http://www.escapetech.com/engage/news.php Escape Technology - We Power School Business http://www.escapetech.com/engage/news.php#ff_JEImport I am so excited that I get to tell you about one of my favorite activities: the Journal Entry Import. I just love it because it is so smooth and easy to use. It is bulletproof for someone like me that is not a journal entry expert. I created the screen shots you are about to see in less than five minutes. By no means am I an advanced user, so you fiscal experts out there should be able to do this in even less time! http://www.escapetech.com/engage/news.php#SMP Annual Software Maintenance helps fund ongoing support and development of Escape Online 5. In each release we add lots of great features but with all the recent cutbacks our customers have experienced, one of these changes really stands out. In 10.05 we completed CR9704 which provided the ability to send payroll ACHs via email. This is a huge benefit to our customers, saving time and money by eliminating the need to print, process and distribute hard copies of ACHs. Across our customer base, this one change will save literally hundreds of thousands of dollars. Paper, envelopes, folding/stuffing machines, postage and staff time are true savings which will be seen immediately. Not to mention a better service to the employees. http://www.escapetech.com/engage/news.php#SJCOEAnnounce Although we worked long and hard during the first decade of this century, building “the ultimate COE school business system,” I’m still amazed with the results. Last year Shasta COE became our eleventh COE customer on the Escape Online 5 system. Today I’m very proud to announce that San Joaquin COE is making it an even dozen. We got our signed contract about two weeks ago and are already underway with the project. This time next year the COE and 13 districts will be just about to go live. http://www.escapetech.com/engage/news.php#QAGettingRaw Now that 11.02 is available and several customers already have it installed on their Test systems, I thought I would take a moment to point out a cool new enhancement that we made to lists. Prior to 11.02, data was paged into a list in 50 record blocks. We found a way to get the data to the list much faster, using something that we call ‘raw data transfer’. In 11.02, when you request a list that is greater than 50 rows, the initial presentation is a little different, but I think you will find the change worth it because of how much faster it is! http://www.escapetech.com/engage/news.php#ff_YEInvoice Everybody loves money coming in, whether it is from last year or this year or next year. Keep it coming! Sometimes, AR Invoices are carried over through multiple year-end cycles. Escape Online understands this and calculates the amount received, amount unused receivable and amount remaining to be received for each current year account for the invoice. In this way, Escape Online can carry over an invoice year-after-year. Let’s take a look at how you do this on the Year End Processing list. http://www.escapetech.com/engage/news.php#BarryRetire With the right people, a solid business plan, and a lot of dedication Escape Technology has achieved a long term success. Each of us played a vital role and Escape wouldn’t have become the company you know today without each contribution. Now I’m happy to announce that Barry is moving successfully in a new direction! http://www.escapetech.com/engage/news.php#ff_ExpandII >A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a Friday Feature called "Expanding Your Search Criteria." It was all about selecting multiple from a lookup. I slipped in a sentence about the selection process, "Now you can select multiple codes from the lookup using standard Windows selection keys (Ctrl for non-contiguous and Shift for contiguous entries)." But, I have come to realize that not everyone is familiar with this special way to select multiple. So let's go through this step-by-step. http://www.escapetech.com/engage/news.php#QA1102 I hear that Ramona and the support reps are getting lots of questions about the status of 11.02 and since I’m on the front line in testing I thought I’d give you an update. We will finish full integration testing today... http://www.escapetech.com/engage/news.php#ff_BoilerPlate You know me, all about efficiency. Well I like to save time when I type by using boilerplates. They cut down on typing and, more importantly, they cut down on typos. I have several boilerplates I use over and over and over again describing Escape Technology in 25 words, describing Escape Online in 100 words. But, boilerplates are not just for marketing, they also come in handy when creating purchase orders or invoices... http://www.escapetech.com/engage/news.php#SS_Fiscal51 We have had several requests to add more options to the SACS Extract (Fiscal51) report. Many of the suggestions are based on a custom report that is very similar, the Fiscal151. The Fiscal151 was created by special request for a handful of customers. For several releases, we have been maintaining both reports. We would like to merge these reports to make our change request process more efficient. So, from April 11 to April 22, customers were invited to participate in a survey that asked if they would object to adding parameters to the Fiscal51 in a future release. Find out the results...