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July Release 2023

Posted on August 8, 2023
Ian Mellor
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New Features

  • Added support for sending ICS calendar invites to engineers to sync with their mobile calendars outside of the mobile app
  • Added the ability to split the dashboard “items requiring action” by monitored Contracts as well as monitored Clients – just edit the contract and tick “monitored” to enable
  • Added the ability for engineers to view messages sent to them from the back office on the mobile device
  • New dashboard widget to show purchase orders due for deliver and sub-contract orders due
  • Added a report of other supplier prices for the same part when entering purchase orders
  • Added the ability to retrospectively link jobs into projects via the new Add To Project button on the jobsheet
  • Added the ability for users to tweak the payment date for sales invoices to allow for non-standard payment terms on individual invoices. Access this via the pencil on the invoice sheet like you would for changing the charge address
  • Hidden the archived assets from the (ACR) Find Asset report. To show archived assets just click on the “include archived” filter
  • Added the “remaining ETTC” to the job details report when issuing a job
  • Added filter for monitored clients to find job
  • Added extra information to the desirable asset details report to help explain who/when a detail changed
  • Added issued dates to the job/site report
  • Support displaying of costcode / supervisor on the mobile app
  • Improved the warning message on the mobile app if random dates are entered when requesting holidays
  • Implemented the pick list of job details on manual job entry
  • Added a new communication process that enables easy generation of a single PDF that matches the content of separate PDFs relating to a job – for example to enable a “legal pack” to be generated in a single document including visit sheets, photos, previous communications, surveys etc
  • Changed supplier invoice entry to ignore negative differences between delivered and invoiced previously when calculating the initial suggested invoice quantity
  • Added a user permission to control who can credit invoices independently from who can raise invoices
  • Added asset contact details to the job messages report so it is visible on the dashboard
  • Added a user entered “date of payment” to the recording of payment against supplier invoices
  • Changed the colour picker for job attachments to present a small palette to allow for consistent colours

Changes For A Single Contractor

  • Removed automatic linking of all trades to all imported parts by default, but retained the capability for one contractor via system options
  • Added a very irritating popup message to warn of non-compliant start of day checks
  • Changes to timesheet PDF for 1.5x and 2x hours calculation

Platform Improvements

  • Improvements to the “sticky columns” concept
  • Removed a number of redundant constructors from the PDF generation process

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed bug preventing any manual PO reference input relating to how they system verified uniqueness
  • Prevented conversion of interim sales invoices to/from applications which triggered unexpected status changes on related jobs
  • Fixed bug relating to holidays spanning year end
  • Fixed non-quote PDF to exclude the quote wording
  • Improved audit trail for system option changes
  • Fixed the login screen colours
  • Fixed captioning of timesheet portal details
  • Fixed difference between editing job header and manual job entry to enforce the same rules regarding future dates
  • Fixed difference between how end status map from operative statuses in the two places on the ARC mobile app that the outcome of the visit can be selected
  • Fixed captioning of costcode on the user setup screen
  • Added support for uploading client logos to the ACR wizard to match the Building Maintenance functionality
  • Fixed variable naming for AJAX objects across a number of pages
  • Fixed live search z-level to force drop down on top of new stick columns
  • Fixed Xero export of purchase invoices with empty VAT Codes
  • Fixed display of HTML entities in live searches
  • Fixed timesheet PDF calculation of total hours on related visits for ACR contractors
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