The features provided by the Reports and enquiries menu are of three main kinds. These are the facilities of the Report generator sub-system, those of the Ad-hoc enquiries option and the pre-set reports that may have been added to BE REPORTS & ENQUIRES as standard.
The BE REPORTS AND ENQUIRIES menu is displayed when you select the Reports & enquiries option from the BODYSHOP ESTIMATING main menu. From this menu, you can task any report or enquiry.
Report generator: The facilities of the Report Generator sub-system are common to all Rev.8 software applications. These facilities allow you to create your own reports from any combination of the fields on your records. Any combination of system-generated or user-entered fields can be used to provide detailed information in reports which you yourself design. Instead of being forced to depend on a few standard reports, you can select the ones that meet your individual day-to-day requirements, or you can create special reports which solves particular problems as they arise.
Ad-hoc enquiries: Accesses Ad-hoc enquiries and prompts you to select the required file. This is the standard utility, as provided within the REPORTS AND ENQUIRIES menu of every module.
Format Stationery: This menu option is used to format items of stationery such as Invoices, cheques, remittances and Advice Notes etc. The format parameters are set at installation therefore editing or amendment of any formatted document must only be carried out by a system manager or your Autoline software support consultant.
