BizNet is thrilled to present at this year’s QAD SEUG in Charlotte, NC, April 7-9th!

BizNet’s powerful 100% Excel-based solution allows QAD users to automate and extend the way they are using Excel for QAD financial reporting and budgeting.  Learn how to build reports within minutes via a live & dynamic connection to your QAD data, all without having to leave Excel.  Don’t miss our session on Monday, April 8th: “Creating Real Time QAD Financial Reports in Excel” @ 1:00pm ET

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General Ledger for SE
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1. To get the first name of a person, use =left(name,find(” “,name)-1)
2. To calculate mortgage payments, use =PMT(interest-rate,number-of-payments,how-much-loan)
3. To get nth largest number in a range, use =large(range,n)… Get Full Tip
4. To get nth smallest number in a range, use = small(range,n)… Get Full Tip
5. To generate a random phone number, use =randbetween(1000000000,9999999999), needs analysis toolpak if you are using excel 2003 or earlier… Get Full Tip
6. To count number of words in a cell, use =len(trim(text))-len(SUBSTITUTE(trim(text),” “,””))… Get Full Tip
7. To count positive values in a range, use =countif(range,”>0″)… Get Full Tip
8. To calculate weighted average, use SUMPRODUCT() function
9. To remove unnecessary spaces, use =trim(text)
10. To format a number as SSN using formulas, use =text(ssn-text,”000-00-0000″)… Get Full Tip

Source: Chandoo.org

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Next Generation ‘In-Memory’ Excel-Based Reporting & Analytics for Microsoft Dynamics AX/CRM/GP/SL Users

BizNet’s Excel Suite is the next generation reporting solution and was designed by accountants for accountants.  BizNet has been chosen by over 10 software publishers as the #1 FRx replacement.  BizNet’s powerful reporting solution is pre-built for Microsoft Dynamics AX/CRM/GP/SL users and offers the following:

•  100% Excel
•  Real Time Reporting & Business Intelligence
•  Drag & Drop User Interface
•  Pre-Built Connections, Content & Analysis
•  In-Memory Analytics – No Data Warehouse
•  Fully Deployed in Less Than a Day
•  No Additional Hardware Required

Missed us in the Expo Hall?  Contact us today for a 1:1 demo at 888-803-8227.  Take a quick tour on our Video Center for more online demos and tutorials.  You can also find us on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter!

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Struggling with reporting?  Discover the power of the BizNet Excel Suite.

Excel-Based Reporting & Analytics for Microsoft Dynamics AX/CRM/GP/SL

BizNet’s Excel Suite is the next generation reporting solution and was designed by accounting and FRx professionals.  BizNet’s powerful reporting solution is pre-built for Microsoft Dynamics and offers users the following:

•  100% Excel
•  Real Time Reporting & Business Intelligence
•  Drag and Drop Report Creation
•  Pre-built Connections, Content & Analysis
•  Utilize Single Excel Template for Multiple Report Distribution
•  Fully Deployed in Less Than a Day
•  No Additional Hardware

Stop by Booth #551 to view a quick 1:1 demo and you may win a $250 American Express gift card!  BizNet is also co-presenting in “Financial Report Writing Options for Dynamics GP” on Monday, March 18th from 12:00-1:00pm – Don’t miss us!

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Looking for an FRx Replacement? Or an Alternative to Management Reporter?

With Microsoft announcing the phased discontinuation of FRx, many businesses like yours need an FRx replacement. Those competing to be your new business information delivery system include Solver’s BI360, Jet Reports, and Microsoft’s own offering, Management Reporter.  But if you want a truly Excel-based solution that goes beyond replacing to actually upgrading performance, you need to consider BizNet Software.

100% Excel
Unlike its competitors, BizNet utilizes a 100 % Excel interface.  Other solutions take you to a proprietary interface. BizNet lets you design, use, and distribute reports within Excel taking full advantage of the knowledge and skills your team already possesses.  Proprietary interfaces require you to spend extra time to train personnel on new software; standard report training with BizNet takes 30 minutes.

No Third-Party Solutions
Additionally, BizNet owns their code.  Most competitors access third-party software for their interface or processing needs.  This means when you experience issues, your vendor must contact their vendor. If you need a solution now, you want to be able to go straight to the source.  BizNet gives you that capability.

Timely, Dynamic Updates by End-Users
BizNet lets you dynamically change connected reports. End users can refresh to get the latest information, providing immediate updates to time-sensitive reports.  Other vendors require reports to be regenerated, often after processing by proprietary code which then imports the results to Excel. BizNet provides faster, simpler solutions.

