View – AP Aged Trial Balance

AP Aged Trial Balance – view information about AP Aged Trial Balance based on the criteria you select.
You can select additional fields by right-clicking into the column header in the lower panel and selecting Column Chooser.

Ad-Vantage AP Aged Trial Balance View

View – AP Open Invoice

AP Open Invoice – view information about all open invoices based on the criteria you select.
You can select additional fields by right-clicking into the column header in the lower panel and selecting Column Chooser.

Ad-Vantage AP Open Invoice View

Audit History

Ad-Vantage tracks every change made in the system, who made it, and when the change was made. File Maintenance/Audit History is where you will be able to run an Audit History interactive view to research the changes.

These interactive views work just like the other interactive views in the system aside from the fact that any changes to Ad-Vantage are highlighted in blue.  Below is a sample of all the Audit History interactive views

  • Ad Size History
  • Agency History 
  • Agency Contacts History 
  • Agency Rates History 
  • Agency Clients History 
  • Batch History 
  • Batch Detail History
  • Category History
  • Company History 
  • DNR Reasons History 
  • Employee History
  • GL Codes Agency History 
  • GL Codes Client History 
  • GL Codes Client Order Types History
  • Network History
  • Order Header History
  • Order Detail History
  • Order Detail Network History
  • Order Types History
  • Parents History
  • Payment Header History
  • Payment Detail History
  • Period Conversion History
  • Rates History
  • Sales Rep History
  • Vendor History
  • Vendor Ad Sizes History
  • Vendor Alias History
  • Vendor Contacts History
  • Vendor Forced Buy History
  • Vendor Network History
  • Vendor Order Types History
  • Vendor Rates History 
  • Vendor Zip Codes History

Reports


Ad-Vantage has a powerful and flexible reporting section that allows its users to use the same tools for filtering that the Interactive Views use. The reports are broken down by specific functions within Ad-Vantage.


Ad Placement Reports

  • Quotes
  • Front Sheet
  • Insertion Order
  • Network Insertion Order
  • Ad List
  • Ad reminders

Tracking Reports

  • Insertion Order Reminders
  • Position Request
  • Position Request Reminder
  • Proof of Advertising Reminder
  • Proof of Advertising Reminders Status
  • Auto DNR Exceptions

Accounting – AR Reports

  • Accounts Receivable
  • Aged Trial Balance
  • Invoice
  • Statement
  • Payment List
  • Payment List by Order
  • Unapplied Payment List

Accounting – AP Reports

  • Accounts Payable
  • Aged Accounts Payable
  • Network Pool Detail
  • Network Balance

Accounting – Analysis

  • DNR Report
  • Profit Report
  • Sales/Linage by Year
  • Rate Cards
  • Agency Rate Card
  • Vendor Rate Card
  • Labels
  • Agency Labels
  • Agency Labels for Orders
  • Vendor Labels
  • Vendor Labels for Orders

Interactive Views


Interactive Views are highly configurable data screens that allow you to sort, group, and output the information according to your unique needs. By using interactive views, you can easily and quickly build and manipulate the view to display information in exactly the way you need it. Below is a list of the standard Interactive Views in Ad-Vantage.


Interactive Views

  • AP Open Invoice
  • AP Aged Trial Balance
  • AR Open Invoice
  • AR Aged Trial Balance
  • Agency Summary
  • Vendor Summary
  • Order
  • Order Detail
  • Agency Payment
  • Agency Payment Detail
  • Vendor Payment
  • Vendor Payment Group
  • Vendor Payment Detail

Code Maintenance Views

  • Ad Size
  • Category
  • DNR Reasons
  • Employee
  • GL Code Agency
  • GL Code Client
  • Order Types
  • Rates
  • Sales Rep

File Maintenance Views

  • Agency
  • Agency Contacts
  • Agency Rates
  • Client
  • Batch
  • Batch Detail
  • Network
  • Parent
  • Vendor
  • Vendor Ad Size
  • Vendor Alias
  • Vendor Contacts
  • Vendor Forced Buy
  • Vendor Network
  • Vendor Order Types
  • Vendor Rates
  • Vendor Zip Codes

Print Preview


Print Preview in Ad-Vantage is a powerful tool that provides many options for printing, saving and sending documents.

Print Preview Screen

Print Preview Toolbar

The Print Preview Toolbar can be customized to suit the user. Below are the default toolbar functions.

Print Preview Toolbar

Thumbnails view

Print Preview Thumbnail

The Thumbnails view allows you to see the pages in the preview and provides an easier way of selecting a page to view, print or save.


