New features and improvements
Warn on self-assignment tasks daily limit (4396)
A limit on how much volume a resource can assign themselves to in a given day has been added to the system.
This will trigger a warning that’s sent out to both the user and the resource in charge of the order when the daily limit is exceeded.
System email signatures (4496)
Emails sent out by the system can now include a signature, which can be set as either a system default or at the resource level.
Customer-specific standard email messages added (4744,4833)
The ability to add customer-specific standard email messages has been added to the system.
Customer-specific email messages will be used instead of the global versions if the email being sent is related to the customer with the customer-specific email message.
If a triggered email includes customers with different customer-specific email messages, each customer’s email will be sent separately.
Make task confirmation mandatory in order to open Toolkit or download files - new setting added (4488)
A new setting was added to make Task confirmation mandatory in order to open Toolkit or download files.
This setting is available at Administrator > Web Administrator > Configuration > Settings > Task confirmation is mandatory to open the Toolkit for a task.
Task confirmation overdue - automatic unassignment (4901)
Tasks with an overdue confirmation can now be automatically unassigned by the system.
This can be enabled from Administrator > Web administrator > Configuration > Emails.
Range options - more search fields allowing for multiple selections (4114)
The following fields in the range options now allow for multiple selections:
Product
Resource in charge
Range options - new functionality added: include/excude orders (4637)
A new option has been added to the range: Exclude/include orders.
The new function is available within the range popup and can be used to exclude or include individual orders from the current range and fine-tune it.
To learn more about the functionality, please refer to the dedicated section in our Range options helpdesk article.
Range options - Resource in charge allows to search for assigned/unassigned (4973)
The “Resource in charge” field in the range options now allows to search for Unassigned/Assign, to quickly filter for orders with, or without, a resource in charge.
Date validation - functionality added to prevent dates from exceeding the next date (4339)
A functionality was added to prevent dates from going over each other in an illogical manner.
If enabled and the user tries to edit dates in an illogical manner (for example, having the Order internal supply date exceed the Order supply date), the action will be blocked an a notification will be shown:
The new settings are available from Administrator > Web administrator > Configuration > Settings:
New status - Partially completed (4665)
A new status has been added to the system: Partially completed
Changing an order into this status will perform the following actions:
The order will become read-only, except for Pricing and Rates.
Resources assigned to uncompleted tasks in the order will be unassigned and informed via email that the order has been cancelled.
If a Toolkit project exists in an uncompleted task, the task will be completed with the resource assigned
All uncompleted productions tasks will be completed and rates cleared
Pre-billing - percentage-based calculation added (4915)
A new option was added to the Customer billing statement generator page to enable the calculation of the “Total for billing” based on a percentage.
The new option can be fond at the bottom of the page after selecting one or more items:
Billing statements - statements are now canceled instead of deleted (4930)
Customer billing statements are now canceled instead of deleted.
When a billing statement is canceled, all items within return to the Customer billing statement generator page, and a new statement can be created.
Canceled items can be seen from the “Show canceled” option at the bottom of the page.
Resource reports - reports are now canceled instead of deleted (4931)
Resource reports are now canceled instead of deleted.
When a resource report is canceled, all items within return to Resourse report generator page, and a new report can be created.
Canceled items can be seen from the “Show canceled” option at the bottom of the Resource reports page.
Resource report generator - manager approval step added (4862)
An option was added to add a manager approval step to items in the Resource report generator page.
Only items approved by a manager can be used to generate a resource report.
Resources > Rates - now only valid rates are shown (4867)
The Rates popup within the resource profile (Manager > Rolodex tables > magnifying glass > Rates), now only shows rates the resource is qualified for, instead of all rates in the system.
This verification uses the same criteria as task assignment: Tasks, languages and order types
Purchase order - added at the product level (4908)
The “Purchase order” field is now available at the product level
This field will be automatically populated with the content of the “Purchase order” field at the order level.
