What's New
This release includes several new features and enhancements across payment methods, tax settings, customer orders, and more.
Restrict the Use of Charge on Account by Customer
Blackpurl now gives dealerships the ability to restrict the Charge on Account payment method so it is only available to selected customers. A new system setting is available under System Settings > Settings & Controls - Shop Settings. When this setting is enabled, the Charge on Account payment method is hidden at checkout unless the individual customer's record has been configured to allow it.
The Customer Record includes a new control to allow or deny the use of Charge on Account for that specific customer. For full details, see Payment Methods / Details of the Option of Charge on Account (no longer available).
Deductibles for Third Party Claims Can Now Be Taxable
In some locations, the deductible payable by the customer on Third Party Claims (such as warranty jobs or insurance claims) is required to be taxable. A new system setting is now available under System Settings > Settings & Controls - Tax Settings to enable this functionality. For full details, see Third-Party Service Jobs: Additional Information.
Recalculate Action on Customer Order
The Recalculate action on Customer Orders has been updated so that users can now choose which specific recalculation to run. After clicking Recalculate, a selection prompt appears listing the available Customer Order Recalculation Options. Select the required option and confirm to apply the recalculation to the Customer Order.
Change Applicable Tax on Parts & Accessories and Service Job Sections
Users can now select a different tax code on both the Parts & Accessories section and the Service Jobs section of a Customer Order, and specify which line item types are affected by the tax code override. This mirrors the tax override functionality already available on unit deals.
For details on the Parts & Accessories tax change, see Parts & Accessories Summary Section on a Customer Order.
For details on the Service Job tax change, see Service Job Payment Types Explained.
Introduction of Parts & Accessories Summary Section
A new Summary section has been introduced in the Parts & Accessories area of a Customer Order. This section is where users can change the transaction type (including Layby/Layaway), change the applicable tax, run the Commit Parts action, and view a summary total. For full details, see Parts & Accessories Summary Section on a Customer Order.
Licensed User and Time Clocking Staff Alignment
Licensed Users are now realigned to their corresponding Time Clocking staff members. This change provides a more consistent listing of available salespersons and is required to support additional salesperson-related functionality planned for future releases.
Homepage Version Number
The package version currently installed on your dealership's Blackpurl is now displayed at the bottom of the homepage, making it easier to confirm which version you are running.
What's Improved
This release also includes a range of bug fixes, resolved issues, and integration updates.
Changed — DP360 now shows leads for the last 120 days; generic unit fields added in request while creating units.
Resolved — An issue where the Customer Order (CO) profitability screen gave incorrect profit values for units.
Resolved — An issue that was allowing users to delete forms and attachments from closed Customer Orders.
Resolved — An issue where the user was not able to select the radio button for deleting a part from a service kit.
Resolved — Formatting issues on PDFs generated for home search reports.
Changed — "Override how taxes are calculated?" is now shown in a non-editable format when a Service Job Customer Order is closed.
Resolved — An Elastic Search issue where a user group with a long name was not getting synced.
Resolved — An intermittent issue that prevented tax rates from being assigned to tax codes.
Integration Change — An automatic monthly text is now sent to a specific number for US two-way texting customers to prevent fines from T-Mobile.
Integration Change — Implemented BRP changes for authentication credentials renewal in production.
Integration Change — Resolved an issue related to part item costs calculated from package costs and the impact this caused in SOM.
Resolved — An issue where the stock unit report was not showing price and cost for consignment units.
Resolved — The "OVERRIDE PART PKG SETTING" checkbox was always shown to the user when price file creates a package part quantity.
Resolved — An issue with deal deposits where a deposit was being added as a deal deposit instead of a Customer Order (CO) deposit.
Resolved — An issue when printing a Bill of Sale (BOS) where the signature line was running over to the next page.
Resolved — An issue where the Vendor Order type was not being updated in Vendor Orders.
Resolved — An issue where the user was unable to check out when a Service Job was ready to invoice but had no line items on it.
Resolved — An issue with tax calculation when an option type was selected on a Customer Order.
Resolved — An issue where the tax detail report was not showing correct results for non-taxable totals.
Resolved — An issue where tax was not calculated correctly when a trade-in was added to a deal.
Resolved — An error of "attempt to dereference a null pointer" occurring while syncing a third-party invoice.
Changed — Updated the wording on the Xero connection failure error message to direct dealerships to contact Blackpurl Support rather than Xero.
Changed — Stamp Duty calculation now includes deal unit options when calculating stamp duty.
Changed — Users can now import .xlsx files using the part count import tool.
Resolved — An issue when adding Customer Owned Units.
Resolved — An issue where a Blackpurl profile user was unable to add comments on Customer Orders with their user details.
Resolved — Queueable limit errors on the backend when using Elastic Search during BRP Parts import.
Resolved — Too many SOQL errors triggered by toggling a Service Job on the options and fees section of a deal.
Resolved — Fixed total cost calculation when a package part was ordered as an individual item.
Released — Custom Forms that have been mapped and made available for specific dealerships.