Instructions for updating Fishbowl to the latest version can be found in Update Fishbowl.
Release Notes for older versions are found in the Release Notes archive.
Upcoming features are found in the Road Map.

2020.3 - 3/12/2020

New Features - 2020.3

Fixes - 2020.3

Auto PO

Resolved: Parts with sufficient quantity showing to be ordered

Bill Of Materials

Resolved: BOM Instructions missing browse for URL

Fishbowl GO

Resolved: Error caused by a part stored in pounds being consumed in ounces on WO

Imports

Resolved: Spaces not being trimmed from beginning or end of column Headers
Resolved: Unable to import kits with option groups or discounts
Resolved: Importing a kit on the Sales Order CSV with only the kit header will show part cost as $0
Resolved: Importing the PPVP for an existing part with only the required columns will overwrite Tax Codes to blank (AU)
Resolved: EDI Shipping Export exporting the SO number instead of the shipment number
Resolved: Incorrect line number errors on WO Steps CSV import
Resolved: Incorrect line number errors on BOM Instructions CSV import
Resolved: Incorrect line number errors on BOM Details CSV import
Resolved: Incorrect line number errors on Kit Items CSV import
Resolved: Incorrect line number errors on SO Details CSV import

Monitor

Resolved: Displayed negative available quantity

Pricing Rules

Resolved: Using Adjust Prices wizard only updating the first 100 records

QuickBooks Desktop

Re-integration improvements

QuickBooks Online

Issue: Discount Account mappings not overriding the Integration Default Mappings

Resolution: Disabled the dropdown in Discounts to select specific accounts

Reports Module

Resolved: Report module wouldn't load after getting logged out for inactivity until you exit and restart the client

Sales Order

Resolved: Return SO's from RMAs do not take BOM adjustments into account
Resolved: Sales Order not refreshing after voiding a shipment

Shipping

Resolved: Layout changes not saving

User

Resolved: Errors when logging in with a User whose default location group was inactivated

XERO

Resolved: Connection error when trying to reintegrate

2020.2 - 2/20/2020

Highlights - 2020.2

Added a Sales Order module to Fishbowl GO

New Features - 2020.2

Shipping Invoice

Title is now modifiable. Proforma and Invoice titles can be changed separately.
Downsized the font on the item list. The report can now display more items per page.

Work Order Flag

Now displays calendar categories.
Added options to filter by, sort by, and hide/show categories.
Title can now be modified.

Work Order Summary

Now displays calendar categories.
Added options to filter by, group by, and hide/show categories.
Added an optional Location Group column.
Title can now be modified.

Work Order Traveler

This report has been completely redesigned.
Changed to portrait and downsized the font to make room for many more items on a page.
Now displays calendar categories.
Added option to hide/show categories.
Title can now be modified.
BOM Instructions no longer display on their own page.

Manufacture Order Traveler

This report has been completely redesigned.
Changed to portrait and downsized the font to make room for more WOs per page.
Now displays calendar categories.
Added option to hide/show categories.
Title can now be modified.

Export Summary

Added "Apply Date Filter" option. The date range can now be set to look at either Date Posted or Item Date Fulfilled.

Purchase History

"Apply Date Filter" titles have been changed to reflect the names in the client.
Report title has been changed to "Customer Purchase History".

Fixes - 2020.2

Authorize.net

Resolved: Payment Gateway integration being removed after deleting a payment that was taken before integrating with Authorize.net

Checkout

Resolved: No prompt to print the invoice after selecting Invoice payment method

CSV Import/Export

Resolved: Users create from CSV import would not show in dropdown lists until after a server restart
Resolved: Generic Shopping Cart CSV missing QB Class column
Resolved: Yahoo Shopping Cart CSV missing QB Class column
Resolved: PO as SO export blank error because of missing QB Class column
Resolved: Receipt Item unit cost showing $0 when PO was created via CSV
Resolved: Add Inventory XLSX import error with 3 or more decimal digits
Updated Part Product & Vendor Pricing import instructions to specify that the Asset Account column maps to the expense account field for non-inventory parts
Resolved: Tooltips & CSV instructions showing incorrect character limits
Resolved: Importing locations requires a server restart to show in lists
Resolved: Part Product & Vendor Pricing import allowed non-inventory type parts to have tracking assigned
Resolved: Using Part Cost CSV to update costs on databases not using average cost caused accounting export errors

