ScottTaylor's avatar
ScottTaylor
Experienced Partner
12 years ago
Status:
Open

Jobs: Purge (delete) Jobs no longer in Use

We run tens of thousands of jobs in MYOB and refer to the Job Number in our Invoices and Purchases for Cost tracking.

Some Jobs run for less than one day, other jobs run for a number of years.

The Job list became so full that it totally slowed our whole system down a couple of years ago and we had to start a brand new file just to get rid of the long job list. This meant importing and exporting customers, suppliers, employees, accounts etc and this became a significant task.

 

Can there be a way to purge jobs without having to close them off by looking at how long ago the last transaction was? I would like to see a facility where I can say Purge all jobs that were not used within the last x number of days and I have the flexibility to select what x equals such as 365 days, 900 days or possibly for some companies 60 days. Sure, I understand that if I select the wrong number of days, I may lose a few jobs that I didnt want to loose but if the process asks for say, two confirmations to proceed, then the risk would be all mine.

 

I really do not want to have to keep creating a brand new file just to get rid of my long job lists every couple of years

 

Thanks

33 Comments

  • JulieT's avatar
    JulieT
    Experienced Cover User

    Currently doing a purge on old jobs and it's taking me forever.  I agree this would be a huge benefit.

  • Designcraft's avatar
    Designcraft
    Contributing Cover User

    Yes, this is completely totally insane that we cant delete old jobs except one at a time!!

    We have hundreds of old jobs that need deleting and it takes forever!!

    And you delete a job from the middle of the list and it takes you back to the top of the list so you need to trawl back through the list to find out where you were. ARGHHH!!

     

    I used to be such a big MYOB fan but am looking to switch to another package as soon as I can.

     

    Bob Fenderson

  • JustMichaela's avatar
    JustMichaela
    Experienced Cover User

    Along a similar point, we would like to make inactive jobs not show up on the list (not in the report section as you can already do that).

     

    We have too many jobs and scrolling to find the next new number (we have lots of sub jobs) or just a job number I can't remember the details of, is a slow process.

  • Yes this is a really bad functionality not to have.  If your file becomes too big for the cloud you cant see all your features.  I havent been able to see aged receivables or payables for three months now.