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titleGeneral Release 4.6.25.2

Scheduled Release - 19 February 2024

Stock

  • Items from a Bill Of Materials (BOM) are not available anymore to be selected from the Job Procurement list as a Stock Item.

Licences

  • A user with a Contract Management licence can now access Job Budgets through the ellipsis menu in Jobs.

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titleBeta Release 4.6.25.1

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IN PROGRESS
NOT RELEASED YET

Workbench Release Notes

Note

Upcoming changes on Contract Claim Payment certificates:

Up untill now, Workbench standard Contract Claim Payment certificates have a section called Contract Summary, where the Budgets' values display. However, this section only includes Budget types Original Contract and Approved Variations. Any other budget types are not included. Moreover, if the Contract does not have a budget, this Contract Summary section would display $0.

We have decided to change the Contract Summary section to get the Original Contract and Variations from the Contract Claim Schedules instead.

Original Contract section: Will include Schedule type = Original Contract
Plus Approved Variations section: Will be renamed to ‘Plus Variations’ and will include any other Schedule types that are not Original Contract.

If you have a custom report, these changes should not affect your custom report.

image-20240219-015203.pngImage Added

Note

Upvise Server Infrastructure Update

Upvise is releasing updates to their servers to enhance performance and security.

  1. URL CHANGE: As a first step in the server update, the URL to access Upvise on the web (PC) will change from https://www.upvise.com/uws to https://s3.upvise.com

    1. Web users will be automatically redirected to the new URL, however will be redirected to log in again.

    2. Where you have bookmarked the Upvise URL in your browser, please update this to https://s3.upvise.com

  2. MOBILE APP UPDATE: Mobile users will need to update their Upvise Mobile application available from 5th February to ensure Upvise is usable. Old application versions will no longer be usable after 1st May.

    1. Note: by default, the app update mechanism should update their apps in the background seamlessly.

  3. DLL Update (Integration): Workbench will be updating the UpviseClient DLL to v3.0 as part of this upgrade (Available in release v4.6.25).

  4. Public Form URLs and PowerBI/Sharperlight export URLs will change, OLD URLs continue to work seamlessly during the transition period however clients should gradually migrate over to the new URL.

From 5th February

  • Web users using the legacy https://www.upvise.com/uws link will be redirected to the new URL and will have to log in again. You will see a message to advise: Please sign in with on https://s3.upvise.com

  • New Android and iOs Upvise app (v7.0) available with the new URL built-in available on AppStore and Google Play

From 19th February

  • Client DLL v3.0 is expected to be available in Workbench General Release v4.6.25

  • On-premise clients will be required to upgrade to this version before 1st May 2024.

From 1st May:

  • All users should have upgraded to the latest version of Upvise on mobile and UpviseClient DLL.

  • Public Form URL and PowerBI Link should already be migrated to the new URL.

New Features

Contracts -

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Project

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  • Unpaid subcontract Claims (all subcontract claims are eligible costs)

  • Any AP Invoices that have at least one cost line with an eligible cost activity.

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Trust Accounts

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Subcontracts

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Deleting un-used Subcontract:

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  • Works Orders,

  • Claims, Insurance,

  • Payments,

  • Datasheets,

  • Attachments,

  • Bonds

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Feature Revisions

Jobs

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Subcontracts

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Removed beta control parameter BETA FEATURE - Subcontract RTA:
This means that the Retention Trust Account field will be displayed on all Subcontracts. It is not mandatory.
Subcontract Claim payment certificate reports Subcontractor Payment Certificate (wbSubcontractClaim003 ) & Subcontractor All in One Report (wbSubcontractClaim005) use the RTA.

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  • Total on Retention Reporting tab:
    The Total now includes all filtered records, instead of being a total for the records on the page only (same as the Retention Releases tab)

    image-20240212-231710.pngImage Removed

  • Retention Balance:
    On the same Retention Reporting tab, the Retention Balance which is the same as the Retention Balance on the Retention Releases tab, was displaying an incorrect value on those records that had the statement reviewed and sent more than once. This has been rectified. Please note that it was only a display issue and that the retention balance statements are correct.