Customer

Resolved: Null error when trying to save a customer when the address and contact information was added and then the address was deleted

Dropbox

Resolved: Error when opening a file uploaded for a Work Order

Fishbowl GO

Resolved: Receiving clears out customer/job field on receipt item

Installer

Resolved: Linux installer errors
Auto-updater optimizations

Inventory

Resolved: Moving an item with a serial number containing "%" causes an error

Locations

Resolved: Null error when deleting non-required location

Location Groups

Resolved: Creating a new Location Group requires a server restart to show locations in lists

Manufacture Order

MO to PO speed improvements
An MO with multiple WO's for the same BOM will display the BOM number in the search instead of saying "Multiple BOMs"
Resolved: Inability to pick higher level WO when deleting a lower level stage on a multi-stage order

Picking

Resolved: Finished pick item status orb shows green circle instead of a checkmark
Resolved: Splitting Work Order picks causing decimal eaches

Purchase Order

Resolved: Deliver To on CSV import not being accessible in the client
Changed PO Item Details "Outsourced" field label to "Returning As"

Receiving

Resolved: Modifying a consumed RG's serial number when selecting Finished Good tracking from consumed tracking caused a blank error

Sales Order

Resolved: Sales Order CSV attachment being blank or missing when sending Purchase Order emails
Resolved: Payment Receipt module option set to none still tries to print receipt

Shipping

Resolved: Paid stamp not showing because of rounding errors
Resolved: Shipping an item with a serial number containing a "\" caused an error
Resolved: Voiding a shipment with Carton Based Shipping turned on removes all manually added shipping type line items

Quickbooks Desktop

Resolved: Customers without a set country not importing state into Fishbowl
Resolved: Partial fulfillment with multiple subtotals export issues
Resolved: Suspense account type would break the export/integration (UK version)

Quickbooks Online

Resolved: Part/Product assigned accounts not overriding integration default account mappings

XERO

Resolved: Classes not being included on journal entries in certain situations
Resolved: Vendor credit journal debiting inventory asset rather than crediting it
Resolved: Export rounding errors
Issue: "Invoice # must be unique" error when fulfilling 2 different drop-ship items on the same order

Resolution: Added module option to add a unique ID to the order number

Resolved: "The line amount cannot be zero or empty" export error

Database Changes

Added column PART.DEFAULTOUTSOURCEDRETURNITEMID
Added column PART.DEFAULTPOITEMTYPEID
Dropped table PLUGINDATA_AUD
Also added 'Cancelled' status id's for SO and SO Item (85 and 75 respectively)
Updated the following fields to size 60

SO.billToName
SO.shipToName
SHIP.shipToName
PO.shipToName
PO.remitToName
XO.shipToAttn
XO.fromAttn

2019.11 - 11/21/2019

New Features - 2019.11

DiscountGetRq now allows for filtering on active only and returns the active flag
New call to unissue a sales order has been added (UnissueSoRq)
LocationGroupRq only returns the location groups the user has access to
New call to show all parent classes (Get QBClassListRq)

Fixes - 2019.11

Avalara Integration

Resolved: Sales orders created in version 2019.7 or earlier that include the Avalara tax item that are then exported after updating to 2019.10 cause an error because of the item name change.

CSV Import \ Export

Resolved: Part, Product and Vendor Pricing import is not importing part custom field data.

Part

Resolved: Creating a new part with a default location doesn't save, the default location must be set after the part is created.
Resolved: When part default location is set, default locations cannot be removed.

