Course Level: Basic
Prerequisites: We recommend a general understanding of product navigation.
Instructional Method: Group Live
Recommended CPE Credits: 20
Two and One-Half Day Class
This intensive 2.5 day course focuses on primary financial activities, providing a strong foundation for new customers and a broad understanding for more experienced customers. This course is ideal for accounts payable professionals, staff accountants, and the hands-on Chief Financial Officer.
You will learn core features of the general ledger, accounts payable, bank reconciliation, budget, and reporting modules. Study topics include creating and maintaining chart of account codes, processing and correcting accounts payable and general ledger transactions, creating and monitoring budgets, and reconciling bank accounts. You will also learn how to use the powerful built-in reporting tools to create reports and perform analysis.
Class is held Monday from 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
plus Tuesday and Wednesday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Course Level: Basic
Prerequisites: We recommend a general understanding of product navigation.
Advanced Preparation: None
Instructional Method: Group Internet Based
Training Guide Format: Digital Online/Offline
Recommended CPE Credits: 19
Three Day Class
Published: 8/2020
This intensive 3-day Live Webcast course focuses on primary financial activities, providing a strong foundation for new customers and a broad understanding for more experienced customers. This course is ideal for accounts payable professionals, staff accountants, and the hands-on Chief Financial Officer.
You will learn core features of the general ledger, accounts payable, bank reconciliation, budget, and reporting modules. Study topics include creating and maintaining chart of account codes, processing and correcting accounts payable and general ledger transactions, creating and monitoring budgets, and reconciling bank accounts. You will also learn how to use the powerful built-in reporting tools to create reports and perform analysis.
By the end of the class, you will be able to:
- Set up accounting administration (chart of accounts, auto-functions, organization preferences, etc.).
- Setup, process and troubleshoot accounts payable.
- Enter general ledger transactions, close fiscal years and adjust closed year balances.
- Reconcile cash accounts.
- Enter and adjust budgets.
- Understand basic reporting functions
Registration for this course includes a full featured digital guide. You will be provided instructions and a key to your digital guide prior to class. Please consider the environment before printing your digital guide.
Class is held each day from 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM CT. A one hour lunch break is included.
Course Level: Basic
Prerequisite: General Ledger Transaction Entry
Instructional Method: Group Internet Based
Recommended CPE Credits: 3
Three-Hour Class
Attend this class to learn processing skills that improve accuracy and save valuable time throughout the accounts payable cycle. Learn how to create vendors, enter invoices and credit memos, process payments, and view vendor balances. This course focuses on daily processing tasks in the Accounts Payable module.
For additional accounts payable training, and to learn more about distributing payments via electronic funds transfer and creating your own check formats, attend the following courses.
- FA210 – MIP Fund Accounting Accounts Payable Reporting and Troubleshooting
- FA372 – MIP Fund Accounting EFT for AP: Recorded Session
- FA326 – MIP Fund Accounting Forms Designer: Self-Study
By the end of the session, you will be able to:
- Create a vendor
- Set up vendor 1099 information and enter 1099 adjustments
- Rename or merge vendors
- Create accounts payable invoices and apply credit memos, manual payments, and system generated payments
- Use advanced coding reduction tools to reduce data entry
- Review and edit unposted system generated payments
- Review vendor balances and transaction history
- Evaluate accounts payable balances using aging, summary, and detailed reports
Course Level: Advanced
Instructional Method: Group Internet Based
Recommended CPE Credits: 2
Two-Hour Class
Unlock the potential of User Defined Fields and enhance your ability to gather and report customized organizational data. Create different types of user defined fields and practice applying them to the sample data. Create reports with user defined fields. Understand the way UDF’s interact with your standard data tables and how to avoid common pitfalls and discouraged practices.
Course Level: Advanced
Instructional Method: Group Internet Based
Training Guide Format: Digital PDF
Recommended CPE Credits: 3
Three-Hour Class
Published: 11/2020
Have you ever wanted to transfer vendors, customers, employees, or even a chart of accounts into MIP Fund Accounting? Are you tired of entering the same transaction data twice? The Import/Export module gives you the power to import data directly into Accounting or Payroll. Learn how to import vendors, customers, and even accounting transactions!
This demonstration course follows the import process from start to finish, thoroughly covering the most commonly used import and export options. After the presentation participants complete practice exercises and correspond with the session leader via e-mail.
By the end of the class, you will be able to:
Identify the different types of data formats available.
Identify the sections of a definition file and understand how they are used.
Apply transaction specific formatting statements.
“Match” a definition file to a data file using format statements.
Read and troubleshoot import error reports.