Search

Print Preview Search

If there are columns in the data grid that you do not need on the report, left click and move the column down until an X shows on the screen, then the column will be removed from the data grid

Open a Document

Print Preview Document Search

Use the Open a document tool to view a saved document in the native format .prnx files.

Save

Print Preview Save Document

Save the the document in the native format .prnx file.

Print

Print Preview Print

The Print function opens your printing options screen, which allows you to choose your printer and options for printing.

Quick Print

Print Preview Quick Print

The Quick Print sends the document to your default printer using the default settings for the printer.

Page Setup

Print Preview Page Setup

Page Setup gives you the options to change the layout of your document paper size, orientation, and margins.

Scale

Print Preview Scale

Use the Scale function to scale the data in the document. You can adjust it by percentage or you can Fit to the page or pages. Note that it stays within the confines of the margins.

Hand Tool

Print Preview Export Doc image 2

Use the hand tool to adjust the margins on the page manually. Hold the hand on the margin line and it will allow you to move the margin lines in either direction.

Magnifier

Print Preview Magnifier

When selected, the Magnifier lets you click the document and it will enlarge one size.

Zoom

Print Preview View Sizing

The Zoom Tool increases/decreases the viewing size of the document

Navigation Arrows

Print Preview Navigation Arrows

The Navigation Arrows are used to scroll through pages of the document being viewed.

Multiple Pages Display

Print Preview Multiple Pages

Multiple Pages allows you to select multiple pages to view on the screen at a time.

Color Background

Print Preview Color Background (1)
Print Preview Color Background (2)

Use the Color Background to change the background color of the document.

Watermark

Print Preview Watermark (1)
Print Preview Watermark (2)

The Watermark tool lets you add either a text or image watermark on the document.

Export

The Export tool allows you to export and save the document in various file formats:

  • PDF – Portable Document Format
  • HTML – Hypertext Markup Language
  • MHT – MIME Encapsulation of Aggregate HTML
  • RTF – Rich Text Format
  • DOCX – Microsoft Document Format (since 2007)
  • XLS – Microsoft Excel File Format (Pre 2007)
  • XLSX – Microsoft Excel File Formate (since 2007)
  • CSV – Comma Separated Value Format
  • TEXT – Simple Text Format
  • IMAGE – Picture or Image format

There are settings for each of these formats that will be covered below under File Format Options.


Send Via Email

Print Preview Send Via Email

Send via Email utilizes the same file formats that are offered above in the Export file options.

File Format Options


PDF File Format Options

Export Email File PDF Options

MHT File Format Options

Export Email File MHT options

RTF File Format Options

Export Email File RTF Options

DOCX File Format Options

Export Email File DOCX Options

XLS File Format Options

Export Email File XLS Options

XLSX File Format Options

Export Email File XLSX Options

CSV File Format Options

Export Email File CSV Options

TEXT File Format Options

Export Email File TEXT Options

IMAGE File Format Options

Export Email File IMAGE Options

Exit

Print Preview Exit

Used to exit Print Preview.

Add or Remove Buttons/Toolbar

Print Preview Add/Remove Buttons

Use the Add or Remove Buttons/Toolbar to select or deselect the functions on the toolbar.

Customize Print Preview Toolbar


Toolbar Customization

Print Preview Add/Remove Buttons Toolbar Customization

Use to remove/add the Toolbar or Status Bar in print preview

Commands Customization

Print Preview Add/Remove buttons Commands Customization

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Options Customization

Print Preview Add/Remove Buttons Options Customization

This tab is where you set the options for the print preview and reset your usage data.

Data Grids


Data Grid

The bottom section of the Interactive View screen is the Data Grid. It is where the results of your filtering are displayed. There are many functions, features and filters that can be applied in this area.

Group By Column Headers

The area above the grid in the shaded area is where you can select a column or columns to sort the data grid. To select a column to group by, left click on the column header and drag it to the grouping area. Or you can right click on the data grid header and select Group By This Column in the drop-down tool bar.

Group By in Data Grid
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Rearrange Columns

You can also move the columns around for a more efficient data grid view. Do this by left clicking on the column header and dragging it to a different location in the column header area.

Move Columns in Data Grid
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Remove Columns

If there are columns in the data grid that you do not need on the report, left click and move the column down until an X shows on the screen, then the column will be removed from the data grid

Remove Column from Data Grid

Total and Sub-Total

(Can’t do at this time, I need a View that has columns with numbers in it. which are currently broken)

Data Grid Tools

Data Grid Tools

Sort Columns Ascending or Descending

You can right click on the column header for the header tool bar and select either Sort Ascending or Sort Descending to set the Sort Columns order.

