Skip to main content

Release Notes — Blackpurl (Archiving Quotes, Job Clocking, Lock in Price & More)

A summary of new features and improvements in this Blackpurl release, including quote archiving, technician hour management, and unit deal pricing controls.

What's New

Archiving Customer Order Quotations

Dealerships can now control how long quote Customer Orders remain active in Blackpurl. You can configure when a Customer Order quote is automatically archived and when it is automatically deleted from the system.
​

This setting is not enabled by default. To configure it, see Archiving / Deleting Customer Order Quotes (no longer available).
​

Move Logged Job Clocking Hours

Dealerships can now move technician hours logged on a Service Job to either a different Service Job on the same Customer Order, or to a Service Job on a different Customer Order entirely.
​

For full instructions, see How to Manage Job Clocking - Change / Delete / Move on a Service Job (no longer available).
​

Optional Message When Emailing from Blackpurl

When emailing documents from a Customer Order, you can now enter a personalised message that will be included in the body of the email. A message field is available in the email composition dialog before sending.
​

Lock in Price on Unit Deal

A new toggle is available in the Unit Deal > Edit Pricing screen that allows users to lock in the selling price on a deal. When the price is locked, any external updates to the unit's pricing or costing will not affect the price set on that deal.
​

By default, every Unit Deal is set to No (not locked). To lock the price:

  1. Open the Unit Deal and click Edit Pricing.

  2. In the Edit Pricing Details dialog, move the Lock in the price toggle to Yes.

  3. Click Save to apply the change.

Listing of Customer Orders on Customer Records

Customer Orders now appear on a Customer Record in the section that matches their current status. Active Customer Orders are listed in the Active Order section, and Customer Orders still in quote status are listed in the Active Quote section.
​

Shows a customer record interface for 'JAMES SMITH' (CTN-0000001). The left sidebar shows various sections including Inf


​

Zebra Barcode Label Printers

Blackpurl is testing support for the Zebra family of label printers as an alternative to Dymo barcode printers. This feature is currently in beta testing.
​

If you have a Zebra barcode label printer and would like to participate in beta testing, contact your Customer Success Manager. Once testing is complete, Zebra printers will be available to all dealerships as an alternative to Dymo.
​

What's Improved

The following issues have been resolved or improved in this release:

  • Fixed an issue where variance entries were not syncing to QuickBooks or Xero on a vendor invoice when a landed cost adjustment was applied to line items.

  • Corrected a spelling mistake in a column header on the Active Receiving Report.

  • Resolved a Customer Order invoice sync issue that was throwing an error stating the tax amount must be between zero and the lien amount.

  • Resolved multiple issues where attempting to revert a financing deposit was returning an invalid error.

  • Updated the browser tab name to correctly display Processed Price Files.

  • Resolved the Dymo web service dependency when previewing and printing barcode labels using Zebra printers.

  • Improved parts search performance for global search and Search to Add (STA) on Customer Orders.

  • Resolved an issue when posting files to FTP.

  • Resolved an issue where stamp duty was not being saved in the deal summary when the enforce rideaway pricing toggle was enabled.

  • Resolved an issue where figures in the Parts Movement Report were not displaying correctly.

  • Resolved a duplicate tab issue affecting vendor receiving sync.

  • Resolved issues affecting different status states of parts.

  • Resolved an issue with service job work status not updating correctly.

  • Resolved a BRP price file package part issue.

  • Resolved out-of-state issues for existing customer records when editing customers.

  • Resolved an issue where blank Customer Orders were being created in Blackpurl from Shopify.

  • Resolved an issue where sublets were not transferred correctly when a service job claim was denied.

  • Resolved an issue where an incorrect unit was shown in service history when a customer had two units and one was sold to another customer.

  • Resolved an issue where the stock unit report failed to load when sorted by the Age column.

  • Resolved an issue where the Shopify ID was not shown in the Customer Order summary section.

  • Resolved an issue when searching for a part after the SOSL implementation.

  • Resolved a part scanning issue on Customer Orders after the SOSL implementation.

Related Articles
Did this answer your question?