Release Notes | 6.4.40

6.4.40

Critical Configuration Enhancements Web Service APIs

 

New Configurations and Permissions

It is critical for the FASTER Admin to review these configuration and/or permission updates.

Permission Configuration

Module

Description

 

Configuration/Permission Updates

FASTER Web

Use the new password settings to configure password strength of the FASTER Webuser accounts.

Setup > Administrative Setup > Manage Security > Settings > Global Settings

  •  Password Strength

FASTER Web

Use the new Web Application Hosting Scenario setting to set the FASTER Webhosting type.

Setup > Administrative Setup > Manage Security > Settings > Global Settings

  •  Web Application Hosting Scenario

Maintenance

With required permissions, you are allowed to modify work order shop of other work orders assigned to you.   

Setup > Administrative Setup > Manage Security > Roles > <admin > > Maintenance

  •  Work Order Maintenance Shop Update

Assets 

Set the Begin FY Reading for all the active assets from the Setup module. This updates the beginning of the fiscal year meter reading for each asset in FASTER Web.  

   

·       To set the Begin FY Reading: Setup > Application Setup > Accounting > Settings > Begin Fiscal Month

·       To update the Begin FY Reading: Setup > Application Setup > Assets > Settings > Reset Begin FY Reading

Assets

Use the Add Meter Reading functionality in Customer Portal to add new meter reading to the assets.

Setup > Administrative Setup > Manage Security > Roles > <PortalUser > > Assets

  •  Meter Reading Add/Edit

 Reports

Deploy custom reports and execute scripts related to these custom reports on the FASTER Webdatabase.

Setup > Administrative Setup > Manage Security > Roles > <admin > > Reports

  • Custom Reports - Deployment

Reports

The new left-navigation link MS Report Builder in the Reports module lets you download and access the MS SQL Report Builder from FASTER Web. You can use MS SQL Report Builder to create custom reports from scratch or modify the existing FASTER WebStandard Reports based on your needs. 

Setup > Administrative Setup > Manage Security > Roles > <admin> > Reports

  • MS Report Builder Link View

Setup

 

The Vendor Settings added in the Setup > Application Setup > Vendors section lets you define default payment type for vendors. The payment types are New Purchase Order, Existing Purchase Order, or Credit Card. If a default payment type is set for the vendor, the Payment Type and its related fields pre-populate when creating an item order, reordering item, receiving an item order, creating a sublet repair, issuing a non-stock item to a work order or direct charge, and adding new vendor credit for that vendor.

Setup > Application Setup > Vendors > Vendor Settings

Setup

The System Default Account Code option added in the Setup > Application Setup > Accounting > Settings section lets you use the System Default Account while adding budget line item to purchase orders and credit cards in FASTER Web.

Setup > Application Setup > Accounting > Accounting Settings

  • Support System Default Account Code

 

 

Integrations

The Inventory Import Utility lets you import inventory records from a comma-delimited flat Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) file to the FASTER Webdatabase.     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Setup > Administrative Setup > Manage Security > Roles> <admin > > Inventory > Add Parts

  • Setup > Administrative Setup > Manage Security > Roles> <admin > > Maintenance > Part Issue Add/Edit

  • Setup > Administrative Setup > Manage Security > Roles> <admin > > Accounting > Billing Adjustments Add

  • Setup > Administrative Setup > Manage Security > Roles> <admin > > Integrations

  • Integration Documentation View

  • Permission Integration Log View

  • Permission Integration Schedule

  • Permission Integration Setup

 

Assets

A new tab Alerts is displayed for the assets in the Assets module that identifies the problems in the asset.

Setup > Administrative Setup > Manage Security > Roles > <admin > > Maintenance

  •  Alert View

Maintenance

The Alerts functionality in the Service Requests & Alerts section of the Maintenance module lets you search and view the alerts imported for FASTER assets.

You can also remove the alerts from the Alerts list until it is imported the next time into FASTER Web.

Setup > Administrative Setup > Manage Security > Roles > <admin > > Maintenance

  • Alert View

  • Alert Add/Edit

 

Maintenance

The permissions Electronic Requests Add/Edit, Electronic Requests View, and Electronic Requests Delete are relabeled to Service Requests Add/Edit, Service Requests View, and Service Requests Delete.

Setup > Administrative Setup > Manage Security > Roles > <admin > > Maintenance

  • Service Requests Add/Edit

  • Service Requests View

  • Service Requests Delete

Maintenance

An approval process is available for work order/direct charge when the total costs of work order/direct charge exceeds the approval threshold amount.  

