You can customize the way Big Business displays and rounds numbers in order to match your needs. This is important if you need to maintain detail on amounts greater than the standard 2 decimal places. (5164)
This Solution applies to the Custom Form Report tool only.
By default, dollar amounts on the Custom Form templates in Big Business are formatted to accommodate values upto $999,999.99. If an entry or calculated result exceeds this amount it will be displayed or printed as, "<<<<<<<<<".
For similar information on the built-in forms and Reports in Big Business, see the link below. (5674)
Big Business 4.2.8 and 5.0.2 read the Number Formats set in the Company Card and use them for Item Import including:
• Items Import
• Update Items Import
Number Formats include settings for the Display and Rounding of:
• Quantity
• Unit Price, which applies to Costs, Level 1 Price, etc.
• Extended Price, which applies to Ext. Cost, Ext. Price, and Totals
This Solution explains this feature. (5881)
Big Business uses your System setting for Short Date format. Display the Day first (DD/MM/YY) or a four-digit year (MM/DD/YYYY) is done by choosing the setting you want in the Regional or Internation Control Panel.
This Solution describes the process. (5992)
Changing Number Formats
Big Business allows you to change number formats and currency symbols
to match your business needs. You use the Number Formats dialog box to set these options.
Big Business 6 increases the size of the number format settings to support currencies where totals might run into hundreds of millions or higher. (6089)
Format Quantity is updated for new Database. Quote, Order, Invoice, Purchase Order, Bill, Item Adjustment, and Warehouse Transfer have been updated.
Pictured is a custom setting to display three decimal places even when zero (1.000).
To edit settings, go System toolbar, Company card, to Number Formats. Any format you need, with commas or spaces, currency symbols, and so on, is supported.
Windows offers a date format like 05-Apr-17, which BigBusiness did not understand.
This caused a runtime error in the method "SetDateIndexes" at Line # 13. This is fixed.
BigBusiness now supports this format on Windows for entry, display, and printing.
Date Format is determined by the system and Windows allows dd-MMM-yy where the Month is an abbreviation of the month name such as 31-Oct-24 for this Halloween.
BigBusiness 15 is adding support for this format and includes entering dates this way. This format is useful for printing Quotes being to sent to countries putting Day first.
Automatic lets you set automatic actions that can execute in response to other events.
For example, Auto-Charge can apply the Freight Rate to automatically charge freight.
Automatic Actions allow you to select automations that a customer or an item can use.
If you are accessing customers for customer service you may not need to auto-invoice, edit their forms, or make other changes to automatic actions that help with fulfillment.
If you do, contact your system adminstrator to give you access by clicking Automatic Access on your Employee card. This change will take effect when you sign in again.
Automatic lets you set automatic actions that can execute in response to other events.
Automatic appears as a Tab starting on the Customer card with Printing Preferences.
Format Qty lets you set the display of Qty on-screen and on printouts for accuracy.
For example, you might want whole numbers without decimal places you do not need. OTOH, you might sell items priced per 1000 and need three decimals to always show.
In the Company card in the Format tool you can choose Display Format for Quantity. There a number sign is an optional character (##,###,##0.##) and a zero always shows.
Format Image sets Thumb Image to a format that is optimized for printing and display.
Image format supports transparency, lossless compression, and high-quality sizing.
If needed you add controls or customizations for image format to support varied uses. For example, you may want images to be uploaded to your web stores automatically.
Format defines the presentation of data, like numbers with decimals, to be presentable.
Prices, for example, are displayed using two decimal places such as 1.00 for one dollar. This can be changed in the Format Numbers tool in the Company card in Big Business.
This chapter provides a quick overview of formatting options or settings for reference.
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Automatic Printing lets you assign printing defaults for a customer for transactions.
For example, a customer may want an emailed invoice only and you can preselect this.
Automatic Access is an access privilege set on Employee card or as part of All Access.
Automatic tab lets you see automatic actions that are set for a Customer, for example.
Show Automatic Tab is an access setting Employee card that enables Automatic Tab.