Calling all Volunteers....the Enhancement Committee needs you! 

by Chris Bohn, Enhancement Committee Chair, VP Eclipse Users Group (UFO)

We currently have the following open positions on the Enhancement committee:

Advanced Technologies- Lead and Co-Lead positions 

E-Mobile & E-Commerce - Lead and Co-Lead Positions 

Sales & Marketing - Co-Lead Position 

System & Utilities - Co-Lead Position 

Warehouse Logistics - Co-Lead Position 

Job Management - Co-Lead Position

If you have a passion for any of these areas, please contact Chris Bohn at cbohn@aprsupply.com<mailto:cbohn@aprsupply.com> and put your name into the mix to be part of an exciting committee to help Epicor develop Eclipse for the future!

Here are the general "obligations" you must fulfill if you are part of the committee:

• Enhancement Committee Roles:  There are two types of positions:

•  Lead = the primary person responsible for the Community. Primary person invited to annual face-2-face meetings.  Primary spokesperson on the monthly committee calls

• Co-Lead (Your position) = Person to cover the tasks of the lead if the lead is absent from the meetings.  Provide feedback and input to committee questions.  Would move into the Lead position if position is vacated.

• Enhancement Committee Roles, Tasks, and Activities

• The Lead and Co-Lead meet independent of the Committee to discuss the ideas on the community prior to the monthly committee meeting.

• Attend monthly Committee conference calls.  (Scheduled for the first Wednesday of the month at 3:00pm Eastern)

• Review the Ideas Site Community Ideas and make comments, seek clarification from the authors, and represent the user in any committee discussions.

• Discuss any idea that sparks an interest or want others feedback in your reviews at the Monthly meetings.

• Interface with Eclipse Program Development for any ideas that are unclear or if you are unsure if the ideas is already

• Respond with workarounds to the user's idea if you know of any.

• Attend and provide feedback on periodic webinars / demos from Eclipse on the latest product developments and upcoming enhancements on the next Eclipse point release.  We are helping to steer the enhancements and providing clarification on how an enhancement / features are implemented.

Let me know your interest in joining the team!

Chris Bohn, Enhancement Committee Chair cbohn@aprsupply.com

Did You Forget or Never Knew??

Purging Expired Matrix Cells and Purging Rebate Detail 

By Elizabeth Richardt - CappUSA

• Purge All Matrix Cells that Expire Before prompt - enter the date of the expired matrix cells that the earliest matrix cells you want to KEEP.
• Then Type "Delete" to start the Purge.
• When prompted for "Reason for Change" - Enter your reason for deleting. (Note: This will be recorded in the Change Log.) Press Esc to begin deleting.
• The system deletes the expired matrix cells, displays a message noting the number of deleted cells, and prompts you to press Enter to continue. 

The Rebate Detail file stores data for the Customer Sales Rebate Report when you run the report using the Book Letter of Credit option, which automatically creates a purchase order for the requested rebate.

Use the Purge Rebate Detail utility to purge canceled purchase orders or orders that have been claimed from the vendor.

Eclipse recommends purging the Rebate Detail file once a month. Use the scheduler to purge this file on a regular basis.

To Purge from Solar

Marketing Committee Update

by Robert Hascall, Marketing  Committee Chair

Newsletter

The Marketing Committee is looking for member companies and their associates who are willing to contribute their time each month to help with the newsletter.  If you're looking for way to get involved with the UFO, this is the perfect point of entry!  Helping with the newsletter involves 2-3 hours each month ensuring that content from various contributors is received, proofed and organized for distribution.  The final task is to proof the newsletter itself before being sent to the membership.  If you're interested, contact Mary Barlow at edufo@eclipseuser.com.

Web Development

Keeping stride with the onward march of web-technologies is an ongoing and involved process.  It seems that with each passing year, new advancements promising improved efficiency, effectiveness and user experience require review.  The technology used to power the UFO site is no different.  Because of this, we're currently evaluating the UFO website and how maintenance, integration and add-on functionality can be improved by newer technologies.  More to come...

Social

Are we still waiting for you to Like us?  If so, head on over to https://www.facebook.com/EclipseUFO and like us right away!  Facebook is just another way that we reach out to our user community and so we hope you'll like us soon!  We're also working on adding our reach to Eclipse customers through LinkedIn.  If you're an Eclipse user, we'll do what we can to go where you are and remind you of the importance of membership.  Keep an eye out for this coming soon. 

Conferences

Well, Encounter 2014 was a great success and planning for Encounter 2015 has already begun!  But our next opportunity to meet up and network will be Insights 2015 in May 2015 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville Tennessee!  Rest assured that we're working hard to help ensure your experience will be a productive one as well as a great opportunity to network and gather productive takeaways. 

See you soon!

Robert Hascall

Marketing Committee Chair