- EBMS Knowledge Base
- EBMS Main Documentation
- Reports | Excel Add-In | Troubleshooting
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Client Resources
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EBMS Main Documentation
- Introduction
- Getting Started
- Getting Started | Initial Installation
- Getting Started | Company Setup
- Quick User Guide | Financial Staff | Accountant
- Quick User Guide | Financial Staff | Accountant | Accountants Journal
- Quick User Guide | Sales Staff
- Quick User Guide | General Staff
- Features
- Reports
- Reports | Excel Add-In
- Reports | Excel Add-In | Troubleshooting
- Security
- Server Manager
- Technical
- Technical | Data Import and Export Utility
- Technical | SQL Mirror
- Automotive
- Automotive | Parts Catalog
- Automotive | Pricing
- Automotive | Point of Sale
- Automotive | Product Application
- Automotive | Keystone Interface
- Metal Supply
- Fuel Sales
- Horticulture
- Horticulture | Farm Setup
- Horticulture | Processing Payroll
- Horticulture | Managing the Farm
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Sales
- Customers
- Customers | Miscellaneous Customers
- Proposals
- Proposals | Processing Proposals
- Proposals | Sets and Templates
- MyProposals
- MyOrders
- Sales Orders
- Invoices
- Materials Lists
- Sales and Use Tax
- Sales and Use Tax | TaxJar
- CRM
- CRM | Auto Send
- Recurring Billing
- Credits
- Customer Payments
- Payment Card Processing
- Payment Card Processing | Gift Cards
- Payment Card Processing | Loyalty Cards
- Payment Card Processing | Verifone Gateway
- Freight and Shipping Tools
- General Ledger Transactions
- Point of Sale
- Point of Sale | Point of Sale Hardware
- Point of Sale | Xpress POS System
- Point of Sale | Advanced Tools
- Signature Capture
- Salesperson Commissions
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Inventory
- Product Catalog
- Product Catalog | Using Product Codes for No Count Items
- Product Pricing
- Product Pricing | Special Pricing
- Tracking Counts
- Unit of Measure
- Purchasing
- Special Orders and Drop Shipped Items
- Receiving Product
- Barcodes
- MyInventory and Scanner
- Components (BOM) and Accessories
- Components (BOM) and Accessories | Component Formula Tool
- Made-to-Order Kitting
- Configure-to-Order Kitting
- Multiple Inventory Locations
- Multiple Inventory Locations | Creating Locations
- Multiple Inventory Locations | Using Multiple Locations
- Multiple Inventory Locations | Product Catalog Sync
- Multi-Vendor Catalog
- Serialized Items
- Serialized Items | Purchasing or Manufacturing an Item
- Serialized Items | Selling and/or Associating an item with a customer
- Lots
- Product Attributes
- Product Attributes | Selling and Purchasing Items with Attributes
- Product Attributes | Custom Attributes
- Mobile Scanner (Legacy)
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Labor
- Getting Started
- Workers
- Taxes and Deductions
- Work Codes
- Time and Attendance
- Time and Attendance | Time Track App
- Processing Payroll
- Closing the Payroll Year
- Processing Payroll - Advanced
- Salaried Pay
- Piecework Pay
- Direct Deposit
- 3rd Party Payroll Service
- Subcontract Workers
- Flag Pay
- Prevailing Wages
- MyDispatch
- MyTasks
- MyTime
- MyTime | Communications
- MyTime | Setup
- Tasks
- Tasks | Getting Started
- Tasks | Creating Tasks
- Tasks | Scheduling Tasks
- Tasks | Customizing Task Views
- Tasks | Managing Tasks
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Financials
- Introduction
- Fiscal Year
- Chart of Accounts
- Budget
- Financial Reporting
- Transactions and Journals
- Transactions and Journals | Journals
- Account Reconciliation
- 1099
- Departments and Profit Centers
- Fund Accounts
- Bank Accounts
- Bank Feed
- Vendors
- Vendors | Miscellaneous Vendors
- Purchase Orders
- Expense Invoices
- Vendor Payments
- AP Transactions
- Landed Cost
- Fixed Assets and Depreciation
- Fixed Assets and Depreciation | Fixed Assets
- Fixed Assets and Depreciation | Fixed Assets | Adding Assets
- Fixed Assets and Depreciation | Processing Depreciation
- Fixed Assets and Depreciation | Disposing Assets
- MyJobs
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E-commerce
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Rental
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Job Costing
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Manufacturing
Speed Issues with Excel Add-in
The powerful and flexible EBMS functions within an Excel spreadsheet allows the user to total a large number of records by using a single function. A single spreadsheet may contain many of these functions which may result in an enormous number of records that are accessed to complete the spreadsheet calculation. The following speed issues may result:
- The EBMS server performance may noticeably degrade for other users on the network
- The amount of time to recalculate a spreadsheet may require a large amount of time to complete
Consider some of the following suggestions to reduce potential performance issues:
Use a function once to calculate a specific amount: Place the results of a formula calculation into a spreadsheet cell then reference this cell when the same total is need as part of an equation. Do not nest a function that contains the same parameters as other functions within the same spreadsheet.
Limit using the Excel Add-in to total extremely large EBMS files such as the financial transaction file (GLT or ARINVDET) or other transaction file if summary files are available. For example, use the history tabs, invoice totals, and other EBMS summary files whenever possible.
Limit the number of users that launch the calculation of the Excel Add-in feature. This policy may improve speed and enhance security. Review the next step as an ideal way to reduce the number or users running EBMS functions.
Set the Calculation Options to Manual before distributing the information to other users. Reducing the number of times the spreadsheet is recalculated will reduce the amount of file access. Another option is to export the Excel spreadsheet to a format such as a PDF file before distribution.
Replace with the more robust enterprise level tool to analyze large amounts of data. Eagle recommends that a business intelligence tool such as MS PowerBi in conjunction with the EBMS SQL Mirror option be used to remove the MS Excel performance limitations. Review SQL Mirror Overview for more details.