MRP Access
MRP Access lets you enable the functions of the MRP Add-On to fit your workflow.
To optimize workflow, and prevent errors, you may want to select access per person. The settings in Employee card, Control tab, let you choose which options one can use.
This Solution details these options to help you select. Keep in mind that you can also review and update these options in a Employees List window to change many at once.
Edit Cost
Edit Cost is an option to change the Cost on a Line Item on a Sales Order for reference.
Edit Cost is being updated so that it does not change the Price.
Shopify Invoices
Shopify Connect allows Big Business to bring in Customers and Orders from Shopify. Automatic settings create, or update, Customer cards and Sales Orders in Big Business.
Shopify Invoices is the option to create Invoices in Big Business from Shopify Orders.
In the Shopify tool in Big Business, choose the template, Import Orders As Invoices. Edit this Mapping and click Save As and give it a name, such as MyShopifyInvoices.
Then in Shopify Settings, in the Company card, Connect Settings tab, go to Import Orders and choose your mapping, MyShopifyInvoices, instead of Automatic.
Sales Tax
Sales Tax is being updated in Big Business 14 to keep full featured with easier options.
Pictured, the dialog to Add or Edit a Sales Tax shows too many settings on one screen.
Alt Codes
Alt Codes lets you set alternate item codes with special commments, counts, or prices.
Typical uses include:
Barcodes like UPCs can point to your items
Catalog Part Numbers you create and publish can point to your real part numbers
Customer Part Numbers can use their Price, their Unit of Measure, their Margin
Variants or Variations you create in online stores can point to your right part numbers
Vendor Part Numbers can point to your part numbers and appear on PO's
Alt Codes Import
Alt Codes Import lets you create Alternate Item Codes using a spreadsheet or text file.
Alt Codes Search
Alt Codes search lists Alternate Codes for items with the Item Code and Descriptions.
Alt Codes Update
Alt Codes search includes an Update option to let you get set data to a common value.
First select rows with Command-Click, Shift-Click, or Command-A then click Update.
In the Update dialog choose to modify Customer, Vendor, or Customer Margin %, click OK, and click Apply Changes to change selected rows to a common value.
Alt Codes Export
Alt Codes search includes an Export option to help you get your data to a spreadsheet.
When you click Export and choose All, Big Business saves a Tab-Text file including: Item Code, Description1, Description2, Alternate Item Code, Comment, Vendor, Customer, Customer Price, Customer UoM Count, and Customer Margin %.