QAD Enterprise Asset Management 2017.1

Languages Supported: English, Latin American Spanish, Castilian Spanish, Czech, Polish, French, German, Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Bulgarian, Hungarian.

To upgrade to EAM 2017.1, see the upgrade instructions supplied with the release media.

For all other installation information, see the most recent edition of the QAD Enterprise Asset Management Installation Guide.

This section describes the new features and enhancements that are available in EAM 2017.1.

EAM now prompts for the costs for multiple asset books when capitalizing project or job costs. EAM defaults the books based on the class entered for the asset and defaults the costs for each book based on the New Capitalized Amount entered. The cost values can be updated for each book as appropriate before the Fixed Asset record is created. When modifying an asset, EAM displays the existing costs for each book associated with the asset concerned, and allows them to be updated with the appropriate new values before updating the asset in the Fixed Assets module in QAD ERP.

EAM now supports QAD Automation Solutions: Data Collection transactions when Automation Solutions is part of a QAD Enterprise Applications suite. For information on installing the EAM-specific package, see the QAD Automation Solutions: Data Collection Transaction Package Installation Guide. For information on implementation, see the QAD Automation Solutions: Data Collection User Guide.

EAM has updated the function that calculates the current date and time for fields that receive a value of “today.” EAM implemented the QAD ERP functionality, which uses the UTC date and time, in conjunction with the EE domain’s time zone code and daylight savings time code, to determine the correct date and time. GL relevant fields such as GL References will not change.

For details on how to set up time zones, please see the “Setting Up Multiple Time Zones” and “Domain Time Zone” sections in the QAD System Administration Guide. EAM does not have time zones assigned in its own extension of the Domain master file and this functionality is defined in Enterprise Edition.

System-generated mail for Stores Requisitions now includes the fields you select in the User Defined Mail Browse, making the messages more informative and helpful to users.

EAM now displays detailed information about revisions that were made to purchase orders when you print a PO from the Action menu. The printed document now includes Revision Number, Date, Time, and any comments that have been entered.