Release 9.1
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The 9.1 Release of Online Advantage sees another major step forward in the evolution of Online Advantage. This release is very much a culmination of the functions and features that have been evolving over the last few versions. It also sees the consolidation of many of the new features we have implemented in the browser […]
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Business To Business Business To Consumer E-Commerce Release 9.1
On “check-out” or order saving the “Order Confirmation” entry form has been enhanced to prompt for separate address information for “cash” style customers for whom you do not already have address details recorded. This allows the “user” to enter individual address details in an abbreviated form as per the screen shot following: You will also […]
The standard Other Charges function has been worked into the Online B2C and B2B functions to allow users to setup such things as “Small Order Fees” and specific product related charges that are automatically added to orders as customer create/place them in the E-Commerce systems. Below is an example of what the user sees when […]
We have made a number of enhancements to the general product browsing in the Online E-Commerce portal including: Browse “path” for Catalogue history Ability to select from a predefined drop-down list of customer accounts Support for Products with multiple Sizes Support for Products with multiple Colours Support for Products with multiple Sizes & Colours Tool […]
A new version of the product walker has been written allowing you to highlight a dynamic list of products that you want to tell your customers about. It starts off with a summary view as follows: And then moves through each product on the list showing the products web description and main image as follows:
The overall look and style of the E-Commerce suite has had a review which has resulted in a smoother more modern feel to the pages and buttons. Across the board changes have been made to the style sheets and colours to help you present your product catalogue online. Here’s an example of the new look: […]
Below is a set of detailed lists of all the functions that have been redeveloped in the new Browser Based graphical format or re-worked into the new Wizard User Interface including reports that have been re-implemented using our new browser based Reporting tools. Description Module Mandatory filters applied to in Stock take Comparison & Valuation […]
Additionally this release includes a number of minor changes to the application designed to improve the speed, reliability or ease of use of the system. A summary of these changes is included below: Browser setup Tool – we have written a desktop tool to assist users to setup their Internet Explorer settings via a script […]
A large number of improvements have been made to the B2C and B2B function in the E-Commerce suite for this release. We have summarised the improvements into the sections below: New Look & Styles Product Walker Product Catalogue Improvements Order Charges Separated Address Entry
Over the years one issue Online users have talked about is not knowing when they can remove a master file entry in one of the support definitions (e.g. Trading Terms, Reps, Buyers, Customer Categories). So we looked at what could be done to make this easier. The main focus was preventing the deletion of an […]
A new approach to the General Ledger Profit & Loss function has been taken, in the form of a dedicated form with specific questions relating to the GL P&L report. As you will see from the sample screen shots below, the new function asks some simple questions of the user as follows: The function will […]
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Cash Management Release 9.1
In this Release we have given the Bank Reconciliation tool a serious work-over in order to make it easier to do bank rec’s – both manually and using an electronic version of the bank statement details. Firstly, the following changes have been made to the basic reconciliation input functions: A “delete” icon has been added […]
A series of new Batch Display functions have been developed for the following subsidiary ledgers: Accounts Payable Accounts Receivable Purchasing Inventory Payables Time Cards The functions are essentially the same for all the modules, with the only real difference being what information can be searched with to find/view transactions. Since all transactions for a ledger […]
With the 9.1 Release comes a new Messaging and Reminder system that is integrated to all the Online “Notes” functions across the modules. This tool facilitates the sending of messages to other OA users within your company, and to email addresses within and outside of you organisation. The new Messages function has been designed with […]
Release 9.1 Reporting
9.1 see’s the introduction of a new and powerful Sales tool which allows for the easy generation of what we have termed “Standard Sales” reports. We have used this reporting tool to generate a staggering 490 different sales reports from the data held with the Online Advantage sales analysis system. These new reports are already […]
There have been a number of improvements made to the general user interface across the forms and functions in OA. The first thing to note is that we have adjusted the minimum screen resolution required to run OA to 1280 x 1024 resolution. Given the advances in screen technology and the importance of getting more […]
This version sees the release of our new Process Scheduler. With it, we can schedule End of Day, End of Week or End of Month procedures to run as required. The setup is simple to do, just need to nominate the user who will be running the process and then pick your options. We can […]
To all our displays functions we have added a new ‘View in Cube’ link next to the existing ‘View in Excel’ option. With this link any row/column data shown can be sent to the standard OA Cube function for further analysis. Essentially the more columns and rows of data there is, the more useful this […]
There are also new features that have been added to the Report Query editor as follows: User Reports added to the system using the Reporting Tools can now be added onto “selected” Online Advantage menus from the Query create/edit form. This allows them to be “published” into the standard menu structure so that users can […]
Once again we have a new and improved version of the Report Designer in this release. Apart from some cosmetic improvements to the look and feel of the Designer there are significant enhancements to its functionality. Here’s a look at the new style: Below is a summary of some of the more important new features […]
As with most releases of OA, we have once again given attention to improvements in the general reporting tools available to users. In the 9.1 release includes a number of significant enhancements to the reporting tools to give users more facilities across all the standard reports in Online Advantage. These improvements are summarised below: Reporting […]
The 9.1 release includes a number of significant enhancements to the reporting tools to give users more facilities across all the standard reports in Online Advantage. These improvements are summarised below: Report Launcher – Filters When launching reports in the 9.1 Release, the first change to mention is a new User Interface (UI) for filters. […]
A major change to report launching is the introduction of our ‘Quick Launch’ step. We’ve changed the report destination to a visual choice. A series of icons (as seen below) allow users to quickly launch to all the supported file formats and close the Report Launcher with one click. This also includes the ability to […]
Also in this release the Cube has had additional features added to improve its functionality. The most important new features are the two buttons shown below for Exporting the Cube details to Excel and HTML. See Cube sample below: The Excel option in particular has been much sought after by OA users. Once a Cube […]