Customers - Now you see them, now you don't

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Thanks for the help Steven. I now remember I had added myself as an authorized user for a Workforce ID, but I had no Workforce ID for myself. When I added myself, then authorized myself as a user, I had no problem accessing the customers.

Thanks again,

Kerry




________________________________
From: Steven Gotschall <sgotschall@...>
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, April 22, 2010 9:36:52 AM
Subject: Re: [Vantage] Customers - Now you see them, now you don't

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This will happen if you don't have a work force set up for the user (Authorized user) and/or the "View all Territories" is not checked for the work force user. This is suppose to be fixed in 8.03.409a

____________ _________ _________ __
From: Kerry Travis <kerrytravis@ rogers.com>
To: vantage@yahoogroups .com
Sent: Thu, April 22, 2010 9:17:38 AM
Subject: [Vantage] Customers - Now you see them, now you don't

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I don't think I did anything to make the customers "disappear" when searching in Customer Maintenance or Tracker, but when I click on the search button, Vantage returns no customers at all. Even if I enter a search parameter, I get nothing. If I know the customer number and enter it, I get all the information, no problem. This happened to one of our staff members several months ago. I couldn't figure it out, so I issued them a new User ID.

Has this happened to anyone else? If so, how did you fix it?

Thanks for any advice!

Kerry Travis, CGA
Controller
International Name Plate Supplies Limited

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I know this is way off topic but I need some help.

I have been asked by my work to look into continuing my education. I have started looking into it, but haven't found a whole lot of good starting points. At our company, we have a 2 man IT dept., so I need to know a lot of things. I graduated with an Assoc. Degree in 2007. I was just wondering if there is anyone that has had experience with online classes or courses that I can look into.
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The problem with this is...what do YOU want to do. What do you need
now? What is your company willing to pay for?



IT is so broad, you can go in a 1000 directions.



There are certifications (networking, programming, databases, etc),
bachelor's degree...master's degree, APICS certification...



Programming classes are covered under all of this.



Personally, if your company is willing to pay for your Bachelor's degree
and/or master's degree...do this! Everything else you can do on your
own.







M. Manasa Reddy

manasa@... <mailto:manasa@...>

800.852.2325

630.806.2000 ofc

630.806.2001 fax

www.weldcoa.com

________________________________

From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of brad.ebright
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 3:31 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] [OT] Continuing Education





I know this is way off topic but I need some help.

I have been asked by my work to look into continuing my education. I
have started looking into it, but haven't found a whole lot of good
starting points. At our company, we have a 2 man IT dept., so I need to
know a lot of things. I graduated with an Assoc. Degree in 2007. I was
just wondering if there is anyone that has had experience with online
classes or courses that I can look into.





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Yes, they are very supportive as far as education goes. As long as I pass
the classes, they will pay for a bachelors degree.I have been looking at a
few local colleges for night classes and my guess is I will probably end up
going this route. I believe my work is most interested in networking and
some database management stuff.



Just wondering if anyone had experience with online classes and such.



Thank You,



Brad Ebright
MGS Inc.
178 Muddy Creek Church Rd.
Denver, PA 17517
(717)336-7528

_____

From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Manasa Reddy
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 4:56 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] [OT] Continuing Education





The problem with this is...what do YOU want to do. What do you need
now? What is your company willing to pay for?

IT is so broad, you can go in a 1000 directions.

There are certifications (networking, programming, databases, etc),
bachelor's degree...master's degree, APICS certification...

Programming classes are covered under all of this.

Personally, if your company is willing to pay for your Bachelor's degree
and/or master's degree...do this! Everything else you can do on your
own.

M. Manasa Reddy

manasa@weldcoa. <mailto:manasa%40weldcoa.com> com <mailto:manasa@weldcoa.
<mailto:manasa%40weldcoa.com> com>

800.852.2325

630.806.2000 ofc

630.806.2001 fax

www.weldcoa.com

________________________________

From: vantage@yahoogroups <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> .com
[mailto:vantage@yahoogroups <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> .com] On
Behalf
Of brad.ebright
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 3:31 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> .com
Subject: [Vantage] [OT] Continuing Education

I know this is way off topic but I need some help.

