Activant Releases D2K Version 6.0

An Activant Solution Update


YARDLEY, PA, June 20, 2008 - Activant Solutions Inc. announced the availability of Activant D2K version 6.0.

The newest version of D2K includes many new and enhanced features suggested by the user base. Some of the top new features include:

  • New Command (\QO) Accesses Last Quote: A new backslash command, \QO, has been added to the system.
  • Automatic Price/Cost Update Changes: We have made several changes to Automatic Price/Cost Update (APCU) among others:
  • The file naming conventions have been changed from the "8.3" DOS convention to allow for longer file names common today.
  • Variable-length file types now use the same look-up capability that fixed length file types use
  • New Credit Check Constant: A new constant has been added that allows three credit check options in the ORDER.INVOICING function.
  • The Bypass option does not perform credit checking.
  • The Report On option prints orders having credit issues on an audit report.
  • The Credit Checking option performs standard credit checking on all orders
  • Inactive Items Can Be Excluded from Cycle Counting: A new constant had been added to CC.CONSTANTS that allows you to exclude inactive items from cycle counting.
  • Session Limit Options: New prompts have been added that allow the number of sessions to be unlimited.
  • B2B Seller Credit Card Data Encryption
  • Upload for Processed Checks: This new function will upload checks that have cleared the bank and record them as processed, just as if they have been entered in the PROCESSED.CHECKS.
  • Automatically Apply Credits Against Equal Debits: A process to automatically apply credits against equal debits is now available. If there is an exact match between a credit amount (Payment On Account or Deposit) and a debit amount, a key off transaction will be made. This key off transaction will be the same as if done in APPLY.CASH and will appear on the standard CASH.JOURNAL report.
  • New Core Reports Added to IEP: The IEP Core Library is a collection of standard data selection and template items that can be used to facilitate the generation of IEP report and inquiry functions. The data selection and template items for five new IEP reports have been added to the Core Library.
  • Sales for New Customers
  • Listing of Inactive Customers
  • Customers over Credit Limit Report
  • Accounts Receivable Summary by Customer
  • Miscellaneous Cash Report
  • Cancel Last Customer RGA through Credit Phase: You can now cancel the last customer RGA that has gone through the Credit Phase. Previously, credits created in CUSTOMER.RGA.CREDIT could not be cancelled in INVOICE.CANCEL.
  • View Update Details: An UPDATE.INQ function is now available to view uninstalled updates. Various selection search options are available including a search by Program, Function, Project or Update Number.
  • And much more!

Activant D2K version 6.0 is now available from the Update Center of the Customer Web Site. For additional information, please visit http://distribution.activant.com or call 1-800-776-7438, press 1.

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