Select the export options that work best for reports and financial statements.
Course Level: Basic
Prerequisites: None
Instructional Method: Self-Study (virtual trainer plus comprehensive training guide)
Recommended CPE Credits: Not Eligible for CPE
Access Period: One Year from Purchase
Estimated Time to Complete: One Hour
This self-study course covers how to create custom forms that add a personal touch to communications and reduce costs. Using a check as an example, you will learn all the tools available for customizing forms. These tools can be applied to invoices, customer statements, purchase orders and more.
By the end of the session, you will be able to:
- Select the appropriate Forms Designer template
- Add custom text, signatures, and logos to a custom format
- Modify the data displayed on a custom format
- Add or modify a MICR field on a check
- Import a custom layout
Course Level: Basic
Prerequisite: Participants must have access to the web component of MIP Cloud prior to class.
Recommended Prerequisite: MIPC303 – MIP Cloud Basic Transactions: Recorded Session
Instructional Method: Group Internet Based
Recommended CPE Credits: 2
Two Hour Class
Published: 03/2024
This course covers learn time-saving techniques for processing and reporting accounts payable transactions in MIP Cloud. Working through a series of real world lessons, you will learn each step in the accounts payable cycle from creating vendors, to entering invoices, to printing checks. You will also explore reporting options and how to use the Accounts Payable dashboard to assess your organization’s complete payable picture.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Create and edit vendor records
- Create accounts payable invoice sessions
- Use techniques to streamline invoice entry
- Post accounts payable invoice sessions
- Select invoices for payment
- Identify accounts payable reporting options
- Use the Accounts payable dashboard to evaluate payable performance
Course Level: Intermediate
Prerequisite: General Ledger Transaction Entry attendance or general ledger transaction entry proficiency
Instructional Method: Group Internet Based
Recommended CPE Credits: 2
Two-Hour Class
Encumbrances help you manage expenditures and control your budget. This course covers how to encumber funds, review balances, and liquidate encumbrances. You will learn the process of creating a manual encumbrance, checking available budget balances, and liquidating encumbrances manually and with an accounts payable invoice. You will also learn about important encumbrance reports.
For additional training, and to learn more about creating purchase orders and processing accounts payable, attend the “FA224 – MIP Fund Accounting Purchase Orders” and “FA205 – MIP Fund Accounting Accounts Payable Processing” courses.
By the end of the session, you will be able to:
- Enter manual encumbrances
- Check encumbrance and budget balances while entering expenditure transactions
- Manually liquidate outstanding encumbrances
- Liquidate encumbrances while entering accounts payable invoices and cash disbursements
Course Level: Intermediate
Prerequisite: Encumbrances attendance or encumbrances proficiency
Instructional Method: Group Internet Based
Recommended CPE Credits: 3
Three-Hour Class
In this course, students will explore the complete purchase cycle, from adding item codes, to issuing a purchase order, to creating an accounts payable invoice. Students will also be shown how to create a purchase order with encumbrances, receive the items, adjust the receipt if necessary, and then apply it to an invoice. Canceling purchase order items, voiding a purchase order, and a discussion of relevant reports are also covered in this class.
For additional training, and to learn more about working with encumbrances and processing accounts payable, attend the “FA223 – MIP Fund Accounting Encumbrances” and “FA205 MIP Fund Accounting Accounts Payable Processing” courses.
By the end of the session, you will be able to:
- Create item codes for frequently purchased goods and services
- Categorize items for easy application to purchase orders
- Define shipping and billing locations
- Print a purchase order
- Automatically create encumbrances with a purchase order
- Save time by applying a purchase order to an accounts payable invoice
- Cancel and void purchase order items
- Research and review purchase order history
Course Level: Basic
Instructional Method: Group Internet Based
Recommended CPE Credits: 2
Two-Hour Class
Electronic Requisitions allows organization employees to submit requests for goods and services electronically and route the requests through multiple approval levels. Processing requisitions electronically saves time and resources.
Course participants will learn how to set up users and security as well as apply item and category codes (used in Purchase Orders) to requisitions. The course will also cover the submission, approval, or rejection process, as well as requisition management. Applying approved requisitions to Purchase Orders and relevant reports are also discussed.
For additional training, and to learn more about creating purchase orders and processing accounts payable, attend the FA224 – MIP Fund Accounting Purchase Orders and FA205 – MIP Fund Accounting Accounts Payable Processing courses.
By the end of the session, you will be able to:
- Set up requisition users and security rights
- Create approver hierarchies
- Create, submit, approve, and reject requisitions
- Manage requisitions
- Apply final approved requisitions to purchase orders
- Research and review requisition history