I have been asked by my work to look into continuing my education. I
have started looking into it, but haven't found a whole lot of good
starting points. At our company, we have a 2 man IT dept., so I need to
know a lot of things. I graduated with an Assoc. Degree in 2007. I was
just wondering if there is anyone that has had experience with online
classes or courses that I can look into.

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 I have taken quite a few programming courses online at the local Community Colleges, very challenging - good training that is usually useful right away.
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 I'm guessing 'networking' classes may be a bit more of a challenge to take 'online'.

--- On Tue, 4/20/10, Brad Ebright <bebright@...> wrote:


From: Brad Ebright <bebright@...>
Subject: RE: [Vantage] [OT] Continuing Education
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, April 20, 2010, 5:13 PM


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Yes, they are very supportive as far as education goes. As long as I pass
the classes, they will pay for a bachelors degree.I have been looking at a
few local colleges for night classes and my guess is I will probably end up
going this route. I believe my work is most interested in networking and
some database management stuff.

Just wondering if anyone had experience with online classes and such.

Thank You,

Brad Ebright
MGS Inc.
178 Muddy Creek Church Rd.
Denver, PA 17517
(717)336-7528

_____

From: vantage@yahoogroups .com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups .com] On Behalf Of
Manasa Reddy
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 4:56 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups .com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] [OT] Continuing Education

The problem with this is...what do YOU want to do. What do you need
now? What is your company willing to pay for?

IT is so broad, you can go in a 1000 directions.

There are certifications (networking, programming, databases, etc),
bachelor's degree...master' s degree, APICS certification. ..

Programming classes are covered under all of this.

Personally, if your company is willing to pay for your Bachelor's degree
and/or master's degree...do this! Everything else you can do on your
own.

M. Manasa Reddy

manasa@weldcoa. <mailto:manasa% 40weldcoa. com> com <mailto:manasa@ weldcoa.
<mailto:manasa% 40weldcoa. com> com>

800.852.2325

630.806.2000 ofc

630.806.2001 fax

www.weldcoa. com

____________ _________ _________ __

From: vantage@yahoogroups <mailto:vantage% 40yahoogroups. com> .com
[mailto:vantage@ yahoogroups <mailto:vantage% 40yahoogroups. com> .com] On
Behalf
Of brad.ebright
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 3:31 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups <mailto:vantage% 40yahoogroups. com> .com
Subject: [Vantage] [OT] Continuing Education

I know this is way off topic but I need some help.

I have been asked by my work to look into continuing my education. I
have started looking into it, but haven't found a whole lot of good
starting points. At our company, we have a 2 man IT dept., so I need to
know a lot of things. I graduated with an Assoc. Degree in 2007. I was
just wondering if there is anyone that has had experience with online
classes or courses that I can look into.

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I think the only classes worth taking online are the programming
classes.



Really, everything else you may want more experience with other students
in an actual class setting.



This worked for me much more so than anything else.



Certifications are mostly class room settings anyway.







M. Manasa Reddy

manasa@... <mailto:manasa@...>

800.852.2325

630.806.2000 ofc

630.806.2001 fax

www.weldcoa.com

________________________________

From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Brad Ebright
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 4:13 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] [OT] Continuing Education





Yes, they are very supportive as far as education goes. As long as I
pass
the classes, they will pay for a bachelors degree.I have been looking at
a
few local colleges for night classes and my guess is I will probably end
up
going this route. I believe my work is most interested in networking and
some database management stuff.

Just wondering if anyone had experience with online classes and such.

Thank You,

Brad Ebright
MGS Inc.
178 Muddy Creek Church Rd.
Denver, PA 17517
(717)336-7528

_____

From: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
[mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ] On
Behalf Of
Manasa Reddy
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 4:56 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
Subject: RE: [Vantage] [OT] Continuing Education

The problem with this is...what do YOU want to do. What do you need
now? What is your company willing to pay for?

