The end of the year is rapidly approaching.   Put a note on your calendar to run an Accounts Receivable report to record your 2013 year end account balances. Not sure if you will need it?  Print the report to file. Create a 2013 Year End folder and include all other year end reports you may be required to maintain.

Want to add another bit of insurance?  Run a backup at the end of the year.  Keep in mind a backup is only useful if you can restore from it.  Be sure to check your backups periodically to be sure they will be there when you need them.

If you have questions about printing reports to file, please contact Technical Support at 970.259.2369 ext. 132. 

Data West Calendar  

November 

Report Chaining

Do you run the same series of reports each month? 

Do you lose track of which reports have been run and which still need to be run?

Do you sit around waiting for one report to finish so you can start another one?

BillMaster's report chaining feature allows you to:

• specify a series of reports  
• respond to their respective prompts
• designate print locations (printers or files)

You can also have our Technical Consultants write instructions so this report consolidation can be stored and re-used multiple times.  If you are using a Task Menu you need only select one item and all of your reports will be run.

December

Bill Codes and Bill Overrides

These two fields control how your accounts bill.  We will explore how you can use them to:

• limit the type of charges to which an account is subject
• generate charges for an inactive account 
• suspend an active account from billing
• prorate an account over multiple billing periods

Webinars are conducted on the first Thursday (9:30AM MST) and third Thursday  (12:30PM MST) of each month. To sign up visit our Webinar calendar.

Data West Holiday Closures

Data West will be closed on the following holidays:  

• Thanksgiving - November 28th and 29th     
• Christmas- December 25th 
• New Year's - January 1st      

 2014 BillMaster User Conference

The 2014 BillMaster User Conference will be held August 13 -14 at the Doubletree Hotel in Durango.  The pre-Conference Workshop  will be conducted on August 12. Details and registration for the Workshop and Conference will be emailed early next year.