Orion Version 4.014 Release Notes


TABLE OF CONTENTS


 

HERO FEATURES

ModuleDR#Detail

Workshop

ORION-12731

New Job Sections functionality has been added to Orion, allowing you to segment jobs into sub-tasks and adding significant improvements to Quotes/Estimates and Remote Workshop functionality Read the KB here for more detail.

Orders

ORION-12933

 

Back-orders are becoming increasingly difficult to manage, we have made changes to this process to retain the original order number on back orders, which should more closely align with supplier processes. Read the KB here for more detail.

 


Enhancements

Module

DR#

Detail

Creditors

ORION-12798

Updated the (Alt key) shortcuts in the Misc dropdown menu to ensure all shortcut keys are unique.

Creditors

ORION-12931

We have made changes to allow the inclusion or exclusion of foreign currency exchange adjustments when doing a rollover

Creditors

ORION-12937

Entering a reference to an invoice for a creditor that is already in history throws a warning message

Creditors

ORION-12980

More detail has been added to the Debtor-to-Debtor Transfer and Creditor-to-Creditor transfer screens so that it is clear to the user which customer/supplier will get the TR- transaction and which gets the TR+ transaction.

Debtors

ORION-12938

Added the ability to drill down into a Parts invoice from a receipt in Debtors

GL

ORION-12129

Added a new column in the GST listing to display the customer's or suppliers' GST number. This new column will also be exported when using the Send To option

GL

ORION-12819

Resolved an issue where some purchase orders were not opening through drillable reports

Jobs

ORION-12580

Added a new Comment field to time-clocking. A technician can optionally enter a labour comment

Jobs

ORION-13101

Users now have the ability to add a job code to a job kit. This addition will help apply the correct job code to the job section when adding a kit to a job or quote. 

Marketing

ORION-12665

Added a new bookmark ‘Follow-up description’ to the SMS library text maintenance screen

Marketing

ORION-12969

Sales Prospect tasks and reports can now be accessed from the Marketing module as well as the Sales module

Marketing

ORION-12986

Added the option of entering an SMS template to the vehicle follow-ups. Different follow-ups per branch can be created to include individual branch details when sending reminders.

Orders

ORION-12508

Resolved an issue in batch processes purchase order items where the part order type would default back to stock instead of retaining the type selected

Orders

ORION-12547

Added Item Total and Item Qty Total values to the Purchase Order Maintenance screens, to make supplier orders easier to reconcile.

Orders

ORION-13115

We have added the ability to assign a vehicle to a Sales Rig when receiving an item order.

Parts

ORION-12546

Added BIN location 2 and BIN 3 columns onto the ‘Parts Stock Export' report

Parts

ORION-12832

You can now highlight/select the Part Number on the Maintain Parts Stock screen, enabling you to 'copy' the value for copy/pasting purposes.

Parts

ORION-12889

Added the option to select the name Estimate, Quote or free type the form title when printing or emailing a Parts Quote. 

Parts

ORION-12915

We have added the ability to add missing parts to other departments when viewing stock availability. 

Read the KB here for more detail. 

Parts

ORION-12958

Addition of SFTP protocol to several add-ons and utilities that export data, such as OSEE, Sales Online Database and Parts Export.

Parts

ORION-13027

Honda ordering now checks Suppler part No when matching stock and also displays the Supplier Part No column when it is different to the Part No

Parts

ORION-13192

When transferring a serialised part into the item table the full serial number will now transpose into Item Maintenance > Notes tab due to the 15-character limit in REGO field

Parts

ORION-13193

When transferring serialised parts, the serial number will now display on the transfer printout.

Reports

ORION-12994

An Orion user's email address will now be prepopulated when ticking a Report Email PDF option. Additionally, you can include additional recipients using the Add More button.

Read the KB here for more detail.

Sales

ORION-12282

We have added the ability to insert sales rigs from the Alternative Deals screen.

Sales

ORION-12600

We have added a new Rig ID column to the stock listing to assist with grouping items on a sales rig.

