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Version 4.5 Build 04 Summary
Version 4.5 Build 04 Summary
| 20 New, 10 Fixes, and 6 Miscellaneous features Released on 04/07/2010 View all features/fixes from all builds of version 4.5  Download (102 MB) See a video showcasing the new features. | ||
| New Features - Build 4 | ||
| 1. ConnectWise 2010 is now supported with new built-in ConnectWise link. This new integration is available in the Corporate Edition of QuoteWerks. The integration includes: a) ConnectWise can be searched to find Contacts to pull into the quote. b) QuoteWerks will create/update a Sales opportunity in ConnectWise. You can attach to existing ConnectWise opportunities or create new opportunities in ConnectWise. You can even attach multiple quotes to the same ConnectWise opportunity. QuoteWerks creates forecast lines in the ConnectWise opportunity breaking down the forecasted amount by Product, Service, Managed Service, and Other. This enables you to quickly glance at your opportunity to see your revenue breakdown. Recurring revenue forecasting options are also supported. Products and Services can be optionally be automatically created under the Products and Services tabs respectively in the ConnectWise opportunity. These products are also created and updated in the ConnectWise master product database. c) QuoteWerks will create/update an attachment to the quote under the Documents tab in the ConnectWise Opportunity. This can be used to open up the quote that the opportunity refers to. If this is a remote install or satellite office, opening that document link will import that quote into that QuoteWerks installation. d) QuoteWerks will create/update a call activity in ConnectWise used to follow up on the quote. This call will be linked to both the ConnectWise contact and the ConnectWise Opportunity. e) The QuoteWerks DataLink feature can be used with ConnectWise enabling you to retrieve information like Terms and shipping method from the ConnectWise contact into the quote. f) When printing, QuoteWerks can retrieve Contact data from ConnectWise and include it in the printed output. g) ConnectWise Contact data can be retrieved using the F2 Lookup macro of ~ConnectWise_Macro(). h) QuoteWerks can link to the ConnectWise product database as a Product Data Source. From within QuoteWerks you can search the ConnectWise product database, and add these products to your QuoteWerks quote. i) The integration communicates directly with the ConnectWise backend, so the ConnectWise "fat" client does not need to be running for the integration to work. This is particularly useful if you do not have ConnectWise or QuoteWerks running. In this case, if you want to create a quote, you only need to open QuoteWerks. See a screenshot/video of this feature | ||
| 2. Recurring Revenue support. Now, you can use the Line Item Attributes to specify if a line item is recurring revenue like a Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, or Annual fee. You can set if you want the first month's fee to be due up front or not. You can easily run management reports to see how much Monthly revenue is forecasted based on these recurring revenue items. You can also filter these reports to see when various monthly contract periods are ending, so that you can contact your customers for renewals, etc. Often in a quote, you may have one line item with an Annual recurring revenue and another with a Monthly recurring revenue. Rather than having to individually specify the start and end date for both of these line items, you can just set the ContractStartDate and ContractEndDate on the Sale Info tab and that can be used for both line items. The RecurringBillingCycle, RecurringStartDate and RecurringEndDate columns will be available on the Document Items tab. You have access to all this recurring information in the print layout with the following DocumentItem fields: &LineAttributeIsRecurring, RecurringBillingCycle, RecurringFirstPaymentIncluded, &RecurringRevenueWeekly, &RecurringRevenueMonthly, &RecurringRevenueQuarterly, &RecurringRevenueAnnual. Additionally, there are document level DocumentHeader macros of &RecurringRevenueWeeklySubtotal, &RecurringRevenueMonthlySubtotal, &RecurringRevenueQuarterlySubtotal, and &RecurringRevenueAnnualSubtotal. See a screenshot/video of this feature | ||
| 3. QuoteWerks now supports product content subscriptions from Etilize. This subscription provides QuoteWerks users in the IT industry with consumer friendly product descriptions, product images, and marketing descriptions. Without Etilize, QuoteWerks users have to import product information and scour the web looking for product images to download and for product descriptions to include in their quotes and proposals. With Etilize, QuoteWerks searches the Etilize database "from the cloud", and returns product matches including customer friendly descriptions, product pictures, and in depth product summaries with marketing and feature descriptions, all of which are easily added into the quote. The pictures are automatically downloaded and saved into the QuoteWerks\Images folder. Combine the Etilize subscription with the Real-time Pricing & Availability for D&H, Ingram Micro, Tech Data, and SYNNEX, and the Etilize integration will also show you the current pricing and availability for each of these items from each of these distributors all at once. Please note, Etilize supports part numbers from D&H (USA & Canada), Ingram Micro (USA & Canada), Tech Data (USA only), and SYNNEX (USA only). See a screenshot/video of this feature | ||
