Intuit has released its latest Edition of the QuickBooks Enterprise 2013 product with Revision 6. Most important issue of this update is that it has addressed a number of performance and stability issues which had been reported by some users. To Verify what Version of QuickBooks you are running, press the while you are in QuickBooks. The latest Version will read: Furthermore: What’s important about Release 6? Resolved QBW32.EXE Fatal Application Exit error (Unrecoverable Error 02700 80318) Improved performance. Added the ability to change the Company File Color Scheme Added Windows 8 support for the QuickBooks Attach Documents scan manager. Added Monthly payroll item limits. Known Issue After updating to R6, in certain conditions a manual sync might be required for Enterprise users to be able to use subscriptions like QuickBooks email, Accountants Copy File Transfer, or Advanced Inventory.Accounts Receivable Terms on sales orders will flow to the invoices created from it.Add Multiple Items The Add/Edit Multiple List Entries window will now refresh if Assembly items are created from the Item list.Advanced Inventory QuickBooks will now display a “No Site” section on the Inventory Stock Status by Site report, for those transactions without a site selected. Resolved issues that caused barcode scanners to not work if unplugged and then plugged back in while QuickBooks is open. When row shelf bin is turned on, the on-hand quantity of a build assembly will no longer show zero if there are builds that predate inventory transactions. With Advanced Inventory enabled, the QuickBooks verify/rebuild utility will now detect inventory transfers that have all positive quantities in the “from” and “to” quantity fields. Improved multi-user performance for large company files that have the Lot numbers preference enabled. Unit cost has been added to the FIFO Cost Lot History by Item report. QuickBooks will no longer warn when a duplicate lot number is used. With the Multiple Inventory Sites preference enabled, QuickBooks will no longer display a warning when editing a build assembly when the original build quantity is greater than the quantity available. Verify will no longer fail after an inventory transfer is recorded while the Average Cost is negative. Editing the site on a transaction after turning off the Track Bin Location preference, will no longer cause the Verify to fail. Serial Numbers in Stock reports will only show the current quantity of an item. Costs on purchase transactions will no longer display incorrectly when Unit of Measure is enabled.Banking When the sort by option “Date,Type,Number/Ref” is chosen, deposits will now be listed first for transactions created on the same date.Batch Enter Transactions Batch Enter Transactions’ menu item is now accessible under the Company menu for non-accountant versions of QuickBooks Enterprise v13.0.Calendar QuickBooks will no longer close when trying to add a ToDo note having more than 500 characters while in multi-user mode. Fixed an issue that caused duplicate employee names to appear when picking one on the Add To Do window.Centers The Item Image window has been re-sized to support lower resolutions. Increased the number of rows visible on the Bins tab in the Inventory Center. All customer information (phone, email, etc.) will be added to any new jobs created for it.File Operations Resolved issues that prevented QBB files created with QuickBooks for Mac from being opened in QuickBooks for Windows 2013.Fixed Asset Manager QuickBooks will no longer prompt to allow QuickBooks Fixed Asset Manager access to the QuickBooks company file.Help Updated payroll help topics.Intuit Sync Manager This release includes the latest version of Intuit Sync Manager.Lists The Open Form button on the Templates list will now open the template highlighted in the list.Multi-currency When multi-currency is enabled, total values will be reflected properly on a Purchase Order when it is created from an Estimate.Other QuickBooks Enterprise v13 trial users running R6 will not get Advanced Inventory,QuickBooks Email, and the Accountants Copy File Transfer features enabled by default. The error “LVL_ERROR–Unable to find the section for this mentu item!!!”, will no longer appear in the Windows event viewer. This error will only appear in the QBWIN.LOG. QuickBooks will now allow the spacebar to be used to select open Purchase Orders when creating bills.Payroll Pressing the “s” key on the Employee Defaults window will act as a hot key to select a Class. Improved performance of the Send Payroll Data workflow. QuickBooks will not prompt to send Direct Deposit for Vendor payments if Direct Deposit for Vendor is not active for the company