The 8.84 version of Solution-IV, released early July, 2020 includes several Technical Bulletins and Enhancements.
Solution-IV version 8.84 sits on top of Thoroughbred's OPENworkshop® version 8.8.3 OPENworkshop Environment which has some of its own new features of which Solution-IV users can take advantage.
Solution-IV 8.84 Features
Accounts Payable
Vendor Inquiry - Added Comment field to Open Invoice View
Vendor Inquiry - Added Alternate Lookups, Invoice Number and Amount, for Vendor Code
Manual Check - Added option for Printing Manual Check
Monthly Check Register - Added option for sorting by Post Date
Invoice/Transaction Entry - Vendor Comments can now be displayed when Vendor Code is entered
Accounts Receivable
Cash Receipts Entry - Customer Code can now be looked up by Invoice Number or Amount
Parameters - New Batch Parameter added to be used as default when multiple companies are used
Customer Inquiry - New sorts added to AR Detail, Invoice History, Open Orders, and Purchase History views
Customer Inquiry - Added Charge Code field to AR Detail view
Customer Inquiry - Added new sort for Sales Rep to AR Detail View
Updating - Enhanced the message displayed when unable to update due to files/records being busy
Forms Creator
Alternate email - Customer Master file has new FC email file which allows for different email addresses for each document,(Order, Invoice, PO, and Statement)
Gift Card Balance - The balance of the gift card will now display on Invoices
Selector Screens - Forms Creator Printer field has been added to all form printing processes.
General Ledger
Financial Statements - Flag has been added to the report to allow the suppression of zero balance accounts
Inventory Control
Item Inquiry - Last PO Number and Last Transaction Numbers have been added to the Vendor Detail screen
Quick Item Entry - Item Price Class field added to entry screen
Transaction Detail Report - Running quantity total added to report
Item Listing - Option to export report to Excel added to selection screen
Order Processing
Point of Sales Entry - Option added to allow multiple sizes to be entered at once
PO Limit Tracking - New option added to track customer sales for each PO
Order Printing - Parameter added to ask if Order Printed Flag should be updated when partial Invoiced
Project Code - The field size has been increased to a length of 40 characters
Retail Invoice - Option added to use Items Retail price or special contract price
Order Entry - Option added to display price inquiry screen, List, Price Break, Contract price, Cost and Profit %. Also allows for changing percentage to calculate price
Rebates - New option to generate Rebate Credit for Items purchase during a specified time frame
Payments Restrictions - Restrictions on who can delete payment once entered
Point of Sales Entry - Dollar Amount discounts can now be applied
Order/Invoice Entry - Full Gift Card tracking added
Order/Invoice Entry - Warning message when user's terminal date is different than system date
Order Status Report - There is now a single Order Status with all the sort options from previous reports. Other enhancements added like exporting directly to Excel
Gross Margin Report - Gross Margin Report provides a listing of transaction lines with their Gross Margin Percentage
Contract Listing - This report now includes the Month to Date, Year to Date, and Last Year numbers
Purchase Order
Purchase Order Inquiry - Menu option added to display all invoices for this Purchase Order
Purchase Order Entry - Discount Based On field added to Summary screen
Purchase Order Entry - The Vendor Code can now be changed on Purchase Orders that have not been Received
Purchase Order Invoicing - A new parameter added to allow the Unit Cost to be updated for Non Stock items
Historical Transaction Report - Report can now be run for a single GL number or a range of numbers
Payroll
Tax Tables - All Federal and State Tax Tables have been updated.
Service Contract
Parts Entry - Item wild card lookup added
Parts Entry - Notes field added
System Utilities
Company Copy, Rename, and Delete - A checker has been added to warn user if company already exists
Streamline Period End Processing - The Period End processes have been streanline to allow for faster Period End closings.
Updating - Messaging has been updated to give more detail as to why Update can not be processed
Interfaces
Printerpoint (Supplies) - Once the order is approved in Printerpoint the information is set to Soltuion-IV and the Order is created
Printerpoint (Meter Readings) - Solution-IV retrieves the meter readings from Printerpoint and the Invoices are created
Generic XML interface for 3rd party Apps - This generic API uses the XML dataserver to accept order information from 3rd party applications
Required and Complimentary Products
The following Solution–IV version number has been assigned to this release and it requires the following other products in order to run:
Solution-IV
Version
OPENworkshop
Version
VIP®/GWW™
Version
8.84
8.8.3
8.8.3(optional)
For those customers interested in reviewing changes made between 8.82 and 8.83, the Release Notice will remain on the web at: