All Tutorials
💡This page lists every tutorial in QuickEasy BOS in a suggested learning order.
The stages follow the order in Setting Up QuickEasy BOS: first the screens that every module shares, then the setup steps in the order they depend on each other, then daily transactions and reporting. The optional modules (Estimating, Production Planning, Service Manager, Timekeeping and Point of Sale), customisation and the Mobile App come last. Skip any module you do not use.
Each numbered entry is a tutorials page; the links below it go straight to each tutorial on that page.
For complete worked setups of individual Transaction Types (e.g. Quotations, Customer Invoices, Goods Received), see the Transaction Type Examples categories, starting with Transaction Type Examples – Customers.
Find Your Way Around
Learn the screens and features that every module shares.
- Popups (Layout)
- Grid View Tutorials (Layout)
- Saving and Restoring Layouts (Layout)
- Notes and Attachments Tutorials (Notes and Attachments)
- Batch Updates Tutorials (General Functions and Features)
- Changelogs (General Functions and Features)
- Output Tutorials (General Functions and Features)
- Recycle Bin Tutorials (Menus)
Set Up Users, Settings and Entities
Give people access, choose the general settings, and create the entities that transactions and reports are allocated to.
- User Access Setup Tutorials (User Access)
- How to Add a User
- How to Link a Contact to a User
- How to Change a User’s Language Selection
- How to Grant User Access
- How to Copy User Access
- How to Remove User Access
- How to Add Modules to a User’s Access
- How to View and Edit User Access by User
- How to View and Edit User Access by Module
- How to Grant Users Access to Copy Transactions
- How to Grant Users Access to Custom Reports
- How to Grant Users Access to Copy Service Tickets
- User Access Tutorials (User Access)
- User Settings and Connections Tutorials (User Access)
- General Settings Tutorials (Getting Started)
- Status Tutorials (General Functions and Features)
- Entities Tutorials Creating and Editing (Entities)
- Entities Tutorials List Views (Entities)
Set Up Accounting
Create the Chart of Accounts, VAT Types, currencies, credit terms and bank profiles that customer, supplier and ledger transactions use.
- Chart of Accounts Tutorials (Accounting)
- How to Choose the Right Section
- How to Choose Between an Asset and Expense Account
- How to Choose the Level of Detail in Account Structures
- How to View a List of Accounts in Tree View
- How to Add a Section to the Statement of Profit or Loss
- How to Add a Section to the Statement of Financial Position
- How to Add an Account
- How to Change an Account Into a Sub-Account
- How to Rebuild the Accounting Reports
- How to Generate Account Codes
- How to Generate Account Lookups
- How to Order Accounts Alphabetically
- How to Rearrange Accounts
- How to Delete an Account
- How to Prevent an Account From Being Used
- VAT Types Tutorials (VAT & WHT)
- Currency Tutorials (Accounting)
- Budgets Tutorials (Accounting)
- How to Add Budgets to a Menu and Set User Access
- How to Create an Accounting Budget
- How to Enter Budget Amounts
- How to Budget the Statement of Financial Position
- How to Batch Update Budget Amounts
- How to Set the Same Amount for Every Month
- How to Spread a Total Evenly Over the Months
- How to Adjust Amounts by a Percentage
- How to Clear Amounts
- How to Fill a Budget From the Prior Year’s Actual Amounts
- How to Copy Amounts From Another Budget
- How to Spread a Total in the Prior Year’s Pattern
- How to Copy a Budget
- How to Create a Revised Budget
- How to Create a Forecast
- How to Create a Sales Budget
- How to Add Sales Budget Lines
- How to Enter Budgeted Quantities
- How to Delete a Sales Budget Line
- How to Approve and Lock a Budget
- How to Delete a Budget
- Budgets vs Actuals Tutorials (Accounting)
- Credit Terms Tutorials (Contacts)
- Bank Profiles Tutorials (Banking)
- WHT Setup Steps (VAT & WHT)
- Tax Reconciliation Setup Tutorials (VAT & WHT)
Contacts, Customers and Suppliers
Create the lists that contact records use, then the staff, customer and supplier records themselves.