file. QuickBooks will no longer display the message “You have Direct Deposit checks to send” when there are no checks to send. Monthly payroll item limits are now supported. After a check is voided and sent to Intuit using Direct Deposit, only a Cleared watermark will be displayed.PDF Improved overall PDF performance by resolving issues that prevented the ability to save as PDF.Performance QuickBooks Enterprise max data base cache size has been increased to 512 mb for improved performance. Resolved an issue that caused QuickBooks to close unexpectedly when pressing the F2 button. Resolved an issue that caused QuickBooks to close with the error “QBW32.EXE- Fatal Application Exit”. QuickBooks will no longer display ‘Unrecoverable error 19975 55647’ when a company file has My Apps opened on the left navigation pane. QuickBooks will no longer display ‘Unrecoverable error 13968 12568’ when opening the Customer Center. QuickBooks will no longer display ‘Unrecoverable error 14854 49054’when opening any invoice by double-clicking from the Open Invoices report, especially on computers running Windows XP SP3. QuickBooks will no longer display ‘Unrecoverable error 13968 12922’ when opening the Customer Center in multi-user mode, especially on computers running Windows XP SP3. QuickBooks will no longer display ‘Unrecoverable error 51609’ while setting up new users. Resolved an issue that would cause QuickBooks to hang when switching from single user mode to multi-user mode. QuickBooks will no longer display ‘Unrecoverable error 24995’ when users minimize/maximize QuickBooks multiple times when the progress bar is on. QuickBooks will no longer display ‘Unrecoverable error 17371 39236’ when users use ‘Full Screen’ mode, especially on computers running Windows XP SP3 or Windows 2003 server. QuickBooks will no longer display ‘Unrecoverable error 20888 41171’ when users launch any transaction form.Printing Corrected the alignment when printing an Inventory Assembly Bill of Materials report. The “Fit report to” setting now works correctly when printing memorized reports.QuickBooks Attached Documents Added Windows 8 support for the QuickBooks Attach Documents scan manager.QuickBooks Online Banking QuickBooks will no longer display the error “There is Not Enough Memory to Complete this Action”, when attempting to deactivate an account set up for online banking.QuickBooks Online Services The Pay Online option on the Write Checks window will now be enabled in company files with multi-currency enabled and running in multi-user mode, only if the base currency is selected to USD.Reports Purchase Orders and Sales Orders without a site now display a quantity on the Stock Status by Site report. Sales description will now show on all reports except for Purchase reports. Non site specific summary reports will now show site data when the report basis is set to Accrual. Clicking the “Revert” button in the Modify Report window, will now set the Zero QOH filter back to the default setting. Sales description will now show on all reports except for Purchase reports. Resolved an issue that caused the word “Overflow” to show on a memorized cash basis custom transaction detail report instead of dollar amounts. QuickBooks will no longer close unexpectedly when running the Review 1099 Vendors report. Resolved an issue that caused QuickBooks to close when opening Inventory items from the Inventory Valuation Summary report.User Interface Improved support for using QuickBooks with multiple monitors. QuickBooks will no longer display an unrecoverable error while customizing the colored icon bar. Save buttons can now be seen on the Write Checks window when viewing Paychecks and Payroll Liability checks in 1024×768 resolution. Labels are now in all CAPS across transactional forms to improve readability. The Company Information window has been updated to show your Intuit Account, Product Information and subscriptions/services for your company and instance of QuickBooks running, along with the Company Information . You will not be able to edit any of the information except for the Company Information. “Company File Color Scheme” option is introduced in the “Desktop View” preference to allow users to change the color of the title bar and the border of QuickBooks windows for a particular company file, which will help users to differentiate between multiple company files. This preference will be replacing the “Company Color Flag” preference introduced in R4 release. We are offering 14 different “Company File Color Scheme” options to apply on various company files. This is a user level preference, which essentially means that various users connected to the same company file can select different colors.

