What's New

This What's New page details all new development available in the standard system for the current and previous versions.

What's New Archive

For older versions please see What's New - Archive which lists previous versions.

What's New in Channels 2.0

To see what's new and what's coming up for Channels 2.0 please see Channels 2.0 What's New and Channels 2.0 Coming Soon.

8.211

The following new development is enabled by default.

Changes to Grid Configuration

It is now easier to see if a column heading is hidden by default and if a column has been hidden.

022456: Add Due Date to the GRN bottom grid

The Due Date from the Purchase Order grid has been added as the Due Date on the bottom grid of the GRN screen.

022366: Modifications to Supplier Return

The [ Supplier Returns | List ] screen has the following added to the grid; Net Total, Gross Total and User.

022543: Supplier Availability (Webservice Modification)

The stock Supplier Availability from the [ Stock | Detail | Suppliers ] screen has been added to the Stock Lookup dialog and the [ Stock | List ] screen.

022807: Make changes to Show Archived on Company Statement

The date functionality on the top section of the [ Customer / Supplier | Statement ] screen is available to select before the Show Archived checkbox is ticked.

022672: Add SITE to ExportOrderStatusEx

The site an order is assigned to (sorder.site_id) has been added to the ExportOrderStatusEx export for V1 XML webservices.

022690: Packing Restriction

The Pack Boxes dialog has been modified so that users can't complete the packing or press [OK] until all items on an order have been packed. An option in [ System Operations | Edit System Values | Sales | Invoice Management ] Packing enables this option.
Note: This option is not compatible with Link Stock/Packaging and should not be used if that feature is enabled within System Data.

022677: Allow scanned packing to move single qty

When using the Pack Boxes dialog, the user can choose whether a single amount or the full amount is packed when a stock item is scanned, or a barcode is entered. An option in [ System Operations | Edit System Values | Stock | Warehousing ] controls this functionality.

022791: Modify the new contact creation within Sales Order

A contact telephone field has been added to the new contact dialog on the [ Sales Order | Detail | Addresses ] tab.

The following options are not enabled by default. Please email Development for more information. There will be additional costs involved if the following new functionality is enabled.

022797: Improve POrder Import Tool

The Purchase Order Import Tool has been enhanced so that Importing .tsv files which have multiple Purchase Order codes for a supplier, will create a Purchase Order for each unique Purchase Order code.

8.210

The following new development is enabled by default.

022195 Channels 2.0 - Improve the way build relationship potential levels are handled

For Channel 2.0 the relationship potential has been changed so that parent items can be excluded from child item potential levels. The new option, Excl. Unbuild Potential, is in the Profiles grid.

022382: Improve Sales Summary country filters

The country filters in [ Sales Summary ] screen have been updated to allow multiple countries to be selected at one time. The country filter is available in the following screens:

• Best Sellers tab
• Customers tab
• Invoices tab

022366: Modifications to Supplier Return List screen

The [ Supplier Returns | List ] grid has been updated to include columns for the user associated with the return and the Net and Gross total value of the return.

The following options are not enabled by default. Please email Development for more information. There will be additional costs involved if the following new functionality is enabled.

022456: Add Due Date to the GRN bottom grid

The Due Date from the Purchase Order can now be seen on the bottom grid of the GRN screen.
This option is included when the Warehouse Control development has been enabled.

022380: Permission to edit locations

Changes have been made to permissions to restrict permission for users to be able to edit location information and also warehouse management options such as writing off stock, adjusting stock and quarantining stock.

This option is included when the Warehouse Control development has been enabled.

021920: Additional fields for MyDHL API

Enhancements have been made to the DHL API (MyDHL API) courier Neo service.

8.209

The following new development is enabled by default.

022383 Courier Bandings discount tolerance

A new option, Value Excl Disc has been added to the [ System Data | Courier Bandings ] grid allowing the order value criteria to be calculated before discount is applied to the order.

022592 Extend Bank Account Sort Code to 11 characters

Khaos Control has extended the character fields for Bank Accounts:

• Sort Code to 11
• Account Number to 40

022016 Add build calculations to Advanced Re-Ordering

There are new options on the stock options to allow further configuration of how builds are used in advanced re-ordering calculations.

021971: Improve pre-paid purchase orders to allow part payments

It is possible to part-pay a Purchase Order, see How To: Part-pay for a Purchase Order for example if the supplier requires a deposit.

The following options are not enabled by default. Please email Development for more information. There will be additional costs involved if the following new functionality is enabled.

021346: Extend Country Specific VAT to work for non-EU countries

Country Specific VAT has been modified and now works with RoW (Rest of World) countries as well as EU country VAT sales where the Net + VAT goes to the country tax register, but the net also appears on the UK tax register. This is for countries which have an option ticked within [ System Data | Countries ] called Include on UK VR.

022116: Create a Price List Import Tool

We have a price list tool to now import price lists, this will only work with [ Promotion | Price Lists | Stock Item / Price List ].

022459: Tax Returns: Outside VAT Scope

A new type of tax has been added such that stock items and SP ledger entries can be marked as “Outside VAT scope” which means they will not be posted to the tax register at all, as per HMRC guidance.

022249: Add an import mechanism to List Manager

Users can now import a file into List Manager as another way of adding data to a list.

022223: Add information to the Standard Re-ordering screen

New fields have been added to the [ Stock | Reordering | Reordering (Standard) ] screen including a chart of the previous 3 months sales, and a coloured stock field to indicate if you are understocked, overstocked, or at the correct stock level.

022103: Adding Discontinued Products to the Relationships Screen

The Relationship Parents for (Stock Code) dialog has had a new column added called Discontinued Products.

Coming Soon

The following improvements to the system will be coming soon; the version is yet to be determined.