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LACERTE 2021 HAS BEEN DOWN IN OUR OFFICE FOR 2.5 DAYS NOW - NO RESOLUTION

barbcpa
Level 2

Our database became corrupted Wednesday morning March 29.  I have spoken with five technicians, none of which have been able to resolve the problem.  My outside IT company worked for an hour trying to find out what the problem is as well for which I have to pay.  I was told by Agent #1 at Lacerte on Wednesday after over 3 hours of trying to resolve the issue that it had to be escalated and they would call back within 24 to 48 hours.  I told him that was unacceptable and after doing something offline he came back on and said they would call back within 24 hours.

On March 30, we had not heard from them within the 24 hour period so I called around 11:00 a.m.  The agent I spoke to said they had the referral to the escalation department but the previous agent did not put any notes in so they didn't know what the issue was.  Agent #2 reached out to Agent #1 and found that he was just now in the  process of writing the troubleshooting notes.  Agent #2 then tried to help and after 1.5 hours with him he referred me to another agent.  Agent #3 tried for an hour to see if she could find the issue and she said it was an issue that only the escalation department would be able to resolve.  I asked to speak to a supervisor.  

Supervisor #1 called and after explaining my extreme frustration he reached out to the escalation department and they guaranteed they would reach out to me this Friday morning.  Because of the time difference I was in my office at 6 a.m. in case they called.  It is now 10:00 a.m. and I have not heard from anyone.  

I have emailed Supervisor #1 to tell him to find out what is going on now!  I also called again and am on hold with Agent #4.  She is, just as with everyone else, trying to find out what is going on.  I have been on hold now for 45 minutes.  Supervisor #1 has emailed me back stating he is going to contact the escalation department to see what is going on.  

I have just been told they tried to call me twice this morning at our office number.  I gave the agents my cell phone number to call because our switchboard doesn't open before 8:30 and they, of course, tried to call the office.

Everyone is seeing what is going on but not one person is resolving the issue.  This illusive escalation department absolutely does not give a crap about the custo

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AndresVTB
Level 4

It's late on a Friday but contact your account rep (or any account rep) and ask them to escalate. Tell them you'll leave Lacerte.

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barbcpa
Level 2

Great idea!  Thank you!

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TaxGuyBill
Level 15

Maybe I'm missing something, but can't you just uninstall and reinstall the program?

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barbcpa
Level 2

We have, 3 times.  On the server as well as each workstation.

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TaxGuyBill
Level 15

I could be wrong, but at first glance that seems more like a computer (or network) problem, than a program problem.

However you tried to install it as a stand-alone program on a workstation?

barbcpa
Level 2

It turns out I am not the only person having this issue.  I was happening so much so that they are coming out with an update on Tuesday that will solve the problem.  It took the escalation department guy about five minutes to take the file that was corrupt, run the patch and reload it onto my machine.  There were a few other minor issue but all told it probably took less than thirty minutes to get everything fixed.  We sent down on Wednesday morning.  We got it fixed this Sunday morning.  It is going to be a long two weeks.

TaxGuyBill
Level 15

I'm glad to hear it is working now.

barbcpa
Level 2

Man, we are too.  Thank you for your thoughts on ideas to try to fix it.  I was really grasping by posting on here but I do appreciate your taking the time.

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abctax55
Level 15

Did they (you?) run CLPAK - that's supposed to fix data base problems.  Just in case (god forbid..) this happens again.

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barbcpa
Level 2

Tried that several times with no help.

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abctax55
Level 15

Thx... I think I've had to do it maybe twice in 30 plus years... no real clue 'what' it does (or doesn't do...).

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barbcpa
Level 2

I think this was an issue that had no solution until the tech support people pushed the programmers to get it fixed.  As I said, the patch is coming out on Tuesday so that means there was no solution.

rcooley25
Level 11

I dont aim to offend any of you Lacerte users who are so very happy with your program but what I just read sounds like something out a 3 stooges program.

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