NorthScope 2024.01.31
(Software Version: 2024.01.31 Database Version: 2024.01.31)
Release Date: January 31, 2024
Improvements
Financial
NS-11623 Added a new helpful validation messages to the Currency screens
Error messages come in one of two varieties: technically unhelpful or helpfully friendly. We replaced a couple very technical, unhelpful messages in the Currency screens with friendly messages that try to help explain what went wrong. We also prevented a couple other errors from happening in the first place, so you won’t have to worry about seeing an error message at all.
Inventory
NS-12201 Inventory Transaction record views save process was improved
At NLP, we strive for continuous improvement both in ourselves and in the software we make. To that end, we’re taking what we’ve learned from developing other NorthScope 3.0 screens and applying it to the Inventory Adjustment and Transfers screens. The result? Screens that are faster to use, quicker to save your data, and easier for our developers to maintain.
Sales
NS-11333 Approved and Posted Payment Receipts can now be applied to a Sales Transaction directly from the Payment Receipt screen
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could open a Sales Payment Receipt transaction and apply that receipt to an invoice or three without having to open a different screen? What if we told you it was possible to adjust the Applied Amount, Discount Amount, and Write Off Amounts at the same time? Yeah, we thought that was a great feature, so we made sure it worked even when the Payment Receipt was already Posted. Don’t worry, we haven’t taken away the Apply Documents window from the Customer Balances screen; we just gave you another option to better fit your workflow.
Bugs
Grower Accounting
NS-11876 Restored the New toolbar button to Grower Accounting Price List Record View
You have standards. The Northlake Partners has standards, too, and one of those standards is that we include a New button on any screen in NorthScope where someone might want to add a new record. The Grower Accounting Price List Record screen was missing that New button but isn’t anymore.
Inventory
NS-12214 Miscellaneous BOM Record View bugs were fixed
NorthScope’s rebuilt Bill of Materials feature is truly da BOM but there were a few oversights that we are a little embarrassed about. We made BOMs easier to use when you’re working with multiple units of measure, and we fixed a glitch that prevented the Item and Lot History inquiries from opening from the BOM record view if you happened to have more than one item selected.
Sales
NS-11795 Fixed Sales Order validation message from incorrectly applying to non-Inventory type items
NorthScope tries very hard to avoid letting data get entered on a transaction that will cause problems later. Sometimes, though, it gets a little over ambitious and applies validations unnecessarily. We dialed back a validation that checks for overallocations so that it only applies to Inventory-type items. Going forward, the “You cannot allocate more than the ordered quantity” validation message only applies to inventory-type items.
NS-11880 Sales Payment Receipt’s Mass Update window doesn’t accidentally clear payment numbers and comments anymore
Mass Update is a very powerful tool; sometimes a little too powerful. Case in point: the Payment Number and Comments were inadvertently removed from a Sales Payment Receipt when Mass Update was used to change the receipt’s Status. We’ve reigned in Mass Update, so it will only change properties you’ve asked it to work on.
NS-12282 Fixed Customer Item Description length
Once upon a time there were two cousins: Item Description and Customer Item Description. Customer Item Description wished they could be as big as their older cousin but were limited to only 50 characters. Time went by, Customer Item Description grew up, and now both Item Description and Customer Item Description can store a full 105 characters on Customer and Customer Address Favorites as well as Substitute Items.
Technical Changes
- No schema changes.
- No config file changes.