| 4. The Online Ordering Module is no longer sold as a separate $399 annual subscription. The Online Ordering features are now included with the Real-Time Data Module. Additionally, while in demo mode, you can now interact with the Online Ordering screens. You will still need to request a trial key however to activate the ability to actually place an online order. | ||
| 5. Real-time Pricing and Availability is now available for the UK IT distributor Westcoast ( www.westcoast.co.uk ). | ||
| 6. Real-time Pricing and Availability is now available for the UK IT distributor Northamber ( www.northamber.com ). | ||
| 7. Added new CompanyAKA1, CompanyAKA2, and CompanyAKA3 fields to the built-in QuoteWerks contact database. This feature lets you specify up to 3 "Also Known As" (AKA) aliases for each company record. When searching for a contact by company name, if the search phrase finds a match in the Company, CompanyAKA1, CompanyAKA2, or CompanyAKA3 field, that record will be returned in the results. There are many fantastic ways to use this new feature which you will quickly find very useful. For example, a company like "Center for Computer Resources" when asked for their company name may reply with "CCR". If you search your database for CCR you will of course not find it, because the company’s full name is "Center for Computer Resources". Using the new company name aliasing feature, you can set CompanyAKA1="CCR". That way you will find their record if you type in either "Center for Computer Resources" or "CCR". Here is another way to use the Aliasing feature. You may use contact management software "GoldMine". The company that makes "GoldMine" is "FrontRange Solutions, Inc.". If you want to search your database to look for the phone number for GoldMine support, you will most likely remember the name "GoldMine" and not "FrontRange Solutions, Inc." In this case, you can set the CompanyAKA1="GoldMine". That way when you search for "GoldMine" it will pull up "FrontRange Solutions, Inc." Building on this, you could also store the name of your GoldMine reseller in CompanyAKA2, so that when you search for "GoldMine" QuoteWerks returns the contact information for both the company that makes GoldMine and the reseller that services your GoldMine installation. Another really great use for the Aliasing feature is to record company parent and child relationships. A company may have its own particular name like "Aspire Technologies, Inc.", but its parent company is "Lewe Enterprises". You may have "Aspire Technologies, Inc." listed in your database, but when they call you, they say their name is "Lewe Enterprises". In this case, you can set the Company="Aspire Technologies, Inc.", and CompanyAKA1="Lewe Enterprises". Another use would be simply to use the Alias as a nickname. Another use is when a company changes their name. You can put the old name in CompanyAKA1, and update the Company field with the new name. This way, you will find the record when you search for the old or current company name. This is particularly useful when someone who has been with the company for a long time may initially announce themselves as working for an old company name either accidentally or they assume that your records have not been updated. | ||
| 8. Added support for a Sales Rep picture and Electronic Signature picture on the Personal tab of the Tools->My Preferences menu. This is a great way for your customers to get to know the personal side of your sales reps. The Electronic Signature picture can be used to add a picture of your handwritten signature to the quote which is another nice personal touch. These pictures are available as the following fields in the layout designer: Application.LoggedInUserPicture, Application.LoggedInUserElectronicSignature, DocumentHeaders.&SalesRepPicture, and DocumentHeaders.&SalesRepElectronicSignature. | ||
| 9. On the Layout Designer window, there is now a [Save and Preview] button on the toolbar. With this, you can make a change to a layout and then click this button to perform the combined tasks of saving the layout, closing the layout, and previewing the layout. Additionally, after the preview window is closed, QuoteWerks re-opens the layout in the layout designer so that you can continue making changes! | ||
| 10. Added 4 more CustomText fields on the Custom tab of the Quote WorkBook. Added fields CustomText21, CustomText22, CustomText23, and CustomText24. | ||
| 11. Added Opportunity Name default on the Misc tab of the Tools|Options menu. Macros are supported. With this, the default Opportunity names can be more descriptive and therefore more useful. Currently this is only used with ConnectWise opportunities. | ||
| 12. Keyboard shortcuts for date field entry in most date input text boxes such date fields on the quote workbook tabs, the Edit Product window, Open Document, QuoteWerks Edit contact window, and more. The keyboard shortcuts are as follows: "t"=today's date. "+"=increase the date by one day. "-"=decrease the date by one day. "d"=increase the date by one day. "m"=first day of the month(if field is empty), otherwise increases the date by one month. "h"=last day of the month(if field is empty), otherwise increases date to the end of the current month, and then each subsequent press increases the date to the last day of the next month. "y"=first day of the year(if field is empty), otherwise increases the date by one year. "r"=last day of the year(if field is empty), otherwise increases date to the end of the current year, and then each subsequent press increases the date to the last day of the next year. | ||
