
24 Apr Intuit Enterprise Suite: The Online Power Platform Built for Growth (and Why Dimensions Might Be Its Best Feature Yet)
At Siegel Solutions, we’ve been longtime champions of QuickBooks—and for good reason. It’s helped millions of businesses get their finances under control. But as companies grow, they start needing more: more flexibility, more visibility, more powerful reporting.
That’s where Intuit’s new *online* Enterprise Suite (IES) comes in. Designed for scaling businesses that have outgrown the limits of QuickBooks Online Advanced and QuickBooks Desktop, IES brings together everything you need to manage multiple entities, users, roles, and reports—all in the cloud.
One of the most powerful tools in this new platform? A little feature called Dimensions.
If you’ve ever wrestled with trying to track multiple layers of your business in QuickBooks using just one Class field, you’re going to love what Dimensions bring to the table.
Dimensions: A Smarter Alternative to Classes
Think of Dimensions as an evolution of Classes—but with flexibility that finally matches the way your business operates.
In QuickBooks, you’re stuck using just one Class per transaction line. That works okay… until you want to slice data by region and department, or by project and client type. Then you’re back to creating convoluted account structures, exporting to Excel, and running manual workarounds.
With IES, you’re no longer boxed in. You can define up to 20 custom Dimensions—and assign multiple ones per transaction. So instead of choosing which detail to track, you can track them all.
No more bloated charts of accounts. No more compromising on what to monitor. Just clean, dynamic financial visibility.
Why This Matters to Growing Businesses
Here’s why Dimensions aren’t just another feature—they’re a strategic leap forward:
– Clean, simplified chart of accounts
– Fully customizable tracking
– Robust, real-time reporting
– Smarter decisions
– Empowered teams with role-based dashboards
(You still have the original class, but you can add dimensions as shown below in an example – Portfolio, Revenue Type, Investor, Location, etc. Which are essentially additional ways to slice and dice your data!)
Additionally, you can have sub and sub dimensions!
Dimensions can even be selected in the Bank Feeds:
Real-World Examples of Dimensions in Action
Construction Company
- Dimensions: Project, Crew, Equipment, Region, Job Supervisor
- This setup enables more granular, actionable insights for smarter financial and operational decisions.
Multi-location Retailer
- Dimensions: Store, Product Category, Promotion, Sales Rep
- This setup enables more granular, actionable insights for smarter financial and operational decisions.
Professional Services Firm
- Dimensions: Client Industry, Department, Service Type, Engagement Manager
- This setup enables more granular, actionable insights for smarter financial and operational decisions.
Nonprofit Organization
- Dimensions: Program, Funding Source, Grant, Location
- This setup enables more granular, actionable insights for smarter financial and operational decisions.
Real Estate Investment Group
- Dimensions: Property, Location, Investor, Property Manager, Holding Entity
- Let’s say you manage 15 properties across three states with various LLCs and investors. You want to track expenses and revenue not just by property—but also by location, by investor, and by which manager is running the show.
- With IES Dimensions, each rent payment, repair bill, or capital improvement can be tagged with:
– Property: 72 Maple Street
– Location: Boston, MA
– Investor: Jones Capital Group
– Manager: Katie Rivera
– LLC: Boston Holdings 1 LLC - And you can generate reports showing ROI per investor, property performance by city, or even manager-led variance across the portfolio.
- With IES Dimensions, each rent payment, repair bill, or capital improvement can be tagged with:
Ecommerce Business
- Dimensions: Sales Channel, Campaign, Vendor, Product Line
- This setup enables more granular, actionable insights for smarter financial and operational decisions.
Why We’re All-In on Dimensions
At Siegel Solutions, we’ve worked with QuickBooks for over two decades. We’ve been there for the patches, the workarounds, the Excel exports, and the duct tape. And while we’re still big fans of QuickBooks for many businesses, we also recognize when it’s time to move up.
Dimensions are one of the clearest signs that it’s time to graduate. They give you:
– Enterprise-level insight without enterprise-level headaches
– Flexibility to grow and adapt as your business scales
– The ability to finally answer the questions that actually move the needle
Want to See It in Action?
We will be hosting an upcoming info session alongside Intuit’s Enterprise Suite Sales Engineer. You’ll see live examples, ask your own questions, and get a feel for whether IES—and the power of Dimensions—is right for your next phase of growth.
Whether you are a current client, newsletter subscriber or prospect of Siegel Solutions, you’re invited.
If you are interested, reply to this newsletter and we will notify you when the session is going to be held.
To sharper insights and smarter decisions!