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Phase Level Budget vs. Actuals Reporting in OpenAir

By Carter McEvoy | August 8, 2019 | Comments Off on Phase Level Budget vs. Actuals Reporting in OpenAir
budget vs. actuals reporting

Do you want to get phase level budget vs. actuals reporting in OpenAir?  We have found the best way to do this is to use the project budget feature and…

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Often Missed Filter on Account-Wide Crosstabbed OpenAir Reports

By Jim Schein | July 17, 2019 | Comments Off on Often Missed Filter on Account-Wide Crosstabbed OpenAir Reports
Often Missed Filter on Account-Wide Crosstabbed OpenAir Reports

When creating an include filter on Account-Wide Crosstabbed OpenAir reports, make sure you choose the “[No ]” as part of the filter. Otherwise, any other field on that report that…

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OpenAir Account Storage Alerts

By Tres Churchill | July 12, 2019 | Comments Off on OpenAir Account Storage Alerts
OpenAir Account Alert Limitation

Have you set up an OpenAir account storage alert – then get a character limit warning?  This quick tip will explain why and how to work around this limitation. When…

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Did You Know… You Can Prevent Users From Creating or Modifying OpenAir Reports? 

By Richard Curzi | July 2, 2019 | Comments Off on Did You Know… You Can Prevent Users From Creating or Modifying OpenAir Reports? 
prevent users from creating OpenAir Reports

If ever you wish to limit a role to only shared reports, and not be able to create or modify OpenAir reports on their own, you can do so by…

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Quick Guide for How to Use the OpenAir Business Intelligence Connector 

By Jim Schein | June 25, 2019 | Comments Off on Quick Guide for How to Use the OpenAir Business Intelligence Connector 
How to guide for OpenAir Business Intelligence Connector

Ready to get started with the OpenAir Business Intelligence Connector? Top Step has a step-by-step guide to show you how the publishing process works.  For purposes of explanation here, we…

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Calculated Start Date Vs. Fixed Start Date in OpenAir

By Andrea Larsen | June 14, 2019 | Comments Off on Calculated Start Date Vs. Fixed Start Date in OpenAir
start

On the project ‘outline’ view, by task, ‘Start’ & ‘Finish’ columns are not the same fields as ‘Start Date’ and ‘End Date’ columns (which are the fixed dates entered on…

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Form Permission Rules

By Tres Churchill | June 5, 2019 | Comments Off on Form Permission Rules
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If you are not aware, there is a known issue in form permission rules.  If you are creating a pair (or more) of related list limiting rules using a condition…

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Month End Close – Overlapping TimeSheet Trick for OpenAir

By Tres Churchill | May 15, 2019 | Comments Off on Month End Close – Overlapping TimeSheet Trick for OpenAir
Month end close

The necessity for overlapping timesheets is typically driven by the need to enter two timesheets within a given week. For example, your company is on a monthly accounting calendar but…

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How to Control Timesheet Periods in OpenAir

By Tres Churchill | May 2, 2019 | Comments Off on How to Control Timesheet Periods in OpenAir
Time sheet periods in OpenAir

In order to control timesheet periods, did you know there is a feature to control which weeks are available for time entries and override on a per-user basis? The internal…

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Hiding Report Columns in OpenAir

By Tres Churchill | April 19, 2019 | Comments Off on Hiding Report Columns in OpenAir
Hiding

Want to suppress a total column or quickly remove data from a report? In the new UI Report Editor, both of these options are easy to accomplish. To hide the…

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