Entering Beginning Balance Transactions

Entering Beginning Balance Transactions

When implementing Restaurant365 you will need to input beginning balance transactions for GL Balances, Open AP Transactions, Open AR Transactions, and Unreconciled Bank Transactions.  The majority of beginning balance items will be imported during the implementation process.  However, after go-live you may identify some discrepancies that may require you to add some additional beginning balance transactions. To add a new beginning balance transaction for GL Balances, Open AP, Open AR, or Unreconciled Bank Items, follow the steps below.   Select ‘Administration’ in the top ribbon and then select ‘New Beginning Balance’.  This will open a list of available beginning balance options. Available Beginning Balance Transaction Options AP … Continued
Intercompany Transactions

Intercompany Transactions

The automated intercompany process in the system will automatically create Due To and Due From entries on the distribution of intercompany transactions.  A transaction is deemed intercompany if the location in the header belongs to a different legal entity than a location in the detail rows belongs to.  The intercompany entries are added to the distribution after hitting Save or Approve. The Legal Entity form has fields for “Due From Account” and “Due To Account” and these are the accounts that will be used in intercompany distributions.  The process below describes an example of how this would work. Assume we … Continued
Add New Location

Add New Location

    Location Records can be created via the Restaurant365 Setup Assistant.  A User with the security role of User Setup will have access to the Setup Assistant via the Administration menu.   Navigate to the Administration menu in the top ribbon and select ‘Setup Assistant’ Once loaded, navigate to the ‘Locations’ section in the ‘Organization’ tab and click the ‘Add Location’ button to open the New Location Form   This action will open the New Location form where the User with then be able to enter the Location record information and then Save The Location record will now be … Continued
Move Account List From Quickbooks to Restaurant365

Move Account List From Quickbooks to Restaurant365

If you use Quickbooks and are now setting up Restaurant365, moving your account list over is easy.  Just follow the steps below: In Quickbooks go to Reports – List and run the Account Listing report On this report click Excel at the top of the window and choose Create New Worksheet On the window that pops up select “Create a comma separated values (.csv) file” and then click Export In the window that pops up give the file a name and note where you are saving the file Account Numbers are required in Restaurant365 so if you weren’t using account numbers in … Continued
GL Account Record

GL Account Record

The GL Account Record is where the Account specific information for each of the GL Accounts resides in the system.  Once you have opened a GL Account Record, the General Tab of the record will be displayed.  In addition to the information found on the General tab, the Transactions, and Report Settings tabs are available to users.  To create a new GL Account, please see the Add a New GL Account training. Click the button below to download an example General Ledger populated with recommended Account Names, Account Numbers, Cash Flow Categories, Operational Reports Categories, and Parent Account from the National Restaurant Association … Continued
Move Vendor List From Quickbooks to Restaurant365

Move Vendor List From Quickbooks to Restaurant365

If you use Quickbooks and are now setting up Restaurant365, moving your vendor list over is easy.  Just follow the steps below: In Quickbooks go to Reports – List and run the Vendor Contact List report On this report click the “Customize Report” button in the upper left corner In the window that pops up, in the Columns box, select the following columns (and uncheck any others that might be selected).  Be sure to choose this exact list of columns, then click OK Active Status, Vendor, Phone, Fax, Contact, Bill From 1, Bill From Street 1, Bill From Street 2, Bill From … Continued
DSS Re-Import

DSS Re-Import

Re-importing Daily Sales Summary (DSS) Files Restaurant365 customers that are using a non-Cloud-based POS system have the ability to manually re-import Daily Sales Summary (DSS) files. Note: the following Cloud-based POS Systems are exceptions and require assistance from the Restaurant365 POS Integration Team to re-import DSS files: Brink Revel Square Clover Toast Breadcrumb For DSS re-import assistance with a Cloud-based POS please contact Restaurant365 Support and include the following details: Restaurant365 URL: https://groupname.restaurant365.net Location Name / Number: Date(s) of missing DSS(s):   Troubleshooting Before Re-import Before attempting to re-import manually, and before contacting Restaurant365 Support, please review the article Troubleshooting tips for missing DSSs … Continued
GL Account – Available To Managers

GL Account – Available To Managers

If non-Accounting users (Users with the security role of Restaurant Manager) need access to a GL Account, that Account must be flagged as Available to Managers.  As non-Accounting users do not have access to the Accounting Module, they will never see the General Ledger in its entirety, nor will they have the access to open a GL Account Record to view GL Transactions.  However, it will be necessary for Restaurant Managers to have limited access to some GL Accounts for Invoicing, and DSS Review For Accounts that have Available to Managers enabled, the Account Name / Number will be made available in … Continued
Legal Entity Setup

Legal Entity Setup

Legal Entities are companies that own locations.  Each location must belong to a legal entity.  Many reports can be run by legal entity which will show results for all locations that belong to that entity.  A legal entity usually has a corporate tax id.  Legal entities aren’t selected on transactions because the location is selected and whichever legal entity that location belongs to is associated with that transaction automatically. To edit an existing legal entity, go to the Legal Entities list (Accounting – Administration – Legal Entities in the left hand navigation), click a the row of the legal entity … Continued
Vendor Item Record

Vendor Item Record

Vendor Item Vendor Items can be setup to set a few fields for an item for a specific vendor. These records aren’t required and if no item vendor record exists then the values on the item are used instead. In order to import an invoice from a vendor then Vendor Item records are required and if missing then a record will be created during import and the user can finish setting up the record after the import completes. Vendor Item fields are: Item: Lookup of item record Vendor: Lookup of vendor record Vendor Item Number: Text field of the number … Continued