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Release: 446; Sep 2015


Alterations

ModuleAlterations
Organize > TasksBind Object Error - Error no longer occurs when the Refresh or Schedule button is pressed when no staff member has been selected
Purchases > RequisitionsRequired Date - The budget totals for all lines are recalculated when the required date is altered
Purchases > RequisitionsBudget Selection - Budget lookup list is filtered to only show the ones associated to the 'on behalf of' staff member, if this property has been set
Purchases > RequisitionsBudget Check - Validation message has been altered to inform user that a budget has not been set against a particular requisition line. Setting a budget is mandatory
Purchases > RequisitionsCurrent Requested Total - Calculation for the requested total for a budget line on a requisition has been altered to include all lines against the same budget. It's also recalculated when a requisition line is removed
Purchases > RequisitionBudget Limit Check - All requisition lines are re-checked against the budget limit on save if the Required Date has been altered. Block / warning message displayed if any go over the limit
Purchases > Pending AuthorisationLimit to Budgets - All pending lines are marked as 'Linked' for users who have 'Limit to Budgets' deselected against their staff record - they can authorise everything.
Purchases > Pending AuthorisationSend for Authorisation - Requisition line is removed from current user's pending list when they send it on to the next (when more authorisation is required)
Purchases > Pending AuthorisationMulti Selection - Multiple requisition lines can be selected for authorisation and rejection. Procedure moves on to the next one in the selection list if a line fails etc. rather than exiting. A list of all requisition lines which have been sent for authorisation is displayed at the end rather than as each ones is authorised
Purchases > Purchase OrdersOrder Date - Date box now links up to the correct property. Order date wasn't been updated (New Skin)
Sales > OrdersClosed Orders - User is blocked from opening closed orders when not in read-only mode
Sales > Orders > Stock Order HistoryStock Order History grid - The price is now displayed correctly. Logic was the wrong as VAT inclusive systems showed the net price and non VAT inclusive systems showed the VAT inclusive price.
Sales > Orders > Force CloseBack to Back Orders - System will now sever the link between the sales order and purchase order(s) and instruct the user to manually close the POs when force closing an order with back to back stock items
Sales > EPOSComposite Stock Items in EPOS - Batch tracked composite items have been blocked from selection at EPOS. This is because there is no way to select which batch the batch tracked item will come from.
Sales > StatementsBalances Over - Statements run with a "greater than X balance" now works correctly. Logic was in reverse - showing less than X
Sales > Browse Customer > StatementTransaction list - Grid now displays matched transactions as well as unmatched transactions. An account code had been hard coded in the SQL
Nominal > JournalMulti Currency - Journal lines against a foreign currency will now display the values in that currency & base currency each time the line is selected rather just on addition
Nominal > Cash Book > Bank ReconciliationReconciled Totals - Totals are now updated after every grid selection / refresh
Nominal > Ledger Maintenance > Company Data > Staff > BudgetsBudget Selection - Now able to select a budget from the lookup list
Nominal > BudgetsBudgets at Department & Cost Centre level - The logic behind these system parameters has been reversed. Selecting these parameters will enforce all budgets to have a department / cost centre, while deselecting them will allow a mixture of budgets with & without departments / cost centres (One combination pattern per nominal / collection in a year). BudgetAtDepartmentLevel and BudgetAtCostCentreLevel system parameters have been automatically switched for customers who currently use this functionality
Nominal > BudgetsBudget Breakdown - Posted detail & totals now include purchase returns. The supplier name is also displayed for posted breakdown lines.
Nominal > Budgets > Delivery CentresCost Centre & Department - These properties have been removed from the screen as they get populated from the budget (new skin)
Nominal > Browse Latest TransactionsDetails button - The associated details for the selected transaction lines are now displayed correctly when an user has set a column order
Stock > Works OrderPart Complete - The part complete option on Works Orders will succeed without hitting the 'Work Complete transaction but no flag to update WIP' error message.
Reports > Nominal > Budget UsagePeriod selection - Report will only display the number of periods within the year (New reports)
Tools > Copy Company > Create Copy CompanySpelling Correction - "The follwoing users ..." message has been corrected to "The following users ..."
Tools > Import > JournalsMulti Currency - Multi currency journals can now be imported
Auto CompleteDead accounts - Company, supplier, customer and email auto complete lists now exclude dead accounts
Text Box & Text Select AlignText Alignment - Text box and text select alignment is remembered & loaded when you re-load a skin
Form CloseClosing - Bind Object error no longer displayed on form close when the cursor is in a lookup text box e.g. opening & closing a form without loading / setting any data



