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Welcome
Welcome to UNIT4 Training Services. We recognise that continuous learning is
important for individuals and companies in order to succeed in a constantly
changing environment.
The courses we deliver cover all aspects of our product modules, from introductory
courses to more advanced support and reporting sessions.
This brochure contains details of courses currently being offered, in the form of
course outlines. For each course there is:
A brief description of the course
A list of overall objectives
Details of knowledge/courses required prior to attending the course
Details of subsequent or related courses of interest.
Any mandatory knowledge/courses required prior to attending the must be met to
ensure you get the most out of the course.
The courses have been designed to cater for different user audiences. To ensure
that you attend the course suited to you, please see the section on 'The Course for
me'.
At the back of the brochure there is a Practical Information page giving details of
how to book a course, terms and conditions and location of the training centre.
In special cases, we can tailor our courses to suit your needs. Please contact us at
the training centre to discuss this option further.
We hope you find a course that is of interest to you.
© Unit4 Business Software Ltd.
Table of Contents
The Course for me
Training Options
Financials Design
Financials Administrator
Purchasing Design
Invoice Matching Administrator
Assets Administrator
Purchasing Administrator
XL for Finance
Practical Information
Course Code List
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The Course for me
Our customer courses are designed for different types of user role. This gives you
the opportunity to take a course that is best suited for your role within your
organisation. Below we have described different kinds of users, to make it easier for
you to choose the right course.
Which type of user are you?
Enquiry User
Normally the person who asks questions, analyses information and creates reports,
on which decisions are based.
End User
Normally the person who enters and/or processes data.
Advanced User
This person has a detailed understanding of the business or function area. This
person is often a business analyst, or in a managerial role, with an understanding of
the complete picture from a financial or operational perspective.
Super User
This person has an understanding of the business and the information systems
used to support the business. Often part of the implementation team, this person
will be responsible for understanding how Business World works from a functional
perspective.
IT User (Technical User)
This person is normally responsible for their organisation's technical environment,
which might include software installation, database administration, writing reports.
Often part of the implementation team, this person will be responsible for
understanding how Business World works from a technical perspective.
Training Options
Public Training
Unit4 Training offers scheduled courses in a number of convenient locations around the UK. The courses are open to all customers with the software. They are ideal for delegates from organisations that either have no on-site training facility or who want to be able to train up a new member of staff on the system. Scheduled courses allow delegates to meet and learn with Financials users from other companies and industries, thereby offering a broader understanding of the enterprise resource planning software environment. Full details of the public training schedule can be found on our website - www.unit4software.co.uk/support/training
Customer Training
All of our courses may be taught onsite using your facilities. Access to a copy held at one of our Training Centres, can be made available through our remote connection software. Alternatively, you may prefer for us to host your training at one of our Training Centres. Unit4 Training are also able to provide your organisation with customised training using these options.
Financials Design
Intended Audience
Super, Advanced, Enquiry and End Users.
Prerequisites
Mandatory Knowledge: Familiarity with Windows technology and applications,
e.g. Windows XP, MS Word Overview
Background in financial accounting or experience in
specific areas of an accounts department
Overview
This course concentrates on the concepts and functions of the Financials product.
Financials specific terminology is explained.
Flexibility has been written into the material to allow for detailed discussions in some
areas and omission of others to suit the customer’s environment.
The course covers the areas of the Chart of Accounts, Companies, Input and
Output, Processing and Workflow.
Overall Objectives
By the end of the course you will:
demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of specific functions and
terminology within Financials software
meet the essential requirements for attending and contributing at an ADW
(Application Design Workshop).
Subsequent/Related Course(s) of Interest
The following courses may be of interest:
Financials Administrator
Duration 1 Day
Financials Administrator
Intended Audience
Super and Advanced Users.
Prerequisites
Mandatory Knowledge: Attended the Financials Design Principles course
Familiarity with Windows technology and applications,
e.g. Windows XP, MS Word Overview
Overview
This course concentrates on the concepts, setup and use of all the key Financial
functions, excluding multi-company issues. This course uses the browser-based
software options throughout.
The course covers the areas of navigation around the application, Design and
creation of a Chart of Accounts, Element/Group Masters, Creation of Customer/
Supplier accounts, Documents, Input of typical accounting transactions, On-screen
enquiry/browsing, Cash matching and Payment processing.
