The new edition of K9 Koordinator is here! The K9 Koordinator Corporate is perfect for large facilities with 5 or more computers because the software is designed to support a large number of concurrent users and computers in network environments. Corporate is like the Network version but Corporate works on Microsoft's SQL Server technology rather than Microsoft Access. Access is a true relational database management system (RDBMS) as is SQL Server but they differ in their architectural structure. The SQL Server architecture is the main reason for which many larger businesses would benefit from using a Microsoft SQL Server database rather than Access. Access uses a file server design and SQL Server uses the Client/Server model. The main advantages of using our Corporate software is increased reliability as the number of concurrent users and workstations grows, as well as reduced network traffic, and increased speed performance. To read more details about our new Corporate version visit our website.

New Products and Specials

We are currently offering $300 off the price of an upgrade to Corporate, if you purchase before September 30th, 2010. You get a higher capacity server at a lower price. We have a very simple price structure for upgrades. You simply subtract what you paid for your program from the current price of system you want to upgrade to.

Click here to watch the informational video about the Biometrics Manager and what it can do for your business, if you have any questions about the manager or what it can do for you give us a call! Don’t wait too long; we’re offering $150 off the Biometrics Manager until September 30th, 2010.

What's New in the K9 Koordinator?

We would like to include some of the improvements that have been included in the K9 Koordinator since our last newsletter. The current release of K9 Koordinator Cheetah is version 6.0.388. If you are running behind, you want to be running the latest version! Use the K9 Bytes Updater to automatically check for and download the latest K9 Koordinator. Click here for instructions on how to dowload and use the Updater. Here is a list of changes since our last newsletter:

Important Announcement

Our K9 Bytes Online Help Central is your own personal support technician available to help you 24 hours a day! Our new help section offers extensive coverage of every aspect of the program from set-up to reports. The online help application is available through our website; you can access it by clicking Products, K9 Koordinator, and Help Central. If you’re already in K9 Koordinator on the search screen you can click on 'K9 Bytes Help Central' at the bottom left side of the screen. The in-depth explanation of set-up procedures and everyday functions enables you to use all the facets of the program.

Reports

1. The ‘Income Analysis’ report was replaced by the new ‘Total Charges Analysis’ report. The new report will includeed more accurate total charges for each month than its predecessor. Also, the numeric value for each month’s totals is included in the monthly charts.
2. New ‘Out Grooming Calls’ combines outside grooming reservations, grooming services, and expired vaccinations into a single report.
3. New ‘Separate Today’ option is available for med and diet ‘By Section’ reports.
4. New option to print a single employee’s time sheet instead of time sheets for all employees.
5. New option to print a single employee’s tips report instead of tips for all employees.
6. New report that combines the groomer totals report and the tips report for groomers.
7. New report that separates grooming totals by the type of groom, i.e. bath or hair-cut. This report will classify groups as the base name ignoring the modifiers, e.g. a ‘bath good shape’ is considered a bath.
8. The ‘Attended’ daycare report was replaced with the ‘Preferred’ report that lists all pets in the system with a preferred group assigned. A new ‘Attended’ report was created to list all pets that have visited the daycare between two dates. The ‘Attended’ report also breaks-down statistics for common check in times, check out times, percentage of pets from multiple pet families, average visit length, and number of visits by the day of the week.
9. New grooming ‘Mobile’ report for reservations scheduled for mobile groomers. This report is grouped by the mobile group.
10. New shortcut that allows selection of last year and last month date ranges.
    
    

Financial

1. The edit payments screen located at ‘Tools,’ ‘Records Editing,’ and ‘Edit Payments,’ has been optimized for easier use. Each payment transaction now displays the current payment type as well as the time the transaction took place.

Grooming

1. 1. Added up and down arrows to the speed-up navigation in the grooming schedule screen. The arrows allow easily navigating back and forth in time, instead of having to change the starting time. The simple arrow will move +1/-1 hour and the double arrow will go to the next set of times; for example, if current schedule goes from 7:00 AM to 1:00 PM on a 15 min interval, the simple arrow will move the schedule forward to the range of 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM, and the double arrow to 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM.
2. The duration of the last groom (or bath) for a pet will now load by default as the number of hours when using the grooming schedule screen.
3. Using the grooming schedule screen to configure times for a pet’s appointment will now prompt the user if the same times are to be used for all other pets in that family.