·       To define work order/direct charge approval process, Setup > Application Setup > Maintenance > Settings > Edit Maintenance/TWS Settings >  Spending Authorization

  • Yes - Work order/direct charge authorization is required when the work order/direct charge total cost is above the  specified threshold

  • No - Work order/direct charge authorization is not required

By default, the value is set to No.

·       To define approval threshold amount, Setup > Application Setup > Maintenance > Fields > Maintenance Shop picklist field > Add/Edit New Item > Approval Threshold Amount

Setup

A FASTER Webuser role having Can Authorize Spending permission can approve the work order/direct charge when the work order/direct charge total cost is above the specified threshold.

Setup > Administrative Setup > Manage Security > Roles > <admin > > Maintenance

  • Can Authorize Spending

Assets

A FASTER Webuser role having Create Asset from VIN Decoder permission can either verify the VIN details existing in FASTER Webor extract the VIN details from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) service before creating an asset in FASTER Web.

Setup > Administrative Setup > Manage Security > Roles > <admin > > Assets

  • Create Asset from VIN Decoder

Setup

A FASTER Web user or an active directory user can be assigned as a Web API User, if the Web API User Only check box is selected while adding or editing the user.

A Web API User can access the Web Service APIs but cannot log on to the FASTER Web application. The Web API User can also access the FASTER Web API documentation using the FASTER Web API documentation URL.

Setup > Administrative Setup > Manage Security > Managing Users

·       Adding User

Fuel

Inventory of the asset items - fuel, parts, and fluids are now maintained in the Inventory module of FASTER Web.

You can also associate a fuel inventory item with a Fuel Vendor Mapping. With this association, FASTER Webautomatically maintains the fuel inventory levels in the Inventory module when you add a fuel transaction in the Fuel module. To add this fuel transaction, the storeroom of associated fuel inventory item must be assigned to your user account.

Setup > Administrative Setup > Manage Security > Users > View

  • Add Storeroom

Setup

 

A new option to notify the asset contacts about instances such as alerts and service completion via text messages is introduced in FASTER Web.

 

Setup > Administration Setup > Manage Security >  Persons

  • Notification Settings

Maintenance

A new functionality to schedule appointments for customer asset repairs/ service is introduced in FASTER Weband Customer Portal.

Setup > Application Setup > Maintenance >  Settings

  • Service Planner Settings

 

Maintenance

The new Alert Code Mapping functionality is added in the Maintenance module. With required permissions you can view, add, edit or delete the mapping of alert codes with the repair code.

Setup > Administrative Setup > Manage Security > Roles > <admin > > Maintenance

·       Alert View

·       Alert Add/ Edit

·       Alert Mapping View

·       Alert Mapping Add/ Edit

·       Alert Mapping Delete

Maintenance

A new permission is added to view the Calendar page in the Actions section of the Maintenance module

Setup > Administrative Setup > Manage Security > Roles > <admin > > Maintenance

  • Calendar View

Maintenance/ Customer Portal

New permission are added for FASTER Weband Customer Portalusers to view, create, edit and cancel appointments for customer asset repairs/ service.

  • Setup > Administrative Setup > Manage Security > Roles > <admin > > Maintenance

  • Customer Appointment Add/Edit

  • Customer Appointment Cancel

  • Customer Appointment View

·       Setup > Administrative Setup > Manage Security > Roles > <admin > > Setup

  • Manage Persons

·       Setup > Administrative Setup > Manage Security > Users > View > User Account > User Domains and Roles

  • Maintenance

  • Setup

  • Setup > Administrative Setup > Manage Security > Users > View > User Account > User Maintenance Shops and Roles

Setup

A new functionality to configure the appointment settings for a maintenance shop such as the days and time when the maintenance shop is available for appointments is added.

Setup > Application Setup > Maintenance > Fields > Maintenance Shop picklist

Setup

A new functionality to set prorate asset charges is added in the Accounting Settings section of the Setup module.

When the Prorate Asset Charges list is set to Yes, the asset charges are prorated based on the number of days an asset is assigned to each department during the billing date range.

And when set to No, the full amount of asset charges are charged to the department where the asset is assigned at the time the billing is processed.