| 13. You can now specify an ItemType for Percent Charge and Percent Discount line items. Also, the ItemType can now be specified in the definition of Grouped Bundles and Grouped Configurations. | ||
| 14. In the Quick Loookup toolbar, if you type in a part number, and the product is not found, the part number field will no longer be cleared. | ||
| 15. Added Application->CurrencySymbol field, and DocumentHeaders.&AlternateCurrencySymbol field for the print layout designer. | ||
| 16. The Edit Product window caption now displays the Manufacturer Part Number for quick reference. | ||
| 17. The SYNNEX description field now supports descriptions longer than 100 chars. A longer description of up to 240 characters (if provided by SYNNEX) is now supported. To apply this change, the SYNNEX product data source will need to be removed and the re-added. | ||
| 18. The macro field &SYS_TodaysDateA has been added. It returns a string formatted like "Monday, March 19, 2010". The existing macro &SYS_TodaysDate returns a string formatted like "Mar-19-2010". | ||
| 19. Added new user level based ini setting of "OutlookBCMAssignedToOveride". This was done to accommodate a situation where the network user machine was only part of a workgroup - not a domain. This caused a problem with the Outlook "Assigned by" field not matching the operating system credentials. | ||
| 20. Reseller Branding is now supported. Resellers can request a QuoteWerks Reseller Branding String. When this Branding String is entered into a QuoteWerks installation a Help->Contact My Reseller menu will appear. When the user clicks on this menu, the reseller's contact information, and a personalized message will be displayed. Additionally, when users receive messages from within QuoteWerks and through the QuoteWerks Communicator system, instead of the message saying the generic "contact your local reseller to purchase", it will give specific details on the local reseller to contact including company name, contact name, phone number, email, etc. | ||
| Misc Features - Build 4 | ||
| 1. New quotes now default to the quote.fpc layout, new orders default to the order.fpc layout, and new invoices default to the invoice.fpc layout. | ||
| 2. For percent charge and percent discount line items, if the line item above it is flagged as optional, the charge or discount will be calculated based on the amount of the optional line item. Previously it would be based on 0.00. | ||
| 3. The ACT! 2010 Integration link Windows Installer has been updated to say "QuoteWerks 4.5 ACT! 2010 link". Also, if ACT! is uninstalled and then you try to uninstall the QuoteWerks ACT! 2010 link would receive an error saying "ACT! was not installed". | ||
| 4. The MS CRM Integration link Windows installer has been updated to say "QuoteWerks 4.5 MS CRM link". | ||
| 5. Updated to accommodate Tech Data real-time now returning "Vendor authorization required for pricing information for item" instead of "Warning: Item is not EC-orderable -- contact Sales". | ||
| 6. The width of the Quantity column of the selected items in the Configurator was increased. | ||
| Fixes - Build 4 | ||
| 1. For SugarCRM users when attempting to update a SugarCRM opportunity that was previously closed as 'Lost' you would not be prevented from doing so. QuoteWerks does not support the updating of SugarCRM opportunity that has already been closed. Also, if the QuoteWerks quote was converted to a 'Lost Sale', the SugarCRM opportunity was not getting closed. | ||
| 2. For native product databases, if the database tree was expanded and then the "(Manufacturers)" Auto-folder was clicked on, would receive error "...no RecordSource specified..." | ||
| 3. In comment lines, only certain text columns can accept input. In addition to the current text columns that accept input, now the Vendor and Manufacturer columns can also accept data. Additionally, any text columns that do not accept text will now warn you about this. | ||
| 4. For ACT for Web users, after saving a document you would be prompted to save again when closing the document. | ||
| 5. For GoldMine users, the integration uses DDE which has a 254 character limit for each DDE command. There are some GoldMine integration activities in which the 254 character limit may have been reached. Now you will receive a message if this happens so that it can be tracked down. | ||
| 6. If a line item had a picture associated with it, and the line item below it did not have a picture, but had the Line Attribute of PrintPicture set, the picture from the line item above it would be printed. | ||
| 7. In the layout designer, when checking the "Advance Page After Printing Section" formatting option for the Detail Section of the layout, the page numbering would be wrong. | ||
| 8. Misc RTF issues with tables and with same image being used for all items when PDF file was generated. | ||
| 9. When renaming the Links tab, the default name of "Links" was not appearing. Also, the text for the renamed tab would not be saved. | ||
| 10. When copying a product from a native product data source and then choosing the Append Paste option to add this product to another product data source, the ItemURL field would not be copied. | ||
| Misc Features - Build 3 | |
| 1. Internal Build. This build was not released to the public and is not available for download. | |
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