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Video: Multiple Tracking Numbers on Invoice

The standard Acctivate Customer Invoice (Crystal Report) displays the first Tracking Number only.  You’ll need to modify the invoice using Crystal Reports to include the tracking numbers for the full list of cartons related to the invoice. The following Crystal

Posted in Reports, Shipping

Avalara Account Setup

Acctivate offers a direct integration to the AvaTax service from Avalara.  First, you should read our Avalara Sales Tax Service article. The following instructions are to configure your Avalara AvaTax account information in the Acctivate software. Prerequisites The following tasks must

Posted in Add-On Modules, Avalara, Configuration

Avalara Sales Tax Service

Acctivate now includes support for the AvaTax Sales Tax Service from Avalara.  AvaTax is a Software-as-a-Service offering that is fully integrated within Acctivate.  It provides robust sales tax calculations and compliance for companies of all sizes processing orders from multiple

Posted in Add-On Modules, Avalara, Sales

Sending email messages with Office 365

Microsoft Office 365 is an excellent service for small businesses.  It includes Exchange Online (email), Lync (instant messaging), SharePoint (Team Site) and Office Web Apps.  You can also pay for the Premium service, which includes Office desktop apps, such as Microsoft

Posted in Email

Web Server requirements for Acctivate Mobile WMS

Acctivate Mobile WMS requires the Web Server (IIS) component of Windows Server.  The default options for the Web Server (IIS) contain most of the requirements for Acctivate.  However, you’ll need to install the IIS 6 Management Compatibility and ASP.NET components. You

Posted in Installation, Mobile

Install Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Standard Edition

NOTE: The following article is regarding SQL Server 2012.  We recommend starting with a newer version if possible, but the following my be useful if you need to (re-)install SQL Server 2012 Standard Edition.  Please contact the Acctivate support team for questions

Posted in Database, Installation

Upgrade to Microsoft SQL Server Standard Edition

Acctivate includes the free Microsoft SQL Server Express Edition.  You can easily upgrade to SQL Server Standard Edition for increased capacity and performance when necessary. Instructions Microsoft SQL Server Edition upgrades are handled through the standard SQL Server installer (setup.exe).  Please

Posted in Database, Installation

Upgrade Microsoft SQL Server

You may be required to upgrade to a newer Microsoft SQL Server version and/or edition.  For example, SQL Server 2005 Express Edition only supported databases up to 4GB.  The size limit in the Express Edition was increased to 10GB in

Posted in Database, Installation

EDI Customer Purchase Orders – Shipment Destinations

The Acctivate EDI module includes support for the importing EDI Customer Purchase Orders.  These are typically orders from larger customers, such as “big box” retailers, grocery chains and large distributors. Your EDI Trading Partners may request shipments for any of

Posted in EDI

Average Cost Method

Acctivate supports a variety of methods for calculating Inventory Valuation and Cost of Goods Sold.  The most popular costing method is Average Cost. Acctivate is a perpetual inventory system using a continuous calculation of average cost.  The cost for each

Posted in Accounting
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