Version 8.430 Release Notes

Key Features

Admin

SPROCKIT™ only: The Product Type, Group And Sub Group reserved values have been updated from this version onward. Product Types up to number 79 are system reserved.

Users can create, edit and delete only Types starting from number 80 or with letters. Product Groups up to number 7999 are system reserved.

Users can create, edit and delete only Groups starting from number 8000 or with letters. Product Sub-groups up to number 799999 are system reserved. Users can create, edit and delete only Sub-groups starting from number 800000 or with letters.  #12325

Cashbook

A new Payment method has been added to the software called "Internet" (for New Zealand) or "BPay" (for Australia).

This may be selected with Customer Payments and POS Payments.

Please Note - user must be certain the payment has been received in directly in the bank account before selecting this method in the payment.  #6850

Customer Items

Customer Items - OPE Items may now be graded from 0 to 10 for an indication of the condition of the item: 1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest. Example: 1 is poor condition, 10 is As New condition.   

 

SPROCKIT™ only: It is now possible to select a product code for a manually created OPE item, allowing the software to prepare the Warranty to be sent to Stihl. #12289

Invoices

SPROCKIT™ only: Updates made to the Stihl Warranty EDI in order to comply with the new EDIFACT Format required some adjustments in SPROCKIT™ to deal with invoices for OPE items.

Pending invoices with OPE items cannot be posted from the Manage Invoices screen using the buttons POST1 or POST ALL, the user will see a message explaining why the Invoice cannot be posted. The invoice form needs to be opened first so when posting the user can see the Stihl Warranty Questions prompt.

The same Stihl Warranty Questions prompt pops up in the POS Screen when finishing an invoice there.

The Stihl Warranty Questions prompted when posting invoices are set under Admin / Defaults / Manage SSEDI Defaults/ Warranty tab.#12287

Job Management

Two new fields have been added to the Modify Job screen:

Bin: this is a text field, 10 characters long, intended for the user to note where the item serviced is stored in the workshop.

Hours: this is a numeric field, 8 digits long without decimals, intended for the user to enter the Mileage or the Hours relating to the servicing of the equipment.

Custom Job card reports will have to be altered to add these fields. #12292

Standard Jobcard layouts have been modified to include the new fields 'Bin' and 'Hours' added to the Job Modify screen.  #12332

Products

Corrected an issue with the cursor moving to the last location line in the locations tab of a Product after a Product group was selected or changed. #12113

The Product Enquiry screen now includes the name of the Customer and the order number if applicable of an Invoice line. #12293

Purchase Orders

SPROCKIT™ Australia only: Stihl AU have changed their delivery codes with the implementation of SAP.

01 - Road

03 - Courier

51 - Air Freight

All purchase orders have been updated to reflect the new codes by mapping with the old codes. The new codes have been added to the TABLES file and the old ones have been removed. #12353

Rental Hire

A new field has been added to the Rental Hire item record "WOF Due" #12305

Staff

Inactive Staff IDs are no longer available in lookup screens and drop down lists so they cannot be used in new transactions or settings. #12117

System

The Icon for the Function Key Lists in transaction forms has been replaced with the words rather than the icon to make it clearer. #11640