NXT Why?

Who is actually on board with the merge over into NXT only? We use Financial Edge and this integration into NXT is really making it difficult for daily tasks, we can't complete any workflow in just one of the platforms we have to bounce between the two, so we can't successfully train our team with the new system since it isn't even fully functioning yet. The workflows in NXT takes more time then the work flows in the database view. In the database view you could complete an action in one area, with NXT we are having to go to three different spots to complete one transaction it can no longer be completed in 1 window which is why we never utilized NXT in the first place, and we stepped away from quickbooks because of the same reasons and the overall feel of that system, NXT is adopting to that same feeling of quickbooks making the program more difficult because it is too simple. Database view was perfect, efficient, we had control and workflows were quick. NXT is a lot of open white spaces, gives no information like the database view did, requires more steps to complete an action and we no longer have control, again, it is creating more steps to do anything giving the overall feel a negative one with the worry “did I complete that step?”.

**Additions: A comment was made on how it will be more difficult for users who have not been utilizing the web base version over the past few years. I don't see how any users with a high capacity of transactions could of ever utilized the web base version of the program. It was very limited and again, made one step turn into 3 steps. So no, we never utilized the web base version of FE, and we were not going to use both the data base view as well as the web base view for our daily tasks, it's silly to utilize two programs when 1 of those programs could do everything.

Our issue right now is that we can't properly function in just one of the programs. We have constant issues and roadblocks when we are working in NXT because something isn't fully functioning in it and we are forced to bounce back and forth but the systems don't talk to each other quick enough either which is causing a slow down there. You can't do one full workflow in NXT for anything, every workflow requires you to navigate to the menu icons to do a second part of your transaction. You can't even print a check in the system, you have to export it to a pdf and then print it, again, adding more time to our processes. We can't train staff efficiently because you can't work efficiently in the new system yet so when database view is turned off, THEN we can start with creating our workflow instructions and trying to use the program.

Our biggest issue is the terminology shift. NXT is clearly geared for companies who have employees that are not accounting trained. So those of us who are accounting trained struggle with the terminology. Words in the accounting realm are not treated the same in NXT as they are in the database view, we have to stop our selves and ask ourselves, what the hell is a ‘pre-payment report’? In the accounting universe that report is called a cash requirements report. Not seeing the normal accounting terminology slows us down as we second guess every action in NXT. Terminology is not consistent between the modules/tabs in NXT either, especially the verbiage between AR in the database view and NXT.

NXT is no longer for larger organizations with trained staff. It is now geared towards small business owners who have that youtube trained bookkeeper.