IT is so broad, you can go in a 1000 directions.

There are certifications (networking, programming, databases, etc),
bachelor's degree...master's degree, APICS certification...

Programming classes are covered under all of this.

Personally, if your company is willing to pay for your Bachelor's degree
and/or master's degree...do this! Everything else you can do on your
own.

M. Manasa Reddy

manasa@weldcoa. <mailto:manasa%40weldcoa.com> com
<mailto:manasa@weldcoa.
<mailto:manasa%40weldcoa.com> com>

800.852.2325

630.806.2000 ofc

630.806.2001 fax

www.weldcoa.com

________________________________

From: vantage@yahoogroups <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> .com
[mailto:vantage@yahoogroups <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> .com] On
Behalf
Of brad.ebright
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 3:31 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> .com
Subject: [Vantage] [OT] Continuing Education

I know this is way off topic but I need some help.

I have been asked by my work to look into continuing my education. I
have started looking into it, but haven't found a whole lot of good
starting points. At our company, we have a 2 man IT dept., so I need to
know a lot of things. I graduated with an Assoc. Degree in 2007. I was
just wondering if there is anyone that has had experience with online
classes or courses that I can look into.

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Did almost my entire Bach. Degree in Information Resources online from
UW -Milwaukee. It's nice taking online courses, because they still allow
you to work full-time. Keep in mind you have to be very disciplined in
order for online courses to work.



Good Luck with whichever path you choose.



From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Brad Ebright
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 4:13 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] [OT] Continuing Education





Yes, they are very supportive as far as education goes. As long as I
pass
the classes, they will pay for a bachelors degree.I have been looking at
a
few local colleges for night classes and my guess is I will probably end
up
going this route. I believe my work is most interested in networking and
some database management stuff.

Just wondering if anyone had experience with online classes and such.

Thank You,

Brad Ebright
MGS Inc.
178 Muddy Creek Church Rd.
Denver, PA 17517
(717)336-7528

_____

From: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
[mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> ] On
Behalf Of
Manasa Reddy
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 4:56 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
Subject: RE: [Vantage] [OT] Continuing Education

The problem with this is...what do YOU want to do. What do you need
now? What is your company willing to pay for?

IT is so broad, you can go in a 1000 directions.

There are certifications (networking, programming, databases, etc),
bachelor's degree...master's degree, APICS certification...

Programming classes are covered under all of this.

Personally, if your company is willing to pay for your Bachelor's degree
and/or master's degree...do this! Everything else you can do on your
own.

M. Manasa Reddy

manasa@weldcoa. <mailto:manasa%40weldcoa.com> com
<mailto:manasa@weldcoa.
<mailto:manasa%40weldcoa.com> com>

800.852.2325

630.806.2000 ofc

630.806.2001 fax

www.weldcoa.com

________________________________

From: vantage@yahoogroups <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> .com
[mailto:vantage@yahoogroups <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> .com] On
Behalf
Of brad.ebright
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 3:31 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups <mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> .com
Subject: [Vantage] [OT] Continuing Education

I know this is way off topic but I need some help.

I have been asked by my work to look into continuing my education. I
have started looking into it, but haven't found a whole lot of good
starting points. At our company, we have a 2 man IT dept., so I need to
know a lot of things. I graduated with an Assoc. Degree in 2007. I was
just wondering if there is anyone that has had experience with online
classes or courses that I can look into.

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For a few years, I have been taking classes towards a Bachelor's degree
at DePaul University's "School for New Learning" (SNL). The SNL
program, and programs like it from other institutions, are geared toward
adult students (over 26 years old) who know what they want from their
academic pursuits, and usually allow students to demonstrate
"competence" in lieu of taking actual classes. Depending on the school
and your experience, you might be able to satisfy almost all academic
requirements from the school by writing papers, putting together
projects, or taking exams; you'd be surprised how many requirements
might be satisfied this way. I also got to "name my own degree" and
design my own curriculum, so the coursework was usually very pertinent
and relevant to my needs.