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Retention Trust Accounts Balance Statement report:
The Subcontract Retention Trust Accounts balance report (wbSubcontractTransactions004) used for sending statements to subcontractors periodically, has been modified only to include Approved/Certified claims.
The reason why we made this change is because the report stated that the Retention amounts for approved and unapproved claims were being held in Trust, and that is not true. Retentions are only moved into a Trust Account once the claim is certified and paid.
A note clarifying this is now displayed in the report:
”This report only includes Subcontracts with a Retention balance and only certified Claims.”

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Quotes

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Month End

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Administration

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which opens the screen below, where you can check Permissions, Control Parameters, Settings, and Licences controlling the specific screen:

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Integration

Upvise

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  • A new setting has been introduced “Always show Prestart button on mobile”. When enabled, the Daily Checklist option will always show.

  • Admin users can apply the new setting in the Equipment Web app > Options > General

Update Naming convention to Category in Job Options

  • “Equipment Group” changed to “Category” in line with the standard naming convention within Job Options.

  • Jobs > Options >  Vehicle

    image-20240213-004305.pngImage Removed

Tasks Linked to Equipment

When a form is created from a task: if the task is linked to both equipment and a project, then newly created forms are linked to the equipment, instead of the project.

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Columns Display options for Jobs: Equipment Project

There is a new Option available in all columns to display controls for Jobs where you can select to display the Project the equipment is allocated to in your Job Grid/list view.

Apply the new column via:

  • Equipment > options > display

  • Jobs > options > display

See example:

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Job PO Lines

The “Subproject” field can now be hidden in the Job Po lines form Template (subform of Job Purchase order).

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Previously this was enforced to always SHOW. Clients wanting to receive the enhancement on Job POs in Upvise should raise a support ticket.

Equipment Service Jobs - Workbench Plant Logs- meter reading imports

On completion of an Equipment Job in Upvise that syncs to Workbench, the system now automatically identifies and marks the most recent reading in Workbench as a service-related reading. This feature is aimed at simplifying the process of tracking and managing plant servicing and ensuring the data is accurately synced to workbench and visible on the plant maintenance log.

Key Criteria for Automatic Service Marking:

  • Log Type: The Equipment Job in Upvise must be categorised with the group as either 'Scheduled Service' or 'Unplanned Service.'

    image-20240213-045705.pngImage Removed
  • Reading Import: Timing: The system considers the most recent reading in Workbench that occurred before the completion date of the corresponding Equipment Job in Upvise.

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Equipment QR codes

Upvise has introduced a new unique QR Code format.
Clients using the old QR code structure that stores the [plant code] as the identifier will still be supported using the mobile application.
The NEW format is defined via a new URL, using the below format:

  • https://s3.upvise.com?db=[databaseid]&ta=[table]&id=[recordid]

    • [databaseid] is a numeric value identifying the databaseid

    • [table] identifies the record table, “tools”

    • [id] is the Upvise record id

  • QR codes can be extracted directly in Upvise via individual equipment or in bulk via the equipment list. See below:

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Upvise Mobile Application v7.0

A new mobile application version has been released for iPhone & Android users: v7.0.

This can be installed via:

  • Android: Google Play

  • iPhone: app store

Deprecated Functions Removal in Upvise

In line with Upvise’s standard feature releases, legacy custom functions have been removed from client databases. The customisations were originally implemented by Workbench however upvise has since released these as standard features so our custom overwrites are no longer required. These include:

  • Punch Display Options:

    • 4.6.20 - 13 Nov 2023

    • Punch Columns Control: (Punch.displayOptions, Punch.getDisplayColumns, Punch.writeList)

    • Custom PUNCH item Columns Display Control - Global Punch list

    • Custom PUNCH item Columns Display Control - Individual Equipment Punch list

  • Custom OPEN job list Columns Display Control (writeJobList) 4.6.23 - 21 Jan 2024

  • Custom COMPLETE job list Columns Display Control (writeCompletedJobList) 4.6.23 - 21 Jan 2024

  • Rename Subform names (FormsPdf.addSubFormsTable, Forms.viewForm)

  • Account Switching Custom logic Account Switching

  • Custom Notifications Notifications in Upvise

  • Custom PDF Exports

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