When you create your Data File, Big Business warns you to check the Start Date and Year End Month carefully because once Setup is complete they cannot be changed. This does not prevent the IRS or your Board of Directors insisting that you change your Fiscal Year End Month. (3021)
This Solution describes the fields that can be imported as Miscellaneous Sales.
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This Solution describes the fields that can be imported as Item Adjustments.
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This Solution describes the fields that can be imported as Miscellaneous Bills.
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Big Business includes Print Styles with options for:
graphics
fonts
for better looking output.
Big Business 10.10 expands this feature to apply to Reports. Big Business 10.15 fixes some Customer reports.
This Solution describes the feature. (6296)
Big Business 9 automatically converts import files coming from Unix systems--such as Linux, which often used to host online shopping carts or web stores. (6449)
Big Business 9.8 adds controls for Zap Gremlins, a feature that automatically replaces problem characters in text.
This Solution describes using these options. (6535)
Autocomplete speeds data entry by showing you a possible match that you can select by typing Tab and a list of choices you can select by typing Down Arrow.
This Solution describes using this option. (6536)
Big Business 9.8 adds this feature for testing.
Validation is testing that a record is ready to save. An Invoice must have a Customer.
Custom Validation adds tests you have requested. If an invoice has Units of PAL there must be a line item for Pallet Deposit.
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Big Business 12 automatically blocks any operating system, OS, that is a problem. This protects you from unplanned system changes that could cause data loss. You can turn this feature Off if needed.
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Company Prefs are on the second tab of the Company card on the System toolbar. These settings affect all Users (unless they override with their own User Prefs). All Connect settings for APIs are found here except Web-Server and Web-API settings that are per-user and found on Employee card.
This Solution decribes this feature. (6493)
Big Business lets you access the Server Administration window from Big Business Client.
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Some business applications have a mandatory end of year procedure for archiving data, shifting balances among accounts, and so on. Big Business's reporting handles this for you, so there is no required procedure. You can demonstrate this facility to yourself by running a Report for a future date (e.g. a Profit and Loss Statement or Balance Sheet dated in the next fiscal year).
Big Business maintains all of your records intact so that you have access to historical information and the ability to post to the previous period. Big Business does include features for Protecting, Locking, Sealing, and Consolidating historical records. Please read the recommendations below carefully before using any of these features. (3065)
This solution describes how to edit your contact information. The company card in Big Business includes spaces for your Company Name, Address, Phone, Fax, URL (web address), and E-Mail information. (3288)
Big Business allows you to paste in your own company's artwork or logo so that it will print on the built in forms. This solution outlines the process of entering your own graphic so that it will appear on the built in forms. (3289)
Logo Export has been added to make it easier to change your address or other contact information. Click Export on the Company card to save your old company artwork as an image file, then email to your artist. When you get the new art back, click Import. (6984)
Changing Number Formats
Big Business allows you to change number formats and currency symbols
to match your business needs. You use the Number Formats dialog box to set these options.
Big Business 6 increases the size of the number format settings to support currencies where totals might run into hundreds of millions or higher. (6089)
You can customize the way Big Business displays and rounds numbers in order to match your needs. This is important if you need to maintain detail on amounts greater than the standard 2 decimal places. (5164)
On Item transactions (Orders, Bills, Invoices) and in defining Built or Bundled Items, Big Business allows Units with up to five decimal places. The Format Numbers tool, found on the Company Card, allows you to set display and rounding options.
If Rounding for the Quantity is set to zero (0), you will not be able to enter a value other than a whole number. (3471)