Picking

Resolved: Money type tracking fields default to $0 in the pick finish wizard and won't allow for searching to show all tracking.
Resolved: Consuming the entire quantity from a tag causes the tag to be deleted, which in turn limits the pick from being voided.

Plugins

Resolved: Shopify plugin cannot be loaded because of a class included in the jar file.

Purchase Order

Resolved: Auto PO tool filter to not include parts with No ROP \ OUL isn't consistently returning data.

QuickBooks Desktop Integration

Resolved: Exporting sales orders with the module option set to "Export sales order number last invoice number" is prefixing with a "S" character on the number.
Resolved: Purchase order import fails when attempting to import orders.
Resolved: Error messages aren't being properly displayed for credit memo orders.
Issue: Error occurs when attempting to export an order with an invoice number that is longer than QB allows.

Resolution: Any invoice numbers that exceed 11 characters will be automatically truncated when posted to accounting.

Issue: Error occurs when attempting to export any payment with an associated invoice number that is longer than QB allows.

Resolution: Any invoice numbers that exceed 11 characters will be automatically truncated when posted to accounting.

Resolved: Exporting customers can cause an error in some cases, exporting again solves the problem.
Issue: When multi-currency is enabled in QBD but off in Fishbowl a message appears stating "unset error message".

Resolution: Message now indicates that Multi-currency must be enabled in Fishbowl before the export can be completed.

QuickBooks Online Integration

Resolved: Validation fails when sending a batch of more than 100 items.

Reports

Resolved: Tracking information on shipping reports is not separating by quantity.

Sales Order

Resolved: Creating an order for a product with a build to order finished good creates the manufacture order with the order quantity even if the BOM quantity is different.

Schedule

Resolved: Running a scheduled task, selecting another module and attempting to return to the schedule locks the display until the task completes.

API

Resolved: Printing through the API fails (dies to silent rollback)

2019.10 - 10/24/2019

New Features - 2019.10

Reports

Sales Order Report

Updated look and feel.
Added an option to select logo alignment.
PO Number can now be displayed in the boxes directly above the item list.

Service Order Report

Updated look and feel.
Added an option to select logo alignment.

Packing Slip

Updated look and feel.
Added an option to select logo alignment.
The report title has been changed to “Packing Slip”.
Added an option to change the report title in the settings.

POS Receipt

Updated look and feel.
Added an option to select logo alignment.

Purchase Order Report

Updated look and feel.
Added an option to select logo alignment.

Transfer Order Report

Updated look and feel.
Added an option to select logo alignment.

Sales Order Summary

Added a new filter called "Show Historical Product Name". When unchecked, items will show the current product name, even it was changed after the item was placed on the order.

On Hand Report

When the "Show Parts with Zero Quantity" box is checked, and a location group is specified, all parts will be displayed even if there is no stock for that part in the location group. Quantity will show as 0 for those parts.

Fixes - 2019.10

General

Updated to latest Hibernate and Spring
Updated to latest Avalara SDK file (Sandbox)
PayPal payment gateway has been deprecated and is no longer available for configuration for databases that are not already connected before updating.

Accounting

Issue: Setting Home currency to format like Euro (, instead of .) causes issues on close into money and quantity fields.

Resolution: Values now save in the proper format.

CSV Import \ Export

Resolved: Sales order drop ship items with no default vendor import the first item but not subsequent items.
Resolved: Sales order doesn't create a new order class if the the class doesn't already exist in Fishbowl.
Resolved: Sales order details import has two QuickBooks class header names, "QBClass" header doesn't import correctly though.
Resolved: Part, Product and Vendor Pricing import allows parts with UOM other than each to turn on serial number type tracking.
Added the work order order level notes column to the instructions.

Currency

Resolved: formatting issues with commas and periods for numerous fields have been updated to accommodate for differences in currency formatting.
Resolved: Money conversion fields now format currency values according to currency type.
Resolved: When home currency is defined the rate isn't always set to 1 and field locked down.

