What's New
This release introduces updates to barcode label printing, the Part Counting tool, BRP integration, and a new setting for controlling data feed publishing behavior.
Barcode Labels
Two updates have been made to barcode label printing in this release.
New Setting: Include Prices on Part Labels
A new toggle in System Settings > Settings and Controls > Shop Settings lets you control whether prices are printed on part labels. Enable the toggle to include prices on printed labels. Disable the toggle to print labels without prices.
For more information, see System Settings > Settings and Controls (no longer available) and Barcode Label Printing in Blackpurl.
Special Order Labels Now Show Transaction Type
Labels printed for Special Orders now display the transaction type (for example, Parts Sale or Service Job) instead of the part location.
Part Counting Tool
The Part Counting tool has been updated with a new option for merging duplicate parts.
The Issues to Resolve tab now includes a Merge All Duplicates option, which merges all duplicate entries into a single counted entry.
When importing a count file, you will also be offered the option to Merge All Duplicates.
For more information, see the updated articles on the Part Count Tool:
Part Counting Tool - Full Inventory Count (no longer available)
Part Counting Tool - Random Count (no longer available)
Part Counting Tool - Cycle Count (no longer available)
BRP Integration Updated
The BRP integration has been updated to give users access to BRP articles for safety campaigns and bulletins for BRP units.
The BRP lookup tool now allows you to search and view a specific article by article number.
When viewing a unit defined as a BRP unit — either on the unit page or in the unit section of a service job — the system will automatically check for any campaigns or bulletins for that unit.
A new button appears giving you access to all campaigns and bulletins for the unit. Unresolved safety campaigns are highlighted.
For more information, see BRP Integration (no longer available).
Note: In the first week after deployment, this integration will be in the Pilot phase of certification. If you encounter any issues, contact Blackpurl Support with details.
Always Obey the Publish in Feeds Flag
A new toggle in System Settings > Settings and Controls > Shop Settings lets you enable the Always Obey the Publish in Feeds Flag setting. When enabled, the Publish in Feeds flag on Unit Records and Parts Records will be respected when publishing to data feeds.
For more information, see Publish in Feeds for Part Records and Unit Records.
What's Improved
This release includes the following bug fixes and improvements:
Resolved — an issue encountered when checking out a deal caused by a second commit of options not properly setting the status of the deal options to an unfulfilled status.
Resolved — an issue encountered when working with a Customer Order (CO) special order need and its related Vendor Order (VO) in separate tabs and changing the Customer Order back to being a Quote.
Resolved — an image compression issue for documents added to a Customer Order.
Implemented — additional checks and validations to prevent broken links to parts on Customer Orders.
Updated — the Accounts Receivable (AR) Payments process will now allow unapplied payments to be used as well as unapplied credits.
Resolved — an issue where a linked fee for the parts section of a Customer Order was not visible until after the page was refreshed.
Updated — failure notification email contents for DMS Info, Get Parts Master, and Part Inventory to provide clearer information on the cause of the failure (BRP or Blackpurl).
Updated — report CSV export to ensure that leading zeroes are not dropped from part numbers when the CSV is opened in Excel.
Updated — the customer syncing script to also sync providers.
Resolved — an issue encountered during the initial import of customers and vendors from QuickBooks (QB) where name matching was too case-sensitive, leading to duplicate customers being created.
Resolved — a tax rounding issue in the Xero integration.
Resolved — an issue where the user's focus was not placed on the quantity field when adding items to a vendor return.
Resolved — a user interface colour issue on the part record page.
Resolved — a user interface issue on the cash reconciliation screen when viewed on a mobile device.
Resolved — a user interface issue in the cash reconciliation screen related to the positioning of the mini calendar.
Resolved — minor user interface issues in the technician leave time screen.
Released — mapped forms for specific dealerships. The relevant dealerships will be notified directly.
Released — mapped forms for specific USA states for use in the forms repository.
Resolved — an issue where a unit disappears from service jobs when a customer is having a single unit serviced.
Resolved — an issue where Customer Orders (COs) in quotation status were appearing in the Parts Needed report.
Resolved — an issue which allowed a user to finalize a service job containing work-in-progress (WIP) labor without the job having a labor line item. Logging time on a completed job will now reset the job status to In Progress.
Resolved — an issue which caused a required temporary unit to be left behind and unrelated to a customer when it was replaced with a stock unit.
Resolved — an issue which occasionally caused a deposit from Shopify to not be synced to the accounting package.
Resolved — an issue which allowed non-numeric characters to be entered into the Pulled Qty field in the picklist section of a Customer Order.
Resolved — an issue which caused an on-order part to not appear in the Special Order Summary report.
Resolved — user interface styling issues in the task management screen.
Resolved — an issue in Unit Pricing and Options which occurred when there was a very large number of sub-models. Lazy loading and a search filter option have been implemented in the sub-models listing.
Resolved — minor user interface alignment issues in Customer Orders.
Resolved — a scrolling issue when selecting a cash drawer.
Resolved — a user interface alignment issue with the loading icon.
Resolved — an issue creating a customer unit from a service job where the user's focus was not placed in the VIN field.
Resolved — an issue where a Customer Order was not loading when it had a large number of clocking entries that, combined with line items, exceeded 200 records.
Resolved — an issue where the user was unable to remove a sell unit for a trade-in only Customer Order.