Release Date: February 09, 2017

New Features

System

NS-1675 Implemented Direct Print Capability from NorthScope

This new feature is similar to direct email and it allows users to directly print certain event documentation without manually clicking the Print button. One or more printers can be set up to print the event documentation. A new page ‘Direct Printers’ has been added under the System module where the printers can be set up.

Improvements

System & Inventory

NS-1678 Updated Attribute and Certification Names to Accept Only Alphabets as the First Character

Previously there was no validation for Attribute and Lot Certification Names. If a user created a new Attribute or a new Lot certification, which started with other than an alpha character, the Production Batch List View broke. With this change an error message is displayed and a user is prevented from creating an Attribute / Certification with an invalid first character (e.g. ‘123Attribute’ or ‘&Certification’).

Inventory

NS-1670 Updated Inventory Transaction Bulk Import

This improvement included a few small changes for the Inventory Transaction Import framework.

• The Production Batch and Status are no longer required fields when importing the transactions. The Transaction Status now defaults to New when the status is not entered.
• List type attributes are now supported and can be entered, though attributes are not required.

NS-1608 Added Delete Button on Production Batch Record View

Previously, the Production Batch Record View didn’t have a delete button and Production Batches could only be deleted from the list view. The delete button has now been added to the record view, which allows Production Batch deletion. The list view deletion button has not been removed and can still be used for deletion as well.

NS-1665 Improved Allocate Item Feature Performance

The ‘Allocate Item’ feature has been rebuilt to improve the performance of the feature. Users were previously experiencing latency when the ‘Allocate Item’ grid toolbar icon was clicked. This improvement addressed the issues that were causing slow performance and the ‘Allocate Item’ feature is now loading faster than before.

NS-1654 Removed Show-In Feature from Allocate Item View

Previously, the ‘Allocate Item’ window had a feature which allowed users to view the items in Inventory or Sales Order UOM. This feature was removed as part of the performance improvement process. When allocating Sales Order items, the UOM defaults to the Item’s Sales Order UOM. When allocating Inventory items, the UOM defaults to the Item’s Inventory UOM.

Sales Orders

NS-1661 Replaced Sales Order Invoice Inquiry with Billing Inquiry

A new inquiry called ‘Billing Inquiry’ has been created and the ‘Invoice Inquiry’ has been removed. Besides invoices, the new inquiry also includes Sales Order Price Adjustments and Returns. 

NS-1531 Updated On-Invoice and Promotion Sales Programs to Display as Lite Items

Previously, On-Invoice and Promotion Sales Programs were displayed in Program Details, but with this change they are displayed on the Sales Order as line items. When an item has been added to the Sales Order, a new Sales Order line item is auto-created if the item, customer, site and carrier combination is eligible for an active Sales Program. The Sales Program line item is for informational use only and cannot be edited. Any changes, e.g. adjusting the Sales Program amount, can be done in Program Details. This change impacts On-Invoice and Promotions Sales Programs only.

NS-1613 Changed Currency Decimals on Sales Order Documents

This improvement includes the following changes for Sales Order Invoices and Provisional Invoices:

• The unit price decimals are displayed based on the largest price decimal item on the order. E.g. if an order has an item set to 5 price decimals and an item set to 2 price decimals, the unit prices for both items are displayed with 5 decimals on the invoice. 
• The extended amount is always displayed with 2 decimals on the invoice.  

NS-1579 Updated Sales Program Calculations to Calculate Until Approval

Previously, if the Sales Program rate was changed, the Sales Program amount was re-calculated on Sales Orders. This has now been changes so that the Sales Program amount is only re-calculated if the Sales Order status is New, Released or Shipped. If the Sales Order status is Approved, Ready to Post or Posted, the Sales Program amount is not re-calculated if the Sales Program rate is changed.

Bug Fixes

System

NS-1673 Fixed Data Access Groups Page

A change in the previous release broke the Data Access Groups page and users were getting an error when trying to access the page. The issue has now been fixed and the page loads without issues.