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==Open Issues from Beta:==
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# Formatting with indented bulleting not working.
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# Extra spaces in formatting or upon print
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# Printing dollar signs rather than bullets for Canada
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==Features==
 
==Features==
<br><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">All notes fields changed from RTF to HTML</span>
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# All notes fields changed from RTF to HTML
<br>All reports are also converted including custom reports.
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## All reports are also converted including custom reports.
<br> New editor for notes to support HTML
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## New editor for notes to support HTML
<br>Automatically converts fields from RTF to HTML upon upgrade
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## Automatically converts fields from RTF to HTML upon upgrade
 
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# Hierarchical Classes.  Class and subclass handling
<br>Notice on the Work Requested tab, the right click menu changed. To apply formatting to your text, you need to right click and select '''Edit''' (image below)
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## If class and subclass are setup in QB this will sync into SME with this hierarchy
<br>[[File:RightClickMenuOptionChange.png]]
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## Lookup icon next to classes to see the hierarchy.  Full name uses colon : to separate class and subclasses.
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## Dropdown shows as Class:Subclass:Sub-Subclass
<br><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Hierarchical Classes.  Class and subclass handling</span>
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# Profit Margin (Gross Margin percent) on Totals in Proposals, Orders and Invoices     
<br>If class and subclass are setup in QB this will sync into SME with this hierarchy
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## Consistent totals screen in proposals, orders, invoices
<br>Lookup icon next to classes to see the hierarchy.  Full name uses colon : to separate class and subclasses.
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## Profit Margin available in all these areas
<br>[[File:ClassSearchWindowChange.png]]
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### Proposal
<br>Drop down shows as Class:Subclass:Sub-Subclass like in the image below.
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### Service Order
<br>[[File:ClassParentThenChild.png]]
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### Install Order
 
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### Invoice
 
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# Billing hours rounding:  Able to set the billing hours increment in minutes and allow roundup or normal math rounding. This is in Setup>Company>System along with the dispatch and hours settings.
<br><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Totals Tab Shows Profit Margin</span>
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# Auto-reserve items that are not serialized option.  This will simplify inventory allocation so that non-serialized inventory items do not need to be picked or reserved.
<br> Profit Margin (Gross Margin percent) on Totals in Proposals, Service Orders, Install Orders and Invoices     
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# Customer Lists and Customer History shows in  Maintenance Contracts   
<br> Consistent totals screen in proposals, orders, invoices
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## Allows users to see customer lists and history including custom fields without having to jump to the customer
<br>Profit Margin available in all these areas (proposals, orders, invoices)
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# Time Tracking Table
<br>[[File:ServiceOrderTotalsTabChange.png]]
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## Added separate table for time tracking called taskdetail that can be connected to order and ordertask (labor item)
 
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# Billing status options to charge Fixed hours, scheduled hours, or actual time tracking hours.   
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## Billing status on labor replaces the checkbox “Equal Billable to make scheduled = billable”
<br><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Billing hours rounding</span>
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## Billing status can be set as default in following areas:
<br>Billing hours rounding:  Able to set the billing hours increment in minutes and allow roundup or normal math rounding. This is in Setup>Company>System along with the dispatch and hours settings.
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### Setup>Company>Customer Defaults>Rates and Charges Defaults.  This will allow setting of a default billing status for any newly generated customers.
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### Customer>Rates.  Once set all orders created for this customer will have this default billing status
<br><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Auto- reserve non-serialized items</span>
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### Service or Install Orders>Details and Settings.  Once billing status is set, all new labor created will use this billing status but it can be changed.
<br>Auto-reserve items that are not serialized option.  This will simplify inventory allocation so that non-serialized inventory items do not need to be picked or reserved.
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### Service or Install Orders>Order Items>Labor.   
<br>[[File:AutoReserveNonSerializedItemsOption.png]]
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# Packages are now always broken out into line items
 
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# PO receive now reversible
<br><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Default Export option to send only Billing Customers to QuickBooks</span>
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# Modifications to cost on PO items get sent to qb GL adjustments (if GL entries are being used)
<br>If you want to only sync the new Billing customers you create from SME to QuickBooks, you will want to check '''Billing Company Only''' in Setup > Company > Order (image below)
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# ‘Internal use’ flag on line items = print hide on orderdetails.
<br>[[File:DefaultExportNewCustomers_BillingOnly.png]]
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# Invoices deleted in SME will remove the GL entries in QB on sync
 
 
<br><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Customer Lists tab on contracts</span>
 
<br>Customer Lists and Customer History now shows in  Maintenance Contracts   
 
<br>Allows users to see customer lists and history including custom fields without having to jump to the customer
 
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<br><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Time Tracking Table</span>
 
<br>Added separate table for time tracking called taskdetail that can be connected to order and ordertask (labor item)
 
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<br><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Billing Status changes</span>
 
<br> Billing status options to charge Fixed hours, scheduled hours, or actual time tracking hours.   
 
<br> Billing status on labor replaces the checkbox “Equal Billable to make scheduled = billable”
 
<br>Billing status can be set as default in following areas:
 
<br>- Setup>Company>Customer Defaults>Rates and Charges Defaults.  This will allow setting of a default billing status for any newly generated customers.
 
<br>- Customer>Rates.  Once set all orders created for this customer will have this default billing status
 
<br>- Service or Install Orders>Details and Settings.  Once billing status is set, all new labor created will use this billing status but it can be changed.
 
<br>-Service or Install Orders>Order Items>Labor.   
 
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<br><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Packages</span>
 
<br> Packages are now always broken out into line items. If you do not want the Pack Items to show on your "order item" reports, you can check "internal use" on the Details tab of the Package. The Pack Items would then get the "print hide" flag checked.
 
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<br><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">PO receive now reversible</span>
 
<br>[[File:ReverseReceipt.png]]
 
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<br><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">GL entry changes</span>
 
<br>Modifications to cost on PO items get sent to qb GL adjustments (if GL entries are being used)
 
<br>Invoices deleted in SME will remove the GL entries in QB on sync
 
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<br><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Internal Use Flag</span>
 
<br> ‘Internal use’ flag on line items = print hide on orderdetails.
 
 
 
<br><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Creating and Editing Custom Fields</span>
 
<br>To edit or create custom fields, SME must be in single user mode. The other users must log out of SME.
 
 
 
<br><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Propagate to Order</span>
 
<br>To propagate a customer address change to orders, SME must be in single user mode. The other users must log out of SME. If all users are not logged out, you will get this message:
 
<br>[[File:Propagate SingleUserMode.png]]
 

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