Intuit’s latest release of the 2013 POS product adds major new functionality and the support for a true mobile POS solution to the original product line up. You may now transact directly on your Apple iPhone and after completion the POS system will be updated immediately. Please find below the POS 2013 Comparison Chart and the POS Version Change Document. The Comparison Chart identified the product feature difference between the POS Basic, Professional and Multi-Site. The Version change document identifies some key difference between the POS Version changes that have taken place over the past few year at Intuit. Intuit POS 2013 Comparison Chart Intuit POS 2013 Version Changes

The wait is over ! Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 is here and many new features, extremely relevant to various industries including wholesale and manufacturing, can now be deployed. Some of the new feature, which are no longer rumors but reality, include: Web Clients – Microsoft is transitioning away from the Terminal Server approach and is allowing full users to access Dynamics GP 2013 using the Windows Internet Explorer. This new access methodology will use existing Microsoft technology, to deliver GP content. SSRS and Reporting: New improvements have been made to not only allow the modification of existing reports, but to add new reports to related records. This will facilitate the easy deployment of business-specific reports to the proper section in the GP SOP Module: Many new features in the SOP module will provide more flexibility for the distribution/wholesale and manufacturing industries. Critical new features includes the ability to link many suggested items to an item and quick-add those items to the sales order document during processing. POP Module: Critical new function, especially for those importing products from overseas and have to issue LC’s, is the ability to prepare and link an AP per-payment to a Purchase Order. There are many more new feature, but this release is already creating some buzz in the industry. The new Dynamics GP 2013 is a serious competitor in the mid-market ERP software space. To obtain more details about the products, or to assist you with the deployment of the new Version, please do no hesitate to contact us directly at CBR Technology Corp. (714) 901-5740. You can also visit our website for additional information about CBR Technology Corp. #DynamicsGP2013

NetSuite provides their current customers with the option to purchase a SANDBOX account which essentially is a copy of their current company production database on a separate server. Once you purchase this option from NetSuite, you can access it by selecting: https://system.sandbox.netsuite.com Once you purchase the sandbox account from NetSuite, the administrator of the production system has to request a REFRESH of the sandbox account, which essentially creates a copy of the production database at that time. This process typically takes about 1-2 business days. During the refresh request, you can select to only allow ADMINISTRATORS access to the sandbox account or allow all users to access the sandbox. Any workflows which trigger an e-mail notification to recipients will be prefixed with the [SANDBOX] disclaimer, allowing all parties to quickly differentiate notifications from the production account. You typically receive a limited number of refresh options from NetSuite and have to pay for more. This is a great option for those NetSuite customers who wish to develop and test their own system customizations, Workflows using SuiteFlow, JavaScript Mods using SuiteScript or any other portion of their NetSuite system. Some of our clients also use the sandbox account to provide new hires with training options without affecting their production system. As with most things from NetSuite, the sandbox account is not cheap, but if you do any amount of customization in your system, usually well worth it.

We have received a number of inquiries from our clients which do not want to use the default “UNDEPOSITED FUNDS” account, but rather specific an account of their own during any payment related transaction in QuickBooks. To do so, you need to alter the Company Preferences in single user mode by navigating to: EDIT – PREFERENCES – PAYMENTS – COMPANY PREFERENCES #QuickBooksEnterprise

Microsoft stated that the Office overhaul is designed to respond to issues such as the desire for consumers to synchronize and preserve data files as they move among multiple devices. Those users which opt for the subscription service will receive an additional 20 GB of SkyDrive storage in addition to the 7GB of storage given to new customers. For your subscription services you will also have the licensing rights to run the Office 2013 product of up to five devices. Although Microsoft has not specifically outlined this product feature, it is quite clear that as a Browser-based product, the new Office 2013  will be available on a Apple iPad as well as a Google Android-based tablet. Being that Office is such a cornerstone of the typically office environment, this new Version will help to facilitate the move away from traditional PC’s to more portable devices. Some important details such as product pricing or exact product availability has not been disclosed by Microsoft as of yet. However, starting Monday July 23rd 2012, you may download a free trial version from the Microsoft website. WSJ-B4-07272012 #MicrosoftOfficeampOffice365

