Vantage 8 upgrade from 6.1 and various questions

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Yep--super easy--as simple as a right click. Either right click and
select "Copy All" or highlight the rows of information you want, right
click and select "Copy Selection". Then paste it into Excel or whatever
program you want. This also works in any search screen, or any place
else that has tables of information. As an engineer, this ability has
come in handy many times...one of my favorite things about 8.0


Amy O'Malley
Process Engineer
Heraeus Medical Components Division
Lino Lakes, Minnesota
amy.omalley@...
Phone: 651-792-8516
Fax: 651-792-8616


-----Original Message-----
From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of debsmithmich
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 8:37 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Re: Vantage 8 upgrade from 6.1 and various questions

A question related to Dashboards. I know they are for viewing
purposes, but can you export data from them?

Thanks,

Debbie Smith
Argonics, Inc
2
Our management is in the process of making some decisions regarding
our ERP environment and the evenutal Vantage 8 (is it .03 or .04 now)
upgrade.

Is there a writing anyone has done and perhaps uploaded on the Group
(or that you can send to me) regarding issues, comparisons...
anything?

Further, there are some specific questions that maybe someone can
help provide answers to:

1. What are the most significant improvements from 6.1 to 8 from the
user's standpoint?

2. Does anyone use any 3rd party company that offers good, solid
reporting from Vantage?

3. Are there more useful reports associated with 8 than there were
in previous versions? Do you just prepare your own reports with
Crystal?

4. My boss has read about Dashboards in 8...are they easy to use and
what advantages do they offer?

5. Has CRM improved in 8...and if not, what CRM packages are others
using?

6. Does anyone have any experience with Microsoft's CRM?

7. Is the current Version of 8 relatively stable now?

Forgive me...I used the Advanced search on the Group and was able to
get answers to many of their other questions but these particular
searches were not successful.

Thanks so much if you can provide some information.

Sincerely,
Judy Havlik
Plitek, L.L.C.
judy.havlik@...
3
Serial numbering is a real step back from 6.1 to 8.0. Much less
flexible.



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From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Judy Havlik
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 1:28 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Vantage 8 upgrade from 6.1 and various questions



Our management is in the process of making some decisions regarding
our ERP environment and the evenutal Vantage 8 (is it .03 or .04 now)
upgrade.

Is there a writing anyone has done and perhaps uploaded on the Group
(or that you can send to me) regarding issues, comparisons...
anything?

Further, there are some specific questions that maybe someone can
help provide answers to:

1. What are the most significant improvements from 6.1 to 8 from the
user's standpoint?

2. Does anyone use any 3rd party company that offers good, solid
reporting from Vantage?

3. Are there more useful reports associated with 8 than there were
in previous versions? Do you just prepare your own reports with
Crystal?

4. My boss has read about Dashboards in 8...are they easy to use and
what advantages do they offer?

5. Has CRM improved in 8...and if not, what CRM packages are others
using?

6. Does anyone have any experience with Microsoft's CRM?

7. Is the current Version of 8 relatively stable now?

Forgive me...I used the Advanced search on the Group and was able to
get answers to many of their other questions but these particular
searches were not successful.

Thanks so much if you can provide some information.

Sincerely,
Judy Havlik
Plitek, L.L.C.
judy.havlik@... <mailto:judy.havlik%40plitek.com>





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Some more answers to your questions.

1. Vantage 8 is true windows GUI. Cut and paste functionality to some
grid screens from excel, etc. But there is a cost, you need a more
powerful hardware both for your server and workstations.

2. In version 8.03.400 there are some new reports to support SOX and
many of the reports have been written to output through Crystal
reports. This gives you better ability to customize them and to
export data to excel.

4. Dashboards are analogous to electronic (paperless) reports that
auto refresh. They are generally easy to create. They can be a great
way to manage excepts, or what business progress.

