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Running Report Desk from Command Prompt
Released Date: 08/05/2025 Version: 8.6 & up At the moment, only traditional Elliott reports can be deferred. On the other hand, Report Desk is very flexible and users can modify it to fit their purpose. But on the other hand, the Report Desk reports cannot
Cash Transaction Posting Integrity Check of ARCSHAPL Table
Release Date: 08/04/2025 Version: 8.5 & up It was reported that in A/R Payment Inquiry Window, a orphan record is being displayed like the following screen, but user cannot locate this record anywhere: The reason for this happen is because A/R Payment
Add ACH Check in Posting
Currently, you are not able to enter an ACH order without choosing a checking account, but if it is removed after the order is entered, the order can still be processed and post without the ACH info attached. We suggest there be a check during posting
Replace Sales Order Line Item Item Number for EDI Operations
When an EDI order is received, a particular requested line item may have been obsoleted. Instead of asking the trading partner to send the order again with the correct item number, users may choose to edit the EDI order and replace it with the current
Queue Posting Reports to Minimize Page Locking
Sometimes, multiple posting reports can be started by users at about the same time. This can result in competition for setting locks to update records on the same page. Especially, since Elliott posting routine will use the TTS feature in PSQL (Zen) database
Only Allow One User to Post Receiving That Affect IMLSTRXS at a Time
User reported that in the warehouse, when they perform receiving posting, if they perform the posting at the same time, it may result in deadlock situation. When that happen, user has to choose a victim session to terminate in order to allow another session
Stop Create "I" Record Type of IMLSTRXS Table
There are two type of records in IMLSTRXS.BTR file: "A" - These are the active serial/lot records "I" - These are the history records We don't really use this table for tracking history serial/lot purpose. The history serial records are stored in IMLSHST.BTR
Historical Serial Number Receiving Order
Posted Date: 1/10/2025 Version: 7.x & up Applicable to: Elliott Firearms Version Only Q - For inventory that is in-stock, the built-in Elliott reports display serial numbers in the order they were received, which is good. We need a way to see historically
Add Minimum Price Field to Copy Item Function
We suggest adding the Minimum Price field that correlates to Unit Price field 16 in the Item File to the Copy Item Function. It currently only allows the Unit Price to be entered. Now, you must go back into the item to set the Minimum Price which requires
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Global user flag to restrict maintaining other users' A/R batches
Similar to Global user security flag regarding A/P batches, provide a flag to restrict a user from being able to maintain another users' A/R batches. The following post was created by Sheryl Manz from Davidson's, Inc. on 10/16/2024 in our old Knowledge
Use Apply-To Number in A/R Credit Card Processing to Send CC Receipts to Order and Ship-To Contacts
When processing a credit card charge in the A/R side, currently only the Customer contact is eligible to receive the HTML credit card receipt (because there is no Order associated with the charge). But, if an Apply-To number is entered, it should be possible
Prompt for SUPERVISOR Password When User Choose Password_Off
It has come to our attention that sometime user may accidentally turn off Elliott password when try to perform password maintenance. Therefore, it is suggested that when user choose to turn off password, system should prompt for the SUPERVISOR user's
WO Plus show the Paren of the WO #
When user drill down to the ATP in Stock Status (F3), the user can see the Hold transactions with the WO number but when user goes to the WO information the user sees again the WO number and description "Material Shortage" which the user already knows.
PO change functionality
Some PO's have dozens - and sometimes over 100 line items. It would be nice to have a "go to" item search to find the item that needs to be changed, instead of scrolling through all the lines. The following post was created by Sheryl Manz from Davidson's,
Purchase Order Inquiry functionality
In Purchase Order Inquiry, it would be nice to have a sort function to sort up, down, or by date. F1 allows page-down, but there's no page-up, so if you go past the order in question, you have to start over. The following post was created by Sheryl Manz
WO Plus - Warning / Error if item is issued to WIP and not enough quantity
This idea is to prevent user's mistake instead of allowing the mistake and spend the time to fix it. We want to have the option not to allow to issue to WIP if there is not enough quantity. The following post was created by Avi Weissbard from Cybermac
ARN CSV Import to Support Multiple PO Numbers
The current ARN CSV Import will allow download CSV files from the trading partners for routing information. See KB article: https://support.netcellent.com/portal/en/kb/articles/feature-amazon-routing-number-arn-asn-label-vics-bol-creation In this utility,
Plus WO allow to print Pick List with added items
Elliott allows to add material and creates shortage for these items. This is a great feature. We should allow user to print Pick List with original Bill, with added items or with all. I beleive that ORDMTL_SUBST_FLAG allows to do it. We can go further
Plus WO - Allow to create shortage after the intial issue to WIP
If user issue material to WIP by mistake, then fix the mistake by reporting a negative quantity, it is not possible to create a shortage. I assume that there should be Fkey to indicate that the zero means to create a shortage. The item highligted in the
Plus WO - Link the PO cost to the Outside Operation FOB Cost
