AccountEdge Connect In Depth
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We continually add to Connect’s core features and functionality, making it a vibrant, evolving companion app to AccountEdge desktop. This is a more in-depth look at AccountEdge Connect features.
General
General features & Fixes
Restrict User Access to Transactions
The admin now has the option to restrict users from viewing certain transactions. Once this option is enabled on a user account, that user will only be able to see transactions that they have created or transactions where they are the salesperson on a transaction. https://youtu.be/2i2SdTGXf6o
Smarter Capitalization and Editing Amounts
Connect is smarter in use of uppercase letters where appropriate, such as state names and postal codes in Canada. It's also easier to edit amounts. When you click into an amount field, Connect lets you just start typing in an amount to override the existing amount.
Spend and Receive Money
Use Spend Money just like you do in AccountEdge Pro.
Spend money
Enter your expenses, checks written, credit card purchases, cash spent, etc. using Spend Money just like you do in AccountEdge Pro.
Receive money
Create Receive Money transactions to record incoming cash.
Transaction IDs for receive payment
When receiving payments, you’re able to set up default transaction ID numbers per bank and credit card account. For example, you might want to set your Checking Account's next transaction ID/check # to be AC000101, or you might want to let AccountEdge Pro assign the transaction ID # when it is synced.
Allocate amounts across expenses
Choose a bank or credit card account and allocate amounts across expenses.
Apply Jobs
AccountEdge Connect allows you to apply Jobs to each line of a transaction.
Sales
Enter quotes, orders, invoices and jobs. All information entered syncs seamlessly with AccountEdge Pro.
Recurring Billing
Create multiple invoices on a schedule to be automatically recorded in bulk. Sales can be identical across customers or may contain items that vary in quantity or amount by month. A Recurring Sales window displays all of your recurring sales by customer, along with their items and quantities. From this single window, you can make changes, approve them all at once or one at a time, record them all and, optionally, automatically email them. Amounts or Item quantities can either be memorized, when amounts are typically the same each month, or variable, when you easily adjust amounts prior to processing your invoices, as appropriate. You also have the option to include a Pay Now button using Web Pay, or receive customer payments manually.
Process Credit Cards in Bulk
Easily process credit cards in bulk using AccountEdge Connect. From the new Bulk Payments window, view all open receivables and invoices (from desktop or Connect) and manage all aspects of bulk processing. No more authorizing each credit card payment one by one by one. Save hours by Approving All payments, then hitting a single button to process all payments. Send bulk email payment confirmations and handle the inevitable failed payments or expiring credit cards with bulk email capabilities as well. You can update credit cards yourself, or your customers can update their own credit cards through the Customer Portal.
Customer Portal
The Customer Portal is a web site where your customers can log in to view their open receivables, make credit card payments against open sales, update their credit card information and if you allow, apply available credits to open invoices. If you have an AccountEdge Merchant account, your customers can pay you online in the Portal. Otherwise, they can view their open receivables. The Portal is customizable for design and for customer payment and other options.
Send Statements
Send Statements from AccountEdge Pro with an optional Pay Now link in the email and on your custom statement form. Use a Web Pay Statement with a URL to the Customer Portal, directing your customer to pay you online. They can then either log in or create an account to continue using the Customer Portal.
Create a sale from a purchase
While viewing an existing sale, you can create a purchase from it and vice versa. The lines of the sale or purchase will be moved to the new transaction.
Selling serialized items
Create serial numbers while on an Item Sale. Serial numbers sold will be included after your description on the PDF of the invoice.
Price levels and quantity price breaks
The full price matrix from AccountEdge is synced to AccountEdge Connect for use on invoices. Customer price levels and custom quantity price breaks (for items) are also utilized.
Creating and Syncing Applied Credits
Create credit memos in AccountEdge Connect, and also apply a credit to an open receivable or invoice, which will sync down to AccountEdge desktop. Optionally allow customers to pay off open sales with a credit card through the Customer Portal and to be notified of available credits, which they can apply themselves.