Sales

ORION-12641

Added more Fuel Types to the Orion Vehicle Maintenance screen

Sales

ORION-815

The Sales Purchase Order report now includes a filter to use the order due date field. The report can now be exported to MS Excel.
 The order due date is also included in the stock listing Excel export, providing an up-to-date overview of when vehicles are due to arrive.

System

ORION-12597

We've made an exciting addition to our Management Summary Report! A new Company Summary display has been added, providing a quick overview of all Orion departments. 

System

ORION-12690

Updated contact details are displayed on the Orion Helpdesk Info screen

System

ORION-12942

Enhanced performance of the month-end rollover procedure, to speed up the operation for multi-department systems with larger data sets.

System

ORION-12997

We have added an Active/Inactive filter and a Search field on the Orion Addons for ease of use. Additionally, we have added a link to our Knowledge Base for further information on the listed add-ons.

System

ORION-12697

Added a new filter for department selection when exporting stock from the Accounts >Utilties >Export menu

System

ORION-13119

The Orion version number will now display on the User Login screen. Meaning users don’t have to log in to supply this information to support.

Workshop

ORION-10340

Added the ability to view a loan (Courtesy) car's availability via a calendar view. The workshop diary also has a new field to display the number of loan cars available for a date. Read the KB here for more detail.

Workshop

ORION-10785

When emailing/printing quotes, you now have two formats to choose from. Style 1 will not display the list price and discount against each posting on the quote, whereas Style 2 will display these values. Similar to an invoice.

Workshop

ORION-12405

The field specifying the Workshop (eg. W1, W2) on the Detailed Technicians Labour Analysis will now display 3 characters. To assist companies with 3-digit department codes.

Workshop

ORION-12700

Changes made to ensure job details are displayed on the time-clocking screen when a job is flagged as a high priority. Previously they were omitted.

Workshop

ORION-12712

The printed Job Card will now print up to 65 characters in the Labour Comment field (previously truncated).

Workshop

ORION-13018

Several improvements to the Diary:
- Customer's full name is now displayed
- Item description now displayed
- 3 job User Defined fields are now displayed
- Minimum screen size increased
- New option was added to display jobs spanning multiple days with no set hours
  - New option to export the Diary report to Excel

- New column to display available Courtesy Cars

- New button to display a courtesy car calendar.
Read the KB here for more detail.

Workshop

ORION-13096

New <<CUSACCLETTER>> and <<DRIVERDETAILS>> bookmarks have been added to job cards in relation to items with a Charge To customer assigned.

Workshop

ORION-13229

Memo-type text will now display the full text rather than just one line. Editing the memo text hasn't changed, double click any text line to edit.
Note: We will be phasing out non-memo text in the future

 


Existing Add-ons - Enhancements & Changes

Module

DR#

Detail

Addon#113 – Gembox Custom Forms

ORION-12672

Implemented the ability to email Gembox custom forms for:
- workshop quotes
- prospects
  - workshop job cards

Addon#113 - Gembox

ORION-13093

The first 25 ITEMUSER fields are now available to be used in Gembox custom job cards

Addons#137, 139, 140 - Hyundai, Renault & Isuzu Service Exports

ORION-12935

Additional setup options have been added to the Hyundai, Renault & Isuzu Service Exports to allow customer data to be uploaded to a different FTP location/folder to the service data.

Addon#68 - BNZ

ORION-13049

Added a BNZ Unpaid Invoices Export file

 


Bug Fixes

Module

DR#

Detail

Addon - Order Central

ORION-13040

The order quantity will now respect the factor/box size configuration when using OrderCentral, rather than the unit qty.

Creditors

ORION-12968

Resolved an issue where the Creditors Refund screen could incorrectly display invoices rather than credits.

Debtors

ORION-12286

Resolved an issue where customer GST rate could be changed even when they have existing postings. This setting is now locked.