Setup > Application Setup > Accounting > Settings > Edit Accounting Settings

  •  3349 - Comment and Service Request Information in Customer Portal

  •  3355 - Password Strength of FASTER Web User Accounts

  •  3360 - Modify Other Shop Work Orders

  •  3364 - Begin FY Reading Value from the Setup module

  •  3365 - Begin FY Reading Value When a New Meter is added

  •  3393, 16319, 16341 - The Data Dictionary section displays the database structure and data mapping information  

  •  3465 -  Add Meter Readings from Customer Portal

  •  5165 - W520 - Billing Information / W521 - Billing Information History

  •  5166 - W526 - Charges by Department / W527 - Charges by Department  History

  •  5167 - W528 - Billing Omissions / W529 - Billing Omissions History

  •  7467 - W105s - Asset List with Cost Info Summary Report

  •  7468 - W113s - Asset Utilization Summary Report

  •  7469 - W150s - Asset History Summary Report

  •  7472 - W301s - Technician Accountability Summary Report

  •  7474 - W309s - Downtime Details Report Summary Report

  •  7475 - W400s - Fuel Transaction Summary Report

  •  9319 - Email notification and approval process defined for work order/direct charge

  •  10996 - Notes icon and attachments icon that indicates the availability of notes/attachments

  •  13285 - Custom Report Deployment  

  •  14940 - The Asset Number column and the Fuel Type column of the Process Errors tab displays errors

  •  16266 - Inventory Import Utility in the Integrations module

  •  16443 - The item quantities in the W206 - Inventory Order Recommendation report are calculated based on the unit multiplier

  •  16546 - The Enter the date of Reassignment field will not be available while reassigning assets between departments

  •  16624 - The Work Order Note field in Technician Workstation (TWS) is now an optional field

  •  17021 - Map Location in the Assets module to pin and view the location of the assets on the map.

  •  17045 - The label Is WorkOrder Update is renamed to Open WO Billed to New Department while reassigning assets between departments

  •  17256 - Alerts Import

  •  17323 - Default tax rate while creating item order or sublet repair

  •  17474 - W113 - Asset Utilization Report now contains additional parameters to filter results

  •  17767 - The default value of Re-Label field Serial number is renamed to VIN/Serial Number in Assets Fields

  •  17991 - W109 - The Asset Replacement report  now contains additional parameters to filter results

  •  18491 - W318 - Technician Efficiency report displays the total hours in red when the total hours exceeds the defined labor hours

  •  18582 - Set a default account for purchase orders and credit cards from Accounting Settings in the Setup module

  •  18583 - Set default payment type for vendors from Vendor Settings in the Setup module

  •  19421 - The MS Report Builder lets you download and access the MS SQL Report Builder from FASTER Web and create custom reports in FASTER Web

  •  19226 - Schedule appointments to perform repairs/ service on customer assets

  •  19718 - W131 - Assets Without PM Information Report

  •  20985 - The VIN Decoder section in the Create Assets page of the Assets module helps you verify the VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) details of the FASTER assets

  •  21148 - W321 - Average Repair Time and Cost report  now contains additional parameter to filter results

  •  21887 - The options displayed on the Customer Portal screen are renamed

  •  21311 - Standard Report Deployment

  •  21429 - The Search Results grid of Advanced Search Options - Repairs & Labor page displays two new columns namely the Workorder Promise Date and Labor Standard

  •  22254 - A new global setting allows to set the hosting scenario of FASTER Web

  •  23594 - If the Cycle Type selected for a Preventative Maintenance is Set Annual Day, the Cycle Length is automatically set to one

  •  24216 - The Web API Documentation link in the Integrations module displays the FASTER Web API Documentation

  •  24531 - The label Electronic Requests is renamed to Service Requests in the Maintenance module

  •  24533 - The label Service Items is renamed to Services in the Customer Portal Settings page of the Setup module

  •  24534 - The term Service Items is renamed to Services, and Comment is renamed to Other Services in the Request Services page of Customer Portal

  •  24536 - The Customer Portal users can add any number of other service descriptions in the Other Service box as a part of the service request

  •  24584 - An optional field Service Urgency is added in the Request Service page of Customer Portal

  •  24848 - The label History Quantity Reference is renamed to Use in Asset History and Reporting

  •  25499 - A new link Return to Service Requests & Alerts is added while viewing the details of a service request

  •  27726 - FASTER Web users can be assigned as a Web API User

  •  27829 - The Parts module is renamed to Inventory module and lets you maintain inventory of parts, fuel, and fluid items

  •  27963 - A new setting Prorate Asset Charges is added in the Accounting Settings section of the Setup module

  •  28075 - The Accounting landing page chart now supports drill-down functionality

  •  29818 - A landing page chart added in the Accounting module for system default account code

  •  30244 - The Dashboard module now displays a Module Dashboard link

  •  32098 - Select a fuel site to be considered for all fuel transaction records

  •  33242 - Added Schedule option to set a schedule integration or to turn off scheduled integration to the Integration Scheduler dialog box

This release does not have any API updates.