Evolution DX V1.17.2603.1705

Evolution DX update V1.17.2603.1705 is now available. Details of the latest release can be found below.

New

• You can now attach additional PDF documents, such as terms and conditions, to outgoing documents like order forms and invoices, and print them using duplex printing for convenience.
• The Job Diary's Operative View now displays the total time available for technicians after accounting for booked jobs, helping you manage technician workload more effectively.
• A new internal chat feature allows staff to communicate with each other directly within Evolution DX, improving internal collaboration.

Improvements

• The Historic Stock Report now includes the stock nominal, making it easier to reconcile vehicle stock with the nominal ledger.
• The Ford MPS bonus mapping screen has been improved to allow mapping by programme and to hide old, unused programmes, simplifying the process of managing bonus types.
• The new Job Sheets now automatically add date and time separators, making it quicker and easier to edit dates and times without errors.
• In the Sales Centre, you can now update the selling price within the order builder, and enter prices either pre or post VAT for greater flexibility.
• New vehicles can now be created in the Sales Centre without requiring the use of CAP data, streamlining the process for migrating existing dealers.
• The Historic Stock Report now allows you to view costs at a specific point in time, excluding future costs, for more accurate historical analysis.
• The Returns Report now includes 'Sent to Returns' and 'Returned' dates, providing a clearer history of parts returns.
• Nominal codes that are marked as 'Hide From Lists' can now be prevented from having postings made to them, ensuring better control over your accounts.
• You can now set a global default for the prep cost limit in the Vehicle Sales settings, simplifying the management of job requests.

Bug Fixes

• You can now change the write-off account when creating a stock take in the Parts module.
• The MOT Booking Diary now correctly updates to the correct day when rebooking appointments due to a clash, allowing for easier rescheduling.
• Descriptions on the Nominal tab within the Vehicle Stock Book Financials screen are no longer cut off, ensuring full visibility of information.
• Service expense nominal codes are now correctly applied and no longer disappear when clicked in the Service module.
• Posting a service deposit no longer incorrectly reverts the outstanding amount on an invoice in the Service module.
• The system no longer generates an error when transferring bookings in the diary, preventing data update issues.
• Time spent on job sheets in the Service module now accurately reflects clocked hours, ensuring correct technician efficiency reporting.
• You can now update vehicle stock records even if they are attached to a CRM Booking, providing greater flexibility in managing vehicle details.
• Customer email addresses now correctly populate in CRM prospect records, improving data accuracy.
• Work type available hours in the Service diary now accurately reflect block booking splits, preventing incorrect availability calculations.
• The Ford Extract report now produces the correct number of results, ensuring all expected data is included.
• The new customers report now accurately pulls all newly created customer records, providing correct reporting data.
• An error preventing users from logging into Evolution DX (JPEG error #53) has been resolved, allowing for seamless system access.
• An FSA web service error that occurred when opening or viewing Ford job sheets has been fixed, ensuring smooth access to work and parts information.
• You can now select the Order Type when returning parts, resolving an issue that prevented certain parts from being returned or credited.
• The endpoints for OSB and SYNC in the OSI interface have been updated to reflect recent changes to cloud functions.
• Spreadsheet imports into Invoice Batch Entry in the Accounts module now undergo the same checks as manually keyed lines, improving data integrity and preventing incorrect postings.
• The Bonus Accruals report no longer includes cancelled and returned vehicles, ensuring it balances correctly with the nominal ledger.
• Exporting large datasets (over 100,000 rows) from Transaction Enquiry to Excel no longer hangs or fails, improving performance for large data exports.
• Ford MPS2 statements for CV main dealers now process correctly after the move to DCDS, ensuring accurate data flow.
• The Ford MPS bonus mapping screen now only lists relevant bonus types, simplifying the mapping process and removing old or inactive types.
• Ford MPS now offers all relevant estimates for matching, even if their bonus type is not directly mapped to the paying programme, preventing duplicate postings and simplifying reconciliation.
• It is no longer possible to manually set a vehicle's status to 'Sold' without a corresponding sales invoice in the Vehicle Stock Book, ensuring accurate stock reconciliation.
• The Vehicle Cost Exceptions report now highlights only vehicles with discrepancies and explains the reason, making it easier to identify and resolve balancing issues.
• Stock nominal postings without a stock number can now be viewed on reports, ensuring all stock-related postings are visible for reconciliation.
• Various issues with the Ford MPS screen have been resolved, including preventing statements from being posted twice, ensuring all-or-nothing posting, and correctly populating the Due Date.
• Issues with deposit and MOT figures during stage invoicing in the Service module have been resolved, ensuring accurate invoice totals.
• The Prohire Interface now correctly handles different file formats for payments and invoices, resolving import issues for Hills Ford.
• The APAK Lombard feed now sends the correct VAT Class ('Q' for Qualifying or 'M' for Margin) for vehicles, ensuring accurate financial data transmission.

If you have any questions about this update, please contact our aftersales team on 01522 698911 (option 2).