Released on 14 Dec 2017
Highlights
You can now see the price of items before adding them to your documents! This includes quotes, invoices, and purchase orders
We have updated the look and feel of the Navigation bar
We have updated the look and feel of the Scheduling tab on the Job Card
General
Added support for Harrison & Bloy CSV import
Added support for Galvins Plumbing Plus CSV import
Added support for MM Electrical Merchandising CSV import
Added support for Southern Plaster Suppliers CSV import
Added support for Eisno Lifetech Appliances CSV import
Added support for Asset Codes in the Sales Account Codes picker
Updated invoice import screen to show when site visits have already been imported
Updated accounting sync for supplier invoices so tax should no longer be re-added
Improved speed of WIP Report and added a button to manually refresh data
Fixed the address finder dropping details for UK addresses
Fixed calendar drag-n-drop breaking on newest iOS
Fixed Tasks list on menu bar dropping below screen
Fixed issue where archived and rejected jobs would show in the status board
Fixed issue where pasting text into certificates would overwrite existing text
Fixed SMS invoice reminder forgetting which month the invoice was due
Fixed some columns in the WIP Report disappearing when switching to Custom view
Fixed mixed-up headers on Actual Activity Report export
Fixed invoice filter not applying in Supplier Document Processing screen
Fixed SMS button not working on Create Job screen
Minor text and interface fixes
Released on 16 Nov 2017
Highlights
Files and photos now have a number identifier, making it even easier to find the right photo on your job
You can now send an SMS for Quote and Estimate bookings
New Hazards Report
The Hazard Report lists each hazard discovered on the job and any steps taken to mitigate it. Go to one of your jobs, click Hazards, and use the Send Hazard Report option to preview and send the report to your customer.
General
Updated % of Quote invoice option to split costs between sales accounts used on the quote
Updated Variations list on job card to show Title and Status of each variation. Also, you can now open variations in a new tab
Updated look of job card for Timesheet Only users
Updated look of profile picture chooser
Improved error handling in Purchase Order workflow
Fixed issue where deleting an Unassigned scheduled event deleted events for other users
Fixed completed tasks contributing to number of tasks remaining on job card
Fixed supplier document PDF export ignoring currency set in Settings
Fixed issue where converting an event to a job on the calendar put the job in To Schedule
Fixed stock on hand ignoring tax rate set in Tiered Pricing
Fixed Pay Summary Report showing trailing figures
Minor text fixes
Released on 25 Oct 2017
Highlights
We've redesigned the way jobs are displayed on the homepage. This makes it much easier to filter and navigate your jobs!
Take a look at this article to see what's changed: The Status Board & Job List
We've also upgraded the design of the job card!
Check out this article to see what's improved: The Job Card
Permissions have got an upgrade and are now easier to manage. You can also set permissions by choosing from a list of profiles
You can now import favourites based on your uploaded Plumbing World price book
General
Added ability to edit formatting of published quotes and estimates
Updated quote accepted notifications to include the name of the job
Updated logic of quote accepted notifications
Updated Unassigned row on calendar
Improved speed and reliability of calendar
Released on 13 Sep 2017
New Report
We're pleased to announce the Business Activity Report. This data will help you see how you are tracking, and what your biggest expenses are.
Additional Certificate Types
We have added three new certificate types: NZ Electrical Safety Certificate, NZ Gas Code of Compliance Certificate, and NZ Gas Safety Certificate.
Updated Financial Summary
We've done an overhaul of the Financial Summary section of the Job Card.
General
Updated Group Management interface
Improved formatting of Cost Report when displaying large figures
Improved visibility of Queries on customer invoices
Improved behaviour of website links in Notes
Fixed addresses not containing Suburb in Calendar
Fixed users appearing in random order in time entry picker
Fixed photos on Invoice to Come being removed after converting to a Received Invoice
Fixed rare issue where favourites could not be added to Purchase Orders
Fixed issue where voided quotes could be accepted
Fixed issue where Calendar time selector did not display on Safari
Fixed inability to navigate more than 3 Favourites folders deep in Tiered Pricing
Minor text fixes
Released on 30 Aug 2017
We have a big release this month, so grab a coffee, put your feet up, and read on to see what we've been working on.
