Advantage blue

What’s Free? Advantage Clients enjoy FREE upgrade to Advantage blue!

Advantage blue is the latest major upgrade to the Advantage Software Suite designed to connect your staff, increase efficiencies, and provide you with crucial management information. We’ve had great feedback and with all of the new features in blue, we wanted everyone to know about the benefits of upgrading. Advantage blue i

s FREE to any Advantage client under a Support contract!

In addition to the great new software features in blue, Advantage Clients also enjoy world-class support! Phone support, Users Portal, Email Support, and Free Webinars are all included! Not an Advantage Client? We invite you to contact us now to schedule a FREE tour!

Helpful Hints...Estimate Report Formats

Helpful Hints….

WEBVANTAGE ESTIMATE REPORT FORMATS

With all of the estimating functionality in Webvantage, it is worth exploring your options when printing estimates.  Inside the Print Estimate screen, you will find a drop-down box labeled “Report Format” in the Output Format section.  There are more than 9 different report formats to display your estimate information.  You can generate reports that show side-by-side quotes, comparisons of quote revisions, and all estimates attached to a campaign.  In addition to the formats provided, choose from over a dozen different printing options that allow you to customize the output you require.  The next time you need estimate reports for your clients, check out the report formats in Webvantage Estimate Printing.

Project Schedule Gantt Chart

Are you an Advertising Agency looking for new ways to really improve project management? Advantage Software is the way to go with robust features and its new Project Schedule Gantt Chart!

Features Include:

·        Displays the current schedule by Month, Week or Day. 

·        Renders the chart by phase/task or just by task.

·        Retrieves and displays all related jobs with a single click.

·        Drag and drop to edit the scheduled days for any jobs displayed.
·        Recalculate all related jobs with a single click.

Stop Watch

The Advantage Timesheet Stop Watch is a great new tool that simplifies time tracking.  Click on the Stop Watch from one of many different widgets or applications where you may be accessing your projects.  Check in and out of jobs with a single click.  Hours are updated automatically when the Stop Watch is ended.  As the Stop Watch is started on one project, it automatically ends on any previous project.  The Stop Watch widget displays the project you are working on now and for how long.  The Stop Watch keeps ticking until you stop it, no matter what!

Project Schedule Gantt Chart

Advantage announces new Project Schedule Gantt Chart

Visualize, edit, and re-calculate multiple jobs in this new Gantt view.  This enhancement includes the ability to set job predecessors and other great features designed to save you time and automate the management of all your projects!

·         Display the Gantt chart by month, week, or day.

·         Display a single job, all jobs by campaign, all jobs by client, or related jobs based on predecessors.

·         Drag and drop to change individual task start and due dates.  Then, recalculate the schedules of one or all related jobs with a single click!

Time Sheet Enhancements for July

New Time Sheet enhancements will be released in July (Webvantage blue v3.50.10)!!

• ·         Time Entry Stop Watch – Clock-in and out of jobs with a single click!
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• ·         Design your own timesheet with the ability to:
• - Enter comments more easily using new options.
• -View time by day or week using new settings and navigation features.
• -Use the new one-click options for copying from projects, schedules, and templates.
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•  ·         The all-new Task List includes Stop Watch Entry and Task Status Indicators.

Dynamic and Advanced Report Writers in blue!

Advantage Agencies are finding new ways to satisfy specific reporting needs using the Dynamic and Advanced Report Writers in blue!  

  

The secret is in the pre-defined data sets that include calculated fields and information commonly requested.  Reports are easy to create and then share with other staff members.

Create reports from scratch or even edit existing reports from the Advantage library.  Here are a few examples of reports you can create your own way:

-Pending Supervisor Approval by Day

-Project Schedule by Project Manager or AE

-Projects on Hold

-Job History by Job Type

-Job Charges by Period

-Project Schedule Post-Mortem

-Campaign Analysis

Free webinars provide overviews of the program features and training on how to program useful reports with ease.  Visit the Users Portal at www.gotoadvantage.com for the webinar schedule.