Customer

Resolved: Deleting a tax rate on a customer causes an error.
Multi-currency customer currency is locked on order creation.

Dashboard

Resolved: Open Sales Order gadget is missing the sales order number hyperlinks.

Data

Issue: Data module support login displays support login as invalid if the company name has a # in the text.

Resolution: Support login now validates with name from license key.

Inventory

Resolved: Inventory search panel pagination count fails when the size is set to 5.

Manufacture Order

Resolved: Details tab doesn't always display the most recent fulfilled date when multiple work orders have been fulfilled at different times.
Resolved: Order search query to filter orders by any criteria beyond status is stupid slow.

Part

Resolved: Part last user field doesn't update when the update occurs through an import or API update.

Picking

Resolved: Pick search is calculated incorrectly with group picks.

Plugins

Resolved: Every additional plugin beyond the first installed plugin causes the initial module load time to extend significantly.

Product

Issue: Product income accounts can allow users to set the income account to an inactive account in some cases.

Resolution: Inactive accounts are filtered from the list of available accounts.

Purchase Order

Resolved: Purchase Order ship to dropdown field won't open after modifying the customer address:address name field.
Resolved: Advanced search "ship to" field causes an error when attempting to utilize it to search information.

QuickBooks Desktop Integration

Resolved: Orders created in QBD are referencing the sales order carrier and service rather than the shipment carrier and service like they should.

QuickBooks Online Integration

NOTICE! - QuickBooks Online integration has been updated to updated OAuth2 and will require reintegration on update.
Resolved: Sales order with a misc credit that has the taxable flag set causes a "transaction not in balance" error.
Resolved: Creating a sales order with a $5 item, a $10 item, then $5 item all with any tax and export. A credit memo with a positive tax amount is mistakenly created.
Resolved: limiting the QBO results during the validation check can cause errors so no result set limitations are applied.
Resolved: Part mapping is posting to accounting when updating to a new account.

Receiving

Resolved: Advanced search lists the same order multiple times when searching containing files for items split into multiple receipts.
Resolved: Reconciling an order, adding a labor or service item during reconcile, adding the item to the vendor bill is greyed out but after selecting ok and then editing the option to add to the vendor bill is no longer greyed out.
Resolved: Outsourcing a part, receiving as a different part causes an error in the costing layer on the newly received part despite landing any additional costs when reconciling.

Reports

Resolved: Sales Order Summary - When a product number is changed, historical data will now be displayed even when filtered by the new name.
Resolved: Sales Order Taxes - Tax total no longer duplicates when there are multiple shipments per order.

RMA

Resolved: Returning a substitute type item and selecting cross ship in the wizard doesn't fully display the price field in the user interface.

Sales Order

Resolved: Setting the default carrier for a customer then creating a new order displays a blank dropdown for the carrier service until the carrier is reselected.
Issue: Drop ship sales order with a part missing a necessary UOM conversion issues the sales order even though the purchase order creation fails.

Resolution: Sales order displays the error, the PO isn't created and the sales order remains unissued.

Resolved: Sales order to Purchase order tool creates orders for full quantity of items even when specifying short quantity only in certain conditions.
Resolved: Sales orders with flat rate discounts are not showing the correct date completed when the shipment is backdated.
Resolved: Creating a new order, adding a product and then opening the item details window and selecting pricing, followed by closing twice and then loading a new order never prompts to save pending changes.
Resolved: Sales order module option to send email when issued prompts regardless of the setting.
Resolved: Checking for a unique customer PO number displays an error in the stack trace even though there is no error.
Resolved: Adding a product with a build to order configuration orders the option group sort order randomly and should follow the bill of materials order.

Server

Issue: Client timeout setting doesn't always disconnect clients at the specified inaction time in some cases.

Resolution: Timeout now disconnects sessions based on a single timeline.

Issue: Force shutdown dialog is not centered on the server UI when the server window is not on the primary monitor.

Resolution: Dialog "should" display in the correct window now.