Create sales from a customer record
While viewing a customer or lead in the Contacts list, you’re able to create a transaction and have AccountEdge Connect pre-populate the customer name field and other Sales defaults when using Add Transaction.
Save transactions as drafts
Create drafts of sales. To avoid mistakes, your drafts cannot be sent to AccountEdge, as they’re considered works in progress. When you’re ready, simply record them.
Email and print sales
Email or print your invoices, quotes and orders while working remotely.
View items
View item quantities on hand, committed, on order, available, and more.
Add and edit jobs
Add new Jobs, or edit existing ones.
Promised date
On sales and purchases you can add a Promised Date just as you can in AccountEdge Pro.
Volume discount
Apply a discount on a line of an Item Sale based on the customer record in AccountEdge and automatically apply this default (if applicable) to the customer. Users can also view and set this discount on the Customer record.
Credit memos and returns
Easily create new Credit Memos from the sale type drop down menu in AccountEdge Connect. You can also use existing sales within AccountEdge Connect to create a Return or Credit Memo with the same information, items, and amounts found on the original sale.
Create copy
Use an existing sale to create a new sale for a different customer. The new sale will be created with the details from the existing sale, and the tax code will be picked up from the newly selected customer. You also have the option to use the selected customer’s default settings (price level, discount, comment, salesperson, etc.).
Sales register filter
The Sales Register filter for Customer will display if the contact is a Customer or a Lead.
Changing the sale type while on a sale
When creating a new sale, you can change the layout type (e.g. quote, order, invoice).
Professional sales layout
Create sales transactions using a Professional Sale Layout. With this sale type you can apply a date to each of the lines on a sale.
Default accounts for professional sales
When adding an income account to a Professional Sale, we ask if you would like to save this account as a default for this customer for future transactions.
Custom transaction numbers
Let AccountEdge assign invoice numbers, or choose to use custom transaction numbers defined in AccountEdge Connect. With Custom Transaction Numbers, you can assign a starting number as well as a two-character prefix to help you identify AccountEdge Connect transactions once sent to AccountEdge.
Paid today changes in sales
You can choose which account you are receiving funds into. You can also create a memo to go with the transaction that will be created as well as set the transaction ID.
Invoice delivery methods on sales
Similar to how this works in AccountEdge Pro, you can set the delivery method for a sale. (e.g. To Be Printed, To Be Emailed, etc.). Once a sale is then printed, the status will change to Printed (or emailed…). This is used in AccountEdge Pro when using Print/Email Invoices. Any changes to this delivery status will be synced back and forth with AccountEdge Connect and your desktop software.
Commissions
AccountEdge Pro allows you to create commission levels to track and calculate commissions, which can be paid out through payroll. AccountEdge Connect will assign any default commission level that is set on a salesperson’s employee or vendor record while creating a sale. If a default is not set, you can choose the level manually after adding a salesperson. Commissions will be calculated when they are sent to AccountEdge Pro.
Retaining filters
When using filters in the registers, after you click to view a transaction, if you return to the register, your filters will still be applied until you clear them or leave the register.
Web Pay
Email invoices with payment links, so you can get paid fast.
Your customers can pay you online
When you record an invoice, Web Pay emails the invoice to your customer with an embedded payment link. Your customer can then securely pay you online.
With or without a Web Pay account
Have your customers set up a Web Pay account of their own through which to pay you, or let them pay you online without a Web Pay account. Without their own account, and once enabled, the Pay Now button will allow the customer to see and pay that single invoice, rather than seeing all their transactions with their own account. Watch the video: https://youtu.be/2Fj-27yKMQg
Activate or Deactivate
For your customers with their own Web Pay accounts, you can manually activate user accounts where their activation email has gone to spam or was not delivered. You can also deactivate a customer's Web Pay account by resending an Invite from a customer record, and clicking a Deactivate button.
Prevent duplicate payments
We've added some protection from customers submitting duplicate payments. If a customer is making a payment via Web Pay and something happens while submitting the credit card information, they may not know that their payment made the connection, and may try again.If the customer attempts to try again within 30 minutes, they'll receive a message that a payment may have already been processed and to contact you.