Highlights
You can now import site visits, quotes, and previous invoices from variations onto your customer invoices with a whole new improved import interface
All new and improved notifications interface
You will now be notified by email when your company credit is running low
Added an Invoice Due Date tag to email templates
Added logging to job Stock on Hand to show who added what
Calendar
Improved appearance of calendar on smaller displays
Improvements to calendar event popup
Fixed search not returning results with capital letters
Fixed badges covering event info
Fixed addresses not opening map
Fixed contact forms not using contact info that was clicked
Document Builder
Improved behaviour of formatting options
Fixed Favourites importing in an unexpected order
Fixed error messages covering fields
Fixed line items not using customer tax rate setting
Fixed issue where Subtotal and Total lines could be split across pages
Quotes now display your ABN (Australian Business Number) if entered
Job Card
Improved behaviour of email buttons
Improved quote accepted / declined log entry to highlight notes left by customer
Improved error message when trying to send Quote Schedule with nothing scheduled
Fixed issue where site visit could display as In Progress instead of Labour Complete
Fixed user profile photos opening the old calendar on the job card
General
Added support for ITM CSV import
Added support for TLE CSV import
Added a warning when assigning supplier documents to fully invoiced site visits
Added a discard edits confirmation to time entry popup
Improved display of Tasks to highlight notes added to them
Improved entry of 24hr time on timesheet reports
Improved supplier deletion process
Improved appearance of placeholders in customer edit screen
Improved navigation in Customers screen
Improved appearance of customer merge popup on smaller displays
Improvements to SWMS list popup
Improvements to Favourites editor popup
Fixed City sending through to MYOB twice when Suburb wasn't listed
Fixed notes temporarily disappearing after editing a customer
Fixed Timesheet Overview displaying trailing figures
Fixed unresponsive Query button on Today's Jobs screen
Fixed Copy Section in Favourites forgetting to copy the favourite's description
Fixed employee signature displaying incorrectly in Settings
Fixed Additional Search Field in price book not returning line item results
Fixed issue where email address wouldn't paste into email address fields
Fixed inability to paste into H&S Meeting Minutes
Fixed H&S Meetings page scrolling randomly when selecting employees
Fixed invoice reminder using $ symbol when company currency setting was different
Fixed new customer error when name contained a special character ( ' / - etc)
Fixed favourites editor sometimes appearing blank
Minor text fixes
Released on 6 Aug 2017
Quote Versions
You can now create multiple quote versions on your Fergus jobs!
Use this to keep track of documents that have been sent to the customer and easily revert to older versions. You no longer have to unlock your quote to edit and resend it. Simply create a new version, make the adjustments, and resend while keeping the original version intact.
Sales Accounts
Until now, you could only assign line items to Materials or Labour. With our new Sales Accounts feature you can create accounts to track your line items and assign them to account codes in Xero or MYOB for tracking.
Other features
Moved site visit scheduling to its own tab on the site visit
Moved purchase orders and scheduling to its own set of tabs on the quote
Improved the display of banners on archived and stale jobs
Timezone is now editable in ⚙ Settings
Added stock on hand logging to job Notes & History
Added ability to clear Fixture Price in Favourites editor
Released on 27 Jul 2017
You can now reset your avatar to the coloured initials by hovering over it in the top right and clicking Change Profile Picture
Invoices to Come are now automatically created if you've turned on 'Create automatically' in Settings
Improved the display of text on the new vertical calendar week view
Improved calendar reliability
Improved sorting of Timesheet Summary report
Fixed issue where Master Admin user could change their user type
Fixed issue preventing Pay Rules from applying immediately after turning on
Fixed Files & Photos link disappearing when permissions disabled
Fixed tasks disappearing when permission to view other users' tasks was disabled
Fixed missing job number on site visit worksheet
Minor text fixes
NZ Gas and Electrical Certificates
NEW FEATURE
Released on 10 Jul 2017
Today we're happy to announce the release of New Zealand Gas and Electrical COCs and Safety certificates.
Available now on desktop and the mobile app. See this article to get started.