7. I think 8.03 is very stable if your are running the progress
database.


--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "Judy Havlik" <judy.havlik@...> wrote:
>
> Our management is in the process of making some decisions regarding
> our ERP environment and the evenutal Vantage 8 (is it .03 or .04 now)
> upgrade.
>
> Is there a writing anyone has done and perhaps uploaded on the Group
> (or that you can send to me) regarding issues, comparisons...
> anything?
>
> Further, there are some specific questions that maybe someone can
> help provide answers to:
>
> 1. What are the most significant improvements from 6.1 to 8 from the
> user's standpoint?
>
> 2. Does anyone use any 3rd party company that offers good, solid
> reporting from Vantage?
>
> 3. Are there more useful reports associated with 8 than there were
> in previous versions? Do you just prepare your own reports with
> Crystal?
>
> 4. My boss has read about Dashboards in 8...are they easy to use and
> what advantages do they offer?
>
> 5. Has CRM improved in 8...and if not, what CRM packages are others
> using?
>
> 6. Does anyone have any experience with Microsoft's CRM?
>
> 7. Is the current Version of 8 relatively stable now?
>
> Forgive me...I used the Advanced search on the Group and was able to
> get answers to many of their other questions but these particular
> searches were not successful.
>
> Thanks so much if you can provide some information.
>
> Sincerely,
> Judy Havlik
> Plitek, L.L.C.
> judy.havlik@...
>
5
Has anyone else got more answers to Judy's questions. I ask because
we are working on our Upgrade from 6.1 to 8.0... I'm working on the
reports and trying to decide when to use the BAQs, as well as which
reports should be in Crystal vs Dashboards.

A question related to Dashboards. I know they are for viewing
purposes, but can you export data from them?

Thanks,

Debbie Smith
Argonics, Inc

--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "peterlv2002" <peterlv2002@...> wrote:
>
> Some more answers to your questions.
>
> 1. Vantage 8 is true windows GUI. Cut and paste functionality to
some
> grid screens from excel, etc. But there is a cost, you need a more
> powerful hardware both for your server and workstations.
>
> 2. In version 8.03.400 there are some new reports to support SOX and
> many of the reports have been written to output through Crystal
> reports. This gives you better ability to customize them and to
> export data to excel.
>
> 4. Dashboards are analogous to electronic (paperless) reports that
> auto refresh. They are generally easy to create. They can be a
great
> way to manage excepts, or what business progress.
>
> 7. I think 8.03 is very stable if your are running the progress
> database.
>
>
> --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "Judy Havlik" <judy.havlik@> wrote:
> >
> > Our management is in the process of making some decisions
regarding
> > our ERP environment and the evenutal Vantage 8 (is it .03 or .04
now)
> > upgrade.
> >
> > Is there a writing anyone has done and perhaps uploaded on the
Group
> > (or that you can send to me) regarding issues, comparisons...
> > anything?
> >
> > Further, there are some specific questions that maybe someone can
> > help provide answers to:
> >
> > 1. What are the most significant improvements from 6.1 to 8 from
the
> > user's standpoint?
> >
> > 2. Does anyone use any 3rd party company that offers good, solid
> > reporting from Vantage?
> >
> > 3. Are there more useful reports associated with 8 than there
were
> > in previous versions? Do you just prepare your own reports with
> > Crystal?
> >
> > 4. My boss has read about Dashboards in 8...are they easy to use
and
> > what advantages do they offer?
> >
> > 5. Has CRM improved in 8...and if not, what CRM packages are
others
> > using?
> >
> > 6. Does anyone have any experience with Microsoft's CRM?
> >
> > 7. Is the current Version of 8 relatively stable now?
> >
> > Forgive me...I used the Advanced search on the Group and was able
to
> > get answers to many of their other questions but these particular
> > searches were not successful.
> >
> > Thanks so much if you can provide some information.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Judy Havlik
> > Plitek, L.L.C.
> > judy.havlik@
> >
>