Purchases and Bills
Create Purchase Orders, Quotes and Bills.
Custom transaction numbers
Let AccountEdge assign payment numbers, or choose to use custom transaction numbers defined in AccountEdge Connect. With Custom Transaction Numbers, you can assign a starting number as well as a two-character prefix to help you identify AccountEdge Connect transactions once sent to AccountEdge.
Promised date
On sales and purchases you can add a Promised Date.
View items
View item quantities on hand, committed, on order, available, and more.
Customize your purchases PDFs
Your purchase PDFs can be customized. You'll be able to add and position a logo and company name. You can also change the font and font styles as well as choose a color scheme.
Paid today changes in purchases
You can choose which bank account is to be used when making a payment. You can also create a memo to go with the transaction that will be created as well as set the transaction ID.
Transaction IDs for pay bills
When making payments, you’re able to set up default transaction ID numbers per bank and credit card account. For example, you might want to set your Checking Account's next transaction ID/check # to be AC000101, or you might want to let AccountEdge Pro assign the transaction ID # when it is synced.
New transaction on vendor record
A New Transaction button can now be found on a vendor record while viewing a vendor so you can quickly create a purchase or pay a bill.
Purchase orders
AccountEdge Connect supports the creation of Purchase Orders, Quotes and Bills. Create item purchases or Inventory orders, or create orders and purchases for services, or pay bills. You can also convert Quotes to PO's to Bills. While creating bills, you’re able to apply a payment using Paid Today as you can do in AccountEdge Pro.
Creating a purchase from a sale
You can take an existing sale and create a purchase from it and vice versa. The lines of the sale or purchase will be moved to the new transaction.
Pay bills
AccountEdge Connect syncs your open payables so you can see how much is owed to Vendors. Use the Purchases Register to find any open payables for a vendor or find them by viewing a vendor’s contact record. You can also apply a payment against an open payable synced up from AccountEdge Pro, or a bill created in AccountEdge Connect
Professional purchases
We’ve added support for creating Professional Purchases. This allows you to add to lines of purchases a date, description, account and amount similar to a Professional Sale.
Default income and expense accounts for professional purchases
When adding an income account to a Professional Purchase, we ask you if you would like to save this account as a default for this vendor for future transactions.
Contacts
Create and manage your customer, lead, vendor, and personal contacts. Sync back to AccountEdge on the desktop for seamless integration.
Default Shipping method
The default shipping method field is available on contact records. This information is also synced up from AccountEdge and will be used to populate the same field on sales and purchases.
Customer since and lead since auto-populated
When creating a customer or lead, AccountEdge Connect will pre-populate the Customer or Lead Since fields. For records synced from AccountEdge Pro that do not contain dates, these fields will remain empty but allow you to add a date if needed.
Customer payment method
Set your customer default payment method on a Customer record. You’ll notice a new Payment Method tab where you can set the method and other related details. This method will then be used by default when creating a Customer Payment as well as using Paid Today.
Add and edit customers
Add new Customers or edit existing ones. Great for your sales force or contractors while working remotely.
Updated mobile interface for contacts
We’ve updated the window when viewing contacts on a mobile phone to make it easier working with contacts on a small screen.
Invoice delivery default
On customer contact records you can view and set a default Invoice Delivery method. You can set this for Print, Email, Print and Email as well as Printed/Emailed. This is then used when creating sales.
Time Billing
You can track time in billable and non-billable activity slips and assign wage categories for payroll.
Save transactions as drafts
Create drafts of time sheets and activity slips. To avoid mistakes, your drafts cannot be sent to AccountEdge, as they’re considered works in progress. When you’re ready, simply record them.
Custom transaction numbers
Let AccountEdge assign activity slip numbers, or choose to use custom transaction numbers defined in AccountEdge Connect. With Custom Transaction Numbers, you can assign a starting number as well as a two-character prefix to help you identify AccountEdge Connect transactions once sent to AccountEdge.
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- AccountEdge Connect is a subscription-based, add-on service for AccountEdge desktop. Connect requires the latest version of AccountEdge. Not all features are available in all countries.