Requires database changes. You will need to log all terminals out during upgrade

• Added ability to configure fine grained login user access. Control which individual functions a given user can access on a per function basis. To access this goto setup, Other settings - > staff. Click deatiled access control. Example following screen disables access to all workshop reports except the progress report.

• Units
• modify engine number so it can be 30 chars
• Workshop
• Add a new field : status description.  Here you can write things like 'customer pickup on monday'. This will print on completion/progress reports.
• Staff report : includes option to run report against completed or picked up jobs in a period.  In this mode the report offers you a report on tech productivity relative to billed jobs in the reporting period, as opposed to the default mode of showing you tech period across a working period.  In the new mode the report is not able to indicate idle/break time techs have taken, this is only reported in the default reporting mode
• Tidy up printing unit details a bit.  Also print unit purchase date if warranty repair
• Complete job notification : if customer has other jobs still on progress warn user of this and give them the default option to skip notification (because customer might turn up thinking all their jobs are ready)
• Spares
• Import OPEA. Bugfix with importing non standard cost price OPEA files, was not working at all. Hasn't been used for years probably until a supplier recently started shipping an incorrect file

This version fixes a long standing subtle regression that was introduced since 4.417.  Under rare circumstances records would be written into the database with what are known as null fields.  Normally it would not have functional impacts and it is easy for us to remotely fix dodgy records, but never-the-less still a bug that this version now fixes. Had one case where customer account records being added would not show up in customer list because of this problem. Another where newly created jobs would not appear in job list.

Problem should now be completely fixed.  Original changes to c9 in 4.417 were reverted and a completely different and better way to deliver one of the features 4.417 delivers has been put in place.

• Receive spare parts notification. Sometimes the <received/<total> figures in SMS notification could be out of whack misreporting total number of parts the customer is waiting on.  If you have  5 parts on order and 3 received it would report 3/7 parts. It now correctly reports 3/5 parts.
• Fixed some low level record writing issues with preserved NULL columns (more of a technical annoyance, largely a non-functional issue)
• Purchase unit : factory purchase header incorrectly changing to cash purchase on next. Now fixed
• Add part to accessory order. If part # happens to be a franchise part ask user if they want to add a franchise part to accessory order or make it an accessory part
• F12 pickup, if quantity to pickup is not req qty, don't render 'Daily' in order column in point of sale. This column is meaningless for such line items so make it blank
• print order book : would not print last line item. Now fixed.

• Add modify/labour : allow user to key in discount as a %
• Modify unit : system would not store sale price correct for some prices due to GST rounding. i.e. $269.  Now working
• Import polaris diagrams stopped working due to changes with Polaris website. Now working again

This version includes integration into Monza's b2bweb system.  It provides ability to F12 lookup monza parts.

Monza integration also includes a new very powerful feature that we will slowly roll into other suppliers too.  The ability to automatically download stock images for parts to be used on a website. So no more messing around with finding images yourself. You can include all monza images automatically.  The system doesn't map parts onto the website, but when you do the images will be there already.  So you still need to manage organising items onto the website, though bulk of tedious work with creating online shopping is organising images which this now solves for you.

Import Images can be found in Spares -> Utilities -> Import Part Images.  Currently only works for Monza but other suppliers will be coming soon.

Other changes:

• Add labour, cope with adding labour when tech rate is something that doesn't round into before tax price easily. i.e. 30 mins for a tech whose hourly rate after tax is $98

Export Dead stock  :support Honda Dead Stock file format.  Exports directly to a xlsx file ready to import into Honda dealer net, no further processing required.

• Point of sale import from workshop estimate : use prices on workshop estimate, not the latest prices.
• Cash till report : under rare conditions when using modify job option it was possible to save any deposit changes in such a way that those changes would not appear in cash till reporting. (specifically if you modify the deposit and then in the same modify session add additional spare parts to the job).  Now fixed
• Add payment.  Added stricter checks into c9 to verify a valid customer was selected first
• Below RRP report : cope with subtle rounding issues misreporting items below RRP. To do this only report items whose price is < rrp - $0.05
• Deals : when cancelling a new, unsaved printed deal ask user twice to confirm the rollback.
• Deals: do F12 pickup to add parts to a deal.  Force use to invoice parts immediately, otherwise c9 forgets that the parts being added relate to customer pickup.

• Tweaks to recently added below RRP test code
• System was previously comparing retail price against RRP+dealer margin. Now fixed to compare to RRP only.
• Allow list to be sent to the printer
• SMS/Email notification settings
• Workshop booking reminders would only include full name in the message, not contact name if available now fixed.
• Notifications: if contact name is not set try using firstname before falling back to fullname
• Notifications : permit a larger array of placeholders.

Requires database changes. You will need to log all c9 terminals out during upgrade

• A few tweaks to a couple of reports to cope with negative quantities used to refund/replace items
• Customers : option to look at customers whose debtor/depositor balance suggests possible incorrect transaction types recorded on the customer. Provides a single click option to shift balance : i.e. convert deposit into a payment.
• Spare parts : a new window that shows you parts where retail price is below supplier recommended retail based on supplier price file.  The window pops up automatically whenever you import a new price file or update stock prices or receive an order and there are any parts whose retail is less than RRP
• Add Unit : provide button to auto-generate a reference number to help with units where there is no vin number (e.g. boat trailers)
• Point of sale complete : would sometimes show a random customer when selling parts to an internal dealership job. Now fixed. (Wasn't a functional bug in terms of how information was recorded into the database, just displayed wrong information on the screen).

This version includes an experimental new feature where on a spares invoice you can refund and sell on the same invoice.

To refund an item you keyin its quantity as a negative value.  So on the invoice a negative is the refunded component and a +ve (if any) is the part you are selling instead : i.e.  when substituting a return for another product.

Example A4 invoice looks like this:

Bugfix : statements would print with incorrect balance. Was caused by very old c8 data in the database on c8 to c9 converted customers where old archived transactions did not have a date. C9 would not tally these txns when considering statements.  Also affected a few other reports such as historical aged trial balance. Fixed by plugging blank dates with a valid date value (the date of the next txn by audit number).