Course Level: Basic
Prerequisite: Participants must have access to the web component of MIP Cloud prior to class.
Recommended Prerequisite: 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: 11/2024
This intensive 3-day Live Webcast course, using the MIP Cloud Modern User Interface, 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.
This course is taught using the MIP Cloud Modern User Interface.
Class is held each day from 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM CT. A one hour lunch break is included.
Course Level: Advanced
Recommended Prerequisite: FA216 – MIP Fund Accounting Financial Statements
Instructional Method: Group Internet Based
Recommended CPE Credits: 3
Three-Hour Class
Published: 02/2024
Attend this class to take your financial reporting skills to the next level. This course covers the creation of complex financial statements. The use of segment substitution, report groups, segment substitution with report groups, and column subtotals will be introduced in various FAS 117 required financial statements. Creating custom charts and graphs is also discussed.
By the end of the session, you will be able to:
- Incorporate segment substitution into custom financial statements
- Incorporate report groups into custom financial statements
- Create columnar based financial statements and incorporate subtotals
- Create FAS 117 compliant financial statements
- Create a GASB 34 Statement of Activities
Course Level: Advanced
Prerequisite: Participants must install the MIP Fund Accounting DrillPoint Reporting module prior to class
Recommended Prerequisite: FA216 – MIP Fund Accounting Financial Statements
Instructional Method: Group Internet Based
Recommended CPE Credits: 3
Three-Hour Class
MIP Fund Accounting DrillPoint Reporting provides additional reporting tools that leverage the familiar Microsoft Excel ® workbook. Attend this class to learn how to create, manage, and distribute fully customized and board-friendly financial reports. This course covers creating customized complex Excel based financial reports using your MIP Fund Accounting data. The use of templates, formatting, formulas, and drill-down access will be introduced using real world financial reports.
Note: MIP Fund Accounting DrillPoint Reporting is a separate module. To get the most from the training experience participants must install the module and be assigned Designer rights prior to class.
By the end of the session, you will be able to:
- Create customized report templates
- Create basic financial reports
- Add formulas and calculated columns to reports
- Customize report formats and apply graphics to reports
- Apply drill
- down functionality to reports
- Distribute reports to end users
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: We recommend a general understanding of product navigation.
Advanced Preparation: None
Instructional Method: Group Internet Based
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
Class is held each day from 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM CT. A one hour lunch break is included.
Course Level: Intermediate
Prerequisites: FA275 – MIP Fund Accounting Core Workshop or at least six months experience working with transactions and reports.
Advanced Preparation: None
Instructional Method: Group Internet Based
Recommended CPE Credits: 13
Two-Day Class
Published: 8/2020
Building on the topics discussed in the Core Accounting workshop, this advanced 2-day Live Webcast course is ideal for Controllers or Chief Financial Officers responsible for high level administrative tasks and advanced financial reporting. Topics discussed in this course include: accounting administration, general ledger, and general reporting, a deep dive into financial statements, and advanced financial statement features, and fiscal year closing activities.
By the end of the class, you will be able to:
- Create and modify an organization.
- Set up attachments.
- Create fraud prevention notifications.
- Manage your database.
- Set up and maintain user and security.
- Create and run financial statements.
- Utilize advanced reporting functions.
To get the most from this course we recommend that customers first take the FA275 – MIP Fund Accounting Core Workshop or have at least six months experience working with a variety of transactions and creating custom reports.
Class is held each day from 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM CT. A one hour lunch break is included.
Course Level: Basic
Prerequisites: Participants must have access to the web component of MIP Cloud prior to class.
Instructional Method: Group Internet Based
Recommended CPE Credits: 1.5
One and One Half Hour Class
MIP Cloud delivers everything you need to track, report, and manage finances according to your unique revenue sources in an intuitive modern user interface. This course focuses on generating reports, reviewing content, and becoming familiar with the reporting interface.
One of the key requirements of accounting software is the ability to retrieve and view your data the way it makes sense to you. In this course, you will gain an understanding of the reporting engine, by examining the report builder, default reports, filter options and date fields available through MIP Cloud Reporting. You will also review list reports, transaction reports, and analysis reports.
During the course you will be able to participate in hands-on activities that will familiarize you with using default reports and creating your own custom reports.
For additional training, and to learn more about reports and financial statements, attend the “MIPC216 – MIP Cloud Financial Statements” and “MIPC217 – MIP Cloud Advanced Reporting Functions” courses.
By the end of the session, you will be able to:
- Create, view and export reports using the Report Builder.
- Identify the information available in List, Transaction, and Analysis reports.
- Define date selections for reports.
- Export reports using the Report Queue.
Course Level: Basic
Prerequisites: Attend MIPC215
Recommended Prerequisites:
Instructional Method: Group Internet Based
Recommended CPE Credits: 1.5
90 Minute Class
This course builds on the skills learned in Reporting while focusing on creating basic financial statements. Learn the requirements for building custom financial statement formats for the two most common statement types: a balance sheet, and the statement of revenues of expenditures. This course will train users how to take advantage of the default financial statements feature. You will also learn how to create basic custom financial statements, assign general ledger codes to existing formats, and build an entire financial statement format complete with sub-sections.
For additional training, and to learn more about reports and financial statements, attend the “MIPC217 – MIP Cloud Advanced Reporting Functions” course.
By the end of the session, you will be able to:
- Print default financial statements
- Create custom financial statement formats
- Create custom financial reports
Course Level: Intermediate
Prerequisites: Reporting attendance or reporting proficiency
Recommended Prerequisites:
Instructional Method: Group Internet Based
Recommended CPE Credits: 2
Two-Hour Class
Published: 01/2024
This course builds on the skills learned in Reporting while focusing on creating basic financial statements. This course will train users how to take advantage of the quick financial statements and default financial statements features. You will also learn how to create basic custom financial statements. The course will also cover custom columns, report groups, and the drill-down analyzer.
For additional training, and to learn more about reports and financial statements, attend the “FA217 – MIP Fund Accounting Advanced Financial Statements” course.
By the end of the session, you will be able to:
- Print quick financial statements
- Set up and print default financial statements
- Create custom financial statement formats
- Create custom financial reports
- Apply report groups and custom columns to reports
- Analyze financial data with the drill-down analyzer