- Positions (Contacts)
- Billing Methods Tutorials (Contacts)
- Contact Categories (Contacts)
- Custom Attributes Tutorials (Attributes)
- How to Create Custom Attribute Sets
- How to Edit a Custom Attribute Set
- How to Delete a Custom Attribute Item
- How to Delete a Custom Attribute Set
- How to Add Attribute Sets to a Contact
- How to Remove Attribute Sets From a Contact
- How to Update Modules When Attribute Items Are Edited
- How to Add or Edit Attribute Sets on a Service Ticket
- How to Add an Attribute Set to a Transaction
- How to Edit an Attribute Item on a Transaction
- Contacts Tutorials Creating and Editing (Contacts)
- How to Choose Between a Person and an Entity
- How to Create a Contact: Person
- How to Create a Contact: Entity
- How to Complete Attributes (tab)
- How to Complete Addresses (tab)
- How to Copy an Address
- How to Complete Entities (tab)
- How to Complete Employees (tab)
- How to Complete Assets (tab): Selecting Assets
- How to Complete Assets (tab): Adding Assets
- How to Edit a Single Contact Record
- How to Edit Multiple Contact Records
- How to Add Image Profiles
- How to Add Notes and Attachments
- How to Create an Address Lookup List
- Contacts Tutorials Viewing (Contacts)
- Customer Records Tutorials (Customers)
- Price Lists Tutorials (Customers)
- Supplier Records Tutorials (Suppliers)
Items and Assets
Create an item for every task, raw material and finished good, and record your assets.
- Item Categories Tutorials (Items)
- Item Attributes Tutorials (Items)
- Item Creation and Editing Tutorials (Items)
- How to Create an Item
- How to Choose an Item Type
- How to Complete the Header
- How to Format an Item Note
- How to Complete Detail (tab)
- How to Complete Prices (tab)
- How to Create or Edit Supplier Prices
- How to Create or Edit Cost Prices
- How to Create or Edit Sell Prices
- How to Complete Inventory (tab)
- How to Complete Costing (tab)
- How to Complete Costing (tab): Materials Section
- How to Complete Costing (tab): Routing Section
- How to Remove an Item From a Costing
- How to Reorder a Costing
- How to View a Linked Item
- How to Complete Notes & Attachments (tab)
- How to Add Notes to an Item
- How to View or Edit a Note
- How to Delete a Single Note
- How to Delete Multiple Notes
- How to Add Attachments to an Item
- How to View or Edit an Attachment
- How to Delete a Single Attachment
- How to Delete Multiple Attachments
- How to Edit an Item
- How to Delete an Item
- How to Copy an Item
- How to Set Transaction Defaults for Items
- How to Translate an Item
- Item List Views Tutorials (Items)
- How to View Header Information
- How to View Substrate Information
- How to View Estimating Information
- How to View Pricing Information
- How to View Inventory Information
- How to View a List of Items in Dual Screen
- How to Update Individual Records
- How to Update Multiple Records: Default View
- How to Add Cost Prices: Default View
- How to Add Sell Prices: Default View
- How to Update Multiple Records: Pricing View > Supplier Prices
- How to Update Multiple Records: Pricing View > Cost Prices
- How to Update Multiple Records: Pricing View > Sell Prices
- How to Update Multiple Records: Pricing View > Price Lists
- How to Rebuild the Inventory Report
- Item Summary Tutorials (Items)
- How to View an Item Summary
- How to View Transactions That Changed the Quantity in Stock
- How to View Transactions Used to Order Stock
- How to View Transactions Used to Reserve Stock
- How to View Transactions for a Different Location
- How to View Inventory Price Changes
- How to Open a Transaction From the Price History
- How to Delete Price History Rows
- How to View an Item’s Serial Numbers or Batches
- Online Libraries Tutorials (Getting Started)
- Asset Groups (Assets)
- Assets Tutorials: Creating and Editing Assets (Assets)
- How to Create an Asset
- How to Create an Equipment Asset
- How to Create a Vehicle Asset
- How to Create an Asset From a Transaction
- How to Open the Asset Linked to a Transaction Item
- How to Edit an Asset
- How to Edit Multiple Assets
- How to Link an Asset to a Parent Asset
- How to Add Child Assets
- How to Unlink a Child Asset
- How to Add an Attribute
- How to Remove an Attribute
- How to Complete the Financial Attributes
- How to Set Up an Asset for Depreciation
- How to Delete an Asset
Transaction Types
Transaction Types set the rules for capturing transactions. Create them before you capture any transactions.
