How To's

How to enter a new Supplier
These are general instructions only for the most common way Suppliers are used and do not include all fields and settings for Suppliers. Refer to the Ostend...
Fri, 1 May, 2020 at 6:27 PM
How to enquire on all occurrences where a component is used in a BOM
Go into Assembly>Where Used Inquiry and enter the component Type and Code. A multi-level ‘Where Used’ display will be displayed. Ibis Busines...
Fri, 1 May, 2020 at 6:28 PM
How to define the number of decimal places for currency fields
Go to File>System Configuration>System Settings and set the number of Editing Decimals and Display Decimals. By default this is set to 2 but you can a...
Fri, 1 May, 2020 at 6:28 PM
How to define Currency Codes and their Exchange Rates
To setup and maintain Currency Codes go into File>Financial Configuration>Currency Codes and enter the foreign currency. Note that your home currency ...
Fri, 1 May, 2020 at 6:29 PM
How to link Images and Documents to a record
You can add Images or Documents to a record by clicking on the 'Related' Button on the right of the screen and select 'Images' or 'Docum...
Fri, 1 May, 2020 at 6:29 PM
How to make Purchase Receipts without first having a Purchase Order
Go to Purchasing>Purchase Receipts and set the 'Receipt Style' as 'Receipt no Order'. You would only use this when items need to be recei...
Fri, 1 May, 2020 at 6:30 PM
How to ‘Drop-Ship’ Purchase Orders to Customers or Suppliers
Ostendo will allow you to create a Purchase Order and identify the delivery address to be that of your Customer or another Supplier. This may be for drop sh...
Fri, 1 May, 2020 at 6:30 PM
How to do a Global Name Change
In Ostendo the key field of a record is not editable as this is how Ostendo uniquely identifies that record. The field can be edited using the Global Name C...
Mon, 13 Mar, 2023 at 12:03 PM
How to do a Global Data Merge
Master file records in Ostendo can be merged using the Global Data Merge utility under File>System Configuration. Because it is such a significant ch...
Mon, 13 Mar, 2023 at 12:06 PM