1. Auto-Run Updates from Another DFD Datafile 2019 and above The Nominal Ledger allows for the option to create journals from a separate Datafile database – this has been used for the creation of stock valuation and goods received but not invoiced journals amongst others.   Whe... Read More
2. VAT Adjustments - Post-Dated Purchase Invoices Post-Dated Purchase Invoices The Datafile Purchase Ledger allows posting to the current purchase ledger period and one future period. If you receive a purchase invoice for an earlier period that has now been closed, you can post that transaction... Read More
3. Windows 10 1803 Update / Windows Defender Windows 10 1803 Update / Windows Defender   The latest version of Windows Defender installed with the Windows 10 1803 update can block connections to the HMRC for FPS / EPS submissions in some circumstances – the system reporting a ‘Sock... Read More
4. Forecast Dates - Additional Options Forecast dates allow you to analyse date’s in different ways.  Existing option types allow you to add set number of days to a base date, show the Age in years/months/days, show the week in year of the base date and so on. New options ... Read More
5. Database Table - Date Item Types - "F" Type Forecast Date Field This allows forecasting by adding a number to a date (D-type or E-type) or comparing the system date to a date item already defined.  Both the relevant data items must have been specified previously in the record.  There are eleven differe... Read More
6. User-Defined Report - Update Report Date to Constants Datafile Software Solutions User-Defined Report - Update Report Date to Constants User-Defined reports can be configured to use test conditions on $RECORD control blocks against items on the constant database and these items can be based on a... Read More
7. Import Payments and Allocate Datafile Software Solutions Import Payments and Allocate The Sales and Purchase Batch Update definitions allow the facility to import a payment transaction and allocate this payment against an invoice with a matching payment allocation refere... Read More
8. NI – Update the Employee National Insurance Category Datafile Software NI – Update the Employee National Insurance Category This option is used specifically for changing an employee’s NI category. For end-of-year reporting the system needs to keep notes of earnings and amounts contribu... Read More
9. Update Individual Records to SQL on Nominal Update Datafile Software Update Individual Records to SQL on Nominal Update When updating from sales/purchase ledgers to nominal ledger then if any databases involved are set to mirror to a SQL database then the system will generate a refresh of these ... Read More
10. Log User-Id / Date / Time Database Record Updated Datafile Software Log User-Id / Date / Time Database Record Updated Database options, available for the Premier product level, allow you to log the user who added the database record together with the date and time the record was added. This new ... Read More