March 2011 Blog Posts

Search Trick - The Power of the Percent!

In any of the "Edge" products, you will see a handy "Search By" box in the bottom left corner of selected data entry grids such as the load ticket grid (Logger's Edge), the part grid (Mechanic's Edge), or the work ticket grid (Contractor's Edge). If you type in a number and click the green "play button", the software will find the entry with that ticket number, part number, work ticket number, etc.  But what if you don't know the entire number of the ticket (or part) you are trying to look up?  Not to worry!  Just use the % when you...

Generating IFTA Reports

Did you know you can keep track of IFTA fuel and mileage information through Logger's Edge?  The IFTA -- International Fuel Tax Agreement -- is a compact between most states in the United States and most provinces in Canada that governs how motor fuel taxes are paid by truckers that haul across state or national boundaries. The main purpose of the agreement is to allow trucking companies to file only one fuel tax return to their base state, instead of filing one return for each state/province in which they operate. The single unified return reconciles all the different state motor fuel...

Reviewing Tickets in the Order You Entered Them

Did you know that The Logger's Edge will let you scroll back and forth through your tickets in the order that you entered them, right from the ticket entry window itself?  This feature can be handy if you just entered a stack of tickets, and you want to double-check your work.  Or perhaps you just entered 3 or 4 tickets, only to realize that you just made the same mistake on all the tickets.  This feature lets you correct the ticket you are working on and save it, then scroll backwards (without leaving the ticket entry window) to review and...

Multi-Row Copying in Rate Set-up

Did you know that when you are in a rate setup grid, you can highlight multiple rows at a time and copy them all at once?  (If, that is, you are on the version 4.7 or later series of the Logger's Edge.) This feature is particularly useful if you have a rate change part-way through the life of a tract and you need to set up new rates with new effective dates.  For example, suppose that you have received a revenue rate increase from IP, effective April 1st.  You have two rates in the system that you need to copy and...

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