Resolved: Database and Restore tabs are active while the server is running and should be disabled.
Resolved: Database creation progress dialog window always shows on the primary monitor when multiple monitors exist, even when FB is on a secondary display.
Resolved: Selecting a new database doesn't show on the server user interface until the server is started.

Shipping

Resolved: Sales order item status isn't updated correctly when the user fully ships an item, partially ships another, voids the shipment, reships and then picks the item again without closing short - crazy right?
Resolved: Module options window isn't big enough to display all the options. it's bigger now.
Resolved: Drop ship service items with fulfilled service items on shipping causes an error when shipping products if the drop ship item(s) are not fulfilled.

Vendor

Resolved: Vendor default payment terms are defaulting to COD even when the term is set too inactive.
Multi-currency vendor currency is locked on order creation.

Xero Integration

Resolved: Reconciling three transfer orders with 2 landed cost items and then exporting inflates the cost of each successive transfer order beyond the first.

Fishbowl Go

Issue: Receiving allows indefinite receiving of items.

Resolution: Receipt now checks to see that all receipt items have been received and will close on last item.

Resolved: Part tracking that causes the user to scroll off the initial page size duplicates tracking data displayed when scrolling back up the list.
Resolved: Adding a part also allows the user to modify an existing part in Go, but doesn't update the part in Fishbowl.
Resolved: First time adding inventory for a part with lot and Expiration date tracking displays a general error.
Resolved: Receiving an order multiple times with serial number tracking and receiving a duplicate number, saving and attempting to continue errors and the duplicate serial number is automatically removed from the list.
Resolved: adding a finished good in the work order module then opening in the client lists the description as "add" and should say "create".
Resolved: Adding inventory for a serialized part, logging out and then back in and attempting to repeat the process no longer displays the tracking panel to enter serial numbers.

Fishbowl Go Android Release Notes since last Fishbowl Release

Version 3.3 / Released July 16

Fixed an issue with part tracking not showing properly.

Version 3.4 / Released Aug 8

Better flow when scan each is enabled
Consolidated settings which can be accessed from any module
Delivery Signature forces view into landscape
Fixed: Receiving item was being removed from the list when an error occurs when receiving
Fixed: Adding inventory to a newly created part with lot and expiration date tracking throwing "General Error"

Version 3.4 (Hot Fix) / Released Aug 26

Fixed: Part Tracking Information & Location Lookup view were displaying colors incorrectly in older versions of Android.

Version 3.5 / Released Sep 9

Fixed: Inventory List duplicating labels when scrolling out of view.
Fixed: Right arrow overlap on Inventory list on smaller screens
Fixed: Adding part module would allow edit of an existing part.
Fixed: Image rotating image on its side on some devices
Batch serial input for adding inventory module, and receiving module
Improved flow for part image.
Prompt user for confirmation when printing from the part module.

Version 3.6 / Released Oct 7

Fixed: Prevent multiple user sessions from the same device
Added:

Option to login with fingerprint
Option to remember login
Option to continue when tapping on any line item
UOM drop down when creating a part
Users can now complete an instruction for multiple items at once instead of having to increment by one.
Improvement in the Pick module allowing pick items to still be saved when there is an error with a different item in the pick.

Fishbowl Go iOS Release Notes since last Fishbowl Release

4.07:

Changed all decimal numbers such as quantities to specific Decimal number object to prevent issues with floating point precision.

4.08:

Added ability to add additional raw goods or finished goods to an existing work order.
Added searching to location selection to make it easy to filter locations by name or id.
Fix for issue preventing serial numbers on serial tracked items to be separated into their respective cartons when packing.
Fix for issue in Pack module when packing the same item into the same Caron at different times overwrites the previous item quantity.
Improvements to textfields in all modules.

4.09:

A fix for issue when scanning barcodes for non serial tracked items in Pick module.

