Due to absences this release is comprised of two "sprints" - code named Spaghetti Bolognese.
This release is focused at improving the Tags functionality further along with API improvements, and Intelligent Scheduling fixes.
Intelligent Scheduling
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- Fixed a bug with the Sync All Data button overwriting data in specific scenarios
- Fixed a bug with Engineer work geofencing (work areas) not saving
- Fixed a bug where SOR(NVM) times used for scheduling were multiplied by the amount of skills present
- Fixed a bug causing tooltips to show different times to the scheduled time
- Fixed a bug where visits older than 15 days are not restored correctly when rescheduled causing double bookings
- Fixed a bug where visits scheduled more than the max days in advance are not picked up by the scheduling system causing double bookings
- Added functionality to allow admins on reactive scheduled visits to add instructions when using further works
- First iteration of Priorities and deadlines transferring to a new visit when using further works.
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Tags
- Tags added to Quotes creation and edit page
- Tags added to Purchase Order creation and edit page
- Added the ability to filter finance items by Visit / Job level tags
- Added the ability to add tags when bulk creating visits
- Added the ability to edit tags when bulk editing visits
Automated Missed Visits
- Added the ability to have multiple missed visits
- Added the ability to assign specific landlords to the automated missed visit templates
General Communications
Additional template options & filtering has been added to all communication types - this is to allow templates for all visit statuses - for example - to be able to filter by "Completed" or "Closed" visits and send out post-completion surveys.
To set this up:
- Navigate to Settings --> Template Manager
- If the template exists already - edit it - or click Add New Template (Only for Visit Communications, not Service Reminders)
- For either option, a new "Visit Status" filter is available - (Note: pending is the default / all old templates will be using pending) in the below example, the template will only show for "Completed" visits when the filter is applied:
- For either option, a new "Visit Status" filter is available - (Note: pending is the default / all old templates will be using pending) in the below example, the template will only show for "Completed" visits when the filter is applied:
- Once setup - these can be accessed via Communications --> Visit Communications, with a new filter option, for example, to filter for Completed visits only & templates that match those filters:
APIs
- New Visit (Job) endpoint to allow quotes to be created at the point of Visit (Job) creation
- New Quote endpoint to allow a new quote to be created to an existing Visit (Job)
- New Job (Job Groups) endpoint to allow the full or partial update of a Job (Job Groups) by either reference or ID
- New Job (Job Groups) endpoint to allow for the deletion of a Job (Job Groups) by reference
General
- Added extra functionality for including / excluding properties in the Visit > View all Advanced Filter report.
- New Engineer Events page with filters and more functionality - the old page will be available to use for some time for now.
- Research into changing some back end processes which might be causing the site to be intermittently slow.
- Fixed an issue where editing a template directly after creation caused an error
- Added nominal descriptions to cost and sales codes drop down box.
- Carried out back end improvements to photo loading and thumbnails to help speed up and reduce server load when viewing property, job and visit view pages
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