DePaul SNL also offers distance learning via online courses.
Personally, I agree with Manasa - experiencing the classroom and
engaging with other students and the teachers makes the course so much
more fulfilling for me. I tended to fall asleep watching lectures
online.

Here's a link to the SNL program: http://snl.depaul.edu

SNL is very heavily focused on writing skills, though if you decide on a
technology-related major, technology courses would be the same courses
the typical DePaul undergrad student (18-22) would be taking, whereas
the non-tech courses would be open only to SNL students.

My advice is to take advantage of their program to get your BA; other
than a graduate degree, it'll be the most expensive education you could
pursue. Once that's done, then look into additional vocational-training
if needed/desired.

The company where I was working when I began this program at DePaul
offered tuition reimbursement. Unfortunately for me, I left that
company before I graduated and I've had to make a significant slow-down
in my coursework in order to afford it on my own. Combined with
life-changing circumstances (2 kids), it's sometimes been a challenge to
accommodate a full-time job, part-time school, and being a good parent,
but the end is finally in sight and I should be able to participate in
the 2011 commencement ceremony! My mother-in-law is insisting I walk
down the aisle :)

Good luck!
--Ari

________________________________

From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Manasa Reddy
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 8:25 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] [OT] Continuing Education




I think the only classes worth taking online are the programming
classes.

Really, everything else you may want more experience with other students
in an actual class setting.

This worked for me much more so than anything else.

Certifications are mostly class room settings anyway.

M. Manasa Reddy



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On 4/20/2010 4:30 PM, brad.ebright wrote:
> I have been asked by my work to look into continuing my education. I have started looking into it, but haven't found a whole lot of good starting points. At our company, we have a 2 man IT dept., so I need to know a lot of things. I graduated with an Assoc. Degree in 2007. I was just wondering if there is anyone that has had experience with online classes or courses that I can look into.

You might check out http://www.ed2go.com/ They have a bunch of online
IT topics. You can sign up with them directly, but they also have
affiliations with many community colleges, and if you register via them
the tuition is only about half. Your local college will typically
credit them as CEUs; I don't know if they offer anything towards
degrees or certs.

-Wayne
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Related Question:



Which programming language give you the best bang for the buck per say? I
have basic programming knowledge, but I�d like to maybe learn some more, and
if it were to relate to Epicor/Vantage the would be great as well.



C#

C++

Java

VB

.NET

SQL

???



Thoughts?


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If you're looking at a Bachelor's degree, I would strongly recommend looking at your state university system. They probably have online programs as well. Your state university will be reasonably priced, well respected, and reputable. You can't always say the same about some of these online only "universities".


--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "brad.ebright" <bebright@...> wrote:
>
> I know this is way off topic but I need some help.
>
> I have been asked by my work to look into continuing my education. I have started looking into it, but haven't found a whole lot of good starting points. At our company, we have a 2 man IT dept., so I need to know a lot of things. I graduated with an Assoc. Degree in 2007. I was just wondering if there is anyone that has had experience with online classes or courses that I can look into.
>
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My opinion,in the context of Vantage 'work' :

VB
VB.net
C##.net

SQL is always good, to learn basic 'queries' , etc.

--- On Wed, 4/21/10, Norman Hutchins <nhutchins@...> wrote:

