Sage Abra HRMS Training Workshop

Sage Abra HRMS Workshops coming to your area!

Training workshops are available for all Abra software products, in a classroom setting or in on-site sessions.

Get more out of your Abra Software with one of our Training Workshops.

Don't miss this opportunity! Attend an Abra product workshop and learn advanced techniques on time saving tips to maximize the power of your software. You'll see immediate results by managing your human resource functions more efficiently, saving time in your employee hiring and training process and gaining complete control over your payroll and reporting.

With an Abra Product Training Workshop you will:

• Maximize the investment in your Abra software
• Learn time-saving tips to increase your productivity
• Master advanced custom reporting techniques
• Discover time-saving shortcuts to help you work Smarter

Convenient times and locations make it even easier to take advantage of the workshops. Course descriptions, cost and registration sheets are listed below.

Get Sage Abra Expert Training Your Way!
New Crystal Report Writer Training.

Overview:
Crystal Reports is the new report writer in Sage Abra HRMS 7.X. Even though Sage Abra HRMS comes with over 100 standard reports, there may be times when you need to create reports that meet your unique business requirements. Our Crystal Reports class will show you how to create those special reports.

Crystal Reports for Sage allows you to access multiple Sage Abra HRMS databases, so you can create your own user-defined reports. Learn how to create reports quickly and easily with our systematic approach to Crystal Reports design and creation.

Who Should Attend:
Human Resource, Payroll and/or Information System professionals who wish to investigate the full power and functionality of Crystal Reports for Sage.

Agenda: (Curriculum highlights)

Design reports from scratch
Joining mutiple tables
Setting up an ODBC connection to the Abra data
Formatting
Group Totals/Grand totals
Create formula fields
Handle multiple sorts
Record selection filters (aka query in R&R)
Reviewing the Abra tables

Course Fee: $475.00 (Includes Lunch)
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Date and Location:

• TBA

Course Descriptions:

Course Fee: $475.00
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Applicant Tracking

This session will teach Abra Applicant users how to streamline and control the hiring process, from reception of the resume through to the actual hire. Users will learn how to enter applicant data, create requisitions, match applicants to open requisitions based on the criteria selected by the user. We will also cover reports and analysis to enable users to monitor the entire hiring process as well as using Crystal Reports to create customized reports.

Date and Location:

• TBA

Human Resources

Maximize your knowledge of Abra HR- Learn how to set up and maintain code tables to ensure fast, consistent data entry, schedule tasks using Sage Abra HRMS organizer, perform multi-step actions and processes, do mass updates and create custom panels.

Agenda:

• Learn how to setup Abra HR.
• Work with panels.
• Perform actions.
• Manipulate database information.
• Create benefits plans.
• Create new reports using wizard options & new Query tool.
• Determine security access.
• Perform mass updates of data.
• Track employee attendance.
• Create custom panels.

Cost: $395 (Includes Lunch) Time: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Date and Location:

• TBA

Sage Abra Payroll - Full Day Workshop

Overview:
This comprehensive full day Workshop will teach you the basics in how to setup and use Abra Payroll.

Who Should Attend:
Payroll professionals or Information System users who quickly need to become proficient in setting up and using Abra Payroll within their organization.

Agenda:

• Reconcile errors.
• Print on-demand checks.
• Keep up-to-date employee information.
• Process trial and final payroll runs.
• Complete quarter-end processing.

Cost: $400 Time: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Date and Location:

• Boston, MA -5/24/06
• Lowell, MA - 6/8/06

Hands on instruction shows you how to use the Abra Payroll system to its fullest.

Sage Abra Toolkit/ Integration with Microsoft Office/ New Query Tool - Workshop

Overview:
Maximize your utilization of your Abra system through this workshop. Learn how to customize Sage Abra HRMS to your specifications! In this comprehensive one-day class, you'll learn how to customize menus, create actions for employees, change the order of actions, report & processes and to integrate your Abra database information with your Microsoft Office products.

Benefits:

• Design custom Abra panels.
• Customize the Sage Abra HRMS menu.
• Create user-defined code tables.
• Manipulate certain existing database fields.

Cost: $375 Time: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Date and Location:

• TBA

Sage Abra Training On-Site:

It's not always practical sending several employees to a training workshop, even though you know they could all benefit. You can have the training you and your staff need brought directly to your location; saving you considerable time, money and scheduling hassle. Your entire group will receive the same quality instruction they would receive at any of our Abra Product Training Workshops. It's a great way to stretch your training dollars and an effective way to ensure your employees get the high-level class training they deserve.

Crystal Report Writer Workshop - Intermediate

Designed for Human Resource, Payroll and/or Information System professionals with moderate report writing experience who wish to investigate the full power and functionality of Crystal Reports.

Curriculum highlights:

• Joining multiple tables
• Write expressions
• Handle multiple sort
• Create formula fields
• Conduct complex queries

Course Fee: $475.00
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Crystal Report Writer Workshops:

• TBA

Benefit Configuration

Learn how to setup all types of HR Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Supplemental Life, AD&D, STD, LTD, FSA, 401(k), and more! Attendees will leave with examples for most standard benefits that can be entered into Abra.

Curriculum highlights:

• Benefit Basics
• Benefit Setup steps
• Benefit Examples
• Adding Benefits to Employees
• Changing Plans & Rates

Course Fee: $250.00
9:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

Benefit Configuration Workshops:

• TBA

Sage Abra Security, Audit Trail & System Maintenance

This class is designed for Abra Administrators that needs to know how to add/modify user's and security groups in Abra. This class also addresses the use of Audit Trail. Various security and audit scenarios will be addressed. Did you ever wonder what all those Abra System Processes actually do? Are they really important? This class will review important aspects of Abra's day-to-day system maintenance. Topics to be covered include Reforming Indexes, Optimizing Databases, Updating Benefits, Importing Calculations, and backing up your data. A review of external backup options will be presented.

Course Fee: $250.00

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Date and Location:

• TBA