LAKE SUNSYSTEMS NEWSLETTER - February 2007

Welcome to the February 2007 edition of the newsletter for LAKE Customers.

This month we feature a case study for the international body for finance professionals working in treasury, risk and corporate finance: The Association of Corporate Treasurers.

Also this month is an introduction to the fast ad hoc inquiry tool Advanced Inquiry along with our regular section highlighting updates to the library of documented support Solutions.

Best regards

Adrian Howard
General Manager
0113 273 7788

IN THIS EDITION

Case Study:
The Association of Corporate Treasurers

Product Focus:
Advanced Inquiry
Download a brochure (pdf)

Knowledgebase:
SunSystems 5
SunSystems 4

SunSystems Training:
Spring 2007 Training Dates
 

NEW CASE STUDY

The Association of Corporate Treasurers

• SunSystems Financials
• SunSystems Vision

"LAKE came across as so professional and friendly. It's just something you feel in a relationship; the way you feel more comfortable with the personalities ...

.. The project has gone absolutely according to plan and according to budget. There were no hiccups anywhere so we are very impressed ...

SunSystems 5 ... it has the best analysis capabilities of all the unified ledger systems"

CLICK HERE to download your copy of this news item (pdf).

PRODUCT FOCUS

Advanced Inquiry delivers powerful ad hoc inquiry functionality for your SunSystems Ledgers. It is designed for use by all kinds of users to provide quick answers to simple or complex queries in a summary or detailed format.

The drill-down and drill-around features of Advanced Inquiry include the capability to drill out from a SunSystems transaction to an external application database.

Overview:

• Inquire on all SunSystems Ledgers
• Data can be analysed in summary or detailed levels
• Ability to display amounts rounded to 0 up to 000,000's
• The fastest extraction speed of any inquiry tool for SunSystems
• Ability to save previous inquiry for future use
• Power grids allow hierarchical grouping, sorting and progressive searches
• Multi level inquiries based on any field - not just account code
• Department, Cost Centre or Project balances for entire ledger at your fingertips

Data Selection

• Automatically 'aware' of your analysis dimensions
• Completely user defined
• Measure the number of results before running the extract
• Non contiguous selection ranges
• Access all ledgers of a business unit
• Include or exclude rough book transactions
• Select on transaction description patterns
• Select amount ranges from any value field

What makes Advanced Inquiry Different?

• Works on your data out of the box
• No complex setup required
• Drill down paths on the fly
• Create data hierarchies as you go
• Incredibly quick
• Select data from over 150 attributes
• Categorise your data in over 50 ways
• Save your inquiry for future use
• Email your inquiry to another user

Links to other data sources

• Auto drill down to any transaction
• Drill down to SunSystems Collect notes
• Custom drill down to any data source
• Output to Excel with one click

CLICK HERE to download a brochure (pdf).

KNOWLEDGEBASE

NEW SOLUTIONS - FEBRUARY 2007

Listed below are titles for the Solutions recently added to the online Customer portal.

SunSystems 5

• Resolving a Work File Error
• Amending analysis codes after posting

SunSystems 4

• How to dispose of an asset

To access the detail of these and other Solutions, go to www.lake.co.uk, select "Customers" from the menu bar at the top of this page and click "LAKE Support Online".

The system will then display the login page which includes a facility to reset your password or register as a new user.

Once you have logged in, select "Find Solutions" from the navigation menu. Solutions are grouped together by product category.

SUNSYSTEMS TRAINING

Latest SunSystems Training Dates

CLICK HERE to view the current SunSystems training schedule.