Sort Column Ascending or Descending

Clear All Sorting

This will clear all the sorting that has occurred in the data grid.


Add Columns

To add a column that is available for the data grid, right click on the grid header and select Column Chooser, then select the column that you want to add and drag it to the place where you want the new column.

Add Column to Data Grid
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Add Column to Data Grid (3)

Filter Data Within Columns

Use this data filtering to filter the data grid by data within a certain column. Left click on the little filter image on the column header and then select the data you wish to select to filter.

Column Filtering

Best Fit

Right click on the column header for the header toolbar and select Best Fit and the system will fit the column in the data grid

Best Fit

Best Fit All Columns

Right click on the column header for the header toolbar and select Best Fit (all columns). The system will attempt to best fit all columns in the data grid.

Best Fit All Columns

Filter Editor

The Filter Editor is a more precise method of filtering the data in the selected column. It works just like the filter section above only with the data specific to the column that you have selected.

Filter Editor

Show Find Panel

This opens the Find panel for the data grid. You can use it to search for anything within the data grid.

Show Find Panel

Show Auto Filter Row

Show Auto Filter Row adds a filtering tool at the top of the columns of the data grid. The default filter type is “contains,” but you can click the contains icon to change it.

Auto Filter Row

Show Footer

Show Footer displays the current data filters in the data grid. You can also click on the data filters in the footer to edit or delete the data filters.

Show Footer

Edit Filter in Footer

Select the Edit Filter in the footer to edit the selected filter that is showing in the Footer. When selected, the Filter Editor box will displayed with the current filter, allowing you to edit that specific filter.

Edit in Footer
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Query Filtering


Primary Query Filter

Primary Query Filter – You can use the Apply Filter function from interactive views and report pick screens to build a condition to filter the generated view or report.

Each option within the condition appears as a different color to help distinguish it from the other options, Black Text [Blue Text] Green Text.

The instructions below illustrate how quickly and easily you can build a condition.

Select how you want to group or filter your values by selecting one of the following options. You can combine these groups and filters.

Primary Query Filter Grouping Options

Select the + then select the filtering criteria. Each interactive view or report will have its own set of criteria based on the subject of the view or report. For example, Agency Name.

Primary Query Filter Select Options

Now select how you are going to filter for Agency Names and then enter a value for the filter

Primary Query Filter Criteria Options
Primary Query Filter Criteria Options, image 2

Now the view or report will return only the data that is for the Agency BNC Advertising Specialists.

Interactive Views Toolbar


Interactive Views Toolbar
  • Navigation Arrows – These allow you to move between the filtered data in the data grid at the bottom of the screen
  • Get/Refresh Data – This populates the data in the data grid
  • Reset Layout – This will reset the filter control AND any changes to the view layout (column visibility, arrangement, etc.)
  • Print – Opens the print preview feature in Ad-Vantage
  • Export – used to export the data from the interactive view into various formats
  • Views – This allows you to add and manage views that you wish to save and use again

Views & Reports


Interactive Views are highly configurable data screens that allow you to sort, group, and output the information according to your unique needs. By using interactive views, you can easily and quickly build and manipulate the view to display information in exactly the way you need it.

Ad-Vantage Interactive Views are separated into three groups:

  • Interactive Views
  • Code Maintenance Views
  • File Maintenance Views

Interactive Views

These are general views that will give you information on your company status.

  • AP Open Invoices View
  • AP Aged Trial Balance View
  • AR Open Invoices View
  • AR Aged Trial Balance View
  • Vendor Summary View
  • Payments View
  • Order View
  • Order Detail View

Code Maintenance Views

These views are relative to the Code Maintenance area. They give you information related to the code information within the system.

  • Ad Size View
  • Category View
  • DNR Reasons View
  • Employee View
  • GL Codes Agency View
  • GL Codes Client View
  • Order Types View
  • Rates View
  • Sales Rep View

File Maintenance Views

These views are relative to the File Maintenance area. They give you information related to the data file information within the system.

  • Batch View
  • Agency View
  • Agency Client View
  • Agency Contacts View
  • Agency Rates View
  • Network View
  • Parents View
  • Vendor View
  • Vendor Ad Size View
  • Vendor Alias View
  • Vendor Contacts View
  • Vendor Forced Buy View
  • Vendor Order Types View
  • Vendor Rates View