Is there faster, accurate and easier way of managing QAD data?	Click here to get all the answers
Why traditional QAD reporting does not help finance QAD users in today’s fast-paced business environment? What is much better than exporting to Excel spreadsheet?
How to eliminate manual entries from the process? Or rather, is it possible?
How to simultaneously manipulate QAD data in multiple maintenance screens from a single spreadsheet?
How to increase QAD data accuracy without much efforts?

If you are looking for ways to enhance QAD functionality and improve data management process, then you have come to the right place. All above is possible! End users manage their data getting immediate results and IT departments are no longer involved into frequently breaking CIM loads. You will be thrilled to find out how it’s accomplished, so please read on.

Imagine you are maintaining QAD data in Excel sheets. Instead of editing one record at a time like in typical QAD maintenance program, you are editing and manipulating hundreds or thousands records. Do you think it will be faster? Way faster!!! Remarkable results! Excel format is very friendly for viewing and managing volume tabular data, you already know that. And you already have Excel on your PC, because this is all you need.

Think about copy-paste as replacement of manual entry. Someone sends you a spreadsheet with blocks of data that should be keyed in to QAD, or you pull a statement from website to re-key this information to QAD. Why do not you copy-paste these blocks of data to excel sheet, which has capability to safely upload this information to QAD? This way, you eliminate manual entry, save time and avoid typing errors (greater accuracy).

Prepare a template for typical entry or, better yet, template with all possible entry lines that may or may not be required. Then delete lines you do not need and submit from spreadsheet to QAD. Prepare many templates and re-use them as needed – manual entries are eliminated and so errors too.

Many QAD users are looking for ways to export QAD data to Excel spreadsheets, so they would manipulate and analyze the data in convenient format. Yes, to some degree it is helpful. OK, you see reference numbers and amounts beautifully presented in Excel sheet, but how do you know what is behind the numbers? What exactly totals to these amounts? You do not… You will need to run another report and then another one… Every time you run reports you type (or mistype) reference numbers into selection criteria. What if excel report is interactive? You have ability to drill down further on the reference numbers and amounts and see details? More…

Misconception number one, exporting reports to excel is not a single generic solution for improving QAD reporting.

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