- Transaction Type Tutorials (Transaction Types)
- Step 1: Access the Transaction Types Setup
- Step 2: Create a Transaction Type
- Step 3: Configure Settings
- Step 4: Edit the Statuses
- Step 5: Define Copy Rules
- Step 6: Add Output Templates
- Step 7: Set User Access
- Step 8: Review and Save
- How to Create a Transaction Type
- How to Complete Settings (tab)
- How to Complete Statuses (tab)
- How to Complete Categories (tab)
- How to Complete Copy Rules (tab)
- How to Complete Output Templates (tab)
- How to Set Transaction Numbering Sequences
- How to Delete a Transaction Type
- How to Edit a Transaction Type
- How to Copy a Transaction Type
- Transaction Type Settings Tutorials (Transaction Types)
- Transaction Type Statuses Tutorials (Transaction Types)
- Transaction Categories Tutorials (Transaction Types)
- Copying Transactions (Copy Rules) Tutorials (Transaction Types)
- Output Template Tutorials (Output, Emails, and Designers)
- Followers (Transaction Types)
- VAT Setup for Transaction Types Tutorials (VAT & WHT)
- Calendar Type Tutorials (Calendars)
Menus
Add the modules and Transaction Types you have set up to menus so that people can open them.
- Menu Groups (Menus)
- Menu Templates (Menus)
Capture Transactions
Create, find and edit transactions, allocate payments, and record common ledger and inventory transactions.
- Transactions List View Tutorials (Transactions)
- How to View a List of Transaction Entries
- How to View a List of Transaction Items
- How to Filter a View by Date
- How to Filter a View by Status
- How to Filter a View by Customer or Supplier
- How to Filter a View by User
- How to Filter a View by Entity
- How to Filter a View by Rep
- How to Copy a Transaction
- How to Copy Multiple Transactions
- How to Update Multiple Transactions
- How to View Transaction Allocations
- Transactions Edit View Tutorials (Transactions)
- How to Create a Transaction
- How to View Transaction Entries on a Calendar
- How to Edit a Transaction
- How to Edit Multiple Items on a Transaction Simultaneously
- How to Change an Item’s Unit
- How to View a Transaction’s Accounting Report
- How to View a Transaction’s Inventory Report
- How to View a Transaction’s ID and Editable Status
- How to Copy a Transaction: List View
- How to Copy a Transaction: Edit View
- How to Delete a Transaction
- How to View Linked Transactions
- How to Link a Transaction to a From Transaction
- How to Unlink a Transaction From Its From Transaction
- How to View a Linked Estimate
- How to Create an Asset From a Transaction Item
- How to Open a Transaction Item’s Linked Asset
- How to Show or Hide Notes
- How to Create a Note or Attachment
- How to Add Artwork to an Item: Upload
- How to Add Artwork to an Item: Capture
- How to View an Item’s Artwork
- How to Add Followers
- Linking Transactions (Transaction Types)
- Transaction Allocations (Transactions)
- Proposals Tutorials (Transactions)
- How to Create a Proposal Template
- Step 1: Create Items for All the Mandatory and Optional Elements
- Step 2: Create the Proposal Template
- How to Incorporate a Proposal on a Transaction
- How to Select a Different Proposal on a Transaction
- How to Update a Proposal on a Transaction
- How to Update a Proposal From Its Template
- Calendars and Transactions (Calendars)
- Calendar Tutorials (Calendars)
- WHT Tutorials (VAT & WHT)
- Items and General Ledger Transactions (Ledger Transaction Examples)
- Ledger Transaction Tutorials (Transactions)
- How to Record a Bad Debt
- How to Record Monthly Depreciation
- How to Record Discount Allowed
- How to Record Discount Received
- How to Record Foreign Exchange Payments
- How to Record Foreign Exchange Receipts
- How to Record a Loan or Hire Purchase Agreement
- How to Record Periodic Inventory Journals
- How to Record Payroll Journals
- How to Record Foreign Exchange Gains or Losses
- Step 1: Create Transaction Types (if they do not already exist)
- Inventory Recording Methods (Inventory)
- Inventory Tracking Tutorials (Inventory)
- Inventory Replenishment Tutorials (Inventory)
- How to Activate Replenishment on Purchase Orders
- How to Activate Replenishment on Work Orders
- How to Activate Replenishment on Transfer Issues
- How to Add Replenishment Items to an Open Purchase Order
- How to Add Replenishment Items to an Open Work Order
- How to Add Replenishment Items to an Open Transfer Issue
Accounts, Banking and Reporting
Follow up customer and supplier accounts, reconcile the bank and tax, view the financial statements and see what transactions cost.
