April 29-May 1: Suzi will be at the Meridian System User Conference in Scottsdale, AZ. If you will be as well, she'd love to met up with you. For more information about the conference, check out Meridian's Conference Information Site. To catch up with Suzi, please click on the CONTACT US button in the upper right and send us a note telling us you'll be there.

Prolog's Budget has a couple dozen accounting-like columns that are seen in reports and budget detail screens. Need a guide to sorting these formulas out? Registered users of this website can go to our Tips and Tricks section for an explanation of the budget columns.

One of the cooler updates in R2, which came out in November of 2007, allows you to secure Tools/Preferences/Options by tab. That's right: you can now lock down the Portfolio and Project specific tabs so that your general end user does not have the ability to make an error that effects the whole database.

Also on the "Gee I want this" list, is a fix to the old sorting issue. You know, where you originally set the ID number to be 2 digits, and when you change it to 3 digits, you find 011 comes immediately after 01. Now you can REFORMAT and alter the current values - padding the old numbers with the 0 required to make the computer sort correctly.

Read full article: 'Prolog 2007 R2 Contains Long Awaited Features'

Many companies wait a few weeks or months after a new release has come out before upgrading. Is it time to jump to Prolog 2007 R1?

Read full article: 'Benifits of Prolog release R1'

Need to re-establish links on the back end of the system? In the Tips and Tricks section (available to registered users of this website) we show you how.

How often in Prolog do you wish that you could quickly get to an area you want to check or edit? Here's a tip that will move you around quickly and efficiently.

Registered users of this website can access the Tips and Tricks section - please check it out!

Prolog's annual maintenance fees are going up. This is the yearly payment that gets you access to all upgrade and service packs, access to the Meridian web knowledge base, and the ablility to contact Meridian's tech support.

If you want a 3 year extension at the current price, act before July 1, 2007! Email sales@meridian.com with your license number and request the SSM agreement.

Have you noticed the new QuickEdit feature on Prolog Manager 2007? Your picklists now have checkboxes in the first column, which allows you to select multiple records, then using the QuickEdit button below, you can modify fields all at once.

Read full article: 'Quick Edit'

If you're planning on calling MPS Tech Support, either get it in early this week or see if you can wait until mid next week. The phone center is moving, and while they will be open for business, Friday and Monday may be a little hectic.

Read full article: 'Moving Tech Support'

The 2007 Prolog User Conference will be April 24-26 in sunny San Diego. Thousands of Prolog users and support personnel will be there, each with differrent needs and experiences.Why might you join them?

1. Over thirty sessions in six tracks, with options ranging from in depth analysis of Prolog features through case studies through implementation strategies. No matter where you are in your Prolog usage life cycle, the conference will deliver fresh information that is useful to you.
2. Meet other Prolog users, and learned how others have approached the same issues you face.
3. Sign up for some one-on-one time with an MPS technician. Sometimes it helps to be able to point at the screen and discuss your problem face to face with tech support.
4. Learn where Meridian is going in future product releases, and use the opportunity to make requests.
5. Check out the replated products in the expo area and see what other tools are available to help you keep your busines profitable and efficient.

See you there!