What's New With Deltek Vision

Deltek Vision 7.4

Impacts to Windows Operating Systems and .NET Framework

Have you seen Vision Lately? With so much happening, make sure you keep up-to-date with all of the latest Vision releases.


Deltek Vision 7.4 is the most powerful version of Vision to date and includes many great new benefits, including:

 

  • Increase project management accuracy with new task dependencies Plan projects with Task Dependencies, change dates and choose the Predecessor and Successor date changes along with it. Additionally, added right-click functionality to easily move dates.
     
  • Deliver consistent opportunity estimates even faster with the new fee estimate tool | Standardize the way professional services firms develop fee based scopes:
    1. Create Fee Estimate for the Opportunity based on templates
    2. Create reports to include with proposals
    3. Create projects from the Fee Estimate mapping compensation values and Work Breakdown Structure
    4. Project Fee estimates stay intact in Project Info Center
       
  • Manage your purchasing approvals in Vision with new workflows as simple or complex as you need them | The new Approvals workflow engine in Vision has been applied to the Purchasing module! Utilize new workflow capabilities to automate your approvals.
     
  • Customize your invoices with enhanced invoice template editor |Ensure that the details you and your customers need most are always included.
     
    1. Include User Defined Fields on Invoices
    2. Control your Invoice Subtotals
    3. Group your billing phases for your fee invoices
       
  • Much, much more | In addition to the above enhancements, there are dozens of additional features and improvements, including:

    • Associate All button - Quickly associate a supporting document with all voucher lines
    • Key Convert and Combine Records even if they have planning data.
    • Audit Trail for Closing/Opening Accounting Periods
    • Create and schedule recurring/reversing Journal Entries

    Start Preparing Now!
    Because of Microsoft’s de-support of Windows XP in April 2014, Deltek can no longer support the Windows XP client operating system beginning with Vision 7.3 and extending to future releases.

    The following client operating systems will be supported for Vision 7.4:

    • Windows 8 or 8.1
    • Windows 7
    • Windows Vista
    Additionally, to use this new version you must ensure that .NET Framework 4.5 or 4.5.1 is installed. For more information on the .NET Framework and to determine how best to deploy the 4.5 or 4.5.1 release within your organization, please refer to the Microsoft web site at http://www.microsoft.com/net.

    Because the Professional Services world is evolving, so should your business–and Vision 7.4 is the natural choice to push your business to the next level! 

     

    Vision 7.1

    Deltek Touch CRM 1.4 – Contacts, Clients and Opportunities

    Support business development on the go

     

    With Deltek Touch CRM for Vision, Deltek Vision CRM customers now have access to critical information they need—anytime, anywhere! Available at no charge for Vision CRM customers who are current on maintenance, Deltek Touch CRM allows you to:

    • View, add, edit or delete contacts and clients according to your Vision security role
    • View Activities
    • Manage Opportunities
    • See user defined fields in contacts, client and opportunities
    • Make a phone call or send an email with the touch of a button
    • Gain 24 x7, easy and secure access to CRM data ,using a 4-digit pin

    For more information on Touch CRM click here, or read our Touch CRM product sheet.

     

    To gain access to the Touch Server, simply download it under Vision via Deltek Software Manager through Customer Care Connect. Once the Touch Server is available on your instance of Vision, go to the Apple Store or Google Play store to download the Touch CRM app.

     

    Vision CRM

    Deltek Vision Touch Time and Expense 1.4

    New and improved mobile functionality

     

    With Deltek Touch Time & Expense for Vision, it is now easier than ever to enter time into Deltek Vision. Still as detailed as it needs to be, mobile timesheets empower your employees to quickly enter project, phase, track labor code and even individual labor category values for each labor hour – from their mobile device, anywhere, anytime.


    Deltek Touch Time & Expense for Vision allows you to:
    • Save time. Enter quick, yet detailed time entry anywhere, anytime.
    • Be mobile. No more waiting to enter time or track expenses—or worse, forgetting details. Wherever your mobile device is, Touch Time & Expense follows.
    • Keep the receipt. Never lose an expense receipt again. Simply take a picture of the receipt, attach it to your expense detail and upload it directly into Vision.
    • Easily install and deploy for iOS, Android or Windows mobile devices. Install directly from the Apple App, Google Play or Windows App store. Organization’s instance of Vision must be accessible via the Internet and Touch Server must be installed.

    For more information please click here or read our Touch Time product sheet.

     

    To gain access to the Touch Server, simply download it under Vision via Deltek Software Manager through Customer Care Connect. Once the Touch Server is available on your instance of Vision, go to the Apple Store or Google Play store to download the Touch Time app.

     

    NOTE: To stay on the latest touch releases, your instance of Vision must be Vision 7 SP1 or Vision 7.2. Both Touch Time 1.4 and Touch CRM 1.4 will require, at the minimum, Vision 7 SP1.

     

    Vision Touch Time

    Vision Navigator 1.9

    Now supporting Consultant Planning

     

    This latest release of Deltek’s Vision Navigator - boasts deeper integration with Kona Business - the project collaboration tool that equips people to connect, organize, discuss and get things done around their projects. We’ve added the ability to print timesheets, and new project dashparts gives a PM a quick visual of the overall status of their project.

     

    New Features
    • View projects and plans at cost amountsNow you can monitor and plan your projects at cost and/or at billing based on the way your company runs the business.
    • Dedicated Invoices tab: See client information, review and view all invoices and corresponding documents, monitor outstanding invoices, and track and/or add accounts receivable comments.
    • Compensation breakdown: More accuracy when planning and monitoring projects.
    • Credit card reconciliation functionality
    • Display client name on dashboard
    To gain access to Vision Navigator, simply download it under Vision via Deltek Software Manager through Customer Care Connect.
    Stay current and reap the benefits of all that Vision has to offer! 
    Vision Navigator