It has been over a month since training courses take 2. Today I had my examination for F100 Hands-On Financials (V4.0) and I passed! It took me a while to get through the exercises again because of family vacation and Summer house projects. Hopefully I'll be able to tackle the next exam, F110 Advanced General Ledger (V3.0), in less time. … [Read more...]
Training Courses Take 2
I It has been 5 days since I failed the examination, but I have been under the weather this week so I am just now getting around to starting the redo. I am starting by deleting the folders with the course material since I know that Acumatica University is frequently changing and the material might have changed since I last downloaded it. I plan to put in two Pomodoros tonight and then get back to painting the bathroom. Here we go! … [Read more...]
Examination Failed
Well, yesterday I failed the examination for the first Financial module course. I then failed the second examination. Before failing the third examination, I decided to stop, not wanting to waste the instructor's time. Basically, the examination consists of an Acumatica instructor checking my Acumatica version to see if I was able to perform all the exercises that were in the course material. They spot check different things to make sure that I followed the exercises to the letter. I thought I … [Read more...]
Examination Review
Today I am scheduled to review my Financial module exams with an Acumatica University Instructor. I did do a quick review of things yesterday to refresh my memory on everything that I learned. I have no idea what to expect. We'll see how it goes... … [Read more...]
S130 Reports Dashboards and Inquiries – Making Progress
I barely made it through the first 66 pages of the 112 page training manual on Acumatica Report Designer because it was really dry and boring. To be honest, I didn't read it carefully, but instead skimmed through. The concepts are consistent with other report writing programs like SSRS and Crystal Reports and the training material is more like a reference manual than training material. However, I do think that I will be referring back to it in the future since it's a good resource. For me, … [Read more...]
Acumatica University and Vacuuming
Today I listed to the DN003 - Developer Network - Tech Tuesday course on my iPhone while vacuuming. I kept an eye on our one-and-a-half year-old daughter while my wife was at the gym, got some chores done, and learned some more about Acumatica. Now that's some good APAL multi-tasking. Tech Tuesdays are a conference call and screen-sharing session given every two weeks for developers. Most of the info is over my head, but I am able to still pickup some useful tips and tricks. The recorded … [Read more...]
Using Acumatica Report Designer – First Time
The Acumatica Report Designer is a stand-alone program that allows you to create reports in Acumatica. Here was my first experience using the program. 1. Open the Report Designer program on the Windows Start Menu. 2. All reports are stored as an XML file with the extension .rpx. To open an existing report, you can go to File -> Open From Server... on the menu. 3. Enter the path to your Acumatica installation, then enter your login info. Note that, if you have multiple … [Read more...]
S130 Reports Dashboards and Inquiries
While I'm waiting for my appointment with the Acumatica Instructor, I decided to continue my learning journey by taking the S130 Reports Dashboards and Inquiries course. In my opinion, reporting is one of the main reasons why people buy new ERP systems. Sure, it's nice to have lots of information stored in your ERP system, but that information is only meaningful if you can create meaningful reports. Also, the S130 Reports Dashboards and Inquiries course is the only one that makes sense at the … [Read more...]
Instructor Appointment
Today I scheduled my appointment with an Acumatica instructor to review the financial courses: F100 Hands-On Financials F110 Advanced General Ledger F120 Advanced Accounts Receivable F130 Advanced Accounts Payable F140 Advanced Cash Management F300 Inter-Company Accounting They were very flexible with the time slots. I scheduled something for a week from Monday since my wife and daughter will be out of town on a trip. I'm scheduled to speak with the instructor after I get off work. By … [Read more...]
F300 Inter-Company Accounting (V3.0)
I finally finished the course on multiple companies. There are two ways to configure multiple companies in Acumatica: separate branches and separate companies. It seems to me that what I typically think of as companies are actually going to be called branches in most cases in Acumatica. If you configure companies: Each company is a separate legal entity The Due To / Due From Inter-Company transactions must be created manually You must create a separate company and import the data in order … [Read more...]