- Customer Age Analysis and Ledger Tutorials (Customers)
- Supplier Age Analysis and Ledger Tutorials (Suppliers)
- Bank Imports Tutorials (Banking)
- Bank Reconciliations Tutorials (Banking)
- Ledger Tutorials and Troubleshooting (Accounting)
- How to View a Detailed Ledger
- How to View a Transaction List
- How to View Transaction Items
- How to Open a Transaction
- How to Set the Different Date Options
- How to Create a Ledger Transaction
- How to Resolve Missing Transactions
- How to View a List of Changed Transactions: Step 1
- How to View the User Who Changed the Transactions: Step 2
- VAT Reconciliation Tutorials (VAT & WHT)
- WHT Reconciliation Tutorials (VAT & WHT)
- Trial Balance Tutorials (Financial Statements)
- Statement of Profit or Loss Tutorials (Financial Statements)
- Statement of Financial Position Tutorials (Financial Statements)
- Financial Reporting Dashboard Tutorials (Financial Statements)
- Cost of Sales Tutorials (Cost of Sales)
Estimating
Set up Estimate Types, then add estimates to quotations.
- Estimate Type Tutorials (Estimating)
- Estimate Tutorials (Estimating)
- How to Add an Estimate to a Quotation
- How to Complete the Header
- How to Complete Input (tab)
- How to Complete Costs (tab)
- How to Complete Prices (tab)
- How to Add Quantities
- How to Add a Single Quantity
- How to Add a Range of Quantities
- How to Change the Active Quantity
- How to Edit the Imposition
- How to Complete Description (tab)
- How to Override the Description
- How to Remove an Override Description
- How to Understand the Summary Section
- How to Delete an Estimate – Option 1
- How to Delete an Estimate – Option 2
- How to Update an Estimate With Estimate Type Changes
- How to View a Linked Item
- How to View an Item Summary
- How to Reorder Estimate Entries
- How to Delete Estimate Entries
- How to Delete Estimate Quantities
- How to Copy an Estimate
- Multi-level BOM Estimates (Estimating)
- How to Add a Multi-level BOM Estimate to a Transaction
- How to Add Items to the BOM
- How to Add a Custom Line
- How to Edit a Line
- How to Change a Line to a Similar Item
- How to Expand or Collapse an Assembly
- How to Move Lines
- How to Delete Lines
- How to Reset Lines to the Item Master Values
- How to Create Items From the BOM
- How to Set the Production Status of Costs Lines
Production Planning
Prepare the Transaction Types for production, then manage jobs, materials, tasks and outwork.
- Production Planning Setup Tutorials (Production Planning)
- How to Prepare the Sales Order Transaction Type for Production
- How to Create a Work Order Transaction Type
- How to Prepare the Purchase Order Transaction Type for Production
- How to Prepare the Goods Issued Transaction Type for Production
- How to Create a Copy Rule for Goods Received
- How to Create a Copy Rule for Purchase Orders (Outwork)
- How to Create a Copy Rule for Purchase Orders (Materials)
- How to Create a Copy Rule for Goods Issued
- How to Create a Copy Rule for Goods Returned
- How to Create Production Statuses
- How to Set User Access for Transaction Types
- How to Set User Access for Copy Rules
- Production Planning Jobs Tutorials (Production Planning)
- Production Planning Materials Tutorials (Production Planning)
- Production Planning Tasks Tutorials (Production Planning)
- Production Planning Outwork Tutorials (Production Planning)
Service Manager
Set up Service Types and Project Templates, then create and process service tickets and projects.
- Service Types Tutorials (Service Manager)
- How to Create a Service Type
- How to Edit a Service Type
- How to Delete a Service Type
- How to Select Transactions for Creation
- How to Create a Lead Source Lookup List
- How to Create a Reference Lookup List
- How to Create a Tag
- How to Edit a Tag
- How to Delete a Tag
- How to Create Default Statuses
- How to Add Statuses
- How to Reorder Statuses
- How to Delete a Status
- How to Add Default Note Topics
- How to Add a Note Topic
- How to Edit a Note Topic
- How to Add a Note to a Note Topic
- How to View or Hide Notes Linked to Note Topics
- How to Delete Note Topics
- How to Create a Category
- How to Edit a Category
- How to Delete a Category
- How to Add Staff
- How to Create a Resource
- How to Edit a Resource
- How to Delete a Resource
- How to Set Up a Profit or Loss Statement
- How to Create a Copy Rule
- How to Edit Copy Rules
- How to Add a Note to a Copy Rule
- How to Delete a Copy Rule
- Project Templates Tutorials (Service Manager)
- Service Tickets Tutorials (Service Manager)
- How to Create a Sales-Related Service Ticket
- How to Create a Project Ticket
- How to Create an Accounts-Related Service Ticket
- How to Edit a Service Ticket
- How to Expand the Notes
- How to Edit Project Fields
- How to Adjust the Project Dates
- How to Update Multiple Items
- How to Record Timekeeping for a Service Ticket
- How to Record Timekeeping for a Project
- How to Stop Timekeeping for a Service Ticket
- How to View a Timekeeping Record
- How to Process a Service Ticket
- How to Add Note Topics and Notes
- How to Add Attachments
- How to Create a Transaction
- How to Complete a Project or Service Ticket
- How to Link a Transaction to a Service Ticket’s Profit / Loss
- How to Link a Transaction to a Service Ticket
- How to Create a Version of a Service Ticket
- How to Delete a Service Ticket
- How to View a Service Ticket
- How to View All Tickets for a Customer or Supplier
- How to View All the Transactions for a Customer or Supplier
- How to View a Gantt Chart
- How to Edit Multiple Service Tickets (Batch Updates)
- Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs) (Service Manager)
Timekeeping
Set up timekeeping, then record, edit and approve time.
