A new version of the Crystal Reports viewer is included with Acctivate, starting in version 10.3. Due to the changes in the Crystal Reports viewer, the Export functions for reports work differently than in previous versions. This article will explain…
The Mgmt Cost and Last Cost fields for a Kit product may or may not have a defined value, but you will find that it is not possible to manually modify Mgmt Cost or Last Cost for a Kit product.…
A popular method for adding a discount to a Sales Order is to add a line on the order which has a negative amount. Typically, this is a C line on the Sales Order, and very well may use an…
A Vendor may elect to give a discount on a PO. This can be accomplished in Acctivate by making adjustments to the Prices on the PO. However, a user may not wish to change the Cost of their products by…
A Vendor may elect to give a discount on a PO. One way to enter this in Acctivate is to make adjustments to the Price of the goods on the PO. However, a user may not wish to effect the…
When preparing an Invoice from a Purchase Order, you may notice a tab in the Purchase Invoice window called “Other Amounts.” This article will explain the function of this tab. The screenshot below shows the Purchase Invoice window and the…
One of the Standard Reports in Acctivate is the Monthly Demand Summary report, which shows the demand of a given product, in a given warehouse, over several months. This report allows the user to set an As Of Date in…
Starting 10/10/2017, users may experience an error “Unexpected error from external database driver (1)” when importing data into Acctivate. This is caused by a Microsoft security update release that inadvertently affects the JET provider (see this article from Microsoft). The only…
In Acctivate, different windows contain grids for different fields and columns. These fields can often be resized and moved around the grid by users based on their preferences. Acctivate remembers these settings for each user. If desired, a user can…
In past versions of Acctivate, users could use the Inventory Mgmt tab of Business Alerts (now called the Reorders tab) to create Purchase Orders for in demand products, based on defined Inventory Requirements. Starting in version 10.3, users are able…
