Leveraging ASCEND Enhancements
Leveraging ASCEND Enhancements
• Download All Attachments • Expense Reimbursement Policies • Features control and visibility of employee expenses • Dashboard – Report Favorites • UI Overhaul • Final Scheduled Transaction Notification • OFAC Ignore Match Option • Expense Split by Date
2018 Feature Addition Highlights
Leveraging ASCEND Enhancements
• System Wide User Interface Overhaul
New for 2019: Feature Addition Highlights
• Flag Accounts Segments as Closed • 2018 Form 4562 • Remote Scan Item Removal • Search by Dollar Amount • Attachment Rotation • Disposal for Non-GL Assets
Leveraging ASCEND Enhancements
User Interface Overhaul
• Auto-hide/pop-out menu bar provides better use of screen real estate
• Cleaner lines for faster screen transition
• Mobile experience optimization
Leveraging ASCEND Enhancements
• Disable user’s ability to assign account segments to new objects
• Maintain historical research capability
• Reactivate at any point in the future
Close Account Segments
Leveraging ASCEND Enhancements
Remote Scan Item Removal
• Applicable to ALL ASCEND Apps
• Search is capable with exact amounts only
Leveraging ASCEND Enhancements
Attachment Rotation
• Why – Items scanned/uploaded from Vendor Invoices, Remote Scanners, Expense Reimbursements, and Requisitions may not be oriented properly
• Think of this feature similar to image rotation you might see in other popular applications such as Adobe Acrobat.
Leveraging ASCEND Enhancements
• Some Fixed Asset Items may be void of book/internal data (typically resulting from data conversions • ASCEND is now capable of disposal of these items for Tax Purposes • Record all necessary gain/loss and maintain Audit History
Disposal of Non-GL Assets
Leveraging ASCEND Enhancements
Enhancement Roadmap • Fixed Assets Construction In-Progress • Expense Reimbursement Mileage Trips • Surrogate Expense Report Reimbursement • Account Names Visible in Invoice Detail Views
Leveraging ASCEND Enhancements
Elements of Engagement
• Is your institution taking full advantage of the enhancements released for 2018? • If No, would a brief training webinar prove helpful for your staff?
• Which field was added to ASCEND’s search capability in 2019? • What benefits did the User Interface to ASCEND in 2019 introduce? • Which items on the Future Enhancements Roadmap will most benefit your institution?