Thanks Todd for your information - I just signed up for the Midwest Users
Meeting that will provide basic Report Builder training, which should,
hopefully, get me started.
Meeting that will provide basic Report Builder training, which should,
hopefully, get me started.
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> From: Todd Caughey[SMTP:caugheyt@...]
> Reply To: vantage@egroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 4:53 PM
> To: 'vantage@egroups.com'
> Subject: RE: [Vantage] Customize Job Traveler/Copy Database
>
> Rick,
> We have extensively modified the traveler using Crystal Reports (V8). I
> would highly recommend getting the Professional version for a few extra
> dollars. Epicor has a good training class (register early, it fills up)
> which would be critical if you do not have a lot of reporting experience.
> I
> have used MS-Access for many years as well as other report builders and
> even
> so Crystal is so powerful and slightly different from others I needed
> training to appreciate and use even a fraction of what it has. You might
> be
> able to use the Financial Report Writer as a gauge of your skill level
> relative to Crystal. If you struggle at all with FRW you will have real
> difficulty with Crystal. Ditto for Progress Report Builder.
>
> Once you have Crystal in house I have posted a modified Traveler and
> Shipping Advisor in the download area which my give you some ideas for
> what
> can be done. I think the Ship Advisor requires the report distribution
> feature in the Professional version.
>
> As for 3.0 to 4.0 - sorry we started on 4.0 so never converted.
>
> Good Luck,
> -Todd Caughey
> Harvey Vogel Mfg. Co.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ludwig, Rick [mailto:RickL@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 1:30 PM
> To: 'vantage@egroups.com'
> Subject: [Vantage] Customize Job Traveler/Copy Database
>
>
> Hello-
>
> I've got a couple of simple questions for all of your Vantage experts!
> First, as we gear up to implement Vantage, we would like to customize the
> Job Traveler to fit our current traveler. Our president said we would
> need
> to obtain "Crystal Forms" in order to do this? Is this correct, how do I
> obtain it, and how complicated is it? (relatively speaking for an
> accountant!) Second, we need to copy our 3.0 database to 4.0 (we
> currently
> only use 3.0 for accounting purposes only - G/L & A/P) - it was copied for
> us back in the spring by someone else, but I was not shown how!. How do I
> go about doing this? Any help would be appreciated!
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Rick Ludwig
> Corporate Controller
> Metal Spinners, Inc.
> Angola, IN 46703
> (219) 665-2192 x225
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