Elliott Links

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Elliott Links

• Edward M. Kwang
• President

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Elliott Notes, Attributes Links

• Notes Attributes
• Expand Elliott database without modification
• They are part of Elliott Database
• Links
• Expand Elliott database without modification
• Linked documents are not part of Elliott database
• Links organize external documents and make them
  easily accessible in Elliott

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Links

• Links are available whenever Notes are available.
  
• Master File Maintenance (Customer, Item, Vendor)
• Inquiry Screens (Order, Stock Status, A/R
  Account)
• Order Entry
• Purchase Order Entry
• Pretty much everywhere inside Elliott
• The Linked documents can be Word, Excel, PDF,
  Images, HTML.
• Basically any kind of document files that you
  have an application to handle.

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Demo Link Any Documents

• Startup a file from the DOS prompt
• Startup a file from the Window Explorer
• Tools -gt Folder Options -gt File Types -gt PDF -gt
  Advanced

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Links - Examples

• Inventory Item Images.
• Item Specification Help Salesman Give Better
  Information to Customers.
• Customer Web Page Check Your Customers Company
  Activities Before You Call Them.
• Customer Contracts On Line Access Customer
  Contracts for Customer Service.
• Manage Correspondent with Customers.
• Customer Purchase Order Vendor Invoices
• Document Management
• Vendor Invoice available with 7.2 release

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Demo Using Links

• Example of Links
• Item Image
• Item Specification
• Item Manufacture Web Site
• Customer Web Site
• Customer Contract
• Accessible from item, customer, stock status,
  sales desk etc.

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Demo Create Links

• Customer Web Site
• http//www.grandlite.com/web
• Customer Contract
• Item Image
• Item Specification
• Item Manufacture Web Site
• http//www.minutemanups.com/office/

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Type of Links

• User Definable Links
• Use Predefined Link Types
• You Can Define Your Own Link Types
• Program Links
• System Built In (i.e. Map Quest)
• System Links
• Example (Employee Hand Book)

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Demo Program System Links

• Program Links
• Example Map Quest
• Does not require user to define it
• System Links
• Example Employee Hand Book
• M\macola\handbook\handbook.pdf
• http//www.goodwill-lbsb.org/goodwill_lbsb/hand_bo
  ok.html
• Available Everywhere inside Elliott

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Demo Create a New Link Type

• Create Link Type CUSTPO which stand for customer
  purchase order.
• Decide where you want to store CUSTPO (i.e.
  M\MACOLA\CUSTPO)
• Decide the document type
• Decide if you wish to assign a hot key
• Use this new link type in Order Entry

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Demo of Ad Hoc Links

• Suitable for linking customer correspondent

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Ad Hoc vs. Link Types

• Ad Hoc Links has the following issues
• No Hot Key
• Move difficult to manage on the long run
• Changing directory structure
• Ad Hoc Links has the following benefits
• Easy to use
• No limitation of number of Ad Hoc links to use
  for each master record

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In Summary

• Links Expand Elliott Database by making external
  documents accessible in Elliott.

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