NetSuite OpenAir Tips
Authorize Expenses in Advance
Blog | Project Management | Time and Expenses
|Have you ever wanted a way to let your employees request authorization in advance to incur certain expenses on a project? And would you like to be able to compare the actual expense report with the authorization? With Expense Authorizations, ...
The Three Musketeers Had It Right
Blog | Consulting Skills | PS Best Practices
|Many of us know the cliché "All for One and One for All". It’s the team support spirit; everyone pitching in to support a common goal and having that goal benefit all who supported it. It’s also the basis for ...
Accurately Capping Expense Item Billing Rules
Blog | Booking and Billing
|Are your expense item billing rules being capped accurately in OpenAir? If you are adding caps to your expense item billing rules, chances are the cap isn’t being applied quite the way you expect. Normally, the system will apply the ...
Overriding a User Cost to Accommodate Project or Task Level Differences in OpenAir
Blog | Administration | Project Management
|Did you know you can override a user cost to accommodate project or task level differences? There are typically two situations in which the cost associated to a user is not necessarily the same cost that is recognized for the ...
Creating Duration From Date Fields
Blog | Administration | Project Management
|Did you know you can create duration from date fields? Many times customers determine key metrics that are measured within the business for operational analysis and improvement. Metrics may include such values as project margin, utilization %, average bill rate, ...
Enhance Your Task View To See All Task Related Components
Blog | Project Management
|Did you know you can enhance your task view to see all task related components? In OpenAir projects, it is common for people to use the Outline view to manage their project plan. The outline view provides an indented display ...
Filtering Data on Reports While You Are Viewing Them
Blog | Reporting and Dashboards
|Did you know you can filter data on reports while you are viewing them? Summary report creation in OpenAir certainly has a wide variety of content filtering, subtotaling, timeframe control, and many more options. After running the report and viewing ...
Copying Bookings From One Project to Another
Blog | Booking and Billing
|Did you know you can copy bookings from one project to another in OpenAir? If you are using bookings for resource scheduling, there is often the question of ‘can you copy bookings’? From the Resources module, where most booking creation ...
Emailing Trial Billing Balances From OpenAir
Blog | Invoicing
|Did you know you can email trial billing balances from OpenAir? OpenAir supports the ability to set auto-bill options to run billing rules automatically based on configured frequency. However, there is another option available on the auto-bill form called Trial ...
Copying Booking Chart Settings From One User to Another
Blog | Booking and Billing
|Did you know that you can now copy (or push out) the booking chart settings to other users? For many customers, the resource bookings feature is how resource management is done. Reports provide insight into availability as well as a ...