The following provides details on the fields and options on the Global Settings—User Interface panel.
User Interface
Number of Digits After Decimal for Amount/Rate/Units:
You can specify the number of digits after a decimal in a numeric field like amount, units and rate. You can select the desired number from the drop-down list. If you select 0, this implies a non-decimal format with no rounding off. If you specify 2 or 10, this implies rounding off a value to two or 10 decimal places. The default value is taken from the regional settings of the computer and is 2 digits for amount, while 10 digits for units and rate. This setting affects the decimal values displayed in screens like Expense, Expense Log, EFS, Budget, Billing Review, Invoice Review, etc. However, it does not affect the Overhead Multiplier field in the Employee and Vendor screens.
For example, if you specify 2 as the number of digits after decimal and then assign a cost rate of 23.677 for mileage, then the value that will be displayed in the Expense grid will be 23.68. However, placing your pointer in the field will reveal the true cost entered. If you specify 9 as the number of digits after a decimal and then assign a cost rate of 23.6778899 for mileage, then it will display the same 23.6778899 in the grid.
First Day of Week is:
Enter the day that your company considers the first day of the week. Appropriate screens and reports in the program will be modified according to the date settings entered. For example, the Time Entry's starting date and reports that print from that screen will be adjusted according the day that is selected as the beginning of the week.
Similarly enter the date your company considers the First Day of Year and Last Day of Year. You can select the dates from the drop-down calendar.
First Day of the Bi-Weekly Period:
You can set the first day of your biweekly period here. By default, it displays Sunday as the first day. Web Suite uses this day to present correct information on screens and reports accordingly. For example, the Calendar View and various time reports adjust to show the correct start day of the biweekly period.
Company Working Days
These represent the standard working days for your company. By default, Monday through Friday is checked but you can change this setting. This allows Web Suite to distribute tasks (hours) into months or weeks in Allocation-Calendar View when the date range is large.
Miscellaneous
Maximum Number of Records to Load:
Enter the maximum number of records that you want to view in the drop-down lists in the application. This setting will apply to all the drop-downs in the key fields as well as the data entry fields. This number will restrict the records that will be available for applying the filters to.
Report Center URL:
Web Suite allows you to configure the report server URL. It allows you to install the report module on any server and configure the core application to point to that URL. This option helps in improving the performance of your application as the servers are separated for the report engine and other modules.
SQL Backup location:
This is the path on your computer or network server to the folder in which you want the backup copies of your BillQuick SQL database. This feature is available in Web Suite Enterprise and Professional edition only.