- Timekeeping Settings Tutorials (Timekeeping)
- Timekeeping Statuses Tutorials (Timekeeping)
- Timekeeping User Access Tutorials (Timekeeping)
- Timekeeping Tutorials (Timekeeping)
- How to View Timekeeping Records
- How to Update Multiple Timekeeping Records (Batch Update)
- How to Show or Hide Timekeeping Notes
- How to Create a Timekeeping Record for Travel
- How to Create a Timekeeping Record for Work
- How to Stop a Timekeeping Record
- How to Unstop a Timekeeping Record
- How to Edit Timekeeping Records
- How to Approve Timekeeping Records
- How to View a Staff Member’s Location on Google Maps
- How to Show the Timekeeping Signatures
- How to Delete a Timekeeping Record
Point of Sale
Set up Point of Sale (PoS), then run till sessions and record cash sales.
- Point of Sale Setup Tutorials (Point of Sale)
- Step 1: Create an Entity
- Step 2: Set Up the PoS Environment: Settings
- Step 3: Set Up the PoS Environment: Users
- Step 4: Set Up the PoS Environment: Statuses
- Step 5: Set User Access
- Step 6: Activate the Transaction Type Settings
- Step 7: Add Point of Sale (PoS) to a Menu Group
- Step 8: Add PoS to the Menu Templates
- Point of Sale Tutorials (Point of Sale)
- How to Start PoS
- How to Count and Record the Starting Cash / Start a Till Session
- How to Record a Transaction
- How to Count and Record the Closing Cash / Close a Till Session
- How to Resume a Till Session
- How to Open the Cash Drawer
- How to View the PoS Bank Transactions for a Session
- How to View All PoS Transactions for a Session
- How to Clock Out of PoS
- How to Temporarily Exit PoS
Customise QuickEasy BOS
Create your own reports, document templates, custom actions and translations.
- Custom Reports Tutorials (Custom Reports)
- Edit Reports Tutorials (Custom Reports)
- Report Example – Quotations This Month (Custom Reports)
- Form Designer – Reportbuilder Tutorials (Output, Emails, and Designers)
- Custom Actions Tutorials (General Functions and Features)
- Language Tutorials (Languages)
Mobile App
Use the QuickEasy BOS Mobile App for customer information and timekeeping away from your desk.
- Mobile App General Functions Tutorials (Mobile App)
- Mobile App Customers Tutorials (Mobile App)
- How to Find and Open a Customer
- How to Add a Customer
- How to Edit a Customer’s Information
- How to Phone or Email a Customer
- How to Message a Customer
- How to Add an Address
- How to Edit an Address
- How to Open an Address in Google Maps
- How to Add a Contact Person
- How to Link an Existing Contact
- How to Edit a Contact Person
- How to Add an Attribute
- How to Edit an Attribute
- How to Remove an Attribute
- How to Add a Note
- How to Edit a Note
- How to Add an Image
- Mobile App Timekeeping Tutorials (Mobile App)
- How to Start an Unlinked Timekeeping Record
- How to Start a Timekeeping Record Linked to an Item
- How to Edit a Running Timekeeping Record
- How to Stop a Travel Timekeeping Record
- How to Stop a Work Timekeeping Record
- How to Delete a Timekeeping Record
- How to View an Item’s Details
- How to Mark an Item Complete
- How to Navigate to a Customer
- How to Add a Note
- How to Edit a Note
- How to Edit a Project Task’s Note
- How to Add an Image
- How to View Timekeeping Records in the Desktop App