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Acumatica Summit 2019 Hackathon

January 27, 2019 by Tim Rodman

The Acumatica Summit 2019 Hackathon took place in Houston the weekend before the Summit. There were a lot of cool solutions presented.

Acumatica Summit 2019 Hackathon

This was my second Hackathon and, like last year (click here), I had a great time.

The Hackathon took place from 2pm until Midnight on Saturday (1/26), then 10am until 1pm on Sunday (1/27). The presentations and judging took place on Sunday from 1pm until 3pm.

Here are my notes, mostly of the presentations (with screenshots), from Twitter:

Nice view right outside the Hackathon room. At @acumatica, they don't stick the developers in the basement where no one can find them 🙂 #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/aDJcj6qVVm

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 26, 2019

Nice cozy quarters for the Hackathon #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/N9ygqXIgxn

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 26, 2019

The team that wins the Hackathon will get this big heavy trophy #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/aiZnMR88eU

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 26, 2019

Acumatica is keeping the troops well fed and hydrated at the Hackathon #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/pShrDKvecw

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Team Beta Hackathon presentation of MobiPunch #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/Ezt4jc9Vbb

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

MobiPunch is to replace this using a mobile app #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/GFLWl51A8M

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Looks like it's within the Acumatica mobile app. Demo done on iPad #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/YPjnrFsaJn

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Punch in button on bottom of screen #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/Nyq3FmUGrO

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Punch in time captured #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/am4TB5Tz43

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Longitude and Latitude are also captured. Good for Field Service or Construction scenarios. #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/ukKLefZu37

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Longitude and Latitude are hyperlinks. Clicking a hyperlink takes you to Google Maps to see where the clock in or clock out happened #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/4K0kbMGZWb

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Future ideas. I like #4 for automatic clock in / clock out based on your geo location #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/HFUhu8MzcA

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Good job Team Beta #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/unLe2Rf23g

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Next up, Team Delta with Life & Device #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/aT8rRAcxOk

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

This solution uses IFTTT #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/ItZHHWXeFU

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Two use cases. Keeping track of customer usage of a device or if a customer needs a device #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/Q7FH0LOYkE

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

The goal is to turn on this light #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/CBMaxQdp6h

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Releasing the invoice in Acumatica automatically turned on this light using IFTTT because the customer paid their bill #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/4p9vyPSN3x

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Turning on the light automatically recorded contract usage in Acumatica #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/6rg8ftNtTO

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Push Notifications (not Business Events) were used to accomplish this. AWS with Lambda code is the middle layer. #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/uDWQOtKj1C

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Team Delta team members #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/BJOStFYlsh

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Here are samples of what was used in IFTTT #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/T9CYkGTksI

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Team Gamma is next with PowerTabs #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/4tMhNnNbV1

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

PowerTabs is an easy way to embed Generic Inquires and Dashboards within a screen #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/fqunye5WBO

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Nice review of PowerTabs from @Jon_Roskill 🙂 #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/zKD8HZ7ObW

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

How PowerTabs works #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/9VJ3PtgiVO

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

PowerTabs roadmap #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/vKNqayDty2

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Big plans for PowerTabs #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/GK3kGwBvOw

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Nice presentation branding #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/rUiNHbnr0s

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Changing a Salesperson changes the data on PowerTab #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/QTxk4qA4M6

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Also on Stock Items #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/R8wzXeQthc

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

As you would expect, the Generic Inquiry on the PowerTab is interactive #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/rb18U3dqCi

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

The configuration screen allows a Business User to add a PowerTab to any screen in Acumatica, including how to pass parameters which is key #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/kDv88P6P5t

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Team Epsilon with Dynamic Roles #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/7MomADOClA

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

The idea here is to have security roles be determined dynamically like you find in other systems #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/ReO6IH2SGU

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Use cases and reasons to use this solution #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/a660eh2DqO

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

The supermarket scenarios with thousands of employees #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/Pk7veDePk0

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

How this solution was accomplished #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/ge4YeDBpOK

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Generic Inquiry used #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/Vm4USxbgCS

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

New tab added to User Roles screen
Have to click RESET DYNAMIC ACCESS to apply security, but that can be scheduled #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/GBXA31RM2I

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

The MEMBERSHIP tab is what gets updated dynamically so everything is still running regular Acumatica security. Very stable and usable today! #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/UWvDkJ6vko

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

"Is Direct Assigned" checkbox allows you to still manually add someone to the User Role #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/ndcxT4ZOIP

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Potential Enhancements #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/vOjGZGIRGv

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Not sexy, but I love practical solutions like this, solving boring but real-life problems. Great job Team Epsilon #acumaticasummit

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Next up, Team Eta with Onboarding solution #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/ffb4exefxw

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

The solution is for fast-tracking partner onboarding. Interesting. #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/Q7GPwOwjb9

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

This solution is for checking the progress of a consultant through the Acumatica University exercises. Not courses, but individual exercises, even down to validating the actual data entered in the training environment #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/BU5PLofL6S

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

TRAINING tab created on Employees screen to track Employee progress. #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/Hw7hHwpdo1

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Button added to the browser to link you to your Acumatica University account #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/MpBt6arCSj

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

You can actually restore to a snapshot from a previous lesson in a course #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/qKwnzGJb7Z

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Also helpful popups to guide you through the training material #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/gYUkXHbQdz

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

The $80 was entered incorrectly. Click the VALIDATE button on the top to validate the data against the Acumatica University data #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/ujbnKhcMzZ

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

You can now see that the employee has completed Lesson Step 2. Pretty cool! #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/g1CiRE3jYb

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Clicking Reset Snapshot Data. There were 3 AP Bills, now there are 2 AP Bills #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/pkyHv2XT08

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Also can have an email notification automatically sent #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/glnwWxAnOu

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Nice job Team Eta #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/jDiq1Su9BC

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Now Team Zeta with Live Access Rights #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/6ltYvaZ9Dj

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Normally you have to manually browse the screen to set security. Also have to manually set rights explicitly at parent nodes. #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/XFXkYlxnUs

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

This solution is designed for you to set security directly on a screen. Done with javascript so works on any screen without needing an Acumatica customization for each screen. Wow! #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/FMaHhltDyz

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Notice "Order Total" is visible. You can select as many fields as you want. New tab opened where "Order Total" revoked. And now it's not displayed in the screen. #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/5gLAFkVOwn

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Team Theta with mailChimpBananas to improve email campaign marketing and revenue generation in @Acumatica #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/OS3cQ8OR6D

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Goals and Architecture for mailChimpBananas. Wanted to help customers use this starting this afternoon. #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/3Y93kwnLsx

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Screen changes made in Acumatica #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/DPCFdT7Bcm

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Uses Contact email address #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/UfdTLemyAl

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Clicking GET CHIMP MEMBERSHIP gets their email lists from MailChimp #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/qGwmsBvPGv

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Clicking SYNC MC ACTIVITIES will bring communication with the contact from MailChimp into ACTIVITIES on the Contact #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/WqbShfqdgd

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Why they did this MailChimp solution #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/BPiXHFHnMw

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

I really like that MailChimp solution. Seems like it's ready to go starting today. #acumaticasummit

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Now Team Iota with Acumatica Freemium #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/AG3ivFy8J6

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

What they will demonstrate, funded via advertisements on Acumatica screens #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/QqbQEUcZxU

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

How "pay to use" credits are calculated #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/IVLOAUSBez

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Try to RELEASE an Invoice but don't have enough credits #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/SznmR9su4M

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

So you have to watch an advertisement video #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/vQ5JaBHIfO

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Great return on investment for partners 🙂 #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/JnpnJeAJHf

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

How that customization was done #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/BQvOec3tmh

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Dramatic moment. Presentation of the Hackathon winners. #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/qLGh3uCSeU

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Third prize is Team Delta with IFTTT solution #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/J6fays48YV

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

Second prize is Team Gamma with PowerTabs #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/3XyFYnqjQW

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

First prize is Team Eta with their Training Onboarding Solution #acumaticasummit pic.twitter.com/P4hrMAybE5

— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 27, 2019

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