Timeslips Today Bad Data

Several months ago I upgraded to TS 2017 from the 2015 edition.  Since then several panels on my Timeslips Today show incorrect data.

I have a panel that lists the last ten A/R transactions.  That has worked through several prior versions of TS.  After the upgrade it shows data for closed projects going back many years and does not include any current data. 

A second panel lists the last ten slips entered.  Same thing – now it lists a bunch of old, billed slips. 

I tried deleting and rebuilding the panel.  Even tried many different settings for selection, sort, columns, etc.  I tried standard versions of similar reports and tried more custom version.  They do not work.

Has anyone else had such an experience?

Other panels, like Projects with Overdue Balances, Slip Totals, Billable Fees work fine.

I contacted customer support and they stayed on the phone for hours trying many of the same things and more.  Did not work.  They asked for a copy of my database.  It worked ok on their machine.  I have been a TS user since 1995.  The Sage tech that worked on my computer did a complete reinstall, but it did not fix the problem.  Therefore it must be some other file that TS uses that is not in the main database that is causing the problem.  (My best guess.)

REPLY:  “Yeah it works on our end. And it may be a fix in a future 2017 Service Release.  So as a workaround you will just have to view that information in the slip list.”

I gave up for a few months – having to do some billable work for a change.  When I tried to get additional support I was refused as I did not have a service contract – even though this was a problem from an original installation. 

  • 0 in reply to RPS2

    When you did the upgrade installation did you choose INSTALL or UPGRADE? If you chose upgrade, you might want to uninstall and reinstall using INSTALL. You should make sure you have your reinstall code from HELP > About Timeslips > Support Information. You will also need to make sure you stop the firebird server. I would uninstall and delete everything Timeslips except the database. Then reinstall. 

    If that doesn't help, I would be curious to take a look. 

  • 0 in reply to Nancy Duhon

    Great idea.  Thanks.  I've never used that tab before.  I set up transactions for the last qtr and slips for the last month.  So now I should not have to change the dates.

  • 0 in reply to RPS2

    Yes, that is the idea with relative dates. They can be a lot of fun, and can help insure that your reports are more consistent because you don't have to depend on users entering the correct date range every time and perhaps making a mistake.

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  • 0 in reply to Caren2

    That sound like “the nuclear option”.  I may try it. 

    But, what might I lose?  For example, is Firm Terminology, that I have changed from the default, kept in the main database so that the changes will be available when I reinstall?  Should I keep my Report Templates in addition to the data folder and then delete all others after doing Uninstall?  (I would actually do a complete copy of the folder and subfolders to another drive before doing any uninstall or deletion.)  Should I uninstall the Firebird database?

  • 0 in reply to RPS2

    I don't think uninstalling/reinstalling will help you because I am getting the same behavior in my own copy here.

  • 0 in reply to Nancy Duhon

    Well, at least it is not just me or my machine.  p.s. I did try clearing temp files, but that did not help.