Orion Version 4.016 Release Notes


Introducing eWOF Electronic WOF Checksheets!


TABLE OF CONTENTS



HERO FEATURES

ModuleDR#Detail

Smartcheck

Orion-13531

eWOF Electronic WOF Checksheets!
- Mobile WOF Checksheets, done on a mobile phone
- Go paperless and email the checksheet to the customer
- Reduce time trying to find rechecks and re-prints. Now a simple search
- Reduce the cupboard space consumed for WOF requirements/audits with our WOF Checksheet Log
- No more Dot Matrix printers

eWOF is provided using our Smartcheck Online Checksheets platform {{Click Here to Read More}}


Highlighted Enhancements:


  • Technicians can now optionally change the Job Status when clocking out, to help keep the front of house updated on job progress.
  • We have added the ability to view images in Orion desktop that were added from webWorkshop.
  • You can now add Supporting Documents to Creditors History:



Enhancements

Module

DR#

Detail

Creditors

ORION-12759

When matching multiple Orders from Creditors, we have added a selection screen so the Admin user can choose which Order to view.

Creditors

ORION-13333

You are now able to right-click a creditor history transaction to add Supporting Documents.

Debtors

ORION-12380

Watermarks will now print on debtors sundry invoices.

GL

ORION-13227

Added detail to GL Batch Posting to clarify the month and year of the last and current financial years end.

GL

ORION-13387

Added search capability to the Progressive GL Code Totals screen. To search, you simply type GL codes into the search field and press Tab (not Enter!)

Jobs

ORION-12929

Added the ability to modify keycodes for library text and job kits by clicking on the pencil beside the KEYCODE field

Jobs

ORION-13392

The setting to Force Order Numbers was too restrictive in the Workshop, leading users to input irrelevant characters to bypass the restrictions. So the following changes have been made:
- Allow the job to be created after the user clicks OK to the warning
- Every time the job is opened the warning is displayed
- Block the user from invoicing until there is an entry in the Order No field
 - Display warning when the Order No field is blank

Orders

ORION-12523

The Order No. for goods ordered will now be displayed in Assembly Jobs.

Orders

ORION-13114

Changed the Vehicle Stock Order item screen to allow the Pricing (Exclusive, Inclusive) to be selected via clicking the column header. This brings this screen in alignment with the rest of Orion

Parts

ORION-11977

Added the ability to load multiple deposits in POS, including a deposit history window and the ability to refund deposits.

Parts

ORION-13178

Alternate Parts will now display across all parts departments regardless of which department they were loaded in. If the alternate displays in the other department, then the on-hand will display, otherwise it won't. This should help in maintaining and displaying alternate parts across the entire business.

Parts

ORION-1573

Added two new security settings that prevent a user from either viewing and/or maintaining pricing structures within the Parts module

Parts

ORION-8683

New security option has been added for allowing or disallowing Stock Adjustment.

Rental

ORION-13366

Changes made to speed up the Rental Item Availability screen (opening). 

Reports

ORION-13256

Changed the priority of e-mail addresses when emailing reports, so the priority is if the User email address is blank use the Department setting, if this is blank, use General setting.

Reports

ORION-13406

Customer Keywords have been added as a filter to the Vehicle Follow-up Listing report. One use of this filter is to only include customers in a particular area.

Sales

ORION-9633

The prospect name is now displayed in the Prospect Task Maintenance screen. The prospect details can also be viewed and edited from this screen.

System

ORION-13335

Added the ability to view Images in desktop Orion that were loaded via webWorkshop. You can also now modify images via both web and desktop.

Workshop

ORION-10420

Technicians can now optionally change the Job Status when clocking out, to help keep the front of house updated on job progress.

Workshop

ORION-12895

Vehicle details e.g. VIN, Chassis, Reading will now display on Estimates/Quotes similar to an Invoice.

Workshop

ORION-12926

Added "Current + Invoices" option when clicking the Statements button on the Debtors screen, to include invoices when printing/emailing statements.

Workshop

ORION-13317

Additional filters and options have been added to Stocktake in the Workshop module to align with the functionality available in the Stocktake in the Parts module.