Debtors

ORION-13176

Resolved an issue where the Customer Maintenance > Card Number value was not being displayed correctly

Jobs

ORION-13070

Resolved an issue where under certain circumstances e-mails from workshop jobs and invoices were not being sent to the customer

Jobs

ORION-13163

Resolved an issue where the job selection window would pop up when crediting parts from a job

Jobs

ORION-13213

Resolved an issue with duplicate posting sort order codes on jobs

Marketing

ORION-12987

Resolved an issue where no results would display in Marketing Promotion when the Type was set to Item-Followup.

Marketing

ORION-13068

Resolved an issue where emails sent from Marketing Promotions with an attachment would throw an error

Orders

ORION-13082

Resolved an issue where under certain circumstances parts credits were not updating the stock transaction table correctly

Parts

ORION-12002

Resolved an issue where Total would appear in the middle of the Parts Sales Analysis report with large amounts of data

Parts

ORION-12783

Resolved an intermittent issue where emails were not being recorded under the Suppliers Contact tab

Parts

ORION-12857

The system will now force BIN Location to be upper case only

Parts

ORION-12909

Resolved an issue where Bin Locations were not printing the values on the Stock Transfer report

Parts

ORION-13011

Parts Stock Valuation report, when sorted by analysis group and exported to Excel in non-detailed format, will now show subtotalled Analysis Group values.

Parts

ORION-13043

Resolved an issue where Global Search was not taking into account the staff module security settings

Reports

ORION-12897

Resolved an issue where under certain circumstances records in the vehicle follow-up report and promo report were not completely matching

Rental

ORION-12825

Fixed an issue where Rental outwork orders were included in the Parts Month Summary, ‘Parts to Rental’ figures. 

Reports

ORION-13001

Fixed an issue with the Labour Analysis Report Detailed that creating a corrupt/invalid export file

Reports

ORION-13081

Resolved minor issues causing the Purchase Order Details report (and corresponding Excel file) to be blank.

Reports

ORION-13140

Resolved an issue where last run by and last run date were not being populated when running the BNZ Outstanding Transactions report.

Sales

ORION-10908

Resolved an issue on import Sales Item Orders from Foreign suppliers where the local retail inclusive price could not be set

Sales

ORION-12266

On the Deal Listings screen, the Type, Stock No and Description will now display for the selected deal when filtered to Finalised deals (previously this information would not display).

Sales

ORION-12930

Resolved an issue where some item user-defined field data could be duplicated if multiple Item Maintenance screens were open at the same time.

Sales

ORION-13137

Resolved an issue on the Stock Listing Report where the inclusive wholesale price was being included in the Excel report incorrectly when the wholesale price was 0.00

Sales

ORION-13175

Overdue tasks now pop up when clicking on prospects. This was missed with the new Orion menu layout changes.

System

ORION-12967

Resolved an error that would occur when clearing out all users after logging in and getting the exceeded user licenses warning.

System

ORION-13023

Several additional screens have been enhanced to respond to the increase in standard font size settings, to provide more uniformity and a more consistent user interface experience.

System

ORION-13048

Resolved an issue where the Update Available message was not being retained when a user logs out without updating their system

System

ORION-13057

Resolved an issue when editing Users where the highlighted user was not being retained in the listing after editing their settings

Workshop

ORION-11437

Resolved an issue where Watermarks were not appearing correctly on Workshop Quotes

Workshop

ORION-12767

Resolved an issue where Parts serial numbers were truncated in the ‘To’ Department to 20 characters after a stock transfer

Workshop

ORION-13039

Parts and Materials screens will now also be appropriately resized based on the font size settings applied in Orion.

Workshop

ORION-13065

Resolved an issue in the TimeClock screen where technicians in a multi-department time-clocking system were not refreshing (the technician List) when the user switches departments

Workshop

ORION-13108

Resolved an issue with Gembox label printing when the template folder/file name has a space in it

Workshop

ORION-13111

Resolved an issue where QTY with a decimal amount figure would show up in the QTY column on a Pro-Forma Invoice