What’s important about QuickBooks Enterprise Release 5 (Service Pack) ? Resolved issues with Advanced Pricing and Enhanced Inventory Receiving Resolved various causes for COM and Unrecoverable errors Payroll improvements Performance improvements in sales forms User permissions and Accounts Receivable fixes SDK improvementsAccountants Copy QuickBooks 2014 and Enterprise Solutions v14 will no longer open Accountants Copy files (.QBX ) created in QuickBooks 2012/Enterprise Solutions  v12 or earlier.Accounts Payable QuickBooks will no longer display the error “Unable to add item to list” when editing the cost on an open bill while in multi user mode.Accounts Receivable QuickBooks will no longer double the amount of credits available when credits are unapplied and reapplied to a transaction. Fixed an issue that prevents the Visa and Mastercard payment methods from displaying if they are in all caps (i.e. VISA or MASTERCARD).Centers QuickBooks will no longer display the error, “Google has disabled use of the maps API”, when clicking the map or directions link. QuickBooks will no longer display an Unrecoverable Error when opening the Customer Center.Condense Asset values will no longer change after the company file is condensed.Email Sales Forms and Statements Max number of messages to sync is now set to 3000 at a time to improve performance when trying to send large number of emails. QuickBooks will no longer display the error “Couldn’t connect to email server”, when trying to email a large number of forms through webmail.Enterprise – Advanced Inventory Couldn’t turn on lot numbers when user had previously used them and then turned off AI. Inventory stock status by site report – min/max should be blank (instead of zero) when no min/max is entered for the site.Enterprise – Advanced Pricing Users can now search for items within the price overrides window. Edit warning should not have been displayed for pricing when recalling a sales transaction from the memorized transaction list. Added a new report: Customer Price List. Prices will be rounded correctly on the Item Prices by Price Rule report when rounding is set to use same rounding across all price rules. Validation has been added to custom fields used in price rules.Enterprise – Enhanced Inventory Receiving Purchase Orders manually closed will no longer appear as open when entering bills for a vendor.File Operations QuickBooks will no longer display an Unrecoverable Error when switching between company files or closing with the X button. QuickBooks will no longer close unexpectedly if a user exits the program while a transaction form is open.Help In product help article “What is the Chart of Accounts” will no longer display duplicate paragraphs. Help link in the Edit Item window will now work if the Help dialog box is already open.Inventory QuickBooks will no longer display the error “Unable to add item to list”, when changing the cost on a bill. QuickBooks will now update prices correctly according to the markup %, while in multi user mode. When item markup preference was set to “never update price” and “always ask about cost changes”, cost changed window didn’t display when cost was changed. Fixed some text overlapping issues on the Build Assembly window. QuickBooks will no longer change the price when the cost is changed in the edit item window. Cost and price updates did not always take place when cost was changed and preferences were set to always update cost and price. QuickBooks will no longer display a COM error when receiving items for multiple Purchase Orders. QuickBooks will no longer freeze when working on a Build Assembly transaction.Other QuickBooks will no longer display an Unrecoverable Error when closing QuickBooks if the Make General Journal Entry window is currently open with another window on top.Payroll Fixed an issue that prevented the ability to recall a memorized Payroll Liability Check from the Memorized Transaction List. QuickBooks will now round numbers up correctly on paychecks. Payroll liability e-payments will no longer show as To Print even after being submitted. Payroll Center Refresh: Users will be able to remove checks from the print queue directly from the payroll center history table by right clicking and choosing an option “Remove from print queue”. QuickBooks will now show an improved message to Direct Deposit and Assisted Payroll customers when creating or sending a payroll within two federal banking days of the paycheck date. QuickBooks will no longer display a message if a user enters hours for any employee without selecting the employee first.  If the employee is not selected first, it will automatically be selected when the hours are entered. Enter Payroll Information window will now show separate print options for Checks and Direct Deposit checks. Resolved an issue that prevented payroll updates from installing due to the subscription not validating. QuickBooks will no longer close when sending more than 5 Vendor Direct Deposits. Users with an Enhanced Payroll for Accountants subscription can now create payroll forms for a Basic Payroll Client. Recent paychecks will no longer show as “To Send” after they have already been sent.Performance Improved performance for saving large sales orders with lots of items. QuickBooks will no longer display COM errors while a user performs random or multiple tasks. QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions DB cache will no longer revert from unlimited to 512 MB on reboot of the computer.Printing Amount in the Cost column will no longer wrap to the next line when printing a Bill or Item Receipt.QuickBooks Maintenance Alerts When a user has not made a backup for more than 15 days, they will see a message in the QuickBooks Maintenance Alerts window to prompt the user to make a backup.Reports QuickBooks will no longer close unexpectedly when opening the Committed Cost by Job report while in the Professional Services sample file. QuickBooks will no longer close unexpectedly when opening the Committed Cost by Job report while in the Enterprise Solutions Accountant trial version.SDK Inventory  Adjustments with Bin locations will now calculate correctly. Turning off Advanced Inventory will no longer prevent  writing to the invoice table via SDK. Ref Number feature which was broken for some of the apps  in Ruby R4 are Fixed now.User Interface Alt + ` and Alt + ~ hotkeys will now allow users to tab through a window with multiple set of tabs.Users and Permissions QuickBooks will no longer display a warning message when a user with restricted permissions to only view items launches the Inventory Center. Users with restricted permissions to only view items can no longer edit information about an item through Inventory Center. Users with view only permissions will no longer be able to print a transaction history report. QuickBooks will no longer display an Unrecoverable Error while changing the Administrator’s password. QuickBooks will no longer experience Administrator user issues when “hvac” is used as the password.

