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QVinci for QuickBooks - The Custom Dashboard and

Guest post by: Scott Gregory

Article Overview: The QVinci add-on software for QuickBooks gives you the ability to quickly and easily create your own customized dashboard and key performance indicators (KPI) that are important to managing your finances.

QVinci for QuickBooks - The Custom Dashboard and

Qvinci is add-on software for QuickBooks that allows you to quickly create your own customized dashboards so you can review and analyze not just your QuickBooks data, but also data from your Excel sheets as well. For example, you can easily create a dashboard that contains the following key metrics and charts for your business (or your clients if you are a CPA):

SOME KEY METRICS YOU CAN TRACK WITH QVINCI

* Profit and Loss Overview

* Last 3 year Profit and Loss Comparison

* A/R and A/P Last 12 Months

* Balance Sheet Charts

* Key ratios, such as the quick ratio, current ratio, gross profit margin

There is a tremendous amount of functionality and flexibility built into QVinci, and this post will show you a few of the basic things you need to know to get up and running quickly with it.

Once you install the software, open it and follow these instructions:

* Click the New Dashboard button on the File tab

* Click the QuickBooks graphic on the Options tab

* Click the Jump Start button on the File tab

* Connect to your QuickBooks data file (it must be open in order to make this initial connection)

* Select the "Build Everything" option and wait a couple of moments for your QVinci dashboard to be created.

* Answer the few remaining questions about building charts and using Excel, and you are finished.

Your QuickBooks data file (and/or Excel worksheets) are now attached to your QVinci dashboard, and you are ready to either review the results or customize the dashboard even further by adding or deleting key charts and performance indicators.

Be sure to click the Save button on the File tab to quickly and easily store your dashboard configuration for future analysis.

LIKE WHAT YOU SEE WITH QVINCI?

* Small businesses - save 50% on your first month of QVinci.

* CPAs and Accountants - get your own copy of QVinci for just $5 per month!



Contact me for the links to get the discounted prices mentioned above.

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