I: Customer/Vendor changes
AR->Customers and AP->vendors
- Search
- Add
- History (no need to have a Reports submenu with just one option--
that could come back if we have more reports)
Yes: the fact that I need to open a submenu to perform the most common task in our system has puzzled me from the beginning. Definitely a good move.
II: Chart of Accounts position
1: Remove System/Chart of Accounts and all submenus (except add
account which gets moved as below)
2: Move Reports/Chart of Accounts under General Journal
* The columns displayed would depend on permissions.
* A normal user with no additional permissions could see
Account Number and Description.
* If has permission to view GL transactions, add credits and
debits, and give the option to click through account number to get to
the GL search screen with account field pre-populated.
* If user has admin access, additional columns would be
visible: link, edit, delete, and obsolete.
* Move add account to General Journal just underneath Chart of Accounts
It took me a bit to see the entire picture when we talked over gChat, but now it's in this mail I must say that this too is a good idea: The "Reports" top level menu which *strictly* relates to GL data struck me as confusing since I first saw it.
III: Parts:
1: Move searches out of Reports menu and to top level since this is
the most common task
2: Put add part/service/labor/assembly in a New submenu
This move was counter-intuitive to me at first: I had been thinking to move all configuration related items TO the system menu instead of away from it. However, if you think of admins as "users with special authorizations" I guess it makes sense to align all menus to look like the customer menus: create and modify belong together in the same menu and you'll be presented either based on your authorizations.
So now I agree with this change.
IV: Others:
1: All searches are at the same level as what they search
2: For transactions, invoices, orders, and quotations, new comes
above search. For everything else search comes above new.
What do people think?
I think this will improve navigation experience. Let's see what others have to say in the next day or 2, but failing any reactions, I'd say that's a green light to proceed.
Erik.