Advanced Generic Inquiry Features (Acumatica version 2020R1)
Summary
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The advanced Generic Inquiry (GI) features in the Acumatica ERP version 2020R1 enable you the following main tasks:
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Mass actions
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For instance, approve a set of bills in a few clicks​
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For instance, delete a set of bills when the purchase goods never arrived
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Mass field updates
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For instance, change the credit term for a set of bills since the vendor relaxed the credit terms​
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Create a new GI based on an existing GI but with several modifications​​
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Navigation choice
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Enable to link to a master record eg a vendor from a certain bill in the GI​
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Enable to see all the master record data of eg. a vendor in a side panel, from a certain bill in the GI
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Record selection​
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Enter selection criteria in the GI so that you only see the records that satisfy all the selections criteria​
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Once you have the wanted data, you can do the following:
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Create a report from it
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Make it available in O'Data so that you can see it in Excel or in PowerBI, and share it with external parties in the cloud.
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Use it in workflows
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Eg. All the late shipments create a daily notification to certain warehouse people to ship them asap​
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Use the GI data in integrations with ISV applications​ via the usage of web APIs
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For instance, only shipments to customers in Chicago, can be assigned to trucks 20 and 30 in the TMS​
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Features
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The video (18 mins, April, 2020) will illustrate the above features.

