Orion Version 4.018 Release Notes


TABLE OF CONTENTS



HERO FEATURES

Module

DR#

Detail

Centralised Parts

ORION-13133

Added the ability to have a centralized parts maintenance, allowing for users to manage parts from one central location across all departments

Sales

ORION-13695

Added the ability to create Estimate/Quote deals without approving a vehicle order and creating a vehicle stock number.

Note:  This is only available on alternate deal screen



Enhancements

Module

DR#

Detail

Creditors

ORION-12085

Added a new ‘date’ column to Creditors Suggested Payments report

Debtors

ORION-13388

Orion now retains (with workshop Quotes) the invoice Print Labour setting that is set by the customer analysis group

Debtors

ORION-13620

Increased the character limit of customer email address from 50 to 150

Jobs

ORION-13579

Added the Library Text button in Job Memo Maintenance after double clicking on a text line to edit

Jobs

ORION-13609

Added the ability to transfer job postings from other departments to another job after the first progressive invoice. Previously, this was not permitted

Jobs

ORION-13610

Added the ability to perform a split invoice after a progressive invoice has been generated. Previously, this was not permitted

Orders

ORION-12982

Added the ability to assign Statuses to Orders including finalized orders

Parts

ORION-11213

Recalculate cost prompt now appears for Parts Orders when making changes to the rate via the dialogue box as well as manually editing the rate

Parts

ORION-12232

The system’s default procured part will now use the (assigned) analysis group multipliers to calculate the default markup value when ordering a procured part

Parts

ORION-12873

Users can now add card fees to deposits when taking a deposit via credit card in POS

Parts

ORION-13185

Users can now resize the Suggested Buy screen by expanding the window

Parts

ORION-13218

Added two new fields to display On Hand and On Order quantities when ordering parts through Parts module. To help to reduce over ordering stock

Parts

ORION-13397

Added a warning message for parts that have reached minimum stock level when posted to jobs or performing a stock transfer

Parts

ORION-13520

Added the ability to search parts stock transactions by KEYCODE in Search Anywhere

Rental

ORION-11871

Modified the Qty column in rental to always be related to the duration of the rental. The qty display is now related to the qty of the item used within the contract

Sales

ORION-13695

Added the ability to add vehicles to sales orders that do not have a stock number - only available on alternate deal screen

System

ORION-13665

Added extra security around storing passwords for various integrations

Workshop

ORION-12978

Added the ability to apply global discounts to workshop quotes

Workshop

ORION-12981

Added the ability to add statuses to quotes, similar to job statuses

Workshop

ORION-9050

Added the ability to update labour on kits once the rates are changed in technician rates

Workshop

ORION-9638

Added the ability to print a packing slip for part kit headers that are posted to a workshop job



Existing Addons - Enhancements & Changes

Module

DR#

Detail

Autobase

ORION-13515

The Autobase/Dealerbase integration has been updated to use the new REST API integration method. Read the KB here for more information

Husqvarna

ORION-12923

Resolved an issue where lines were not appearing in the Husqvarna invoice when using Husqvarna ordering

SmartCheck

ORION-13727

User can now perform jobs and print wof sheets based on specific department the job was created from. these jobs will have the department specific AVIC number

SmartCheck

ORION-13699

Resolved an issue where park brake readings were not displaying on the WOF form

Utility

ORION-13551

Made format changes to Peugeot and Citroen export files. file changed to xlsx, changed sheet name, added headers



Bug Fixes

Module

DR#

Detail

Cashbook

ORION-13528

Resolved an issue where values in the Cashbook Import Reconciliation report would be different in some instances

Creditors

ORION-13693

Resolved an issue where you after searching anywhere for a creditor/debtor and bringing up nothing, if you clicked on maintenance and added a new creditor/debtor, it would override an existing profile incorrectly

Creditors

ORION-13738

Resolved an issue where creditors posting were being duplicated for postings with the same value, if the invoice was created in webWorkshop

Husqvarna

ORION-13024

Resolved an issue where Husqvarna export was not being e-mailed using SMTP

Invoice

ORION-13762

Resolved an issue where excess was not printing on custom proforma forms

Invoice

ORION-13778

Resolved an issue where invoices would not be emailed to the first customer based on certain setups of split invoice settings

Jobs

ORION-13633

Resolved an issue where a labour category discount was not resetting correctly after changing the labour category (when posting labour)

Parts

ORION-13449

Resolved an issue where a user would be able to copy and paste lower case letters into the part number field, resulting in the part not being found in various areas

Parts

ORION-13678

Resolved an issue where parts department under assemblies was bringing up the active department rather than the department used

Rental

ORION-13628

Resolved an issue where rental days were not being calculated correctly due to using the 24-hour clock format

Rental

ORION-13718

Resolved an issue where exempt GST line postings would calculate GST when it shouldn’t

Rental

ORION-13742

Resolved an issue where Line and Price would become the same when opening a PO line on a Rental Contract

Reports

ORION-13230

Resolved an issue where a customers discount amount may not display on a split invoice. The invoice value was correct

Reports

ORION-13740

Resolved an issue where the stock sales report year to date value was displaying hashtags due to the number of characters exceeding what was allowed

Sales

ORION-13623

Resolved an issue where a pre-primed value was being inserted into the default retail value of sales vehicles incorrectly

Shopify

ORION-13739

Resolved an issue where crediting orders from Shopify would cause GL to be out of balance because totals were $0.00

Vehicles

ORION-13577

Resolved an issue where viewing a vehicle’s invoices and then selecting another vehicle would cause the subsequent vehicle to be overwritten with the previous vehicle’s details. Also created a utility to fix any existing data that has had this problem occur

Workshop

ORION-13414

Resolved an issue where the repricing options were not working correctly 

Workshop

ORION-13649

Resolved an issue where monthly summary values could be misleading because it wasn’t taking into account postings from different workshops

Workshop

ORION-13675

Resolved an issue where the workshop stock listing report was consolidating all stock items instead of showing items per department

Workshop

ORION-13685

Resolved an issue where adding a new part in web would not display the part in the desktop Orion application

Workshop

ORION-13691

Resolved an issue where newly added parts stock was also automatically being added to workshop stock incorrectly

Workshop

ORION-13705

Resolved an issue where phantom technicians were appearing in technicians labour summary report due to orphan labour records

Workshop

ORION-13757

Resolved an issue where part numbers with _SYSTEMOUTWORK_ were causing the report to not populate correctly





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