<%@LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT" CODEPAGE="1252"%> Custom Data Systems AM.NETWorks Newsletter March/April 2006

This issue of AM.NETWorks will focus on AM.NET version 8 and 9, which include several new features ranging from reports to product sales to Names Selection Criteria. CDS is working hard to bring you the features you rely on in AM4 to AM.NET as quickly as possible while making your transition to AM.NET as seamless as possible.

In this issue: AM.NET Update

  • Names Selection Criteria
  • Product Sales
  • Product Payment
  • Event Cancellation
  • Event Credit Balances
  • Post Individual Dues
  • Dues Adjustment
  • Field List report
  • Delete and Merge Name
  • Reports

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PDF
In AM.NET PDF's are just a click away. Just click PDF Document in the Save Report As... group in the Report explorer bar.

Event transactions
In order to see all transactions for a specific registration on the Event tab of Names File Maintenance, click the plus sign next to the record. If there are fee or payment transactions, they will appear... like magic.

Moving columns
To move a column in an AM.NET grid, just click and drag.

 

Names Selection Criteria
Like the Names Selection Criteria in AM4, AM.NET's Names Selection Criteria allows you to extract selected names information based on criteria you select. For example, need a set of labels for members with a join date before January 1, 1996? Specify a member status of Member and any join date before 01/01/1996. Need a set of labels for prospective members? Specify a member status of Prospective Members.

Read more >>


Product Sales
You can now sell products from AM.NET. To sell a product, select a person or firm from Names or Firms File Maintenance. Then, select Routines > New Product Sale. (Or, if you are on the Products tab in Names or Firms File Maintenance, you can right-click the grid and select New Product Sale from the context menu.) The Product Sale window for the selected product appears.

The Product Sale process is similar to AM4. However, there are two important differences.

The first is simply a cosmetic difference: AM.NET’s file edit toolbar replaces AM4’s Add another line item and Delete selected line item buttons.





Second, unlike AM4, AM.NET allows you to view and edit details about a specific line item. In AM4, once you add a line item, you must delete and then re-add it in order to change it.

See the Product Sale screen >>

Product Payment
You can now enter a product payment through AM.NET. To enter a payment

  • Select the person or firm with the payment you want to apply.
  • Select Routines > Product Payment. The Products Payment window for the selected person or firm appears.
  • Enter the payment information and click OK.

See the Product Payment screen >>

Event Cancellation
You can now cancel event registrations from AM.NET. To cancel a registration in AM.NET, select the person with the registration you want to cancel in Names File Maintenance and then select the Event tab.

Right-click the registration you want to cancel from the Event Registrations grid and then select Cancel Registration from the context menu.

Event Credit Balances
Once you cancel a registration you can also transfer the credit balance. To transfer a credit balance in AM.NET, select the registration with the credit balance you want to transfer in the Event Registrations grid on the Event tab of Names File Maintenance.

Select Transfer Credit Balance and then select one of the five options on the context menu:

  • Apply to Current Registrations. If the registrant has a balance in another event, you can transfer the credit balance to that event as payment.
  • Apply to Firms MOA. Applies the money to the Firms Money on Account for the firm linked to this person.
  • Apply to Names MOA. Applies the money to the Names Money on Account.
  • Substitute another Registrant. If another person from the same firm will attend the event, you can use the credit balance as payment.
  • Transfer to Another Event. If the registrant wants to register for another event, you can transfer the credit balance to the new registration as payment.

Post Individual Dues and Dues Adjustment
You can now both post and adjust dues in AM.NET.

As in AM4, to post dues or process an adjustment, select the person in Names File Maintenance with the dues you want to post or adjust. Then, select Dues Posting or Dues Adjustment from the Routines menu.

You can also right-click the Dues Journal Transactions grid on the Dues tab of Names File Maintenance and select Dues Posting or Dues Adjustment from the context menu.

Refund Credit Balances
AM.NET now allows you to refund event credit balances. To refund credit balances

  • Select Routines from the AM.NET Button Bar.

  • The Events Routines window appears. Now, select Special Routines from the list on the left. Finally, double-click (or click the routine icon for) Refund Credit Balances. The Events Refunds window appears.

Note that you can now expand a selected transaction to see all possible refund methods. In AM4, a separate window appears.

When you select a refund method, the selected icon appears, allowing you to clearly note which transactions AM.NET will refund.

Delete and Merge a Name
The Delete and Merge Name routine is now available in AM.NET. Though it functions like the Merge Two Names routine in AM4, there are some significant changes.

Read more >>

Reports
Several reports from AM4 are now available in AM.NET:

Names reports

  • Names File Maintenance Listing
  • Duplicate Names
  • Names Labels

Events report

  • Manual Status
  • Participant Accounts
  • Receivables Detail by Person
  • Receivables Summary by Event
  • Registration Status
  • Confirmations. The programming for confirmations is done, but not all custom report formats are complete. Please contact CDS to see if your state's custom print and email confirmations forms are ready.

For more information about using reports in AM.NET, please see the previous issue of AM.NETWorks.