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[Lars Anderson]

Hi,

We are operating multiple companies in two databases and want to make it very clear to our users which company they are in. Does anyone have any recommendations as to the best way to indicate on-screen, which company is being used, so it is unmistakable?

All input gratefully received.
Lars.

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Lars Anderson
Phillip Jeffries
Fairfield NJ
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[Kim Dallefeld]

In 2015, 2016 and 2017 you can change the company name to have a color around it. Check out Company Information and the System Indicator Style field. Changing this value from Standard to Accent# will change the background color around the company name. It’s a great visual and super handy!

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Kim Dallefeld
VP Professional Services
Syte Consulting Group
kdallefeld@sytecg.com

Past NAVUG Board Chairman
NAVUG Programming Committee
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[Annette van der Muur]

?These settings are also available in NAV2013R2.
We use it the same way.
Company + Database
and a colour

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Annette van der Muur
Hal Leonard
The Netherlands
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[Meenakshi Singh]

Hi Lars!

You also indicated different databases. Kim’s solution is great for multiple companies within the same database but for multiple databases, you can create a different shortcut for each database.

The color background for company’ name also works in 2013.

Meenakshi

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Meenakshi Singh
Manager of Business Applications
Home Market Foods, Inc.
Norwood MA
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[Andrew Good]

The following is courtesy of Waldo’s Blog (NAV 2009 R2 System Indicator). It clearly shows the available colors.

Accent1
Accent2
Accent3
Accent4
Accent5
Accent6
Accent7
Accent8
Accent9

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Andrew Good
President
Liberty Grove Software
Oakbrook Terrace IL
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[Kim Dallefeld]

Thanks Andres, that’s a great list to have!

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Kim Dallefeld
VP Professional Services
Syte Consulting Group
kdallefeld@sytecg.com

Past NAVUG Board Chairman
NAVUG Programming Committee
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[Jason Nicolaou]

?I am not a developer so I don’t know the effort required to make this happen, but changing the color scheme (the color of menu bars), like you can in Outlook, based on the company colors could be an option.  To be clear, I am just suggesting if one logo is dominated by a certain color use that one, not that every feature/function is driven by multiple, new custom colors.  A background color change may do it too.

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Jason Nicolaou
Solutions Architect
Socius
Dublin OH
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