx version 6.5 (and prior), the last row in the row format must be blank. If the last row is not blank, FRx will not let you insert a row without the last row being automatically deleted. There is no standard “symptom” other than, after a row insert, the last row is automatically deleted, and the FRx custom financial report may not be calculating correctly.MAS90 Tip - How to Copy a Company in 4.0by Jennifer Phillips The way to copy a company has changed in version 4.0. In prior versions, companies could be copied using the SVDATA utility. This was accessed from the File menu. Now companies are copied with the copy feature in Library Master/Company Maintenance. This simplifies the process, because the “Copy...” button is right on the Company Maintenance window. In the Company Maintenance Window: To use the Copy function, go to Library Master/Company Maintenance. Enter the Company Code for the destination company and click the “Copy...” button. If you are trying to copy an existing company to a new company, you will need to create the Company Code for the new company prior to copying. Remember that the company that is displayed on the Company Maintenance window is the destination company. This is different than the old SVDATA program. In the Copy Data Window: On the next window (Copy Data window) select the company, modules and forms that are to be copied. The Data check box for General Ledger will be checked and cannot be cleared. General Ledger is required for any company created. Click the “Proceed” button and the company will be copied. This feature is often used to create a test company, to make a copy for Payroll at year-end or to make a quick back up of a company. |
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Products of the Month:
APMU
Multi-Company Accounts Payable APMU Multi-Company allows a managing company's Accounts Payable department to process A/P transactions for an unlimited number of "subsidiary" companies. Invoices can be distributed to other companies that have a General Ledger database. Each line item entry of an Invoice contains a new Company Code field. This new field defaults to the current Company - it may be changed to any other company that has been set-up for inter-company processing. The APDT enhancement for MAS 90 and MAS 200 Accounts Payable module allows
the user to simplify and automate frequently utilized General Ledger
Distributions for A/P Invoice Data Entry. (This feature is not implemented in
Manual Check Invoice Distribution Entry). Where standard MAS90 and MAS 200 allow
for only one default General Ledger Account to be assigned to a Vendor, which
then defaults to 100% of the Invoice Amount, Distribution Table Codes allow for
multiple General Ledger Accounts to be assigned on a percentage basis of the
total Invoice Amount. For more information, contact Kim Clark at 619-683-9900 or KimC@dsdinc.com.
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MAS 500 Promotions
Existing Customers*:
- 15% off Inventory Replenishment or Material Requirements Planning
- Multicurrency Management is Available at a Reduced Price of $2500
- 15% off Data Porter
- Save on MAS 500 Standard 10-User Pack
- Save on MAS 500 Advanced 10-User and 20-User Packs
*Some restrictions apply.
To order please contact Stephanie Smith at 619-683-9900 or e-mail StephanieS@dsdinc.com
Using Agents to Perform Repetitive Administrative Tasks
In the course of business, there are many activities that need to be done on a regular and repeated basis. Manually having to do these tasks can be labor intensive and very time consuming. This costs your organization money. SalesLogix has recognized this and to help the SalesLogix Administrator, there is a feature in the SalesLogix Administrator called Agents that will perform these regularly scheduled tasks for you.
- Agents allow you to run many different types of tasks, which include:
- Printing Crystal reports (as ASCII, text, CSV, Excel, HTML, Word, PDF, and RTF formats)
- Email Crystal Reports (in ASCII, text, CSV, Excel, HTML, Word, PDF, and RTF formats)
- Run Basic Scripts
- Run Active Scripts
- Launch executable programs
- Open Files
- Perform SQL statements on the database.
- Performing remote tasks
This would allow you to automatically distribute monthly reports via email, or clean up unneeded files on a remote machine on an automated monthly basis.
Agents can be set up for the following type of schedules:
- One time
- Daily
- Weekly
- Monthly
- Yearly
Hint: When setting up reports in the scheduler, they will have to run without intervention by a user. This means that the report cannot ask for any parameters. If you are running a report, and it would normally prompt the user for the date to run the report, you will now need to change that report to run off a specific time (current date). If you had the report designed to prompt for a sales division, you will now need to create one report for each sales division.
SalesLogix for the Pocket PC Webinar
SalesLogix will be holding a webinar to demonstrate SalesLogix for the Pocket PC. The webinar is scheduled for November 17th at 11:00am PST. To get more information regarding this webinar visit:
http://inter.viewcentral.com/events/cust/search_results.asp?cid=best&pid=2&event_category=SalesLogix
For more general information on SalesLogix for the Pocket PC, please contact Stephanie Smith stephanies@dsdinc.com or 619-683-9900. If you have question of a technical nature concerning version 6.2, please contact John Maul johnm@dsdinc.com.
All prices and offers are subject to change without notice. Copyright 2004 , DSD Business Systems, San Diego, CA. All rights reserved.