4.10:

Added the ability to designate tracking information and the location for finished goods that have been added to existing work orders.
Added the ability to continue with a work order without picking in certain cases.
Fix in Pack module allowing items with non serial tracking to be packed correctly into cartons.
Fix in Work Order module that was preventing users from stepping through instructions and finishing the Work Order (“Out of date” error)
Fix in Pick module that preventing some line item notes from appearing.

4.11:

Added the ability to create new parts in the Part module.
Added the ability to generate batch serial numbers in the Add Inventory module.
Added the ability to print directly from the app.
Added barcode scanning for the UPC field in Part module.
Added confirmation before printing in Part module.

4.12:

Added serial number batching to Receive module.
Improvement in Pick module allowing pick items to still be saved when there is an error with a different item in the pick. (Instead of reloading the entire pick only the items with errors will reload.)
New textfield for instructions in the Work Order module allowing users to complete an instruction for multiple items at once instead of having to only increment by one.
A fix for crashing when scanning barcodes on iOS 13.
A fix to prevent multiple user sessions from the same device.
Improved quantity textfield throughout the app.

Fishbowl AU

Resolved: Fishbowl Checkout module option for "Amount includes Tax" doesn't do anything.
Resolved: Hiding the carton type field on the shipment causes shipments with carton tracking data to fail on shipping - we reenabled the field.

Database Changes - 2019.10

Table: SO Added column: createdByUserId

Table: SysProperties Column sysValue size changed to 2048

Table: ReceiptItem Added column: carrierServiceId

Table: ShipCarton Removed column: cartonTypeId

2019.7 - 7/11/2019

New Features - 2019.7

Fixes - 2019.7

Avalara Integration

Issue: Avatax line is not recalculating the sales order total price field.

Resolution: Adding the line item tax now also recalculates total correctly.

Bill of Materials

Issue: Selecting the stage magnifying glass icon allows user to see all BOM's and select an invalid option. Once an invalid selection is made, there is no error until the bill of materials is reloaded.

Resolution: Only valid bill of materials are available in the list.

Issue: Changing the viewable records in the search pane to 5 shows "record 1 of 1" and doesn't allow the use of the change page arrows.

Resolution: Search panel now displays records correctly.

Class

Issue: Deleting a class and then immediately creating a new class allows the user to select the deleted class as the parent class when creating the new class, which then errors.

Resolution: Deleted classes cannot be used as parent classes.

CSV Import \ Export

Issue: Part, Product and Vendor pricing export errors when there are custom fields.

Resolution: Export successfully creates a file.

Manufacture Order

Issue: When a raw good is staged and set to build to order, picking the top level item shows short even after the work order is completed.

Resolution: Staged item is available.

Issue: Orders with required custom fields ask for fields to be completed when deleting line items from the order, enter custom field data and delete re-prompts.

Resolution: Custom field data has been synchronized with each line item on the order.

Payment Viewer

Issue: Search panel sales order number sort is ordering by numeric place value, not numeric value.

Resolution: Sort now displays numerically so 1 and 2 are together, not 1 and 11.

Pricing Rule

Issue: Pricing rules calculated relative to the last cost calculate using vendor currency rather than home currency.

Resolution: Currency is now normalized to home currency during calculation.

Reports

Issue: Printing the module default report uses the operating system default regardless of report settings.

Resolution: Printer default settings are now used when set on the report.

Issue: Bill of Materials report isn't using the UOM conversion to calculate the short quantity when the raw good and finished good are differing UOM's.

Resolution: Report now accounts for UOM conversions.

RMA

Issue: Search panel displays an empty status dropdown and returns no results.

Resolution: Status dropdown populates correctly.

Sales Order

Issue: Adding a product to an order via the green add button doesn't properly apply quantity bases pricing rules.

Resolution: Pricing rules are now properly applied when using the product add button.

Issue: Credit return sales order created from a replacement type RMA's are charging customers for the replacement item when the order is not verifying products and cross ship is enabled.

Shipping

Issue: Shipping a non-inventory type item, converting the non-inventory item to an inventory type and then attempting to void the shipment causes an error.