Overall Objectives
By the end of the course you will:
use the different types of Masters
create and amend currency, document, selector and presenter masters
set up and use on-line enquiries
set up and use Matching
set up and run the Pay process
create and use special documents
Subsequent/Related Course(s) of Interest
The following courses may be of interest:
Asset Administrator
Duration 3 Days
Purchasing Design
Intended Audience
Super, Advanced, Enquiry and End Users.
Prerequisites
Mandatory Knowledge: Familiarity with Windows technology and applications,
e.g. Windows XP, MS Word Overview
Familiarity with the basic functionality of Financials
A background in purchasing or experience in specific
areas of a purchasing department
Overview
As someone who has to implement Purchasing in an existing Financials
environment or as a new administrator of the Purchasing software, there is a
particular benefit in understanding its concepts and functions.
This course concentrates on the Procurement concepts and covers the Purchasing
Processes through to the related Accounting Information. Other areas that are
covered include Items and Pricing, Input Components, Workflow, Outputs, Security
and Financials Buy 2gether.
Overall Objectives
By the end of the course you will:
demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of specific functions and
terminology within the Purchasing software
meet the essential requirements for attending and contributing at an ADW
(Application Design Workshop).
Subsequent/Related Course(s) of Interest
The following courses may be of interest:
Invoice Matching Administrator
Purchasing Administrator
Duration 1 Day
Invoice Matching Administrator
Intended Audience
Super and Advanced Users.
Prerequisites
Mandatory Knowledge: Experience in use of Windows technology and
applications, e.g. Windows XP, MS Word, Internet
Successful completion of the Financials Design
Principles course or familiarity with the basic
functionality of Financials 2count Financials
Experience in the business areas of purchasing or
invoice matching
Successful completion of the Purchasing Design
Principles or familiarity with the basic functionality of
Financials 2control Spend
Overview
Invoice Matching is an integral part of the Financials accounts payable applications
which allows users to complete an end-to-end ‘purchase to pay’ process.
This course is designed to train Administrators in how to set up, use and maintain
the Invoice Matching system to maximum advantage. Browser-based software
options are used throughout.
The course covers the areas of Process Flow and Initial configuration, Logical
Receipt Notes (LRNs), Interactive Matching, Selecting and Grouping, Assign and
Balance, Tolerances, Discrepancies and Authorisation, Posting to Financials, Self-
billing, Accruals and Housekeeping Routines for Invoices, LRNs and Authorisation.
Overall Objectives
By the end of the course you will:
configure the Invoice Matching system to best suit their organisation’s
objectives
process documents through Invoice Matching from input, authorisation,
matching, posting and dealing with accounting issues.
Subsequent/Related Course(s) of Interest
The following courses may be of interest:
Purchasing Administrator
Duration 2 Days
Assets Administrator
Intended Audience
Super, Advanced, Enquiry and End Users.
Prerequisites
Mandatory Knowledge: A working knowledge of Financials, particularly in the
use of Documents, Input and Masters
An understanding of business experience in managing
company assets
Overview
Assets provides a new technology approach to managing a company’s assets. A
full set of functionality is provided within the product and all areas are covered within
this course. This course uses the browser-based software options throughout.
The course focuses on the practical work within the product giving learners ample
opportunity to use their PC skills. The areas covered include Concepts, Masters,
Capitalisation, Browsing, Depreciation, Disposals, Transfers, Revaluation,
Forecasting and Multi currency assets.
Overall Objectives
By the end of the course you will:
set up the system and understand the masters
create assets using the various capitalisation methods
use the Browsing and drill-down functionality
run depreciation and understand the delivered depreciation rules
transfer and dispose of assets using a variety of methods
revalue assets.
Subsequent/Related Course(s) of Interest
The following courses may be of interest:
Financials Administrator
Duration 1 Day
Purchasing Administrator
Intended Audience
Super and Advanced Users.
Prerequisites
Mandatory Knowledge: Experience in use of Windows technology and an
understanding of the purchasing business process
Attendance on the Purchasing Design Principles is an
advantage
Overview
Financials 2control Spend provides effective administration and control procedures
to support the purchasing part of the Procure to Pay process.