Released on 29 Jun 2017
Added a download button for credit purchase receipts in Billing Settings
Added a current time indicator to the vertical calendar
Added ability to hide unassigned column on vertical calendar
Added ability to import supplier names from connected Xero account
Added a Sent label to the Payments column on the Status Board
Added note creation date to pinned notes
Added a confirm close to Put on Hold popup if you've typed notes
Added a confirm close to New Task popup if you've typed notes
Added a warning to the supplier document importer to prevent double assignment
Improved Add to Favourites behaviour so line items are only added to Custom Price Book when necessary
Improved password reset workflow
Improved Notes permissions to apply to all places notes are available
Improved address picker in New Job form to show both suburb and city
Improved formatting of Quote Brief
Fixed Cost Report totals not updating when report was filtered
Fixed company address requiring both suburb and city
Fixed price book upload date not appearing
Fixed email editor being cut-off on some macOS devices
Fixed issue with deleting favourites showing an error message
Fixed rare issue with saving recurring events
Fixed issue where Tradespeople could apply overtime rates
Fixed calendar popup appearing when stretching events
Fixed custom events displaying incorrectly after converting to job
Marking a user as Labour Complete now correctly ticks the event on the calendar for that user only
You can now edit a recurring event template at any time
Minor text fixes
Released on 27 Jun 2017
Added a default option to hide or show all line items on quotes and invoices
Added a counter to the Hazards tab on the job card to help track how many unmitigated hazards remain
Added support for Tritoflex CSV import
Added suburb info to Status Board statuses that were missing it
Improved reliability of click-to-schedule on calendar
Improvements to customer editor to prevent validation messages appearing when unnecessary
Improvements to new site visit workflow
Fixed Purchase Orders not remembering what type they were
Fixed Add Payment button not going anywhere on Invoicing screen
Pay Rules are now enabled immediately after opting into the feature
New page tours to better (and more succinctly) describe what everything does
Clicking the Markup field on quotes and invoices now selects all text
Minor text fixes
Released on 12 Jun 2017
Added a counter to the Import Supplier Documents icon to help track how many invoices are awaiting reconciliation
Terms of Trade are once again automatically attached to the Send Job Details email
New site contacts now shown when creating a job from the calendar
Importing combined line items from quotes now brings along the cost
You are now asked if you'd like to save changes to replies to notes
Minor update to Mark as Complete popup shown when job ends
Minor text fixes
Minor certification bug fixes
Released on 28 May 2017
Added support for Waterware CSV import
Added support for ColorEx CSV import
Improvements to UI on training videos page
Improved matching of supplier documents to site visits
Fixed a rare case where a line item could have no section
Purchase order CSV files now list product code and name separately
Minor text fixes
Released on 22 May 2017
General Fixes
Improved loading speed of the main dashboard especially for users with lots of tasks.
Added ability for Tasks to load older entries when you reach the end
Added statutory holiday info to Crystal Payroll CSV export
Added warning when splitting supplier documents if chosen site visit is invoiced
Added support for LTE CSV import
Fixed a rare case where a sent invoice would show as Not Sent
Fixed an issue where saving a combined line item as a favourite duplicated some lines
Improved the Assign & Schedule area on the job card so it immediately shows employees with new time entries
Calendar
Dragging an event in vertical calendar now moves between users rather than days
Added unassigned column to vertical calendar
Empty groups are now hidden from the staff picker
Fixed delete pop up showing twice when you delete an event
Fixed Job card displaying wrong schedule information for unassigned events
Overdue Invoice Reminders
Added ability to send automatic SMS and email reminders for overdue invoices
Turn it on in Invoicing Settings
Released on 1 May 2017
General Fixes
Improved first run tour and updated company sign up process
Improved customer editor so invalid email warnings only show when necessary
Improved design of tabs throughout the site
Improved layout of time labels on vertical calendar
Improved placement of date picker in calendar
Added ability for Notice Board to load older entries when you reach the end
Added a 'Full Site Address' tag to the email templates which incl. city and post code
Added supplier name column to Supplier Document Report export
Added a close confirmation on the note editor
Added landscape invoice option in Settings
Fixed an issue where non-Full Users could be made Master Users
Fixed an issue which could result in an account having no Full Users
Fixed an issue where Draft jobs couldn't be accessed if the Status Board was empty
Fixed calendar resizing incorrectly when opening / closing job panel
Fixed calendar loading wrong employee column size
Fixed Unassigned log entry not stating what group was unassigned
Fixed TOS link on Partner registration page not going anywhere
Fixed issue with marking invoices as sent during printing
Updated Unassign button to use a cross icon
Updated AWM importer to accept Credits
Mico Integration
Mico integration now checks for new supplier documents more often
MYOB
MYOB contact names are now shortened to max length that MYOB allows when importing
Released on 23 Apr 2017
Performance optimisations
Added button to ignore failed validation message on supplier invoices upon import. This allows you to assign supplier documents that are a bit wiggly like having $0 tax etc
Update bar chart style on financial summary report for credit amounts
Fixed permissions on calendar
Improved Create Site Visit workflow to create site visits after pressing OK rather than straight away
Update AWM CSV importer
Update Reece CSV importer
Fixed convert hazard to template being enabled even if user didn't have permission
Updated layout of supplier picker in supplier document importer
Added Mitre 10 Excl logo
Improved location data capture
Improved registration of devices with Fergus to not rely on push notifications
Released on 17 Mar 2017
Chart of accounts refactor
Implemented a rewrite to this system to allow future support of custom chart of account codes
Project financial summary refactor
Total rewrite of this feature to support variations and side by side comparisons of all site visits
Shows profit & loss across all site visits / variations so you can better identify the state of your project
Calendar Fixes
Fixed an issue with DST on the vertical mode
Fixed permission issue around creating & editing custom events
Fixed issue with new customer not showing on new job form after creation
Fixed Site visits not showing on calendar if they only had a group assigned
Fixed Custom events on vertical mode not having correct style
Added ability to remember last calendar view mode
Fixed the Open job link on edit event form not going anywhere
Miscellaneous fixes
Added Namibian currency support
Fixed supplier document processing filters not working
Fixed only hazard templates on the first page of list being able to be added to a job
Changed default on hold date to 1 day instead of 30 days
Add 21% tax rate option
Add invoice total and quote total tags to email templates
Released on 14 Feb 2017
New Vertical Calendar mode and MYOB improvements
Calendar Improvements
Based on feedback received from our users, we have added a new vertical mode to the Fergus Calendar. This more closely resembles how the calendar operated before and allows you to better see employees alongside one another for scheduling purposes.