Resolution: Converting an item now accounts for shipments that may be impacted.

Work Order

Issue: Completing a work order with 3 or more steps limits the access to the reset button until the order is saved.

Resolution: Save button is now active for use.

Issue: Creating a new manufacture order then changing and saving the order resets the scheduled to start time to 12 am.

Resolution: date and time are now preserved on save.

Issue: Starting a work order can cause an error in some cases when there is no pick associated with the work order.

Resolution: Work order now accounts for order that have only items that are not pickable.

Fishbowl Go

Issue: Android - Users that login to Go but don't have any access to modules display a blank screen.

Resolution: Login now shows that there isn't any access.

Issue: Android - Date format always shows in US format.

Resolution: Date format now shows in Fishbowl date format to accommodate other countries.

Issue: Crash occurs on login if you have no part tracking or only one part tracking field.

Resolution: it's okay to not have tracking or only have 1 tracking field now.

Issue: Work order list doesn't load if there is an order with a quantity of 1000 or more.

Resolution: Orders with 1000+ quantities are okay again.

Issue: Creating a location with a name of "2.D" isn't properly saved and removes the ".D" on save.

Resolution: Location name now accepts ".D"...and other characters.

Fishbowl Checkout

Issue: Highlighting the price difference after save doesn't disable even though there is a module option to do so.

Resolution: Module option removed.

Canada

Issue: Part, Product and Vendor Pricing import won't import duplicate tax codes.

Resolution: Validation is now looking at tax name, not code.

Database Changes - 2019.7

Removed unused column (reference) from POStransaction table

2019.6 - 6/13/2019

Highlights - 2019.6

New Features - 2019.6

Fixes - 2019.6

General

State names database character limit increased from 30 to 60 characters.
Next number field (sales order, purchase order, manufacturing order, transfer order, RMA) now displays max character and truncates auto generated numbers.

Bill of Materials

Issue: Instruction image save button doesn't do anything.

Resolution: The button has been removed from the panel.

Issue: Bill of materials statistics for best, worst and average times are always returning for all dates, even when filtered by a different date set.

Resolution: Date filters now apply properly.

Calendar

Issue: Deleting calendar categories that have associated children categories doesn't change the children categories.

Resolution: Deleting a parent category moves all children up one level to the place of the former (deleted) parent.

Card Connect Integration

Improved the error message when processing a card fails due to declined cards.
Improved messaging when user attempts to integrate and then cancels before successful integration.

Class

Issue: Nested creation of classes allows for indefinite levels of nesting.

Resolution: new class creation set to 5 levels of chaos to match current QuickBooks settings.

CSV Import \ Export

Issue: Importing the part csv with the part tracking next value not populated, deletes the next value from the part details tab.

Resolution: Part tracking value is no longer removed when left empty.

Issue: Sales order import errors when attempting to drop ship a non inventory type item.

Resolution: Legacy check removed from import to now allow this functionality.

Issue: Sales order details import errors when attempting to drop ship a non inventory type item.

Resolution: Legacy check removed from import to now allow this functionality.

Issue: Generic shopping cart import errors when attempting to drop ship a non inventory type item.

Resolution: Legacy check removed from import to now allow this functionality.

Customer

Issue: Customer parts tab data doesn't sort correctly when sorting by last date.

Resolution: Date sort properly includes years in sort now.

Inventory

Issue: Attempting to move a serial number from one location to another when there is a serial number with an underscore and another with a dash in the same sequential order causes an error.

Resolution: Dashes and underscores are handled correctly now.

Manufacture Order

Issue: Changing scheduled start and scheduled dates doesn’t always save changes

Resolution: Changes are now saved correctly.

Part

* Issue: Auto ABC date and time filter calculates incorrectly when the user sets the beginning date to the day before and then doesn't set the end date.

Resolution: Adjusting the date to yesterday no longer incorrectly removes the timestamp.