There is already a link between the WO Plus Outside Operation to the PO Line. The WO Outside Operation Cost is not populated. I sugest to do it (and user can change), The following post was created by Avi Weissbard from Cybermac software LLC on 5/3/2024
Plus WO - Alert when production causes negative quantity on hand
I suggest to add a Production Qty event where admin users can subscribe. When the scanned qty is going to cause the qty on hand become negative, send an email to admin users if they subscribe to this event. Maybe we can do it in addition to Plus WO for
Give Warning on Sales Order Import when Ship-To File's Address Is Different from Sales Order ASCII File
It has come to our notice that in some situations, the trading partner can provide a store number with the ship-to address and flag the order as drop-ship. When it is drop ship, ESS will map the ship-to address. The provided ship-to address in sales order
Add "Print on AP Check Stub" as a Notetype option or extended voucher reference
Often the Reference field #15 in AP voucher creation is not long enough for all the information needed which results in having to add hand written details on a check stub. The suggestion is to 1) either add a notetype option to print on check stubs so
A/P due date when the invoice is dated 2/29/24
Elliott is not correctly figuring the A/P due dates when the invoice is dated 2/29/24. It is figuring the due date as though the invoice was dated 3/1/24 so we would essentially pay a day late. After investigate further, this only happen on 2/29/24. If
Payment Reference Information - PO Number Missing
It occurs often that the PO Number is missing from the payment reference information. The reference field is in Elliott billing screen. While the default format of reference field is PO# + Order#, we support user to override the reference field in order
Cash Receipt Batch List Order
When viewing the list of open batches in Cash Recipt Processing, set the list order to be alphanumeric so they are in a determinal order each time. Or, provide an option to sort the already visible list that does not include further I/O. The following
Add Vendor name to Scheduled Receipt CSV
I suggest to add the Vendor Name to the excellent csv report that can be created when running the PO, Scheduled Receipt New-Format The following post was created by Avi Weissbard from Cybermac software LLC on 11/7/2023 in our old Knowledge Base.
Add data fields to reorder advice/user defined csv
Please add fields for current and prior periods to the reorder advice/user defined csv: quantity on hand, inventory dollar value, on order quantity, on order dollar value It is visible in item file trx detail so I'm hoping it can be made available. This
Force Log Out & Lock Out users in Elliott
'It would be nice to have a standard utility added under System Utilities>User List (USERLOG). Where we can 1. Force log out a user. ( Manually log them out from the control center) 2. Lock out log in to Elliott ( temporarily Deny Log in to the System
Automatic logout Elliott at certain time at night
A user asked the following "I am trying to crack down on the users that don’t log out because it is a real problem here. Most people have complied since my email reminder on Monday about being a good “Elliott citizen”, but I have three computers that
Please add logging to track hold-trx activity
Please add logging to track hold-trx activity or add separate permissions for access to add, change, delete - especially for other users' hold-trx. Some type of enhanced security would be beneficial in this area. The following post was created by Sheryl
Add a Trading Partner Flag to Prevent Adding Line Items to EDI Order
In many situations, it can be problematic when user add line items to an existing EDI orders that come through the Sales Order import. This is because the line items can have attributes, sometimes notes that are needed to send back with the outgoing EDI
Check if Work Order Operation Has Shortage Before Allowing to Close the Operation
A user reported a scenario that they have been picking parts real time and creating shortage reports. However, they discovered that some of the work orders were getting closed without OP10 being complete. The allocation goes away but inventory isn't reduced
PO Inquiry Function Key to Go Back Page
In the PO Inquiry screen, F1 allows you to go to next screen but there is not an F2 (or other option) to go BACK to prior page. This would be helpful when searching records. The following post was created by Mary Lawhorn from Tandemloc, Inc.on 6/20/2023
Pick ticket - kit items should include non-stocked components
Currently, printed pick tickets for kit items exclude non-stocked components - resulting in orders being shipped incomplete. Would like to see pick ticket include non-stocked kit components. The following post was created by Thomas Woody from Record USA,
Show total Lot Quantities on Serial Lot Stock Status Report
I think it will be nice to show the total quantity on the Serial Lot Stock status. It is helpful information. Also, it is easier to analyze the warning in case the total lot quantity is not the same as the stock status. In the case there is a warning
Provide Ability to Send Text Messages
Some people respond better to text messages than emails. The ability for Elliott to post text messages (to a cell phone number) might be useful in the following scenarios: 1. It could be used in two-step login verification in the future. 2. The User List
Reconcile Inventory received Not Invoice (Accrual) Account
Currently it is either extremely difficult or impossible to reconcile the received Not Invoice account. On the GL reference field Elliott displays D# followed by space and the receiving document number. Then another space "Itm#" and the item number. This
Search by Customer Item Number
Often times a customer will provide us a list of questions regarding their item number rather than our item numbers, ie special pricing requests. Currently in order to determine what our item number is we look it up by searching by customer item number