TIME OUTS / CRASHES / BLANK REPORTS getting worse for single customer SALES REPORTS etc

Question

Hi All,

We seem to be getting worse and worse TIMEOUT and BLANK REPORT errors when trying to run even small 3 - 6 months SALE REPORTS data using desktop software. Also tried browser and didnt seem to help much.

eg. Individual Customer sales history report for last 6 months.

We used to be able to do 12 months ok.

Sometimes report finished but it is BLANK even though we know there is data there.

Could this be the Database getting to big or some other issue since recent updates?

Thanks

Nathan

nduro · Answer

Hi @gavin12345

Thanks.

I was looking at the TIME OUT EXTENDER for 2024 but didnt know if the instructions where still valid for the latest software. I cannot findthe Huxley config file it is talking about?

Yep it has always been our team staring in to space with MYOB unfortunatly :)  . For us this is frustrating and bogs us down, as we often have the customer on the phone while we try to look up their history as they can never remember what product/brand/qty they ordered last time or a year ago etc. So we constantly have to refer to their Sales History.

Regards Nathan

gavin12345 · Answer

Hi Nathan,

Have you applied the TimeOut Extender to the Update - apparently this must be done after each update. Applying the extender won't speed things up but will allow AR2024 more time to assemble the data.

The bigger the file the longer everything takes - how big is your file - only way to tell if the file is online is to make a backup and restore locally. Check the local files size and multiple by approx 1.5.

FYI when the single customer report does work, how long does it take to generate. I had a client who recently upgraded to AR2024 from v19 and couldn't believe how long this took for a single customer, up to 90 seconds (or staring into space as the customer waits around).

Regards

Gavin

gavinw222@gmail.com

nduro · Answer

@Earl_HD

Thanks for reply. We will try clearing cache.

In regards to report length, for a single customers Sales Report we would expect to be able to at least run a report for 8-12 months period. Otherwise it is super limiting and frustrating.

We use these all day everyday to look up customers order histories and to confirm product choices and selections.

Thanks Nathan