In Acumatica you will find a number of drop-down or pick lists defined in Automation Steps. You can edit these lists however, it can be tedious and you don’t want to miss anything. Here’s a quick tutorial. Basics of Automation Steps Acumatica Automation Steps and also known as workflows. They consist of nodes and … Read more
Acumatica exists to save you time, decrease errors, and ultimately save money. One way for users to superpower that efficiency is with keyboard shortcuts. We’ve written before about the reasons to use keyboard shortcuts, but here’s a refresher: Increase efficiency What would take 4 clicks with a mouse can be accomplished with a single keystroke, … Read more
The Quick Menu in Acumatica is definitely a customer favorite. It’s great – you can choose which screens you want displayed, easily and without much clicking around. My favorite feature of the Quick Menu in Acumatica is the ability to set up email notifications based on actions being triggered. For example, you’d like a notification … Read more
Have you taken a look at the newest version of Acumatica – 2017 R2? Here are some things I overheard from my team when they first got it. Where did that go? It used to be here. Wow, I didn’t know that existed! Sometimes, when a new version is released and the user interface gets … Read more
Sometimes, it’s the little things we get excited about. This is definitely one of them. Acumatica now has a new feature so that you can have two different logos: One for your Acumatica interface The other for your Acumatica reports It might not sound like a big deal, but I’ve had issues with sizing report … Read more
Here’s one of our favorite new time-saving features in Acumatica 2017 R2 – print and send out statements on demand. This ability to send current statements translates into faster payments on current invoices. For example, many businesses send statements to customers with their orders; however, customers also call in and want a copy of their … Read more
Acumatica recently release some changes when it comes to taking snapshots of your system. At a quick glance, you now need to have everyone out of the system prior to taking a snapshot. Here are the details: If you have further questions or are experiencing issues, send us an email at Support@Crestwood.com.
Email. We live in it, well at least I do. Being able to do more work within my email system is a good thing. Acumatica now lets you do just that. With the new Outlook Plug-In, you can: Look up a sender See history with a sender Create new contacts Mark leads & opportunities All … Read more
In Acumatica 6.1 and later 5.3 builds, when scheduling processes to run there are a few items to make sure of: Time zone – there has been a long running issue with scheduled processes that if the time zone is not “GMT (Universal….)” the scheduler doesn’t work correctly. Before this wasn’t an issue because it … Read more
This question came up from a customer recently, and it’s good one – so I wanted to share it. In Acumatica, on the GL entry screens and grids, users have the ability to create custom “Filters” which show as tabs across the top. These filters can be shared with other Acumatica users. However, by default, … Read more
In the Acumatica Funds Transfers window, you can transfer funds from one cash account to another and include related service charges. Additionally, you can view the details of the recorded funds transfers. Funds can be transferred between accounts denominated to different foreign currencies. The system performs currency conversion by using the base currency and the … Read more
There are many instances when you need different calendars for various uses. For example: A calendar assigned to contract templates Work calendars for 3rd party add-ons for JAMS (Manufacturing) & Payroll Here’s how: Go to: Organization > Organization Structure > Configure > Work Calendar Once here, this form has common buttons in the toolbar are … Read more
When setting up your Acumatica system, you need to make sure you set up a Company Tree. Why? Acumatica uses a hierarchy system for escalating items that need approval; such as: Time cards Requests Requisitions Sales orders Purchase orders This hierarchy system in Acumatica is based on the order of groups specified by the tree … Read more
Did you know Acumatica has built-in functionality to handle vendor payments made by credit cards? In many other ERP systems, add-on software is required to keep track of vendor payments that are paid by credit cards. Reconciling credit card statement can become a time consuming task if the transaction volume is large. Typically, transactions processed … Read more
Most people, now days use credit cards for purchases. One of the things Acumatica handles smoothly is the ability to process credit cards. I’m going to show you how to set up the processing and payment methods for processing credit cards in Acumatica. If you’re using the Acumatica plug-ins for processing credit card payments, there are a … Read more
