December Newsletter I Current Release W899A5
We will be closed for the holidays December 24th, 25th, 31st and January 1st!
December Giveaway
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Which of the following can you NOT do from the Home Page of OASIS?
Create a new reminder
Create a new quote
Create a new price list
Check Hard Drive Space
It is critical that the machine that hosts the database is as reliable as possible and capable of storing increased amounts of data.
A general rule of thumb is to add 1 gig of RAM to the server requirement.
The minimum client and server hardware requirements, as well as Ingen Software's recommendations for hardware are listed below:

For smaller groups of 1-10 employees using a PC using as server:
OS: Windows 8,10 or later
RAM: 8 GB or more
DISK: 50 GB free 
CPU: 2.0 GHz dual core (AMD or Intel) or faster 
Network: Gigabit wired

For larger groups of 10+ employees using a PC as a server:
OS: Windows 10
RAM: 8 GB or more
DISK: 100 GB free
CPU: 2.5 GHz dual core (AMD or Intel) or faster
Network: Gigabit wired
Oasis Quick Tip: Submittals and Cut Sheets
OASIS allows users to store PDFs as cut sheets to be used in submittal packages. These cut sheets can be linked to specific catalog number combinations and "learned" by OASIS. 
Cooper Specialization
We are in the process of updating the Cooper configurator in OASIS.
Watch for a message from Cooper Lighting explaining some changes that you will need to make.
There will also be an update in the OASIS January 2021 Production release to the Configurator.
If you have issues with Configurator pricing after this information is sent to you, have your OASIS Admin user give our support team a call, or send a email to Support@OASISSalesSoftware.com

Manufacturer Connectivity
Thomas Betts (TnB/ ABB) - click here!

For more manufacturer connectivity - click here!
OASIS Community Forum
We are always looking for new ways to improve our software. Feel free to share feature requests and new ideas to add to OASIS!

Monthly Maintenance
Ingen Software has monthly planned maintenance windows. These take place on the Saturday after the monthly production release, which is generally the first Tuesday of the month, during the hours of 8:00 AM Central through 8:00 PM Central. During these maintenance windows, operating system updates and patches will be applied to our Windows and Red Hat Linux servers, firewalls, and switches as necessary. Therapeutic reboots of virtualization hosts may also be performed. Temporary outages can be expected during these planned maintenance windows. 

This month's maintenance window was
Saturday, December 5, 2020. 

Next planned maintenance window:
1/9/2021, 2/6/2021, 3/6/2021, 4/3/2021, 5/1/2021, 6/5/2021, 7/3/2021, 8/7/2021, 9/4/2021, 10/2/2021, 11/6/2021, 12/4/2021
O4 Users
Project Editor
The O4 Project Editor functions differently, depending on if the user has full access or sales access to O4. If users have full access, they will be automatically directed to the Inside Sales View of
the Inside Sales View of the Project Editor, and can use the Outside Sales View as needed. From the Inside Sales View, users have full editing access on the project.

For more information about the project editor click here!
Bid Board Tile

The Win/ Loss Tile functions to track overall hit rate of a company, a single customer, or other criteria based on
quote status.

For more information about the Win/ Loss Tile click here!
Two Factor Authentication
Two Factor Authentication is a new feature in O4! It's an extra security precaution to ensure that you're the only person who can access your account, even if someone else knows your password. Watch our video to
 learn more!
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