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Sandbox Session: Can You Spot the Usability Enhancements?

jmiller — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:47:00 GMT

In the newly designed user interface, we're making a number of enhancements to improve usability and reduce the amount of clicking you need to do. By just looking at the screen shot below, can you tell:

How many assets are in the currently selected group?
Which assets have an image attached?
Which assets have notes?
Which column is the "sort" column for this view?
Which tasks can be performed in this view?
How you would export the assets in this group to Excel?
How you would print a list of assets in this group?

We've also added a much-requested enhanced Find feature, that provides wildcard search terms (such as "begins with") and allows you search book fields (such as "placed in service date"). Which icon do you think represents the new Find feature?

To see a larger version, click on the picture. To view the answers, click here.

Field Insight: Export to Excel Quick & Easy!

jmiller — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:53:00 GMT

In the next generation product, you will be able to copy (export) general asset information to Excel at just the simple click of a button. When you click the button, which of the following scenarios would you expect to happen:

Option A.) You are asked to type a name for the Excel file. After typing the name and clicking OK, Excel launches and the asset information is exported.

Option B.) Excel launches and the asset information is exported. To save the data in Excel, you would use Excel's Save features.

Option C.) You are asked to type a name for the Excel file. After typing the name and clicking OK, you are asked if you want to launch Excel. If you choose YES, then Excel launches. If you choose NO, then the file is simply with the name you've given the file.

Use the COMMENTS feature to tell us which option you prefer.

Field Insight: Define Your Group View Field Order

jmiller — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:11:00 GMT

Sage FAS provides almost 30 general fields of information for each asset. All these fields cannot be displayed within the working area without the need to scroll to the right. In the new interface, you'll be able to drag/drop columns to re-order them in Group View, but we're curious to know the field order that you'd like to see by default.

Looking at the screen shot below, which 7 fields would you choose to appear in your immediate working area? To answer, simply click the Comment link and list the 7 fields, in order, that you view most often.

To help you with this exercise, remember that Sage FAS initially installs with the customizeable field labels listed below. Your organization may have changed these field labels over time, so don't worry if these don't sound familiar to you. Just respond with the field names that you're used to seeing.

Acquisition date

Class

Company Asset No

Custodian

Department

Description

G/L Accum Account No

G/L Asset Account No

G/L Expense Account No

Insurance Category

Location

Mfg Serial No

Purchase Order No

Replacement Value

RV Override?

User Field 1

User Field 2

User Field 3….

What's New

jwest — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:09:00 GMT

Click on the following links to open the What's New document corresponding to the product listed.

Sage FAS 50

Sage FAS 100

Sage FAS 500

FAS Depreciation Guide

jwest — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:49:00 GMT

COMING SOON!

Until then, FAS Users can access this information by going to "Help" and selecting the "Depreciation Guide" option.