How Andre’s Explains the Eaglesoft Date Vs Days
A "Day" in Eaglesoft is a period of time that begins after an End of Day is processed and ends when the next End of Day is processes.
A "Date" in Eaglesoft is the noted Date of Service.
EXAMPLE: IF Jan 1st you find that a PA was taken Dec 31st, I can edit a Walkout and change the Date of Service back to 12/31. The PA transaction will be on a report using the Range of End of Days Jan 1. It will also show in the Range of Dates if I ran 12/1 - 12/31.
Date of Service 12/31
Date of Transaction 1/1
So... "Range of Dates" is a Rage of Dates of Service and a "Range of End of Days" is a Range of transactions that happened in a “Workday” (EOD).
A "DAY" is a combinations of thing enter during a Period from EOD to EOD.
A "Date" is a Date of Service
EXAMPLE:
I can edit a transaction and make the date of service 3/6/19XX so it will show up on my birthday *hint hint* but it will STILL be on today's E-O-DAY
A "WEEK" is all the EODs from Sunday through Saturday.
So... You can say “This WEEK" and get EODs from 1/17-1/23 but if you do Range of End of DATES there could have been some transaction posted 3 years ago by someone who wanted it to have a service posted on “Date of Service” 1/18/2021.
When a Day OR Month is closed, you CAN'T "go back and make any changes". The Days are locked. You can change a Date but not the Day. If the change something from a different Date, it does not change the DAY (i.e. the EOD is not impacted) It will be on "today's" Day and EOD.
DISCLAIMER:
This is a resource guide and all decisions on each dental office setup should remain the sole decision of the dentist/owner of the practice. Eaglesoft is a registered trademark of Patterson Dental Company. All other software or products mentioned are the property of their respective owners. Although Andre Shirdan was an employee of Patterson Dental, he is not associated with Eaglesoft or Patterson Dental Company or endorsed by Patterson or any other Company Mentioned in this blog
