Coda Dream - user-defined input

The freedom to design your own screens

With Coda Dream, access to data is second to none – all the information is available online, from a single database, in real time, in balance and completely up to date. Data is easily traceable throughout the system and the reporting tools ensure that users, employees, managers, partners and customers can have rapid and simple access to their data.

One of Dream’s most popular, unique features is “User-Defined Input” or UDI. This allows you to define input screens as you require – for example, to mimic simple invoice entry screens or even complex multi-ledger input. UDI ensures quick familiarity with the system and minimises training needs, making sure your team will feel more comfortable and familiar with the system from day one. It lets you continue to use existing procedures and conventions – your screens can match the forms or the documents that are already part of your day-to-day processes – and after minimal training you will be able to define and create the layouts you need, so that you spend less time, money and effort getting your staff used to yet another way of working. In addition, many requirements can be set centrally with default settings, which further reduces the opportunities for input errors.

Input to the system is on a document-by-document basis that reflects the real world of invoices and orders. The difference is that, once entered into Dream, each document is fully validated and can then be immediately posted to update the books, so that you always see the latest figures. There is no restriction on the size of document you can enter. The only rule is that the document sums to zero. There is also no limit to the number of document types you can add into the system (purchase invoice, sales invoice, credit note, cheques...) and you can design templates that match the source documents to help your users even more.