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Blackpurl Release Notes — Bulk Discounting, Vendor Returns, and More

This release adds bulk discounting on customer orders, updates to vendor return credits, state/province abbreviations, and a range of bug fixes.

What's New

Bulk Discounting on Customer Orders — Parts & Accessories / Service Jobs

Blackpurl now supports bulk discounting on Customer Pay Customer Orders for Parts & Accessories and Service Jobs. A user permission controls access to this feature, so dealerships can restrict which staff members can apply bulk discounts. An audit trail records who added or changed a bulk discount and when, giving you full visibility into discount activity.
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For full details, see Discounting on Customer Orders.
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Vendor Return Credits for Parts

The way Vendor Return Credits for parts are processed in Blackpurl has been updated. Dealerships can now process multiple Vendor Credit Memos against a single Blackpurl Vendor Return. Conversely, a single Vendor Credit Memo can now be applied across multiple Blackpurl Vendor Returns, giving you more flexibility when reconciling returns with your vendors.
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For full details, see How to Create a Vendor Return and Process a Credit Note for Parts / Reporting on Vendor Returns (no longer available).
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Vendor / Customer Records — Abbreviated State / Province Names

Blackpurl now abbreviates state and province names on all records that include a State or Province field. This change was made because many dealership forms have limited space in those fields. The abbreviations follow standard formats:

  • USA and Canada: standard 2-character abbreviations

  • Australia: standard 2- or 3-character abbreviations

When selecting a state or province on a Blackpurl Customer or Vendor record, only the abbreviated names will appear in the selection list.
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Reopen Vendor Orders

Dealerships can now reopen Vendor Orders (VOs) in Blackpurl. Certain requirements must be met before this option becomes available on a given order.
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For full details, see Reopen a Parts Vendor Order.
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What's Improved

This release includes the following fixes and improvements:

  • Resolved issues related to committing or not committing parts when moving line items between Customer Order sections or between Customer Orders

  • Resolved an issue encountered when processing accounts receivable (AR) payments where an invoice being paid was reopened while the payment was in progress

  • Resolved an issue that caused the Last Sold date on a part to not be populated when third-party jobs are invoiced

  • Resolved an issue that reported a part sale as active when it was on a finalized and closed Customer Order

  • Resolved an issue that allowed a customer unit to appear as Active after it had been traded in on a deal

  • Resolved an issue with part locations that prevented users from selecting a 3-character location containing a space in the middle

  • Resolved an issue on claim service jobs when a kit was broken up after the claim had been submitted

  • Resolved an issue in org reconciliations for Deal Options where deal service items were being included twice

  • Resolved a UI issue on tablets where the Blackpurl homepage icon was blocking the global search filter icon

  • Resolved formatting issues on the Cash Reconciliation print document

  • Implemented the ability to place a check mark in a checkbox on forms

  • Resolved an issue where force oversell was taking a long time to process on a cash sale

  • Resolved an issue where the screen became unresponsive while assigning a tax rate under a tax code

  • Resolved an issue where discount percentages were being unexpectedly entered in the merchandise section when users typed a part number to add a line item without first focusing on the search box

  • Resolved an issue where users encountered an error when making a payment on account for multiple invoices using Preferred Payments

  • Resolved an error that occurred when importing processed price files

  • Resolved a calculation issue with the "Average spend per order" statistics tile on the customer page

  • Resolved an issue with sorting the Product History Detail report by the quantity column

  • Resolved an intermittent issue that prevented a kit from being added to a service job

  • Resolved an issue on the Deal Units report where cost was not reported correctly for consignment units

  • Resolved an issue on the Deal Units report where the email column was not populated for business-type customers

  • Resolved an issue encountered when modifying the quantity on quote Customer Order line items

  • Resolved an issue where syncing the chart of accounts incorrectly displayed a connection error message

  • Repositioned toast error messages so they no longer temporarily block access to the top navigation bar

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