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Technology

Guide to Accounting Software

Exhibit 7: Available Data Entry Controls
	During data entry
Accounting software product	is a code check performed account title displayed?	are check digits used?	are data type checks used?	Can reasonableness established by the user?	Can reasonableness limits be by the system administrator?	Do batch totals accumulate?	Do hash totals accumulate?	Can transactions be entered than the current period?	Can the entry of transactions for other periods be by the system administrator?
ACCPAC	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Great Plains Dynamics	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Impact Encore	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
MAS 90	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Progression	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
SBT Pro	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Solomon	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Traverse	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Visual Accounting	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes

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