Here at ACSI we do a lot of work via import files. We recently learned that you cannot update customer addresses in Fishbowl via a mass import/update file. You can modify customer information, such as terms, but not addresses. We were able to do an initial import of all the
One of the things that mid-market level companies tend to deal with are multiple ship to addresses for their customers. In some of the higher end, more expensive pieces of software, such as Exact/Macola this is something that is handled quite easily. Quite honestly, QuickBooks® and Fishbowl do a nice job
There are times when auto numbering is a very convenient thing to have, but there are other times when it creates trouble that we really don’t need. One of these times is when we have two departments that utilize different numbering schemes for their sales orders. One department is happily
When you first sit down with a consultant here at Alembic Computer Services, Inc. there are several different acronyms that we might use. We thought it would be a good idea to go over some of these acronyms now, so that in the future you will be aware of and
Last week we spent quite a bit of time converting a client from Macola to QuickBooks® Enterprise Solutions 10 and Fishbowl Inventory 2010. We made the switch using several custom developed Crystal reports. These were formatted in a way that they could be exported and used as either .iif or .csv
One of the questions we received last week was from a client asking how to setup the Firebird ODBC driver to work with Fishbowl Inventory. This is something we found to be a bit of a challenge about 10 months ago, the first time we tried to set it up.
A data migration issue was brought to our attention one day last week. We were bringing data from Macola over to QuickBooks® Enterprise Solutions 10. All seemed well after verification, however, we realized something was amiss. When setting up the Vendor in QuickBooks® Enterprise Solutions 10, you MUST put the Company Name
One day last week, we went to a client site, anticipating spending a couple of hours installing QuickBooks® Enterprise Solutions 10. This was our first update to version 10 after we had updated our office. We had hoped it would be an in and out job; however, this did not turn