If multiple purchase orders are entered (separated by a comma), the fields at the product level will be all populated with the first one, and they become available as options in a dropdown menu:
Notes - Improved tooltip sensitivity and changed the color of writing area (4531)
From Sales > Sales dashboard > Orders or Tasks tabs, the Notes tooltip sensitivity was improved.
The writing area was also changed to white.
Duration and Supplier duration added to name conventions (4156)
Duration and Supplier duration are now available in Administrator > Web administrator > Name conventions.
"Task Info" column added to "My Team's tasks" page (3105)
“Task Info” column was added to My Tasks->My Team’s tasks page.
The "Custom field" can now be edited from the grid (3162)
The “Custom field” can now be edited from the grid directly as a dropdown menu.
Voucher number added to Name conventions (4462)
Voucher number is now available in Administrator > Web administrator > Name conventions.
"Response requirred by" column added to Tasks page (4570)
The “Response required by” column was added to My menu > Tasks page.
It was added to the “My tasks”, “Pool tasks”, “My realtime tasks” and “Tasks completed” tabs.
"Quote number” field was added to the "Order Info" page (4572, 4582, 4573)
The Quote number field was added to the Additional information tab in the “Order Info” page.
Only resources with this role can edit the Quote Number field in orders and projects.
Role name: Can edit the quote number
Once inserted, the Quote number can also be viewed in the Customer billing statements "Full view" and "Items" pages.
A "Resource in charge" markup was added to the Standard email messages page (4577)
It can be added in the body or the subject of the email.
This will add the name of the Resource in charge of the order it the email’s body or subject.
For more about Standard email messages, please read Standard email messages
"Resource Report Generator" pages - new columns added (4461)
The following columns were added both to:
Finance>Billing>Resource Report Generator page
and My menu>Resource Report Generator page.
Please note that project related columns also depend on “Enable project” system setting.
-Order supply date
-Project supply date
-Resource in charge
-Project number
-Project name
-Project lead
-Resource rate detailed description (this field needs to be turn on before you can see it. Please refer to 4398 down below for more info.)
"Customer requires Purchase order" column added to "Sales dashboard" and "Project dashboard" (4386)
The column was added to the Orders tab of the Sales dashboard and Project dashboard.
Critical task added to Name conventions (4575)
Critical task is now available in Administrator > Web administrator > Name conventions.
"Customer billing statement generator" page - new columns added (4460)
The following new columns were added to the "Customer billing statement generator" page :
-Air Date
-Project supply date
-Customer CorporateID
-Project number
-Quote number
New columns added to "All rates" and "Rates" pop-up within "Resource info" page (4391)
The following new columns were added:
Order type, Currency, Unit type, Task, Source, Target, Units, With script, Without script, Script not relevant, Minimum rate, Maximum rate and Fixed rate.
"Resource info" page - Emails sent to all addresses and tooltip reworded (4516)
When there is more than one email in the “Resource info” page, all emails will receive system notifications.
The “Email” tooltip was also reworded for clarity.
Make a task customer specific - New setting added (4387)
When creating a new task within the Task types page, you can now decide to make it customer specific or consolidated customer specific.
When a task is customer specific, you can only add it to that specific customer’s Orders, Products and Workflow templates.
"Detailed description" field added to "Customer product prices" and "Resource rates" pages (4398)
In the “Detailed description” field you can add additional details to rates and prices.
In order to display the new field, you’ll need to first enable it from:
Administrator>Web Administrator>Configuration>Setting>Enable detailed Customer price/Resource rate description
Once set, this information will also be displayed in the following pages:
-Finance > Billing > Customer billing statement generator
-Finance > Billing > Customer billing statements > Full view/Items view
Date colors are now customizable (4401)
Date colors are now customizable in Administrator > Web administrator > Configuration > Appearance tab.
Resource creation by copy and import warns if email is being used in Toolkit (4564)
When creating a resource via copy, the system checks if the email is already being used in Toolkit. If yes, the “Create” button will be disabled and a warning message will pop-up:
When creating a resource via import, if the email is already in used in Toolkit, the resource creation is blocked and there will be a validation error:
"Totals in minutes" option added to Calendar Task view (4402)
In Calendar Task view an option to see the totals in minutes was added.
