Format Qty
Format Qty lets you set the display of Qty on-screen and on printouts for accuracy.
For example, you might want whole numbers without decimal places you do not need. OTOH, you might sell items priced per 1000 and need three decimals to always show.
In the Company card in the Format tool you can choose Display Format for Quantity. There a number sign is an optional character (##,###,##0.##) and a zero always shows.
Retired Intervention
Intervention was added to Orders to diasable automatic actions but deemed excessive.
Intervention let a shipping clerk flag a partial shipment to halt automatic processing. Instead, Freight Manual is added to stop Auto-Charge replacement of Other Charges.
Second Companies
Second Companies are started often enough to merit their own Build of Big Business.
Big Business 15-2, for example, is a second Build of Big Business 15 that handles all needs for a second company running on the same computers without conflict.
Then all that's needed is to change the Icon Prefs for one so it is easy to distinguish. Users can connect to both at the same time on the same computer and tell them apart.
Retired Show-All-Reports
Show All Reports was an Employee Access setting for Hide/Show meant to allow most users to run without see too many reports, which seemed to limit choice.
Seeing all the options is a feature that helps you consider the alternatives, picking the best for now, and another more simple or more powerful or both in the near future.
Retired Reporting
Reporting is updated and improved, often, but old reports are kept in case you need.
New Inventory Sales reports replace Inventory Sales Analysis reports, now retired.
Images Trial
Images Trial lets you turn on Images Controls to set preferences for image handling.
Images are optimized versions of Pictures of your Items that display on the Item Card, Items Search, and printouts like, Quote with Images, while saving the original in Docs.
For consistency, it is best to choose a single image size and type, like 512x512 PNG. This ensures consistent results for sizing, printout quality, transparency, and storage.
Remote Client
Remote Client lets you run Big Business Client on a remote computer like from home.
This is different than Remote Desktop where you connect to a computer at the office, or a desktop hosted on a computer to give your remote computer a speed advantage.
Remote Client needs fast internet connections and considerate setup for safe access.
Shopify Extended Discount
Shopify Extended Discount sets unit price to update profits, currencies, units, taxable.
Unit Price is reverse calculated to be used for profits and other per unit calculations. Extended Price is calculated first with Extended Discount subtracted to match Shopify.
This calculation is only made on Invoices, where data is not changing after importing.
Images Creation
Images Creation lets you set options for creating Printing Images and Thumb Images.
Big Business can automatically create images for printing, reducing from a full picture to a size appropriate to a Quote, Order, or Invoice fitting a few items and their images.
Images Controls gives you options for converting Upload Pictures added in the past, and to set quality for pictures dragged and dropped into Thumb Image on Item card.
Picture Prefs
Picture Prefs let you Show an image on items and choose Fast for instantly displaying.
Shown is the Compact view of an Item card with the new Thumb Image in the center, and Detail Description moved right using the settings for Show Images or Fast Images.
Picture Prefs are available in My Prefs for yourself and Company Prefs for everyone. Use Employees Search options to Add(+) or Update to set each employee as needed.
Convert Pictures
Upload on the Item card lets you add high-quality pictures for upload to a web catalog.
Convert Pictures helps use these as images in Big Business by converting and re-sizing.
Plugins
Plugins help you add functionality to your Big Business by connecting other systems.
There are many options to automate emailing, process credit cards, get orders coming from ecommerce or procurement, get sales taxes for many states, and much much more.
ShippingEasy Free Trial
ShippingEasy Free Trial lets you connect to your free 30-day trial of ShippingEasy.
Follow these steps in your BigBusiness to Register, clicking Free Trial, and connecting. This lets you import your Orders from Amazon, Ebay or others you ship.
ShippingEasy Demo File
ShippingEasy Free Trial can be performed with any Data Files including a Demo File.
Big Business installs a Demo File, the jellybean company, so if you don't have or don't want to try with a real Data File you can use a Demo File for ShippingEasy Free Trial.
You just need to put in the Item Codes you will be selling on Amazon, Ebay, etc and shipping with ShippingEasy. This can be done easily with an Item Import.
Freight Charges
Freight Charges are filled in automatically using Freight Rate from Customer or Terms.
Freight Terms let you select a Freight Rate to automatically calculate Freight Charges. And on the Customer card Automatic tab you can select a Freight Rate to use instead.
If a Freight Rate is selected, Freight Charges are automatically calculated and updated. And if Auto-Charge is enabled the Freight Charges result is copied into Other Charges.
Freight Rates
Freight Rates let you choose calculations for automatically filling in Freight Charges.
Chapter 251 Freight Misc
Freight Misc covers various considerations when you turn on Freight Terms features.
Freight is a feature set that replaces Department with Freight Terms and automates. It reads postings from your shipping system to calculate freight costs and charges to add.
Automating Freight is an important step in automating invoicing as detailed here, but is disruptive since it replaces Department well but not entirely. Here is the miscellany.