This article covers the most recent updates to Blackpurl, including new features and resolved issues. Review the sections below to see what's changed and how it may affect your workflow.
What's New
Yamaha Australia — Parts Availability (Australia Only)
Blackpurl now connects to the Yamaha DCS using your store's credentials to retrieve stock on hand levels for part records. This integration is available to Australian dealers only.
For full setup and usage details, see Vendor: Yamaha Australia - Parts Availability (Australia Only) (no longer available).
Vendor Orders — Honda eBiz Export Updated
The Honda eBiz export option in Vendor Orders has been updated to let you select the type of Honda order you are submitting. The available order types are:
R — Regular order
E — Emergency order
S — Standard order
For full details, see Export a Vendor Order to Honda eBiz.
Model / Sub Model — Description Field Now Enabled
The description fields on defined Models and Sub-models are now enabled for use, allowing you to add descriptive text to these records.
For further information, see How to Create or Amend - Make / Model / Sub Model (no longer available).
What's Improved
The following issues have been resolved or improved in this release:
Resolved — Trade-ins were being added to invoice totals instead of deducted.
Resolved — The status of a deal option part was not matching the actual ordering or stock status of the part.
Resolved — Individual tax filter selections were not being saved when creating a custom version of the tax detail report.
Resolved — SOM data files were not being sent when there had been a sending failure on the previous day.
Resolved — Users were unable to edit a consignment unit once it had been reserved to a deal.
Corrected — A rounding issue affecting the displayed unit receiving invoice total.
Resolved — A clocking entry sync failure could not be resolved when the related service job had been deleted.
Resolved — Incorrectly formatted mileage values were being sent to BRP via their repair order API.
Released — Numerous custom forms for various dealerships.
Resolved — Users were able to refund a deposit that had already been used as payment in checkout.
Implemented — Additional logic to handle read timeout error responses from QuickBooks (QB) when removing an invoice from QB. Previously, users were unable to re-open a deal invoice because the invoice had already been removed from QB.
Implemented — Additional logic to prevent users from modifying or deleting a clocking entry that previously failed to sync until that sync failure has been resolved.
Resolved — The invoice preview of a third-party job was not being formatted correctly as a third-party invoice.
Resolved — Users were unable to enter an hours value less than 1 when editing a labor code.