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Blackpurl Release Notes — Global Search, Payment Reference, and Bug Fixes

A summary of new features, improvements, and resolved issues in this Blackpurl release, including Global Search updates and Payment Reference Number enhancements.

What's New

The Global Search feature has been updated based on customer feedback. This release includes several tweaks to improve the accuracy of search results across the platform.
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Customer Order — Search to Add (STA)

The Search to Add (STA) field on a Customer Order is where you type or scan a part number, labour item, or other line item to add it to the order. Based on customer feedback, several changes have been made to this section to improve search result accuracy.
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Kenect SMS Integration (Beta)

Blackpurl is introducing a new SMS option for North American dealerships through a Kenect integration. The feature is currently in beta testing. Once testing is complete, it will be made available to all North American dealerships.
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Customer Order — Payment Reference Number

Dealerships that use the Reference # field in the Deposit and Checkout sections can now see that reference number carried through to the relevant customer-facing documents.
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Deposits

When you enter a reference number in the Reference # field of the Add Deposit dialog, that reference number now appears in the Deposit section of the Customer Order and on printed or emailed Deposit Receipts.
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A Customer Order deposit dialog titled 'Add deposit' showing various payment method options as blue buttons arranged in
A yellow deposit confirmation screen showing 'DEPOSIT' in the top left with 'Total: $5.00' in the top right. Below is a
A Deposits section showing a white table with a red arrow pointing to an entry. The entry shows 'Mastercard [MC Ref#123]


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Checkout

When you enter a reference number in the Reference # field during checkout, that reference number carries through and appears in the payments section at the bottom of the printed Invoice.
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A checkout screen showing payment selection on the left with various payment method buttons (Cash, Visa, Mastercard, Che
An Invoice Payments section showing two payment entries: 'Use Deposit' for $5.00 on 06/02/2024, and 'Cheque [ABC1452]' f


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What's Improved

The following issues have been resolved and changes made in this release:

  • Resolved — an issue in the journal entry for the VR where the Name field was not populating on all line items

  • Resolved — an issue where refreshing the Customer Order page triggered a null object dereference error

  • Resolved — an issue where part supersession was not being created via the price file or Automatic Price File (APF) if the part already had a relationship with another part

  • Resolved — an issue where adding a labour item to a service job was causing an exception for internal service

  • Resolved — an issue where Customer Order invoice journal entry syncing failed due to total credits not equalling total debits

  • Resolved — a tax flag issue for temporary units

  • Changed — added new custom fields for Last Modified Date and Last Modified By to assist with reporting

  • Resolved — a null or argument error occurring while syncing a Customer Order invoice journal entry to QuickBooks Online

  • Changed — the Support tile in System Settings is now hidden as it is no longer required

  • Resolved — an issue where non-approved returns were being automatically added to the Return Credit screen

  • Changed — VIN and Factory Order (FO#) numbers now display on prints for order units

  • Changed — the cloud icon has been removed from the Reports section

  • Resolved — an error when assigning a tax rate to a tax code that was not showing all available tax rates

  • Resolved — an issue where the Tax Detail report was not showing data for the last three months

  • Resolved — an issue where the break-up kit functionality was not working when the Customer Order async flag was turned on

  • Resolved — an issue that occurred when posting an inventory file to SOM

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