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Year-End Hints for Key Operators of ECi DDMS Business Systems

Last Minute Tips for a Happy New Year!

To help you prepare for year-end, this fifth bulletin in a series of hints is here to answer your frequently asked questions about about your Web storefront connection, backup and shutdown steps, month-end vs. year-end, finding detailed instructions, printing optional reports, and more:

Why Set Up A Site Maintenance Schedule?

Learn how to protect your Web storefront's reputation when your DDMS server is offline during period-end procedures. More »

Should I Be Doing (MK) Steps Twice?

No. To avoid redundant steps (and save the time and trouble of having to recover from them) — follow your RoadMap-Specific Year-End KeyOps. More »

Change Period switched to M...Why?

There's a reason that Change Current Period (L2) field of the (MK) Period-End Procedures switches unexpectedly, and a method to the madness, for consistency's sake. More »

Why Am I Running Backups So Much?

Not only are the recommended backups critical for your audit trail, but they save rework in case mistakes or problems occur. More »

Why Shut Down TBL During Backup?

If a file is in use by TBL Server, it cannot be backed up. If backup fails, you cannot restore those files. Learn how to back up and restore properly. More »

Why Reboot During Shut Down?

Learn how the (Z-E6) Level R (reboot) process prevents damage to your DDMS data as you prepare for dedicated procedures at year-end. More »

Where Is More Year-End Documentation?

Find more documentation on system shutdown, file backup and restore, standard day-end/month-end keystrokes, accounting, vendors and inventory. More »

How Do I Print the "Last Chance" Reports?

Find detailed steps on the optional Catalog Master Listing, Customer Master Listing with History, and Full Sales Analysis with YTD figures for 2009. More »

How Do I Print G/L Financial Statements?

Learn how to prepare your chart of accounts with critical categories, and view or print the graphical P&L and Balance Sheets. More »

Where Is More Detail on Inventory Counts?

Learn how to maintain accurate inventory through barcode scans and frequent cycle counting to prevent issues from going unnoticed for months. More »

Should I Purge Furniture Work In Progress?

If your furniture dealership has balanced a number of Work in Progress and After the Fact transactions, purging is recommended at year-end. More »

Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009

Year-End KeyOps: Get Your Copy Online!

Reminders:

ECi is Closed on
Friday, Jan. 1, 2010
to observe
New Year's Day


ECi DDMS offers
complimentary
Saturday Support
Jan. 2, 2010, via
portal, email, & fax
— no phone calls

 

 

Read All Year-End FAQs on www.ddms.com

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