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: 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: 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
Course Level: Basic
Prerequisites: None
Instructional Method: Group Internet Based
Recommended CPE Credits: 2
Two-Hour Class
Published: 01/2024
One of the key requirements of accounting software is the ability to retrieve and view your data the way it makes sense to you. MIP Fund Accounting provides unique and powerful reporting tools that allow you to do just that. This course provides an overview of reporting capabilities and structure. You will 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 “FA216 – MIP Fund Accounting Financial Statements” and “FA217 – MIP Fund Accounting Advanced Financial Statements” courses.
By the end of the session, you will be able to:
- Identify the information available in List, Transaction, and Analysis reports
- Use Navigator to quickly access your favorite reports
- View and print default reports
- Modify the content and design of reports
- Filter reports for specific information
- Define date selections for 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: Recorded Session (recorded instructor led discussion with training guide)
Recommended CPE Credits: Not Eligible for CPE
Access Period: One Year from Purchase
Estimated Time to Complete: One Hour
The Dashboards and Analytics course will prepare you to pull key performance indicators and
custom dashboards of your organization’s data on day one. Beginning with navigation and customizing your workspace, you’ll then learn how to use the product’s built-in dashboards to create custom dashboards with widgets and data that are of interest to you.
By the end of the session, you will be able to:
- Log into MIP Cloud to manage your user account and use common navigation terminology
- Distinguish between KPIs and Charts
- Use default dashboards for analysis
- Refresh, filter, and customize the dashboard.
Course Level: Advanced
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 a Client Consolidation file for each of the client organizations that are to be combined. The participants will learn how to create the consolidation organization. The requirements of the client organizations as well of those of the consolidation organization are covered in detail. The course also outlines the Maintain Accounting selections available in the consolidation organization and provides an overview of the available aggregated reports.
Note: In order to complete the class activities, a special training database, only available to On Premise customers, must be installed prior to the start of your session. Hosted customers my follow the process outlined in the training manual. Important instructions are included with your registration confirmation.
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
