What's new in Orion: From 30th April 2021

Enhancements 

Fixes

Installation

Enhancements 

Module

DR#

Detail

System

12368

If unable to login to Orion, an option to see the Support Centre contact details is now available on the Orion login screen via a Helpdesk Details option (yellow question mark).

System

12448

A new Purchase Order export has been created for the Medius Accounting system.

System

12457

A new method of sending emails via SendGrid has been added. This is particularly useful for those encountering issues with their current provider.

Accounts

8536

A warning has been added to the cashbook reconciliation screen to notify if a reconciliation for the same Recon Date has already been created. If the reconciliation is then completed with the same Recon Date, an entry is added to the control file.

Accounts

9809

When accessing the Statement Archive screen in Debtors, the most recent folders now show at the top as opposed to alphabetical order.

Accounts

12422

The Asset Serial Number is now included when exporting the Asset Depreciation Schedule Reports to Excel.

Accounts

12474

When emailing statements, the Customer Keycode is now included in the Email Subject.

Workshop

12273

An entry is now added to the Control Log in Accounts > Enquiry menu if a workshop job is deleted.

Workshop

12389

Mercedes Service Data Extract changes to comply to the new format.

Workshop

12441

The option to create new item makes and models has been added to Remote Workshop (webOrion). Previously this could only be done in Orion desktop.

Workshop

12480

An option to Delete/Clear active users has been added for when the Workshop Open Jobs screen shows that the Job Is Currently Open On Other Terminal(s).

Sales

8879

A Sort By option of Type has been added to the Sales Margin Report.

Sales

9686

The Search Anywhere field in the Vehicle/Item Listing screen has been increased to allow for the searching of VIN numbers.

Sales

10850

A new Service Order Report has been added to the Sales Module to enable reporting on service orders. These can be sorted by various options including Cost Categories.

Sales

10973

When adding an item to a Sales Deal, and that item is already loaded on a deal, a message will now appear to advise this.

Sales

12131

The Sales Order button is now available in the Deal Maintenance screen for Accepted deals. Previously it was only available for In Progress deals.

Rental

12388

The process for emailing a rental invoice at the point of invoicing has been streamlined to reduce the number of steps needed.

 

Fixes

Module

DR#

Detail

Accounts

12226

In certain circumstances, transactions were still showing in the Banking Listing report even though they were no longer in the Banking screen.

Parts

12497

The functionality to Retrieve New Orders from Repco was not working correctly.

Workshop

12413

Technician transactions were not showing in the Labour Analysis (Detailed) report if the item on the job had a lower-case letter in the rego.

Workshop

12420

When creating a parts transfer from the Suggested Buy Listing screen in the Workshop, the transfer list was not being populated with the parts.

Workshop

12447

When a job spanned multiple days, the Work in Progress Listing report (printed from the diary) was showing the total hours on the job as opposed to the hours allocated to that day only.

Sales

11999

When modifying an item on an order in Sales, where the item had not been received but the rego had already been entered, a message was incorrectly appearing saying that the item was already in stock.

Sales

12432

If a cost price adjustment was completed after the date an item was sold, the Sales Costing Report (Detailed) was showing the incorrect purchase price.

 

Installation instructions

When the update is ready, you will be prompted to install the update when logging into the system. Or, go to Accounts, Help and Check for Updates to check manually.