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Providing Project access to Portfolio Managers Using Project Hierarchies

By Ronn Breaux | November 27, 2023 | Comments Off on Providing Project access to Portfolio Managers Using Project Hierarchies

Often, we work with clients that have the concept of Project Portfolio managers.  Portfolio managers need access to a group of projects within the project, resource and report modules; however, they are not project owners, nor are they assigned or booked to those projects.   So how do you give access to this group of projects…

Slow OpenAir Reports? Try Reducing Reporting Currencies!

By Jimmy Morales | November 20, 2023 | Comments Off on Slow OpenAir Reports? Try Reducing Reporting Currencies!

Enabling multi-currency in your system provides a comprehensive view of various currencies within reports, offering a broad spectrum of metrics. However, navigating through multiple currencies in reports might seem overwhelming at times. To streamline your reporting and simplify the interface, you can selectively choose the currencies you want to focus on. Navigate to Reports :…

Two Ways to Change the Owner of a Report in NetSuite OpenAir

By Alexandra Goodrich | November 13, 2023 | Comments Off on Two Ways to Change the Owner of a Report in NetSuite OpenAir

There are several use cases for needing to change the owner of a report in NetSuite OpenAir. Maybe you created a report for someone else and you’d like to simply make them the owner of it instead of sharing it with them and deleting the original. Or perhaps someone left the company and you need…

Time Saving Technique for Time Entry Imports into OpenAir

By Gio Pineda | November 7, 2023 | Comments Off on Time Saving Technique for Time Entry Imports into OpenAir

Normally, OpenAir users do two separate uploads for importing time entries to OpenAir. The first upload is to create timesheets and then the second upload to create the time entries on the timesheets. The important part on the second upload is having the timesheet_id or timesheet internal ids generated from the first upload and associating…

Streamlining Client Contacts within Projects: A One-Screen Solution

By Tres Churchill | October 31, 2023 | Comments Off on Streamlining Client Contacts within Projects: A One-Screen Solution

Creating Client Contacts In OpenAir you can associate contact information to a client record. These contacts can be designated as billing contacts to receive invoices, or simply additional customer contacts who can receive scheduled reports or otherwise be associated with the client. By default customer contacts are managed in the Customers section of OpenAir Administrative…

How to Create Fixed Amount Revenue Recognition Rules in Bulk Using Integration Manager

By Fernand Perez | October 27, 2023 | Comments Off on How to Create Fixed Amount Revenue Recognition Rules in Bulk Using Integration Manager

Normally, if we are creating revenue recognition rules using the NetSuite OpenAir Integration Manager tool, we use the Rev. Recogn. Rule import. However, this does not work for the fixed amount revenue recognition rule, especially if there are multiple lines with different amounts to be recognized under the same rule. To successfully import a fixed…

Structure CSV Files for the American Express Receipt Import Wizard

By Richard Curzi | October 16, 2023 | Comments Off on Structure CSV Files for the American Express Receipt Import Wizard

Some time ago, American Express changed the format of their CSV export for a “solo user” account such that it is no longer accepted by the American Express receipt import wizard. This tip explains how to format a CSV file that the wizard will accept. This format can be used to import ANY receipts whether…

Enhancing Expense Report Accuracy: Preventing Header-Level Attachments

By Andrea Larsen | October 9, 2023 | Comments Off on Enhancing Expense Report Accuracy: Preventing Header-Level Attachments

Does your organization struggle with physical scans/copies of receipts for incurred expenses being erroneously attached at the expense report (header) level? Do you spend unnecessary time sorting through numerous attachments at the report level trying to align each attachment back to the receipt (line) level on the expense report? If so, you can simply hide…

How to Automatically Create Time Entries for Bookings

By Alexis Jackson | October 3, 2023 | Comments Off on How to Automatically Create Time Entries for Bookings

Many NetSuite OpenAir customers utilize NetSuite OpenAir bookings for project management and resource forecasting. However, time entry on timesheets to log actual time incurred may still be a necessity. With this feature, time entries will automatically populate from resource bookings upon creation of a timesheet. How to enable this feature Navigate to Administration > Application…

The Secret to Overcoming Data Filtering Challenges with Custom Calculations

By Tres Churchill | September 25, 2023 | Comments Off on The Secret to Overcoming Data Filtering Challenges with Custom Calculations

OpenAir offers powerful reporting capabilities that allow you to access and share key data from your OpenAir system. However, it’s not uncommon for our customers to report that they are seeing data in their report that is not supposed to be included based on how they’ve configured their report. One of the first things that…

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