Since it’s only a 45 minute bike ride from my house, I decided to bike. It was a beautiful day and perfect for biking. I cut through the cornfield by my house which is part of the Agriculture department at Ohio State, then jumped onto Woody Hayes Drive, went over the Olentangy River bridge, and dropped onto the Olentangy River Trail right at the Ohio Stadium (also known as “the Shoe”) where the Buckeyes play football.
The Olentangy River Trail stays along the river all the way into downtown, then through downtown. There were a few other people out running along the trail and the sky was completely sunny. A beautiful day. I exited the trail right at the splash pad that we took the kids to the weekend before and walked the four blocks to the hotel where the event was being held. The hotel didn’t have a bike rack, but they put my bike in their secure luggage closet and gave me a ticket. It worked out perfectly.
There were more people at the event than I expected would be there and a much nicer setup than I expected. Lunch was awesome too. I was expecting box lunches, but it was a fully catered meal. Thank you sponsors!
These events are always a lot of fun because there are so many new things that they show. It’s all cool stuff too and it’s very difficult to pick a top 5 or top 10 list. There is just too much. That’s why I like to take a lot of pictures and document my notes on Twitter. It’s the best way for me to organize the massive amount of content.
But my 4G internet wasn’t working very well on my phone and I wasn’t paying attention when they announced the Wi-Fi password, so I ended up taking notes and pictures offline, then posting to Twitter later in the evening, kind of a non-live live-tweeting thing.
And here I have collected all of my tweets together so we have them in one place. Enjoy!
45 minute bike ride to the #acumatica road show here in Columbus this morning pic.twitter.com/teZNDTuiGL
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
#Acumatica2017R2 Connectivity issues, so I'm settling for "non-live live-tweeting" based on my offline pictures and notes from this morning.
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
#Acumatica2017R2 A very stately setting here at the Westin in Columbus for these demos pic.twitter.com/3fdFujzB5V
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
#Acumatica2017R2 Hey @RKLeSolutions, #Acumatica now has a Manufacturing edition. Maybe it's time to ditch Sage 🙂 pic.twitter.com/qnsPObDyTX
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
#Acumatica2017R2 The stuff included in the new #Acumatica Manufacturing Edition pic.twitter.com/lzBFoqxI73
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
#Acumatica2017R2 The optional add-on modules for the new #Acumatica Manufacturing Edition pic.twitter.com/bKww2DmyHR
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
#Acumatica2017R2 4 WMS products already integrate with the new #Acumatica Manufacturing Edition pic.twitter.com/ZgKj8Q97lC
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
#Acumatica2017R2 The Advanced Planning module works on Acumatica 2017 R2 because of some new inventory features in core #Acumatica pic.twitter.com/hw84KNAVg0
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
#Acumatica2017R2 The orange lines are targeting an end of November release pic.twitter.com/CbRA4Vhv7w
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
#Acumatica2017R2 The types of Manufacturing environments that the new #Acumatica Manufacturing Edition targets pic.twitter.com/uMmkaQVdJl
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
#Acumatica2017R2 Current #Acumatica Manufacturing Edition customers pic.twitter.com/MyeZjXqlNp
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
#Acumatica2017R2 #Acumatica big on cannibas. Existing customer Tilray is the only GMP certified cannibas producer in North America. pic.twitter.com/JnieuWMUA0
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
#Acumatica does 2 product releases per year. The "R2" in #Acumatica2017R2 means second half of the year. I always wondered about that. pic.twitter.com/yaTox0g9lo
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
Here are the main feature areas that have been improved in #Acumatica2017R2 pic.twitter.com/zkvr7PbyRb
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
#Acumatica2017R2 50% of development goes into the Technology icon below. Love how #Acumatica has always kept the focus on tech since 2008. pic.twitter.com/MQa1F8XkLN
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
Some of the #Acumatica2017R2 features that we see today were demoed at the Summit back in February in San Diego. pic.twitter.com/MYEDtJpSNc
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
The key usability improvements in #Acumatica2017R2. I'm especially interested in the better reporting on mobile. pic.twitter.com/BQ4KuJ0XMS
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
You don't have to use the new UI in #Acumatica2017R2. Here it is running in "Old UI" mode. pic.twitter.com/Nov3Dz9FdD
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
You just have to choose "Switch to New UI" under your user to use the new UI in #Acumatica2017R2 pic.twitter.com/wyTT56P8Rw