Workshop

ORION-13453

Added Stock Departmental Comparison feature that was in Parts module to the Workshop module under the Misc dropdown menu, allowing the quick comparison of stock items between workshop departments.

Workshop

ORION-13454

The Auto Add function available in the Parts module has been added to the Workshop module, set up from the Auto Add tab when editing a Stock Analysis Group, allowing the instant creation of stock to other workshop departments.

Workshop

ORION-13470

Added the ability to search by Fleet No. and display Fleet No. column in the Workshop Invoice Listing when Fleet add-on is enabled.



Existing Add-ons - Enhancements & Changes

Module

DR#

Detail

Gembox

ORION-13474

Resolved an issue where gembox was not printing labels for part numbers with the slash and asterisk characters (/, *,\)

OSEE

ORION-13258

Added the ability to export OSEE files without the date in the file name

OSEE

ORION-13452

We have amended the csv extract to include up to 50 user defined fields



Bug Fixes

Module

DR#

Detail

Creditors

ORION-13415

Resolved an issue where bank file would be generated but not emailed when using SMTP

Creditors

ORION-13417

Customer and Creditor payment tagging now retains the cursor position when there are multiple transactions with the same date.

Creditors

ORION-13466

Resolved an issue where GL records were not being inserted after unmatching a creditor record

Jobs

ORION-13174

Fixed an issue where customer keycodes similar to "assemblies" could not be added to a job. 

Jobs

ORION-13432

Fixed an issue where the debtor’s payment screen displayed for an internal customer when splitting a workshop invoice. 

Jobs

ORION-13459

Resolved an issue where using the Batch Entry function to add parts to a job would not highlight the last part added

Jobs

ORION-13462

Resolved an issue where parts added to a kit header would not be credited correctly and credit transactions would not appear for the part when performing a credit invoice.

Jobs

ORION-13477

Resolved an issue where Job Kits line prices would be different if the parts/materials were posted individually.

Orders

ORION-13484

Resolved an issue where the Sales Service Order listing was taking a long time to open

Parts

ORION-13252

Exclusive to Inclusive prices now calculate better, preventing rounding when invoicing.

Parts

ORION-13416

Reference for a Back Order stock transaction now points to the order in which the part was received.

Parts

ORION-13461

Under certain circumstances, a serialised part would not display as returned to the supplier in the serial number transaction screen. This has now been fixed

Parts

ORION-13476

Added an extra digit to be displayed for the Markup % in Parts Maintenance

Parts

ORION-13490

Resolved an issue where when running Global Data Changes, the supplier would change but the suppliersysid would retain the previous supplier’s ID

Parts

ORION-13510

Resolved an issue where the stock ageing report would incorrectly calculate the values for stock over 3 years, resulting in an incorrect final total

Parts

ORION-13519

Fixed Global Search to display correct parts department stock when opening it from the result.

Rental

ORION-12868

Resolved an issue where the Depreciation costs within the Rental Performance report were being duplicated, resulting in profit/loss being calculated incorrectly

Rental

ORION-13198

Resolved an issue where when reselecting a part in Rental > Contracts, the retail price would not be updated correctly, resulting in the incorrect price for a posted part line

Sales

ORION-13393

Resolved an issue when the security setting for Create Service Order for Sold Item is unticked, the system would still incorrectly add a posting to an order and insert a record into the stock costings. this is now prevented when the checkbox is unticked.

Sales

ORION-13471

Resolved an issue where clicking on Refresh Details in the Sales module would not update the Fuelsaver details of a vehicle

System

ORION-13445

Resolved an issue when using the Copy function to copy a User would give the copied user different security settings.

System

ORION-13485

Added a global flag to determine whether a part can continue to be sold when out of stock, or not

Workshop

ORION-13379

Resolved an issue where when a site is set up for Cost of Sale in GL, the GL batch would not be inserted into the GL journal when updating stock from a Stocktake

Workshop

ORION-13447

Resolved an issue where the price of a part line posted on a job in a prior period could not be edited if the system was rolled over

Workshop

ORION-13518

Resolved an issue where user would be unable to tick/untick whether an e-mail would be sent to split invoices if more than 2 split invoice customers existed.