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Software Upgrade
Software Upgrade Notice for Version: 8.00.11
Scheduled Software Update Information for September 2023
We will be releasing a software upgrade for our product in the coming days. This update includes several improvements and new features that will enhance your user experience. Read the notice below to find out about the key updates that come with this release and what actions, if any, you need to do as part of this update.
Key updates in this release
Point of Sale
- Entering through the GP columns in POS will no longer clear the discount column
- When setting the delivery address in POS, F4 will now fill out the address selected to the delivery instructions when the delivery module is not used
- Setting up an Alternate UOM with a quantity of 1 will no longer double dip on the system discounts
- Customer document searching
- largest line should show correctly when paging up & down
- page up now shows the details panel correctly
- Combo Buys no longer apply for Transfer Debtor’ with a Transfer Debtor Type of ‘External Transfer’ and a Tax Type of ‘Retail’
- Transfer and Cost Plus accounts will not use Multi Buy pricing structures
- Clicking the Mighty Rewards search from the customer field now focuses correctly in the product grid
- New POS print fields have been made available for Weight and Weight total values (no “kg” text)
- Transfer Debtor when flagged as ‘EDI – Sympac Invoice’ will created Transfer Header and Line records which remain active until they are received at the branch location
- Using weight description products ^CWGT in pos will no longer descriptions to update incorrectly
- The SQL Document search will now default to the same search order as the legacy search – by Document Date descending, then Time Altered descending
- When in a/note mode – and you press F4 to load a document, it will revert back to tax invoice mode
- Delivery address will no longer prompt for town when exiting the post code field unless the field has changed
- When searching for products, and duplicate manufacturers codes are detected – the search window now shows the manufacturers codes for the products found
- SQL Customer document searching page up/down has been corrected to provide accurate results
Customers
- There is a new security option so that you can hide the Discount fields by user security profile
- The customer type of “COD debtor” has been removed
- The Aged Debtors Report will now show 30+ days and 60+ days values as expected when they are selected
- Altering the order number field on sundry sales now updates the data correctly
- Running the DGP report with only the salesperson summary now prints the header information correctly
- Daily Sales Export to Excel by day will now align correctly
Products
- Using a PDE to load min/max data now updates the fields correctly
- Product Dashboard will now display document line discount values to the correct accuracy of 2 decimal places.
- In Contract maintenance – changing the Percentage field no longer clears the cost used combo box
- Short Product Alter will now save the RRP without needing to queue a label if selected
- The timber sales analysis report will now correctly export to excel
- The stocktake report now shows the correct figures when selecting Floor or Net costs
- An Access Violation in stocktake entry has been corrected
- The EPG FLC to System FLC Cross Reference utility now supports loading a translation file
- Label Queue Maintenance will now recall previous screen size and position when loading
- Remote stock adjustments now allows rows to be removed during the entry process
Purchase Ordering
- Purchase Order Timber tally’s are now stored with the correct number of decimal places in the lengths
- The manufactures code field is now available as a field in the purchase order search, F6 details option
- The product level details are now visible when the timber product interface is focused
- Goods in Batch will now find the correct product on the original Purchase Order to adjust delivered qty
- The Comparison Report will now update FLC’s for products based on the EPG FLC Cross Reference translation table
Claims
- The staff number is now a required field in the Claims Maintenance form – this will only prompt when data is changed
Creditors
- Purchase Order numbers are now recorded on relevant creditors transactions and is viewable in creditor transaction enquiry
- Creditor purchases report will now correctly report purchases on future periods
- Creditor Purchases report will now validate the low creditor alpha field
Payroll
- STP allows Update action on unsent batch
- Superannuation payment processing emails will no longer be created if an email address is not setup on the employee or the super fund
- Payroll emails will no longer be stored in the sent folder when using outlook 365
General Ledger
- Control account maintenance, arrowing left no longer causes a stack overflow error
- The GL transaction enquiry secondary display of subledger details of debtor transactions now shows the COGs value, and now allows drilling down into the invoice history details
System
- The request assistance option no longer takes focus on the main menu, allowing you to switch back to the main menu
- The system dashboard
- Grids now remember the column widths
- Sales analysis – extract to csv now contains the correct header details
- The GP % field has been added to the calendar drill down
- The SQL search process now updates correctly if text is entered during the load process
What you need to do
Once the update is downloaded and installed on your PC, you will need to restart your computer to ensure that all changes take effect.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause, however rest assured that the restart will only take a few minutes.
If you need any assistance or have any questions please call the Sympac Help Desk on 1300 361 732Â
Recent News
Scheduled Software Update Information for May 2024
May 5, 2024
Key updates in this release include updates and improvements to POS, Debtors, Inventory as well as Payroll and Creditor updates.
Purchase Order Purge at End of Month
April 30, 2024
As part of a recent software release, a system setting to purge completed Purchase Orders at the End of Month
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