Yardi Voyager accounting rant
This is by far the worst accounting software I have ever used. I’ve used Entrata/RealPage/OneSite/Appfolio and QuickBooks. Every single one of these works mostly the same, just with different designs, but Yardi Voyager, oh boy. It’s like they tried to make the simplest functions as convoluted as possible, and what takes 2 steps in these other software packages would take 10 in Yardi. And I’m not even joking.
For example, making a Journal Entry. In every other software, you just click Create New Journal Entry, add debits and credits, and post it. If you need to edit, you click Edit and make changes.
Here are the steps for doing the same thing in Yardi:
1.Create a Journal Batch
Enter how many journal entries you plan to enter
Enter the total debit/credit amount of journal entries you plan to add
Add a new journal entry (so it’s inside the journal batch you created)
Enter your debits and credits and post it
Close the journal batch — if the total amounts don’t match, it won’t let you post
To edit this JE:
Unpost the batch, which often requires a different role you have to switch to in Voyager
Edit the journal entry inside of it
Post the journal entry
Close the batch and adjust the total amounts if different
This is just one example of a workflow, but it’s prevalent across the entire accounting system. Similar redundant steps show up in AR/AP, report generation, etc.
Just wondering if any other accountants share the same frustration.
/Rant over