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Accounts Payable Roundtable Roundup
In case you haven't heard, our first Accounts Payable End-of-Year Support Roundtable was a great success. If you missed it, make sure you register for one of our future sessions or check out the recording and PowerPoint from our last session. Here...
Itty Bitty Timesavers
Hey blog readers! I found a great post on The Book Bag that I wanted to share with you. If you've liked The Ledger time savers you must check out the Itty Bitty Timesavers post. It lists some great tips and tricks to save you a few seconds here and...
AP and PY End-of-Year Support Roundtables
It's been a year since you last created your W-2s and 1099s. Do you need a refresher or are you new to the process? If you have any questions about end-of-year for AP or PY, make sure you attend one of our end-of-year Support Roundtable sessions....
The Great and Powerful Wizard
Amounts? And Information? And Tax Forms. Oh my! Don't feel like the Scarecrow when it comes to correcting your 1099s and W-2s. Go see [speaking in a booming voice into a microphone] the great and powerful Wizard of 1099s and W-2s for help. Our brand...
The Ledger Lowdown: Vendor Tax ID Woes
Hey blog readers! We are often asked why Accounts Payable users are not able to update a vendor tax ID, so I thought this would be a helpful topic to talk about today. Beginning in The Financial Edge version 7.70 we implemented personal information security...
Journal References Are Supposed to Mean Something?
Do you ever wonder what the transaction Reference column on the General Ledger Report or Post Report means? If you do, then this post is for you! The Reference, also known as journal reference, is created when you post from subsidiary ledgers (AP, AR...
Duplicate Vendors?
Many times vendors are entered into FE twice by accident. This is usually done because a user cannot find a vendor and then assumes that the vendor has never been entered into the system. Fortunately this problem can be resolved easily and quickly. There...
Purging Records
Have you ever wanted a record, or a group of records just gone? I mean completely gone. This is something you can do in The Financial Edge. We call it purging records. Why would you want to purge records? There are a variety of reasons. You may need to...
Need to Record Handwritten Checks?
If you handwrite a check to a vendor, how do you record the payment and reflect the invoice as paid? Record a manual check. The manual check allows you to enter the payment and select the invoice(s) paid by the handwritten check. Before you can record...
An Easy Way to Open a Group of Records
Have you ever had a situation where you need to edit a whole list of records? There are many ways you can do this, from editing each record individually, to global change , to import . But what if what you are trying to accomplish can't be done with...
The Ledger Lowdown: Invoice Errors....No Problem
What do you do if you realize an invoice has the incorrect amount or distribution? Don't worry; you can fix it even if it's posted. The way you correct the issue depends on whether the invoice is posted, unposted, paid, or unpaid. Here are the...
The Best Button Ever
I am going to share with you one of my favorite tips for importing. It’s called the browse button. This button will give you examples of what the import will take for a particular field. On the Fields tab of the import parameter, highlight an import field...
Vendor Address Accuracy
Do you have a vendor that does business under one name but wants their checks made out to a different name or a vendor that has multiple addresses? Track addresses and additional pieces of information on the often overlooked Addresses tab on the vendor...
To Void or Purge...That is the Question
It's inevitable, no matter how careful you are, at some point you'll have to correct a check. The question is should you void or purge. What's the difference? Well, voiding cancels the check, leaving it available to view in the bank register...
Five Step Method for Creating the Perfect Query
Ever wonder, "How am I going to get a list of this information?" Oftentimes, you need to pull data from our system, but how can you? These are the times to look to a query. What is a query? Queries retrieve raw data and present it in a list...
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