Is anyone using FAST!? Do you like it and are they any problems?

I would like to know more about it too!

I tried it on a small trial basis. I think it has good potential. The problem I had was with duplicate invoices. In the regular AP entries you can look at the duplicates, then accept the invoice if it is not really a duplicate. In FAST it would not let me commit records until I changed the invoice number enough to not be picked up by the system.

Hi: We experimented with it but it seems to have significant limitations. For example, unless we misunderstood how to use it, you can't distribute one invoice to several account numbers. It looks like it might work well for organization that wouldn't have this need. Seems like many version 1.0 products - it has potential but isn't quite there yet. Paul D. Wykes VP Finance and Information Systems Old Sturbridge Village

Paul - It can distribute to multiple GL accounts and/or Projects. In design view, there is a field called GL Distribution. You would select that field in lieu of the separate debit and credit account distributions. Also, by using the GL Distribution field, if the Vendor has an existing default distribution, that distribution is picked up. You also have an opportunity in this field to look up and select any default distributions defined in Configuration. Doing a lookup for a default distribution opens the select screen for distribution which also gives you a chance to edit an existing distribution or to add a new one. Regarding limitations, if you have budget checking turned on to warning, the Fast system will not let you save an invoice charged to an account that would be overbudget. In the traditional data entry, you would get the warning but also be allowed to save the invoice anyway. It is a great idea, but it still needs some work. Envision For Non-Profits Consultant for Blackbaud products [Email Removed] 727/442-1996 www.EnvisionFNP.com

Choose GL Distributions on your data sheet- hit F7 and then you can enter multiple distributions.

Does anyone know how to print out the datasheet? Instructions to highlight the lines to copy/export does not work and using the query takes too much time.

Thanks for the tip George. In trying this out I discovered that it won't let you select the 'GL Distribution' field if you have already selected the separate debit/credit fields. You need to remove those fields, then save the setup, before it will let you select the GL Distribution field. If you don't save it after you remove the separate fields, you can't add the G/L Distribution. Thanks again. Paul D. Wykes VP Finance and Information Systems Old Sturbridge Village