Intuit addressed a number of reported issue, some by my own customers. Please look to R9 to resolve the following issue: Accounts Payable The check box in Pay bills will not jump to the beginning of the list. Advanced Inventory It is no longer possible to edit Inventory site information when Multi Location Inventory is turned off. Banking Reconciled payments that are upgraded from earlier versions no longer show the Bounced Check stamp. Company Snapshot Long items will no longer be cut off in the company snapshot screen. Condense Data Company files larger than 2GB can now be condensed successfully. Enhanced Inventory Receiving QuickBooks should no longer display Unrecoverable Error 15032 91866 when enabling Enhanced Inventory Receiving. More company files that were having problems before can now use EIR. The conversion will succeed. File Operations The Email address, Build number and user mode are now displayed correctly when entered by the customer and sent with an event (unrecoverable error) report. Help Attempting to send Help feedback when the Help servers are unavailable will no longer cause an abnormal program termination. The help link for “learn more about event reporting” will now correctly open the help topic. The in product help steps to access Accountant’s copy have been updated. Install Customers who originally installed from R3 or a later release will no longer have problems changing to a different edition of Premier or running a repair. The error “1334: The file “QBW32EnterpriseAccountant.exe” cannot be installed” should no longer display. The one click upgrade from older versions of QuickBooks to QuickBooks 2012 will no longer encounter an MSXML error. Intuit Payment Network IPN links will no longer appear on void invoices or in print preview mode of pending invoices. Duplicate text about IPN will no longer appear in emails that accompany IPN-enabled invoices. Inventory The Finished assembly Serial Number drop-down is no longer available when not appropriate. QuickBooks will no longer restart when rebuilding company files with certain inventory conditions. Multi-user messaging about Serial and Lot numbers being in use by another user has been updated. The inventory Clean up Quickview window has been updated to show both positive and negative quantity items. There should no longer be cases where the Transaction List by Lot Number report is blank when transactions exist for the that Lot Number. When you turn off Advanced Inventory or Serial Number/Lot Number tracking, you will still be able to see Location, SN and LN info on the adjustments. The Insufficient Lot count message will no longer be displayed when editing build assemblies. Invoices The unrecoverable errors introduced in R8 that affected sales forms and items have been fixed. Lists Credit card numbers entered when creating new customers are now recognized as a valid card number. Item name and notes are preserved when saved for a newly created item. Multi-Currency The Cost Change Alert will now display the correct currency symbol. Payroll The address will now be displayed without any blank space when an employee does not have a line 2 in the address. The city line is no longer repeated twice when printing a paystub. The signature settings for printing checks will no longer be lost if a different user that does not use the check signature logs in. Correcting the PIN for File and Pay taxes is now case sensitive. This is good because entering the PIN was always case sensitive. Now you can correct it if you got it wrong. PDF Resolved an issue where a Company name change is not reflected on the Send Invoice view. Preferences Preferences will no longer prompt you to save your changes when switching to another screen unless you have made changes. Price Markup The type of markup will no longer default back to “Percent over Cost” when you reopen the Edit Markup window. QuickBooks should no longer fail to verify data with the “Overflow” error message. QuickBooks Merchant Services You no longer need to be an admin to process credit card payments using QuickBooks Merchant Services. QuickBooks Online Banking Many instances of the OL-392 online banking error have been fixed. Users and Permissions The wording in the Accounting and Banking permissions for Enterprise edition has been updated.