System Overview

The Builder Information System is the leading construction accounting and job costing software in the industry. From receiving multiple 5-Star reviews to exceeding clients' needs for over twenty years, no other program can compare.

Real-Time technology

The era of cumbersome batch processing is long gone. With BIS^®, as you enter new information your entire set of books and reports are instantly and automatically updated. With BIS, there is no need to post transactions, batch process, wait until the end of the month, or go through tedious procedures to update your books. More....

BIS ^® Version 1139 now allows for unlimited fiscal years. Previously, BIS allowed for entries in two fiscal years: Current & Prior. Users can continue entering data into those years, and now access historical data from any journal, ledger or statement by simply selecting the appropriate fiscal year.

Drill Down+^®

Exclusive to BIS^®, Drill Down+^®, you control the action to take place when you drill down, whether it is to launch a report from a list of reports, document link, or edit master or transaction records. Finding where figures come from has never been easier. Users can even customize the drill down so that with a single click, it takes them back to a specific report every time. More....

My Desktop

My Desktop feature offers users a color-coded three-part screen, chosen from the new System Menu to the left. One part offers shortcut hyperlinks to modular elements of the program. In this view, users can see the major components of each function and any subcomponents of that function. Similarly, the Report area shows each of the related reports. Finally, another colored section shows related elements of the program connected to, but not in the specific module. More....

My Favorites

Users can create their own groupings of favorite or often-used elements of BIS®. These groupings can include their own organizational hierarchy, even if different than the normal and optional BIS^® menus and views, and directly access those favorite elements within BIS^®. More....

My Job Dashboard

BIS^® includes a powerful Job Dashboard feature that enables users to get an instant overview of one job, several jobs, or all jobs. Users can see at a glance the Summary of Billings and Costs, the Cash Flow, Labor comparisons, Subcontract information, and Document Management, and other reports. More....

Interactive Data Analysis™ and Pivot Tables^®

The Interactive Data Analysis™ feature within the Job Dashboard,enables users to view and manipulate their data with a spreadsheet-like screen form. This new feature uses powerful Pivot Tables, the Microsoft^® name for an Excel^® technique that is part spreadsheet and part database. Pivot Tables^® categorize your data by group, and give you counts, sums, and averages on your data. This data can even be copied and pasted into a spreadsheet. A new Data Filter enables users to narrow the analysis to only the facts needed. Columns can be moved, removed, and added. More....

My Workspaces

The Tabbed Multiple Display Interface (TMDI) feature allows users create multiple named workspaces to speed workflow. Users can create workspaces consisting of transaction forms, reports, and more, place them on their screen, and change from one workspace to another with just a click of the mouse. More....

Dockable Windows and Widescreen Monitor Support

Dockable and tabbed windows in BIS^® provide a rich customization experience, allowing users to redesign the viewable layout to make use of personal preferences for screen real estate. Some users prefer to have all needed windows out in plain sight, while other users prefer to concentrate solely on a single window without being distracted by related options. Users can create screens consisting of transaction forms, reports, and more, and change from one docked window to another with just a click of the mouse. More....

BIS^® runs on Windows^® 2000, Windows^® XP and Windows^® Vista, 32-bit operating systems. BIS^® Report Server runs on Windows^® 2000 Server and Windows^® 2003 Server.

Edit, change, or delete a transaction, and BIS^® automatically produces the appropriate reversing entries, including balances to your financial statements. There is no need to remember the debit and credit balances of the transaction - BIS^® does it for you in the background.

BIS^® keeps a record of all reversing entries and can be listed on journal and general ledger reports when requested.

ODBC is a widely accepted application-programming interface (API) for database access. This allows BIS^® data to be exported into programs like Microsoft^® Word^®, Excel^®, Access^® or third party products such as Crystal Reports^®.

With BIS^®, you don't need to license additional 3rd party reporting or database software. BIS^® has a powerful, easy to use report writer and built-in database that eliminates the need to license or maintain 3rd party software.

BIS^® can grow with you. When you need more users or modules you don't need to re-install a new program. For virtually every element in the program, you just use a simple license disk and security code, and what you need is instantly available.

Master and transaction forms, and all reports for all modules, are available from any one of three selectable integrated menus. There is no need to switch modules to access options within a different module.

BIS^® contains a host of administration features that make your job easier. From impressive backup and recover features to enhanced security functionality, BIS^® enables you to manage your information, your way.

The BIS^® user interface has been specially designed to minimize your use of the mouse, letting you enter data quickly and accurately using hotkeys and the tab button from the keyboard.

MDI lets you open several forms in the main BIS^® application window. For example, you can open the Customer Master Form, Accounts Payable Invoices, Inventory Adjustments, and Job Budget windows simultaneously and switch among them by clicking a mouse.

BIS^® uses the Visual FoxPro^® Rushmore™ technology to optimize data retrieval. Rushmore™ is an exclusive technology for rapidly selecting sets of records from tables; it can reduce query response times from minutes to seconds.

BIS^® allows two consecutive fiscal years (24 months) to be open at any time. Transactions can be entered in any month in the current or prior year.

The Transaction Tracking System™ (TTS™) has been created for BIS^® to ensure the integrity of the data being written to disk. If, for example, a power failure occurs while a transaction is being written, the TTS™ executes a transaction rollback to remove the partially written transaction from the books.

BIS^® was awarded the Designed for Windows^® logo. This means BIS^® has been independently lab tested for things like product performance, stability and ease of use. This ensures BIS^® meets or exceeds the highest standards for use within a Windows^® environment.