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
And, bam, you're using the new UI in #Acumatica2017R2 pic.twitter.com/h6jkRMMtIl
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
#Acumatica2017R2 I like this new UI. The top took up way too much space in old UI. Also, having Search so prominently displayed is awesome. pic.twitter.com/X2BBIf0KgK
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
#Acumatica2017R2 The labels running down the left are called Workspaces pic.twitter.com/t822KwDJRy
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
#Acumatica2017R2 Clicking anywhere in the area highlighted in red will toggle between "All Items" and "Quick Menu". Just 2 options. pic.twitter.com/v9GdUvHLtL
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
#Acumatica2017R2 I also like the tiles on the top. Allows you to add whatever screens you want to make stand out. pic.twitter.com/5sgbDwkVTE
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
#Acumatica2017R2 The Quick Menu area is customizable per user. You just check off the stuff that you want to see in your Quick Menu. pic.twitter.com/OpRHCsynPj
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
#Acumatica2017R2 Collapse the Workspaces on the left-hand side to get more real estate but keep the icons. Sooooo much better than old UI. pic.twitter.com/7GubNipxTt
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
#Acumatica2017R2 You can also doc Workspaces to the corner (Menu icon) to free up left-hand side completely. Nice to have options. pic.twitter.com/MloL490q6n
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
#Acumatica2017R2 Looks like editing Workspace categories affects all workspaces. I like this enforcing of consistent look-and-feel. pic.twitter.com/P5BSI8jeo2
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
#Acumatica2017R2 New search improvements. Default is to search menu items. Love how it happens real-time as you are typing. pic.twitter.com/nBerLzc0Jn
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
#Acumatica2017R2 But you can click to narrow your search to transactions instead. Wow, that's a big time-saver. pic.twitter.com/mIBzcsG1jU
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
#Acumatica2017R2 One click to narrow search to help articles. pic.twitter.com/5oZG9K9MEl
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
#Acumatica2017R2 One more click to narrow search to documents. Seems though like just file names, not document contents which would be cool. pic.twitter.com/qID8Szp4Tc
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
#Acumatica2017R2 Sounds like you can now build pre-configured dashboards and deploy them to customers. I'd love to learn how to do this. pic.twitter.com/FFlHb4LHeD
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
#Acumatica2017R2 Pre-configured Workspaces and Dashboards will make it a lot easier for partners to go into verticals. pic.twitter.com/MrMLJ3GLzC
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
#Acumatica2017R2 Lots of redesigned stuff in Project Accounting to make things simpler, especially billing workflow. Was too complex before. pic.twitter.com/56SIxkCIRg
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
Many of the screens in #Acumatica2017R2 now default to list view. Definitely easier for user navigation. pic.twitter.com/Pw3S9PYAl8
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
#Acumatica2017R2 This On Demand Billing Period setting allows you to do Proforma Invoices for Projects. pic.twitter.com/8lA4L8dgT3
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
#Acumatica2017R2 Leaving the Allocation Rule empty allows you to skip the complicated allocations process. So much simpler! pic.twitter.com/Xy2WcEBXxW
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
#Acumatica2017R2 Now you can set Revenue and Cost Budgets against the Project rather than against the Tasks. So much simpler. pic.twitter.com/KteFAh6Oqj
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
#Acumatica2017R2 The BALANCES tab collects the Revenue and Cost budget info. Again, simpler is better. pic.twitter.com/2ozxYaRBJU
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
#Acumatica2017R2 Adding senior and junior level consultants to the budget on a project pic.twitter.com/2FRO1BpNre
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
#Acumatica2017R2 Now there's a button to activate all the tasks at once. Man, this really is a lot simpler. pic.twitter.com/XJ4c3u9ZH1
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
#Acumatica2017R2 This sample formula show how you can automatically have travel expenses get marked up by 25% pic.twitter.com/r78aM8RJLb
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
#Acumatica2017R2 Using @Price in a formula allows you to skip rate tables and grab the default price from the item. pic.twitter.com/jcnONULlZc
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
#Acumatica2017R2 The Labor Item on the employee record is what tags this employee as a junior consultant and drives the rate for her time. pic.twitter.com/eBsYTc1K3G
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) September 21, 2017
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