This course provides all the content for understanding and system maintenance up
to Invoice Matching, from entering a requisition, creating and issuing orders, dealing
with receipts and returns, handling printing and using the workflows provided. This
course uses the browser-based software throughout.
The course explains the specific aspects of Purchasing and gives users ample
opportunity to use their screen navigation, keyboard and mouse skills.
Overall Objectives
By the end of the course you will:
understand each aspect of the Purchasing environment
create and maintain all the Purchasing processes applicable to their company
be able to use the Purchasing workflow to maximum advantage.
Subsequent/Related Course(s) of Interest
The following courses may be of interest:
Invoicing Matching Administrator
Duration 3 Days
XL for Finance
Intended Audience
Super Users.
Prerequisites
Mandatory Knowledge: Experience in the use of Microsoft Excel, at least to the
level of creating formulae
Some experience in creating simple macros would be
beneficial
Experience with Financials 2count Financials, especially
in the use of browse functionality
Overview
As a key accounting tool Microsoft Excel is used throughout most finance
departments. Financials 2know XL provides the essential link between Excel and
the data at the heart of Financials.
Financials 2know XL allows users to extract and upload data, according to their
Financials security access, from within an Excel spreadsheet.
The course is aimed at Administrators or Senior Users, who need a grasp of all the
Financials 2know XL functionality and how it could be used within their organisation.
The areas covered include Configuration and sample files, using browse details to
extract data into Microsoft Excel, working with non-maintained Financials balances
using Balance Loader, using Journal Loader to post documents to the books or
intray, extracting and adding Master data using the templates provided and use of
the Toolkit to manage users and schedule reports.
Overall Objectives
By the end of the course you will:
post journals automatically
identify and extract selected data on a ‘one-off’ basis
Create reports to be run on a regular basis, on both balances and transactions.
Identify, locate and update non-maintainable balances
Extract and report on Master data
Maintain a user environment with differing security requirements
(optionally) schedule reports to be produced later.
Subsequent/Related Course(s) of Interest
There are currently no subsequent or related courses.
Duration 2 Days
Practical Information
Booking Training Services
Training Services can be arranged for your organisation either on your site or at one
of our training centres.
Alternatively, you can register for a scheduled course by fax, phone or email.
You can obtain a copy of the latest course schedule from either our web site or by
requesting a copy from the training.uk@unit4.com
In order to maximise the benefit from a course, the delegate should have met all the
prerequisites detailed in the course outline before attending the course.
Confirmation
Invoices will be issued as acknowledgement of your order with payment due 30
days from date of invoice.
Cancellation
If you need to cancel your booking please contact us immediately.
Cancellations, from a scheduled course, with between 5 and 10 working days notice
will be charged at 50% of the total price; cancellations made in less than 5 working
days will be charged at 100%. Refunds will not be made. Please ensure you get
the cancellation confirmed.
Full Terms and Conditions are available on our website www.unit4software.co.uk/
support/training
Unit4 reserves the right to cancel or reschedule courses dependent on bookings
accepted. In such circumstances, you will be offered alternative dates. We will not
be liable for any loss or expense of the customer arising out of such a cancellation.
Practical Information - cont.
Location
Unit4 has Training Facilities in three locations. These are:
Eden House, Bristol
Eden House is approximately 5 miles from Bristol city centre. Eden House is
easily accessible by road from the M5 and is approximately twenty five
minutes by road from Bristol Temple Meads or Bristol Parkway stations.
Riverside House, Swansea
Riverside House is a few minutes walk from the Liberty Stadium.
Bridge House, Reading
Bridge House is a five minute walk from Reading station.
Training Services
We are able to deliver a variety of training services, including standard and
customised courses, according to your specific needs. Our services include:
Formal classroom training
Training Seminars
Case Studies
Training Needs Analysis
Pre-UAT Training
End User Training
Floor Walking
eLearning
Please contact us if this is of interest to you.
Evaluation
We are constantly developing our courses to maintain a high standard and therefore
value your opinion. So at the end of each course we ask you to fill in an evaluation
form online.
Course Code List
Course Title Course Booking Code
Financials
Financials Design NA01
Financials Administrator NA02
Purchasing Design NC01
Invoice Matching Administrator NA12
Assets Administrator NA07
Purchasing Administrator NC02
XL for Finance NB01
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