> From: Norman Hutchins <nhutchins@...>
> Subject: [Vantage] Re: [OT] Continuing Education
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 4:54 PM
> Related Question:
>
>
>
> Which programming language give you the best bang for the
> buck per say? I
> have basic programming knowledge, but I’d like to maybe
> learn some more, and
> if it were to relate to Epicor/Vantage the would be great
> as well.
>
>
>
> C#
>
> C++
>
> Java
>
> VB
>
> .NET
>
> SQL
>
> ???
>
>
>
> Thoughts?
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: (
> Note:Â You must have already linked your email address
> to a yahoo id to enable access. )
> (1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for
> Report Builder and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies',
> please goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.%c2%a0
> (2) To search through old msg's goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
> (3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services
> goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/linksYahoo!
> Groups Links
>
>
> Â Â vantage-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com
>
>
>
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With the direction that Epicor 9 is taking, I would move C# to the top of the list if you will be staying involved with Epicor. For embedded customization it is the default language and I hazard a guess it will become more than the default at some point. VB remains important if you will be moving away from Epicor, though the number of C# ads I am seeing is increasing. If you are on Epicor 9, or will eventually go to it, I would depreciate VB down the list of importance and possibly skip it.

Regardless of the language the key is to get a solid understanding of programming theory. I am on my 7th or 8th language overall along with pinch hitting on several others (code wasn't always pretty). There isn't as much difference between most languages than people think. I switch between C# and VB all the time based on the client's needs. Since most of the objects/methods are the same, you mostly need to deal with the syntax of the surrounding logic. And with a few seconds with Google I can refresh my memory on how to cast something in VB.

Jim Kinneman
Senior Consultant
Encompass Solutions

--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, Bill Jackson <fujijapman@...> wrote:
>
> My opinion,in the context of Vantage 'work' :
>
> VB
> VB.net
> C##.net
>
> SQL is always good, to learn basic 'queries' , etc.
>
> --- On Wed, 4/21/10, Norman Hutchins <nhutchins@...> wrote:
>
> > From: Norman Hutchins <nhutchins@...>
> > Subject: [Vantage] Re: [OT] Continuing Education
> > To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 4:54 PM
> > Related Question:
> >
> >
> >
> > Which programming language give you the best bang for the
> > buck per say? I
> > have basic programming knowledge, but I’d like to maybe
> > learn some more, and
> > if it were to relate to Epicor/Vantage the would be great
> > as well.
> >
> >
> >
> > C#
> >
> > C++
> >
> > Java
> >
> > VB
> >
> > .NET
> >
> > SQL
> >
> > ???
> >
> >
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Useful links for the Yahoo!Groups Vantage Board are: (
> > Note: You must have already linked your email address
> > to a yahoo id to enable access. )
> > (1) To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for
> > Report Builder and Crystal Reports and other 'goodies',
> > please goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/files/.%c3%82%c2%a0
> > (2) To search through old msg's goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/messages
> > (3) To view links to Vendors that provide Vantage services
> > goto: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vantage/linksYahoo!
> > Groups Links
> >
> >
> >   vantage-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com
> >
> >
> >
>
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I don't think I did anything to make the customers "disappear" when searching in Customer Maintenance or Tracker, but when I click on the search button, Vantage returns no customers at all. Even if I enter a search parameter, I get nothing. If I know the customer number and enter it, I get all the information, no problem. This happened to one of our staff members several months ago. I couldn't figure it out, so I issued them a new User ID.

Has this happened to anyone else? If so, how did you fix it?

Thanks for any advice!

Kerry Travis, CGA
Controller
International Name Plate Supplies Limited

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This will happen if you don't have a work force set up for the user (Authorized user) and/or the "View all Territories" is not checked for the work force user. This is suppose to be fixed in 8.03.409a




________________________________
From: Kerry Travis <kerrytravis@...>
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, April 22, 2010 9:17:38 AM
Subject: [Vantage] Customers - Now you see them, now you don't

Â
I don't think I did anything to make the customers "disappear" when searching in Customer Maintenance or Tracker, but when I click on the search button, Vantage returns no customers at all. Even if I enter a search parameter, I get nothing. If I know the customer number and enter it, I get all the information, no problem. This happened to one of our staff members several months ago. I couldn't figure it out, so I issued them a new User ID.

Has this happened to anyone else? If so, how did you fix it?

Thanks for any advice!

Kerry Travis, CGA
Controller
International Name Plate Supplies Limited

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