View employees as columns instead of rows with our new Vertical Calendar Mode
Fixed a daylight savings issue affecting event saving around the daylight savings changeover.
Added new style to custom events to distinguish them better
Added better time picker to edit calendar event form
Fixed issue with unassigned events row not updating after an event had been deleted
Fixed issue with recurring events not showing on unassigned events row
MYOB Improvements
We have spent time over the past few weeks updating our MYOB integration to address some issues with duplicates that could occur with customer invoices & supplier documents. This should really tighten up the integration and going forward handle changes that have occurred on the MYOB side much more reliably.
Can now mark customers in Fergus as Individuals / Companies. This helps improve searching for them in MYOB.
Can now import suppliers from MYOB into Fergus in the Fergus Price Books Settings page.
New suppliers & customers in Fergus will now check for existing occurrences in MYOB before creating them in MYOB
New customer invoices in Fergus will now check for existing occurrences in MYOB before creating them in MYOB
General Improvements & Bug Fixes
Invoices and Quotes now display page numbers on the generated PDF
Employee map is now centred on company office pin by default
Added a link to our blog from the public-facing website. You'll find the blog here: http://fergusapp.com/s/
Fixed display issue with time stamps showing in wrong timezone on map
Fixed a rare bug where clicking the Markup in a combined Line Item changed the Cost Price
Fixed Fergus invoices not sending out in some situations
Updated the email editor to accept pasting from Word again
Improved @ tagging functionality to make sure Notifications went to the right users
Improved formatting on multi-page documents
Further cleanup of the Permissions page
Fixed totals not updating after applying a filter on the WIP Report
Added support for Cetnaj CSV import
Added support for Farmlands CSV import
Updated Mitre 10 CSV format
Released on 1 Feb 2017
Employee Map
Added company location on map
Fixed recurring events not showing in event lists
Fixed time zone issues with last seen times
Fixed error caused by events with no coordinates
Fixed employee search field not focusing correctly
Fixed issue with popups not opening correctly, resulting in extra clicks to open them
Updated employee events list styling
Added ability to go to job inside job popup
Employees are now hidden on the Live map if they aren't active for 24hrs
Timesheet Only User
Removed restriction to simplified time-entry screen, users can now access standard Fergus interface
Added access to job card information for jobs assigned to Timesheet users
Job-related hazard information can now be added by Timesheet users
Access granted to Notice Board and relevant notifications
Read-only access to Files & Photos and Notes & History enabled
Permissions screen improved to filter only applicable permissions
General Fixes
Added quiet time to push notifications
We have disabled push notification sounds from 8pm - 7am (the notification will still be sent though!)
We are looking at adding a user setting to customise this for your needs.
Improved error message when connecting to MYOB with incorrect credentials
We have done a clean-up of the Permissions page to more accurately reflect what each user type can access
Added a total cost column to the purchase orders list
Added the ability to hide quote & invoice line items completely
You can now see how many hours were booked for charge up jobs in the job's Financial Summary
Updated the drag and drop interface (in the supplier documents screen, Files & Photos, etc)
Released on 19 Jan 2017
New Feature: Revamped Map
Shows a map of all jobs for the current day and current locations of employees
Shows location track of all employees so you can see a log of employee travel
Shows historic event timeline for all employees with timestamps
Allows highlighting an employees scheduled events on the map, showing the order they are to be visited in
Bug Fixes
Invoicing / Quoting
Fixed issue with manual payments getting incorrect date in some time zones
Fixed issue with quote acceptance notification saying 'manually accepted' instead of accepted by customer
Fixed task bar not formatting correctly when quote is unlocked
Fixed bulk action to move item to section
Reporting
Fixed pay summary report listing uncharged time by wrong type
General Fixes
Fixed issue with downloading Fergus invoices in Billing page
Renamed 'Job summary' permission to 'Financial Summary'
Fixed incorrect tooltip placement on edit time entry form
Fixed email fields not supporting emails with apostrophes and other special characters
Fixed email validation message appearing when adding a new phone / mobile number in customer form
Made email cancel prompt only appear if email has been edited
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