WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SAP BUSINESS ONE 10.0

SAP Business One Version 10 is the first major update for the popular ERP software in more than two years. Release 10.0 is all about enriching our SAP Business One Digital Core. This time, SAP focused on streamlining the essential business processes and enhancing the usability and the extensibility of SAP Business One.

Version 10.0 comes with more than 30 new features and enhancements as seen below:

Let’s look at some of the biggest highlights that it has in store for SAP Business One users.

1. SAP Business One Web Client

The Web Client lets you access the core features of SAP Business One from Chrome or Firefox.

With the launch of Version 10, SAP Business One will come with a native Web Client for the first time.

While you might have had to rely on third-party web clients in the past, the new Web Client means you can now access SAP Business One through either the Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox web browsers, from your mobile devices such as laptops or tablets.

The Web Client is based on SAP Fiori design principles encapsulating SAP Business One core processes and business logic alongside an advanced user experience. The Web Client is also designed with side-by-side usability with the desktop application in mind, allowing you to launch it directly from the desktop application.

Do keep in mind that the Web Client is available for both the MS SQL & SAP HANA platforms.

2. Usability Enhancements

The Belize Deep skin aligns the look of the desktop application with the Web Client.

If you plan on using both the desktop application as well as the Web Client, you’ll be glad to know that SAP has taken steps to harmonize the look and feel of both applications.

They’ve done so by introducing the new Belize Deep skin for the desktop application, which is inspired by SAP Fiori and utilizes SAP UI5 technology. It is currently available when you’re using the Fiori-style Cockpit.

3. Financial Management Enhancements

Use the golden arrows to drill down into the G/L Account

Version 10 comes with enhancements to functionalities for business processes across the board, but one category which applies to every user is Financial Management.

You are now able to drill down into the General Ledger Account within the Chart of Accounts. This is indicated with golden arrows that have been added next to the account codes in Balance Sheet, Trial Balance, and Profit and Loss Statement.

This gives you direct access to account details and the account balance of relevant accounts, making these financial reports more usable and transparent than before.

4. Posting Period Enhancements

You can now create new posting periods with additional defined dates.

In addition, the Posting Periods window has also been enhanced to simplify and streamline the creation of new financial periods in the following ways;

• A new check box to define the default “Due Date To” when creating new posting periods.
• Column sorting is now enabled within the Posting Periods form.
• Filtering is now enabled within the Posting Periods form.
• The Find field allows for quick free-text searching.

These enhancements have made it easier for you to make use of the Posting Periods table, and will prove especially useful if your business has a long list of posting periods.

5. Interactive Gantt Charts

You can now use your Gantt Charts as one of your project planning tools.

You'll find that Project Management has become easier than ever, with the introduction of Interactive Gantt Charts as a new planning tool in your repertoire.

The Interactive Gantt Charts that come with Version 10 are no longer static overviews that merely reflect any changes and adjustments in your project; you can now drag-and-drop elements in them to update your project details directly.

For example, you can update your project timelines by moving the time bars of your sub-projects and project stages directly within the Gantt Chart. Changes you made will also be reflected in your data source.

In addition, there are now new fields available in the Gantt Chart window that represents Project Due Date and Finish Date, allowing you to designate these two data points within your chart.

With this change, Gantt Charts in SAP Business One transform into dynamic project planning tools that facilitate visual planning of your projects

6. Microsoft Office 365 Integration

You can now directly export your data to OneDrive as Word or Excel files.

Starting from Version 10, SAP Business One will be integrated with Microsoft Office 365, as well as Microsoft OneDrive.

Prior to this, users have integrated certain features of Outlook with third-party add-ons that exchange data with Business One. However, this new development means that you no longer need to rely on external solutions for integrating Business One with Office 365.

You can now export your document layouts, grid results and reports as either Word or Excel files, which will then be automatically exported to OneDrive to give you access to your files from any location.

The new SAP Business One 10.0 Template Management feature also offers more flexibility for reporting and managing your documents. This means you can design your own templates for exporting data out of Business One.

7. 64-Bit Only Support

SAP Business One will be 64-bit only starting from Version 10.

As of Version 10, SAP Business One will support only the 64-bit Windows operating system.

This extends to add-ons; only the 64-bit versions will continue to be supported by SAP Business One Version 10.

In line with this change, the following 32-bit components will be removed from the SAP Business One product CD;

• Add-ons
• SAP Business One Studio
• SAP Business One Client
• Crystal Server Integration
• Data Transfer Workbench
• DI API
• Outlook Integration Standalone
• Solution Packager

It is not possible to automatically migrate 32-bit components that have been removed to their 64-bit components. To do this, you need to uninstall them manually, and use the Setup Wizard to install their 64-bit equivalents.

That said, future software package downloads will be smaller in size, thanks to the removal of redundant 32-bit executables. You’ll find that it will be faster to update Business One from now on.

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