Sage BusinessVision 2014 (7.7)
Top features in 2014 release
In the fall of 2013, Sage released Sage BusinessVision 2014 (7.7). There were a much smaller number of improvements in this
version, even compared to the prior year, but there were still a few nice additions.
Top Features in this version
- User Access - added settings in User Account Details for each user:
- set default Salesperson for sales orders
- allow designated users to see Employee addresses without other access to Payroll
- GL Lock Periods - designate specific dates to lock on the GL (before and after current period)
- Force use of Salesperson code - in Order Entry; when set (it's optional), won't be able to save orders until
Salesperson is assigned
- Purchase Orders - set default Ship-to address; useful if you receive stock somewhere other than
main business address
- Customer Details - S.O. History tab - can now view Journal Entries linked to specific sales transactions
- Vendor - setting to default to print cheques when you open the vendor in AP; can be helpful
when paying some vendors by electronic payments / bank transfers
- Order Entry - in Batch Billing, can now filter by Required Date
- Payroll - can now e-mail Direct Deposit payroll advices
- Inventory / Product Codes - can set default Sales Department for each Product Code; when entering
new items in that Product Code, will default to the indicated Sales Department
- Invoice Viewer / Purchase Order Viewer - when viewing an invoice or PO from sales analysis /
purchase analysis, can use a new E-mail button to e-mail invoices / PO's to customer or vendor
if that customer or vendor has form set to Email or Form & Email - even if the document has been printed
previously
- Sales Analysis - now shows the customer number when looking up invoices by invoice number
- Find module - when using Find to search Vendor Specific Pricing, can now click a View Inventory
icon to see the associated inventory items
Features Released in Version 2014 Service Packs
Since the initial release of Sage BusinessVision 2014, there were a number of additional,
incremental changes added. The main ones follow.
Features Released After Initial 2014 Release
- Update 1 (7.71A) - multiple bug fixes
- Update 1 (7.71A) - new features:
- Void more types of transactions in AP
- Import Timecards to Payroll
- User access changes to accommodate the above
In additional to making some small incremental improvements in Sage BusinessVision with this version, Sage do a
good job in encouraging the development of third-party tools, utilities and applications, and the developers
of these tools are certainly producing some great work. For info on some of these, have a look at
some of the best third party add-ons.
If you need to streamline or expand your use of BusinessVision or the
management of your BusinessVision data, please give us a call to discuss how some of these tools can
actually save you money or make you money.
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