It’s also the default view for this page.
Resource types colors - improved contrast and added a preview (4399)
Resource types colors now display better contrast between the background color and the text color, both in Dark mode and Light mode.
Also, a preview was added to display how the colors will look in the rest of the system.
To access this page, navigate to Administrator>Tables>Resource types
Internal purchase order column added (4385)
Internal purchase order column added to the Customer billiung startement generator.
Teams can now be made customer and consolidated account specific (4388)
If a team is specific to a Customer or Consolidated account, you can now pick them from the new drop-down menu under “Customer” and “Consolidated account”.
If the team should apply to all customers and/or consolidated accounts, leave the fields empty.
Alternate color by product option added (4503)
It’s now possible to create a visual distinction between the products, by switching the “Alternate color by product” toggle at a system level at a system level.
Switch it from Administrator > Web administrator > Configuration > Settings tab.
“Resources” page of a rate will now filter according to the rate parameters (4390)
The “Resources” page of a rate will only show resources who match the rate’s parameters:
Tasks, Order Type and Language combination.
Create Template orders to copy orders from - new option added (4267)
Order templates are a way to use a previously selected order as a base to copy when creating a new one.
To learn more about creating an order template, please read the manual.
Customer destinations added to name conventions (4700)
The Customer destinations field is now available for naming conventions in Administrator > Web administrator > Name conventions.
Resource report generator - add Media number column (4685)
A media number column was added to the resource report generator. Both from My Menu and Finance
Rate/Price creation - converted into a popup (4394)
When adding a new rate or price to the list, the “Add rate” button will now open a popup in which all the required date can be input.
Once saved, the pages for additional configurations, such as Tasks and languages, become available in the same popup.
Offices - added a visual indication for inactive offices (4903)
Inactive offices will be marked with a strike-through to indicate they are inactive in the following pages:
Resource profile, Resource report generator (Finance menu and My Menu).
Role groups - Copy Role group option was added (4451)
In Administrator>Role Groups, an option to copy the group with all it’s roles was added. It’s also possible to copy affiliated resources along side the roles.
Assigning Engines - When an engine is assigned to a task without a Toolkit tool, CreatePro will be added. (5001)
A fallback was added to assign CreatePro automatically when engines are assigned to tasks without a Toolkit tool, ensuring the toolkit project is preserved.
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Projects improvements
The “Projects” functionality has undergone additional changes to improve usability:
Financial details page revision (4214)
The Financial details page of a project (Sales > Project dashboard > Project dashboard > Financial details) has been expanded. New tabs have been added to show different breakdowns of the project’s financial data.
Notes functionality expanded to be part of projects (4514)
The Notes functionality was expanded to also be available at the project level and can be found in the Project dashboard (Sales > Project dashboard).
Project number and Project lead added to the range options (4487, 4740, 4973)
The project number and Project lead fields were added to the range options.
The project lead field also allows to filter for Unassigned/Assigned, as well as multiselection.
Please note that these fields are only visible if “Enable projects” is enabled at the system level.
Range - "Product type" and "Product sub type" converted into multiselect fields (4935)
The “Product type” and “Product sub type” fields within the range options have been converted into multiselect fields:
Make "Project" field mandatory when creating a new order - New setting added (4477)
This new setting can be turned on from Admin > Web admin > Configuration > Defaults.
When enabled, “Project” will be mandatory when creating a new order.
"Project number" column added to the Sales dashboard>orders page (4486)
Effective delivery date - New date added to projects (4494)
A new date was added to the project dashboard: Effective delivery date.
This new date will be automatically populated once all production tasks within the project are completed, indicating when the project was effectively delivered.
If new orders/tasks are added to the project, this date will be cleared.
Project received date - New date added to projects (4459)
A new date was added to the project dashboard: Project received date
This new date will be automatically populated on project creation and can be later edited.
Project dates - lead time added(4343)
“Link date” functionality added to project dates.
The project internal supply date can be linked to the project supply date.
