This release note covers new features and improvements shipped in this Blackpurl update, including new vendor integrations, scheduler security controls, and a range of bug fixes.
What's New
Vendor: Cassons – Parts Availability (Australia Only)
Blackpurl now integrates with Australian vendor Cassons to pull parts availability data and make it accessible within Blackpurl. This integration is available to Australian dealerships only.
For full setup and usage details, see Cassons Part Availability Check.
Scheduler Security
New user permissions have been introduced to control access to the Service Scheduler. Permissions can be configured to give each user one of the following access levels:
No access
Read-only access
Ability to create and modify appointments
New Field on Part Records and Unit Records for Data Feeds
Part Records and Unit Records now include a new field that lets dealerships control whether a record is published in data feeds. This gives dealerships direct control over which parts and units are exposed through their data feed output.
For full details, see Publish in Feeds for Part Records and Unit Records.
What's Improved
The following improvements and bug fixes are included in this release:
Updated — the DP360 integration to properly create Business customers in Blackpurl when the lead in DP360 only has a company or business name
Resolved — issue where notes added to a stock unit were not carrying over to the customer owned unit when sold
Resolved — issue which caused the Quote toggle to disappear from customer orders
Resolved — issue which caused a kit on an internal service job to not obey the internal price level or the rules defined on the kit
Resolved — issues which resulted in sync failures when syncing bulk entries for parts
Resolved — issue creating an appointment for a customer who has a large number of customer owned units
Resolved — CO Invoice sync issue when the Charge on Account payment method is used multiple times in checkout
Resolved — issue when syncing vendor returns where the date on the credit note was set to a day before the credited date entered by the user
Resolved — issue on the new invoice format where the deductible was not included in the totals of a third-party invoice
Resolved — issue which disabled the checkout button when line items added to the customer order had a tax code with a zero rate
Resolved — issue syncing a vendor invoice to Xero when the purchase tax code assigned to the vendor had no tax rates assigned to it
Changed — a custom form at the request of the relevant dealership
Resolved — issue printing labels from Vendor Receiving (VR) when the part was not ordered on a Vendor Order (VO)
Resolved — issue syncing a third-party invoice to accounting when the user had added a payment in checkout and then finalized the third-party job
Corrected — issues with the totals on the invoice preview for third-party service jobs
Updated — data feed file output for a specific dealership to exclude duplicate part numbers that have the publish flag enabled, and added a notification email for any duplications detected