http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ieuga/ Expandable Users Group Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:37:23 GMT wm.cowley@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ieuga/message/333 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ieuga/message/333 Mark, My first Expandable implementation was in 1991. Since that time I have implemented Expandable many times, both as a user and as a consultant. I have Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:18:37 GMT Jeff Binkley http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ieuga/message/332 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ieuga/message/332 We have been on Expandable since March 2005. It has been a good partnership. We stepped up from an in-house inventory system utilizing Peachtree for Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:13:34 GMT Robert Amalfitano http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ieuga/message/331 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ieuga/message/331 Jon,   If you are on version 8.1.3 or lower you are correct.   However, our current version 8.4 has the capability of top level pegging.  You can enter a Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:12:00 GMT Laura White http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ieuga/message/330 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ieuga/message/330 Mark,   We have been on Expandable since October 2004 and love the system.  As the name states the system is Expandable. They have many programs that can Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:09:18 GMT Tony Lum http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ieuga/message/329 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ieuga/message/329 Jon, We are in the process in integrating Expandable Alerts which I believe will help solve your problem. It is a standalone program which runs on the Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:48:50 GMT Tony Lum http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ieuga/message/328 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ieuga/message/328 Hi Mark, We've been using Expandable since 1988 at the Ascor subsidiary and it has been extremely reliable for us. We now run the entire corporation on it Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:39:13 GMT Jon Heiner http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ieuga/message/327 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ieuga/message/327 Proteus Industries has used Expandable for over two decades and, as this length of time suggests, we are quite satisfied. As I recall, we were somewhere Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:19:13 GMT bswedroe http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ieuga/message/326 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ieuga/message/326 The API point is definitely valid. However, one of the key things about Expandable is that we do listen to our customers and adding API's is a commitment that Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:04:33 GMT Emily Tsang http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ieuga/message/325 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ieuga/message/325 It is still probably the best choice out there, at least for us. Its basic ERP functionality is very good, and inventory and job tracking is easy and Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:47:24 GMT Jonathan Borden http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ieuga/message/323 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ieuga/message/323 I agree that having no easy way to import data into expandable has been a problem for us as well. We have also had problems with scheduling of job tickets Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:36:59 GMT Alison Austefjord http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ieuga/message/322 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ieuga/message/322 By the way, I would be happy to expand on this a bit more and give you more feedback. I understand that Expandable does plan to release more APIs in the Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:56:07 GMT Alison Austefjord http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ieuga/message/321 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ieuga/message/321 One of the largest downsides for Occam Networks is that the system is not extensible. There are no APIs available (except one-way to Salesforce.com) so if you Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:40:51 GMT Mark Romboli http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ieuga/message/280 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ieuga/message/280 Hello there We are looking into purchasing Expandable, we went through a 4-hour demo this week, while they showed us all the good points and what we wanted to Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:13:04 GMT Dominique http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ieuga/message/279 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ieuga/message/279 I agree that sometimes you do have to build in timedelays. However, splitting the "~" from the report name has proven pretty solid for me. As follows: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:39:59 GMT Osher Yam http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ieuga/message/278 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ieuga/message/278 Jon, Once you opened the reports screen you need to use the down arrow and tab to get where you want to go. Let me know if works for you. Osher The Warrell