The order supply date can also be linked to the Project’s internal or supply date.
Purchase order status - New field added (4215)
A new field has been added to projects: Purchase order status
The content of this field can be customized from: Administrator > Tables > Status tables > Purchase Order status.
Project complexity - new field added (4810)
A new field has been added to projects: Project complexity
The content of this field can be customized from: Administrator > Tables > Status tables > Project complexity.
Project - New Bulk actions added (150)
In Sales dashboard>Bulk actions>Order, a new “Project” option was added.
With this you can now add, remove or replace projects in existing orders, in bulk.
The “Current project” field will filter the orders based on a project you select there.
The “Change to” field will decide to which project the order will be added.
Please note here you can choose “Not set” to remove and order from a project.
The “Show only orders without project” switch will filter to show only orders without projects.
To apply your selection, click the “Change all visible orders” button.
This option is only available if projects are enabled at the system level (from Administrator > Web administrator > Configuration > Settings > Enable projects)
Saved preset ranges and saved grid layouts are the same in Project dashboard and Sales dashboard (4336)
Saved preset ranges and saved grid layouts set up in Sales dashboard > Orders tab are now the same in Project dashboard > Orders tab.
Please note that the range of orders will always be limited by project on the Project dashboard > Orders page.
Limit order and project access by Resource in charge/Project lead - expanded functionality to projects (4495)
When a resource is selected, the system will also filter the results in Sales>Project dashboard to show only projects that this reassures leads.
To see all projects, click the “Show my projects” button in the bottom of the Project dashboard page.
Project dashboard - multiple rewords (4890)
Generate a local Project from a task in a Global project - new option added (4617, 4619 ,4475, 4888)
When the head office assigns a Local office to a task, the local office can generate a new local project from that task, or assign it to an existing local project.
Once it’s done, neither the Global or the Local office can change the project, and a visual indication will appear to clearly mark a task from which a local project or order was created.
In the project info page, local projects will be referred to as “Subprojects” and it’s parent project and office from will be clearly identified.
For more about Global offices and projects, please refer to the manual (TBC).
Project dashboard - Log added (4474)
A log with changes to a project was added both to the Project dashboard and the Project details page.
In order to view this log a resource will require the role:
Can see general changes logs
Rewording
The “Valid until” column in My menu >Task confirmation and Supervisor > Task confirmation management pages was reworded to “Response required by” (4458)
The project "#" column was reworded to "Project number" (4486)
The description of the Can reassign tasks (My tasks/Pool tasks pages) was reworded to “Pro tip- assign a Production team to limit the available assignees.” (4512)
“Can assign all management teams” roll was reworded to “Can assign any Client manager team”.
The description was also reworded for clarity “User with the role can assign any Client manager team without having to be a member of it.” (4659)
“Can assign all Production teams” roll was reworded to “Can assign any Production team”.
The description was also reworded for clarity “User with the role can assign any Production team without having to be a member of it.” (4659)
The “Project dashboard” column in the Project dashboard page has been reword to “Project details” (4890)
Bug fixes
Editing customer contact - Phone number fields were overwritten by the customer's phone number - Fixed (3337)
Toolkit project inheritance - Toolkit didn’t inherit correctly when multiple previous tasks were selected, and one lacked a project. Now it attempts to inherit from the latest task first, moving to the next if no project is found. (4319)
Bulk actions - Page loads indefinitely when using surcharges removal - Fixed (4429)
Resources import - Import button is available even if errors are present - Fixed (3361)
Order tasks page - When exporting to excel, most columns are showing codes instead the names of the fields - Fixed (4383)
Calendar task view page - “Current” button doesn’t update the week and month in the grid - Fixed (4350)
Calendar task view page - Month doesn’t change in the grid when in “Week view” - Fixed (4349)
Resource info page - Infinite loading when resourse has the Limit editing of the Resource info page in My menu role - Fixed (4812)
Order copy - "Copy resource in charge" would copy the resource even when toggled off - Fixed (4258)
“Add API” option added to the External API settings page (4745)