Cloud Enabled
In this era of cloud solutions, any FRx replacement must be cloud-enabled.  You need to be able to gather, share, and distribute vital business information throughout your enterprise to those who need it—wherever they may be.  BizNet provides seamless access to cloud capability.  What about the other solutions you may be considering?

The Bottom Line
BizNet offers unique benefits that are not available with other FRx replacement solutions.  To learn more and engage in conversation with us and our followers, visit us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.  Excel® is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

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Ever worry about the protection of your spreadsheets?  Did you know with BizNet Broadcast 2.0 you can password protect your worksheets and management reports?  BizNetBroadcast, using the power of Excel, allows you to create an automated information delivery system to all levels of users in your organization.  Users can receive timely, actionable information in the formats and methods they prefer.  They also have the ability to password protect their worksheets and merge PDF files.   So no need to ever worry about massive fights or riots in your office, right?  At least let’s hope not. 

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Today we’d thought we’d tell you why we LOVE Excel for business reporting.  Do you find yourself guilty of copying, pasting, or exporting data from one reporting tool to another?  BizNet allows you to create a live connection to your data, ending redundant processes, eliminating the potential for errors, and speeding up the delivery of critical information to those who need it.  Now you can use Excel’s many amazing dashboarding capabilities with real time data.  Graphing, formatting, data bars, color scales, and data slicers (just to name a few!) are just a sample of the new and powerful features you can use.  Excel also has amazing security functionality allowing you to protect your work to make sure your numbers are never modified.

So stop the copying and pasting frenzy!  With Excel, you can empower your team with easy to use, real time access to information allowing them to Connect, Analyze, and Take Action with the most accurate and current data and spend less time compiling it!

I think we just fell in LOVE, how about you? 

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Here’s a little “Friday Funny” for you BizNet Geeks!  TGIF! 

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Don’t you just LOVE BizNet BLOG Day? 

1. Change the shape / color of cell comments

Just select the cell comment, go to draw menu in bottom left corner of the screen, and choose change auto shape option, select a 32 pointed star or heart symbol or a smiley face, just wow everyone

2. Filter unique items from a list

Select the data, go to data > filter > advanced filter and check the “unique items” option.

3. Sort from Left to Right

What if your data flows from left to right instead of top to bottom. Just change the sort orientation from “sort options” in the data > sort menu.

4. Hide the grid lines from your sheets

Go to Options dialog in tools menu, uncheck the “grid lines” option to remove gridlines from your worksheets. You can also change the color of grid line from here (not recommended)

5. Add rounded border to your charts, make them look smooth

Just right click on the chart, select format chart option, in the dialog, check the “rounded borders”. You can even add a shadow effect from here.

6. Fetch live stock quotes / company research with one click

Just enter the stock symbol (MSFT, GOOG, AAPL etc.) in a cell, alt+click on the cell to launch “research pane”, select stock quotes to see MSN Money quotes for the selected symbol. You can fetch company profiles in the same way. Learn more.

7. Repeat rows on top when printing, show table headers on every page

When you are on the sheet view, just hit menu > file > page setup, go to the last tab, specify “rows to repeat”. You can “repeat columns while printing” as well from the same menu.

8. Remove conditional formatting / all formatting with one click

Just go to Menu > Edit > Clear > All to remove all the formatting from selected cell / range.

9. Auto sum cells with one click

Select a bunch of cells and click on the Sigma symbol on the standard tool bar. Alternatively you can use Alt+= keyboard shortcut.

10. Find width of a column with formula, really!

Just use =cell("width") to find the width of the column to which that formula cell belongs. Width is returned as the nearest integer.

11. Find total working days between any two dates, including holidays

If you work on project plans, gantt charts alot, this can be totally handy. Just type =networkdays(start date, end date, list of holidays) to fetch the number of working days. In the above sample you can see the number of working days between New years day and September first of this year (labor day).

12. Freeze Rows / Columns in your sheet, Show important info even when scrolling

Select the cell diagonally beneath the row / columns you want to freeze (for eg. if you wan to freeze row 1&2 and columns A&B, click in C3), go to menu > window and click on freeze panes.

13. Split sheets in to two, compare side by side to be more productive

Just click on this little vertical bar on the bottom right corner of the sheet (see below) and drag it to create a vertical split. You can do the same way for a horizontal split as well

14. Change the color of various sheet name tabs

Right click on sheet and select “Tab color” option to change the worksheet tab colors. Group them with similar colors if you have lot of sheets, it looks nice.

15. Insert a quick organization chart

Click on menu > insert > diagram to open the above dialog, just select the organization chart option, enter node values and you have a pretty organization chart. Alternatively learn how to create org charts in excel.

So what do you say now? Isn’t Excel Exciting?

Source: Chandoo.org

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