Summaries (Context Menu)

Overview

Transactions have two interfaces: List View which lists the transactions and Edit View for creating transactions or editing existing transactions.

When viewing lists of transactions, you can switch between various displays.

Field Description
TransactionsLists the transaction header information and transaction totals.
ItemsLists the transaction items and amounts per item.
SummaryDepicts the transaction information as a customisable chart (pivot table).
BoardDisplays the transactions in columns by Status (Pending or Active) or Due Dates.
  • On the Transactions and Items views, right-click context menus have entries named Summaries that provide several options depending on the transaction clicked.
  • In Edit View a summaries option is available from the Menu (button).
  • These summary options are as follows:

Customer Summary

  • Applies to Customer transactions only (e.g. Sales Orders, Customer Invoices).
  • Opens a panel on the right with the following tabs:
    • Detail: 
      • The customer's contact and category details.
      • The user who created the customer record and the date on which it was created.
    • User Fields:
      • Any custom user fields and information recorded with the customer record.
    • Account:
      • Accounting information from the customer's records including terms and credit limits.
      • The current balances outstanding.
      • An Activity graph indicating the value of quotations, orders and invoices over the past year.
    • Transactions:
      • Provides a dropdown list on the right to select transactions for a specific period (e.g. Fin year, Today, This month).
      • Provides a list of the transactions that involved the customer for the period selected.

Supplier Summary

  • Applies to Supplier transactions only (e.g. Purchase Orders, Supplier Invoices).
  • Opens a panel on the right with the following tabs:
    • Detail: 
      • The supplier's contact and category details.
      • The user who created the supplier record and the date on which it was created.
    • User Fields:
      • Any custom user fields and information recorded with the supplier record.
    • Account:
      • Accounting information from the supplier's records including terms and credit limits.
      • The current balances outstanding.
      • An Activity graph indicating the value of orders and invoices over the past year.
    • Transactions:
      • Provides a dropdown list on the right to select transactions for a specific period (e.g. Fin year, Today, This month).
      • Provides a list of the transactions that involved the supplier for the selected period.
    • Items:
      • Displays a list of items where the supplier is the provider (filled in on the item's Costing & Pricing tab.)

Item Summary

Cost of Sales

  • Only available on certain transactions (e.g. Work and Sales Orders).
  • Displays the estimated costs, actual costs and variances (amount and percentage) per item on the transaction.
  • Produces a Cost of Sales report filtered to the specific transaction.

Linked Transactions

  • Provides a list of all the other transactions in the same transaction flow.
Info
  • The panel opens beside the transaction.
  • Its header shows the Transaction Type and number; change them and click View to see another transaction's flow.
  • Service Manager tickets, supplier payments and NCRs in the flow are listed too.

Linked Transactions Buttons Explained

Button Description
ViewLists the transactions in the flow of the selected transaction.
MenuOpens a menu with these options:
  • Synchronise with open Transaction: When ticked, the panel follows the transaction you move to in the list or edit view.
  • Layout & Grid: Save Grid, Save (All Users) and Restore Default (All Users).

Linked Transactions Fields Explained

Field Description
Field Chooser (*)Add or remove columns.
Trans No.The transaction.
DateThe transaction date.
UserThe user who last updated it.
CompanyThe customer or supplier.
Total (exc)The total excluding VAT.
ReferenceThe reference.
StatusThe status, in its colour.
VAT / Total (inc) / CurrencyHidden columns: the VAT, the total including VAT and the currency.
Menu (...)Click the button for these options:
  • Open Transaction: Opens the transaction (or the ticket, payment or NCR).
  • Set Status to Complete: Sets the transaction to its Transaction Type's Complete status and records it in the audits ("Status set to Complete from Linked Transactions"). Shown only for transactions whose Transaction Type has a Complete default status.

Outstanding

  • Outstanding quantities refer to quantities not yet copied to the next transaction in the sequence of transactions (e.g. Sales Order items not yet invoiced by copying them to a Customer Invoice).
  • Provides an interface to view outstanding quantities based on Copy Rule and resolve settings (e.g. items with a resolve of purchase may be outstanding when viewing outstanding items for a purchase order from a work order).
  • Outstanding quantities can be viewed for all the Transaction Types listed on the dropdown list next to Out.

Outstanding Filters Explained

Filter Description
Transaction TypeThe transaction to check. It is filled in from the transaction you opened the panel from.
No. / (version)The transaction number, and the version for Transaction Types with versions.
OutThe Transaction Type the items are copied to, from the transaction's Copy Rules. If there is only one, it is selected for you.
Info

Without a Transaction Type, the message "Please select a Module" appears. Without an Out type, the message "Please select the Module against which to show Outstandings." appears.

Outstanding Buttons Explained

Button Description
ViewLists the items with their outstanding quantities.
MenuOpens a menu with this option:
  • Synchronise with open Transaction: When ticked, the panel follows the transaction you move to in the list or edit view.

Outstanding Fields Explained

Field Description
DescriptionThe item.
TypeITM (item), MAT (material), OWK (outwork) or EST (estimate item).
UnitThe unit.
QtyThe quantity on the transaction.
Out QtyThe quantity not yet copied to the Out Transaction Type.
Total (ex)The item total excluding VAT.
Out Total (ex)The value of the outstanding quantity, excluding VAT.

Timekeeping

  • Opens a list of timekeeping records with a filter applied to only show timekeeping records for the clicked transaction.

Audits

  • Displays a detailed list of changes made to the transaction including the user, date and time of the changes.

Emails

  • Opens a list of sent items with a filter applied to only show emails sent for the clicked transaction.

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