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      2022.08.13- P8 Product Release Notes

      Our current focus lies in our billing integration work. There are many new functions and features released but if you don't have access to the tools please contact our support team to have them added.

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      Pathway to Xero | General Updates | Other Good Stuff | Bugs Resolved

      The Big Stuff - PATHWAY TO XERO
      WHAT: Dynamic Vendor Commission
      WHO: Livestock Agents
      DETAILS: Allows a livestock agency admin user to customise commission values for a producer on a % of sale or per head basis and be variable by a sale sub-type.
      WHAT: Xero Contact Groups
      WHO: Livestock Agents 

      DETAILS: The following attributes in AgriNous will now create custom Groups in Xero for enhanced reporting and analytics;

      Buyer, Vendor, Meat Processor, Debtor Insurance, Transit Insurance, Transporter, Top Buyer Cattle, Top Buyer Sheep
      WHAT: Update to XERO CSV format
      WHO: Livestock Agents
      DETAILS: A new output format to meet the adjusted requirements of the Xero import process. 
      WHAT: Sundry Charges
      WHO: Livestock Agents
      DETAILS: Allow authorised users to create positive or negative charges between two businesses. One of these entities must be in the sale (vendor or buyer), and the other can be an external provider (3rd Party) if required.  
      WHAT: End of Month reports
      WHO: Livestock Agents

      DETAILS: Livestock agents can now produce end-of-month reports for;

      • Debtor Insurance Turnover Report
      • Transit Insurance Premiums Collected
      • LPR Report & CSV.
      • More to come....
      WHAT: Agency Settings
      WHO: Livestock Agents
      DETAILS: Livestock agents can now administer some of their business settings around their AgriNous account, such as their default colour, default commission values by sale types, Debtor Insurance Values, and Transit Insurance Values.  More to come in this space!

      General Updates
      WHAT: Sale Day Staff Users
      WHO: Saleyards
      DETAILS: Admin Saleyard Users can now select from Pre-Sale & post Sale Staff to have greater control over what users have access to what data and when - Sale Day staff are also restricted to the geographical boundary of the saleyard site. 
      WHAT: User Permissions & Groups
      WHO: Livestock Agents & Saleyards
      DETAILS: Designated Administrator users will now have access to manage their users, invite new users, and terminate users no longer required. Users can be placed into pre-defined groups set by AgriNous that will add greater control over your data. 
      WHAT: Bidder Rego added to On-Farm Auctions
      WHO: Livestock Agents
      DETAILS: Single agency On-Farm Auctions now support bidder registration - turn on this function from the sale creation/edit screen.
      WHAT: Reply to Email Address
      WHO: Livestock Agents & Saleyards
      DETAILS: If a recipient attempts to reply to an email sent from AgriNous, it will populate the saleyard ( or Agent if sent from an agent) as the reply to contact. 
      WHAT: Email Outbox
      WHO: Saleyards
      DETAILS: See a list of all emails sent from the saleyards and obtain insight on email bounces and open/read status.
      WHAT: Sale Sub-Types
      WHO: Livestock Agents & Saleyards
      DETAILS: All sale types now have Sales Sub-Type options, these can be used to drive various outcomes, such as different fees and default rounds and in coming releases, we will link buyer ways & top buyers to sale sub-types.
      WHAT: Share Buyer PIC's & Buyer Ways @ Saleyards
      WHO: Livestock Agents & Saleyards
      DETAILS: When an agent enters a pic and buyer way for a buyer on a lot on sale day, it is shared/becomes available for all agents on that day. If an agent enters a vendor and PIC against a consignment, they are shared with the saleyard (but NOT the other Agents)
      WHAT: Nominations Updates
      WHO: Livestock Agents & Saleyards 
      DETAILS:

      Updates to Nominations include:

      • Include totals at the bottom of the CSV export
      • Customised terms by saleyard location
      • Updates to Global Search filter
      • Nomination summary on Consignments Screen
      • Consignments created from Nominations are set to arrive by default.
      • Updates to the total sum formula
      • Grand Total column for Vendors
      • Desktop/ Mobile view toggle.
      WHAT: Updates to Rule Builder options
      WHO: Livestock Agents & Saleyards
      DETAILS: Updates to options in the rule builder to allow for greater flexibility when calculating outputs - Such as % of sale participation by units, Rules by Sale Sub-Type etc.
      WHAT: Description Template for Rules
      WHO: Livestock Agents & Saleyards
      DETAILS: Rule builders can now create a rule description by leveraging dynamic tags to populate references in rule outputs such as Pen Number, Vendor Name, Age, Sex, Breed etc.

      Other Good Stuff
      WHAT: WHO: DETAILS:
      Updates to Sightings Saleyards Submit sightings to NLIS on-sale date, not action date

      Updates to Role Selector

      All Livestock Agents with more than one role

      Show more concise detail about where users belong
      Updates to Bidder Rego Form Livestock Agents & Saleyards Adjust bidder rego form to handle many people entering registration at the same time. 

      Bugs Resolved
      WHAT: WHO: DETAILS:

      Update to Bidder Rego link from edit sale.

      Livestock Agents & Saleyards

      The copy link has now been updated to work as expected.

      Action an unallocated scan

      Livestock Agents & Saleyards

      		 Users can now move an unallocated scan from the EIDs table into a sale lot.