Acumatica Blog

Acumatica is an exciting Cloud ERP product and this is my personal Acumatica Blog. Feel free to contact me with any Acumatica questions that you might have.

Acumatica Summit 2016 Day 2 Keynote (Orlando, FL)

February 2, 2016 by Tim Rodman

Acumatica Summit 2016 took place in Orlando, FL. Day 2 Keynote featured Power BI, Dashboard improvements, Pivot Tables, Outlook Add-In. Here are my notes: … [Read more...]

Acumatica Summit 2016 Day 1 Keynote (Orlando, FL)

February 1, 2016 by Tim Rodman

Acumatica Summit 2016 took place in Orlando, FL. Day 1 Keynote featured a bunch of cool stuff, including announcing 2,000 customers. Here are my notes: … [Read more...]

Acumatica Summit 2016 – From Data Hell to Bliss

February 1, 2016 by Tim Rodman

Hello and thanks for attending my session at Acumatica Summit 2016 entitled: From Data Hell to Bliss: Getting the Most Out of Your Acumatica Data … [Read more...]

An Announcement (Part 2)

November 4, 2015 by Tim Rodman

Seven weeks ago I started working for Acumatica. During the past seven weeks, I have been considering whether or not to continue posting on this blog. I have a lot of ideas for posts (some written down, some in my head), but I wanted to see how the first seven weeks would go as an Acumatica employee before deciding whether or not to continue blogging here. Here is what my Evernote blog post ideas document looks like at the moment: Power BI Top 5 Customers by Revenue Creating a data … [Read more...]

A Landed Cost Report in Acumatica

October 27, 2015 by Tim Rodman

Guest post by Haibin Zhou Quick intro from Tim: I first saw Haibin's posts on LinkedIn sometime last year. He is an independent ERP consultant in China and he does Acumatica development work, including creating reports like the one that he takes us through below. Take it away Haibin! Note: This posted originally appeared on LinkedIn and is reposted here with Haibin's permission A Landed Cost Report in Acumatica … [Read more...]

Acumatica – Fiscal Year Monthly Analysis Report by Salesperson or by Inventory Item or both (On Demand)

October 20, 2015 by Tim Rodman

Guest post by Robert Lightner Quick intro from Tim: Robert Lightner (like Brade Kostreva last week) is one of a growing number of Acumatica users who have been using the product and really like what they see. So much so that they do crazy things like writing posts on their own time to share with other Acumatica aficionados. What we are witnessing here is a grassroots community that is forming before our very eyes. Speaking of community, Robert has expressed interest in starting an Acumatica … [Read more...]

Of Acumatica and Power BI – A Tale Loosely Inspired by the title of a classic novel by John Steinbeck (Guest Post)

October 13, 2015 by Tim Rodman

Guest post by Brad Kostreva Quick intro from Tim: I was thrilled when Brad asked me last month about doing some guest posts here on the blog. We first connected about a year ago through the blog and have kept in touch ever since. I mentioned him recently on the bottom of the What is Power BI post. Unlike me, an Acumatica reporting hobbyist, Brad is actually using Acumatica, Excel, and Power BI in the real world. I'm looking forward to hearing his real world experiences in this and future … [Read more...]

An Announcement

September 16, 2015 by Tim Rodman

Tomorrow, September 17th, I will become an employee of Acumatica, filling the ERP Solutions Consultant position in the Columbus, OH office. I announced this on LinkedIn last week Acumatica has been a fun side project / hobby for me since April 30th, 2013. But I'm happy that I will now be working with it full-time. Of course, I'm also happy that I will now be getting paid too :) Am I Excited? … [Read more...]

What is Power BI?

August 25, 2015 by Tim Rodman

Many of you have seen the news about Acumatica connecting to Power BI from a few months ago (click here, here, and here). Currently, Acumatica is the only ERP product listed on PowerBI.com: But Power BI is a fairly new thing and many people aren't exactly sure what it is. So, in this post I'll attempt to answer the question, "what is Power BI?" … [Read more...]

Try Excel Online For Free

August 18, 2015 by Tim Rodman

The Current Excel Online Problem Three weeks ago we looked at using Excel Online to deliver your awesome Excel reports to people without them having to know that you made it in Excel. However, there currently is a problem with Excel Online. The problem is that there are actually different versions of Excel Online. There is a Free version, there is a Business version, and there is an Enterprise version. For more details, checkout this post by Mike Alexander (click here). I personally do … [Read more...]