I have had numberous bookkeepers and business owners (used to being able to choose or enter an account code) complain that can be extremely slow if the expenditure being allocated is not in the usual...
We would also like the ability to select by account number (& name), wherever that is necessary, e.g. for journals, allocating bank entries, etc.
By way of background, we were encouraged (co-oerced?) by our MYOB Account Manager at the time to convert all of our BankLink clients to MYOB Essentials. We did so on the understanding that the process for manipulating transactions & transferring same to the client's MAS ledgers would be essentially (no pun intended) the same. However, we have since discovered that there are a few subtle differences which have caused some angst within our practice, e.g.
- Inability to set-up & process reversing journals
- Inability to select accounts by name, not number
- The fact that when the transaction data is transferred to MAS, the GST character of each transaction is "lost" (i.e. you can only view the net transactions after that point)
- Overall "clunkiness" of allocating entries & processing journals (particulalry evdient when dealing with clients which have a large volume of bank & journal transactions)
Note we also raised these issues recently with our current MYOB client manager, however their advice was to raise them on this forum, as that would be more likely given due attention by the powers that be?