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Purpose This procedure provides a selection of Sales reports that can be generated from the Sales Analysis data using User Sales Report Templates to define the row and column information included. From this function User Reports can be run immediately or scheduled to be run at another time. Data Input Step 1 – Schedule […]
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General Ledger Release 9.4
With the User GL Reports tool, if the report templates have already been created, running them could not be easier. Here are the steps: Step 1 – “Schedule” First decide if you want to run the report “Now” or at some future time. This allows you to schedule long running sales reports for later in […]
Creating User GL report templates is a fairly straight-forward activity with the setup tool that leads you through the questions required to write a report. The hardest part (as always with reports) is working out what you want to see, and in what sequence. Below is a step by step sample of some of the […]
The ability to report and analyse General Ledger (GL) figures is a crucial part of Online Advantage. Over the years we have found that no matter how many standard GL reports we include with the system, there will always be a user who wants something different in some way. To this end, we have developed […]
Purpose This routine offers a comprehensive selection of reporting tools that permit a user to produce sales analysis reports specific to their requirements from previously created Standard Sales templates. These reports are capable of extracting sales information across a twenty four (24) month summarised monthly sales period and presenting them in the form of Sales […]
Purpose This procedure is used to create or change Standard Sales Report templates. These are essentially a record of different “settings” that can be used to generate a Sales Report. There are many Standard Sales Report templates delivered with Online Advantage – approximately 500. If there is not a template that does what you require […]
Inventory Control Manufacturing System Manager
Using this function you can establish defaults for the manufacturing system relating to reporting and the establishment of products within the manufacturing and jobbing areas of the system. Manufacturing Details Material Variance % Enter a percentage to two decimal places that is used as a trigger to generate End of Day reporting on material variances […]
Accounts Receivable Order Management System Manager
Purpose This routine is used to set or change standard stationery messages using the customer category. The message entered against a category here will be used by the appropriate document to override the “standard” message the system would normally use (if recorded). Note that the system allows for a standard message to appear on ALL […]
System Manager
Purpose Specific documents (stationery forms) within Online Advantage can be sent to predefined printer queues to save the user constantly needing to re-select the destination printer through the course of their days processing. This is essential given the variety of documents/forms that Online Advantage produces. In a multi-user environment where there are many printers available […]
Purpose This routine is used to adjust the various ‘System Options’ available in the system. These options are global controls on the way Online Advantage functions, and for the most part are used to turn facilities on or off within the system. For ease of navigation they are grouped by module. Data Input Step […]
Purpose This routine is used to set and adjust the various “Standard Stationery Messages” that are used in Online Advantage on the important “Documents” within the system. These documents are typically the ones that are sent externally to customers/suppliers and so have additional formatting requirements over and above normal reports from the system. The full […]
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Purchasing System Manager
This function is used to enter variance take-up value thresholds and the General Ledger posting to be used for the automatic take-up of Purchase Price Variances on finalised Shipments. Purchase price variances that are below a certain value can be easily removed from the purchase price/shipment variance list to allow purchasing/accounts personnel to concentrate on […]
Purpose This function is used to set and/or maintain the “Next” document number for all the various documents in Online. “Document” numbers refer to the system generated “reference” numbers that are allocated for the various transactions within the Online system such as printed dockets like Quotes, Order Confirmations, Transfer Orders, Invoices, Purchase orders, Remittance Advice’s, […]
Inventory Control Order Management Purchasing System Manager
Purpose This function is used to set and change the “tax” settings and import duty details used by the system. “Tax” is a generic term used to describe whatever local tax needs to be accounted for. The system has been used extensively in countries with taxes like GST, VAT and Sales Tax. The ability to […]
General Ledger System Manager
This function is used to establish the essential settings for the Financial system including the length of the Chart of Account, Branch and Division codes to be used in the General Ledger, and other related settings. The settings established here are global across all suites/modules throughout the entire Online Advantage system. If a format has […]
Cash Management General Ledger
Purpose This procedure is used to enter or modify the details of Divisions. Divisions represent either areas of operation or differentiate types of products and services. Divisions may be used to designate different areas of operation (e.g. Wholesale, Manufacturing, Fabrication, Retail, Service) or they could be used to specify dealings in different types of products […]
Country Code The countries file is populated when the software is installed and it is anticipated that you won’t need to add more countries. The country codes provided are as per ISO 3166 alpha-2 country codes. For details on the use of “codes”, see The Role of “Codes” in Online Advantage Country Name Enter the […]
Order Management
Purpose Some EDI partners require that a third party EDI scan packing system is employed by their suppliers. This normally means that the picking and packing of an EDI takes place “outside” of the Online system. In these situations the partner is normally sent an Advance Shipping Notice (ASN) of the items despatch for an […]
Purpose This routine is used when the EDI data import of messages is being performed as a server based activity, usually because the EDI messages are being delivered and stored directly onto the Online Advantage server or at least in a folder that Online can access to read the messages direction. In order for Online […]
Purpose This procedure is used to create and maintain details of participating EDI Partners. If you wish to process Online Advantage orders via the EDI interface, then partner details must be entered using this procedure first. This enables Online to interpret the details send in an EDI message so that the data received can be […]