Minor Features

ModuleFunctionality
Organize > Event TemplatesEvent Template - The facility to add a document as attachments is now available.
Organize > CompaniesNew Company - When creating a new company the Email, Telephone and Fax number is also set as the main details with the contact details
Purchases > RequisitionsDocument Lock - Requisition document is now locked when in edit mode. This prevents more than one user editing / authorising the same requisition
Purchases > RequisitionsBudget Selection - Budget lookup list is filtered by required date
Purchases > RequisitionsMark as Closed - Requisition aborted rather than marked as closed when this option is selected before it's been saved and assigned a number
Purchases > RequisitionsAuthorisation to Create on Behalf - Only staff members which have been set as manager have authorisation to create a requisition on behalf of another staff member.
Purchases > RequisitionsAuthorisation to Open & Save - Staff members are only authorised to open and save requisitions that they have created or that have been created on their behalf, unless they've been set as a manager. Managers can open and save all requisitions. Requisition lookup list will also be filtered by these rules
Purchases > RequisitionsAuthorisation - Users no longer require authorisation to create sales orders or purchase orders when authorising a requisition
Purchases > RequisitionsAuthorisation - Requisition is sent for authorisation if it goes above the remaining budget limit, even if it's within the user's authorisation limit
Purchases > Pending AuthorisationLimit To Budgets - This option is only enabled when 'Show All Budgets' is selected
Purchases > Pending AuthorisationReject Requisition - New column for rejecting a requisition - this will reject all associated lines and mark the requisition as dead. (New skin)
Purchases > Outstanding RequirementsRequired Date - Purchase Order required date is brought through from the Requisition when processing Outstanding Requirements. System warns user that the earliest date will be used if selected requisition lines are against different dates / periods and have been set for consolidation
Purchases > Invoice for POSettlement Discount totals - TotalSettleDisc & TotalSettleDiscNet read only properties are now available
Purchases > Shipment TradesFinance - Costs for finance on X Trades is now possible to be added. The calculation is based on 30 from despatch date and will reverse out and do the amendment when the receipt of money for the trade is received.
Purchases > Ledger Maintenance > Standard ChargesPurchase Standard Charges - Dead flag has been added to purchase standard charges.
Purchases > Pay Suppliers > BACS Payment FormatBACS Payment Format - A new payment format called Lloyds Bank BACS has been added for when paying suppliers.
Purchases > Browse OrdersPO Status Changed - Purchase Order statuses are now displayed as 'Draft' instead of 'New' and 'Finalised' instead of 'Printed'.
Purchases & SalesDead Accounts - No longer possible to create an order / invoice / credit against a dead account. Invalid account message will appear
Sales > Ledger Maintenance > Standard ChargesSales Standard Charges - Dead flag has been added to sales standard charges.
Sales > StatementsPrint Status - 'Document 1 of …' print status will no longer appear when printing statement through the statement run as it would appear for each statement sent to the printer. This allows user to get on with other jobs while statements are printed off in the background
Nominal > JournalsAudit Period - The facility for posting to the Audit Period has been enhanced to also post to the Reserves account if a Journal is to a Balance sheet and a P & L account
Nominal > Journal & Spread JournalsTemplates - Template names are retrieved and pre-populated when saving for the second time (Only for templates saved from this version onwards)
Nominal > Fixed Asset > DepreciateFixed Asset Depreciation - When adding a new fixed asset with an initial depreciation, you will have the option to select one of the periods from the acquired date to the current system date to depreciate to. You can also select which period to run it up to at the time of depreciation, if you have not run the depreciation for more than one period.
Nominal > Ledger Maintenance > Company Data > StaffStaff Member Login Link - Now possible to link several logins against the same staff member (StaffLinkedLogin property)
Nominal > BudgetsBudget Check - Nominal / Collection, Department & Cost Centre combination checked on creation as well as save. Informs user that the combination can not be created if invalid before they go any further with the setup
Nominal > Budgets > Copy BudgetsCopy Budget Validation - Data is validated before attempting to copy a budget. Can only copy a budget to the current financial year or next financial year, the Copy From and Copy To years must be different, and a budget must be selected before clicking OK. Budget amount will now be spread evenly if the number of periods in the Copy From and Copy To years differ. (New skin)
Reports > Nominal > P&L ReportsVariance % Calculation - Calculation can be altered to ((Variance / Comparative) x 100) by selecting the PLVarianceOverComparisonCalc system parameter. Standard calculation is ((Variance / Actual) x 100)
Reports > Nominal > Budget UsageSummary by Year - New report option which summarises the budget totals by year (New skin)
Reports > Sales > StatementsView & Edit - Message displayed to inform user that no statements have been created when there isn't anything outstanding against the selected account. Selecting an account is now mandatory - use Sales > Statements to print multiple statements. Edit now allows user to edit the statement template
Open Door ReportsReport Layout - Ability to set colour and thickness of lines & boxes on sub reports
Open Door Reports & ScreensFilter By Period - All screens that have the option to filter results by period will now only display the number of periods in the selected year.
Browse GridsDropdown List - Description column not displayed if no data entered in corresponding column on the Edit Drop Box Property list



Major Features

ModuleFunctionality
Sales > ManifestManifest Route - The route for an open Manifest can be changed on the Manifest screen as well as the current method of updating a Sales Order one at a time
Reporting > Nominal > P&L Extended ReportP&L Extended Report - A new report which can display an unlimited number of columns based on the parameter selection. Parameter selection of Actual,Budget,Variance,Actual %, Budget % and Variance % against a period & year range. Site,Depot,Cost Centre and Department can be filtered for the whole result set. Option to display the whole result set in detail or summary format as well. Parameter selection can be saved & opened from a template. Report will export directly to Excel if more than 7 columns to display. (Menu code ReportsStandard > ProfitAndLossExtended)