Documentation: Improvements in User Guides

In MYOB Acumatica 2024.2.1, significant improvements have been made to the content and structure of the guides that make up the documentation, as described in the following sections.

DeviceHub Documentation

The documentation for the DeviceHub application, previously located in the Configuring Hardware Devices in DeviceHub chapter of the Integration Guide, has been reworked and relocated to the new Implementing DeviceHub part of the MYOB Acumatica Implementation Guide.

This part consists of the following chapters:

• Getting Started with DeviceHub: In the topics of this chapter, implementation specialists will learn how to install DeviceHub and perform the initial configuration. This includes the connection with MYOB Acumatica, methods of retrieving print and scan jobs, and logging of technical information. They will also learn about the user interface of DeviceHub.
• Configuring Printers: In the topics of this chapter, implementation specialists will learn how to add a printer to DeviceHub, synchronize this printer in MYOB Acumatica, and print a document. They will also learn how to configure default printers in MYOB Acumatica and set up printer access by using restriction groups.
• Configuring Scanners: In the topics of this chapter, implementation specialists will learn how to add a scanner to DeviceHub, synchronize this scanner in MYOB Acumatica, and scan a document. They will also learn how to configure default scanners in MYOB Acumatica.
• Configuring Digital Scales: In the topics of this chapter, implementation specialists will learn how to add a digital scale to DeviceHub, review the results of measuring in MYOB Acumatica, and use the scale for measuring a package. They will also learn how to configure default scales in MYOB Acumatica.

Inventory and Order Management

In the Order Management Guide, the Canceling Sales Orders chapter is now available. This chapter explains how a user can cancel a sales order and reopen a sales order that has previously been canceled.

Projects and Construction

In the Construction Guide, the Managing Project Materials chapter is now available. This chapter describes the overall flow of project material management in construction projects, describes how the system accrues the costs of non-stock items, and explains how material expenses are recorded to the project budget.

Installation

The MYOB Acumatica Installation Guide has been reworked and now has the following structure:

• The System Requirements for the MYOB Acumatica Installation topic. This topic describes the system requirements for installing MYOB Acumatica.
• The Typical Hardware and Virtual Machine Configurations for PCS and PCP Licenses for the MYOB Acumatica Installation topic. This topic describes the typical server configurations for the MYOB Acumatica license series and tiers.
• The Preparing for Installing MYOB Acumatica chapter. This chapter provides an overview of the installation and deployment options and environment settings required for the MYOB Acumatica installation.
• The Installing MYOB Acumatica On-Premises chapter. This chapter describes the functionality, capabilities, and installation processes of the MYOB Acumatica ERP Configuration Wizard and the MYOB Acumatica Tools.
• The Installing MYOB Acumatica in a Data Center chapter. This chapter provides information about installing MYOB Acumatica in a data center.
• The Deploying MYOB Acumatica Instances chapter. This chapter describes the process of deploying an MYOB Acumatica instance, as well as creating tenants. Additionally, it provides details about the possible combinations of instances, databases, and tenants.
• The Maintaining Tenants chapter. This chapter describes the ways of adding tenants by using the MYOB Acumatica ERP Configuration Wizard, provides an overview of the System and custom parent tenants, and explains various changes that can be made to tenants.
• The Maintaining Instances chapter. This chapter provides an overview of the adjustments that can be made to existing instances and databases by using the MYOB Acumatica ERP Configuration Wizard.
• The Upgrading MYOB Acumatica chapter. This chapter describes upgrading and updating MYOB Acumatica by using the MYOB Acumatica ERP Configuration Wizard.
• The Using the MYOB Acumatica Command-Line Tool chapter. This chapter provides an overview of using the MYOB Acumatica command-line tool.
• The Uninstalling MYOB Acumatica chapter. This chapter describes the processes of deleting instances and uninstalling the MYOB Acumatica ERP Configuration Wizard.