Issue: Creating a new product using the + new product button from the part module doesn't mark the newly created product as default.

Resolution: Default is now on by default.

Pricing Rule

Issue: Quantity based pricing rules aren't prompting the update of the sales order item in all cases.

Resolution: Updating again, sorry.

Product

Issue: Error can occur when saving a new product and auto fill Cartons is enabled.

Resolution: Auto fill and product creation are harmonious again.

Purchase Order

Issue: Setting the beginning date after the end date on the auto PO wizard returns blank for the time on both dates.

Resolution: Time information is now preserved on the dates.

Issue: Auto PO date and time filter calculates incorrectly when the user sets the beginning date to the day before and then doesn't set the end date.

Resolution: Adjusting the date to yesterday no longer incorrectly removes the timestamp.

QuickBooks Desktop Integration

Issue: exporting multiple jobs with the same name that are associated with different customers causes an export error for the orders, but creates the customers and jobs fine.
Resolution: Invoices now post correctly.
Issue: Inventory adjustments with parts that have illegal characters fail on export.

Resolution: Characters are trimmed accordingly.

Reconcile

Issue: Current quantity and reconciled qty can record differently in some instances.

Resolution: Query now casts to big Decimal.

Issue: Reconciling an order with multiple landed cost items can multi-post costs in some cases.

Resolution: Posting is recorded correctly.

Issue: Changing the row information costs recalculates the unit costs.

Resolution: Total cost now remains unless the field is entered again.

Issue: Landed cost screen amount displays in USD for multi currency values when landing cost manually.

Resolution: Value now shows in vendor default currency.

RMA

Issue: RMA created date field isn't always saved when it's the only change made on the RMA.

Resolution: Dirty flag is set on change.

Sales Order

Issue: Placing cursor over a sales order item price that has been modified by a pricing rule only displays in blue with the list price pop up for unissued orders, issuing removes the blue link.

Resolution: Issued orders now display correctly once more.

Issue: Sales order created from an RMA always sets the payment terms to COD instead of the customer default terms.

Resolution: Customer default is now used for terms.

UOM

Issue: Typo in the 3rd step of the UOM creation, the word "character" needed an s.

Resolution: we added the s.

User

Issue: Attempting to delete a user that is in use as an assigned user on a work order displays a "null" error.

Resolution: Error message now clarifies the constraint in deleting the user.

Work Order

Issue: Adding a labor item with time in minutes and a conversion to hours can cause an error.

Resolution: UOM conversion now allows for finish on these orders.

Issue: Work order search BOM number is blank for custom BOM's.

Resolution: It works again.

Issue: Work order dateFirstReady isn't being set when steps are skipped in the instructions process.

Resolution: we set it now.

Issue: Search status dropdown allows for selection of "issued" status, but no work orders are set to issued in the process.

Resolution: status removed.

Fishbowl Go

Issue: Android version errors when attempting to partially finish an order that is consuming raw goods that are serialized.

Resolution: workflow now works, sorry for the inconvenience.

Issue: Android version device printing doesn't work on newer versions of Android OS.

Resolution: Device printing now works across all supported versions again.

Issue: Attempting to finish a receipt with partial receive quantity causes an error.

Resolution: Partial receipts can be saved again.

Issue: Receive screen doesn't show the original receipt quantity.

Resolution: Receiving now shows receipt quantity and acceptance quantity.

Issue: Android picking screen displays the slot number field smaller than all others.

Resolution: Field size increased.

Issue: iOS Pack screen allows user to pack greater quantity for parts with tracking (lot, serial, etc.) than were picked.

Resolution: Pack now validates the max quantity correctly.

Issue: iOS errors when attempting to load locations on an iPad device.

Resolution: Locations now display correctly on an iPad.

Issue: iOS Carrier service gets cleared from the shipment after packing.

Resolution: Carrier service is properly preserved on the pack.

Issue: Changing the receive finished quantity for non-tracked parts doesn't properly update finished good quantities.

Resolution: Finished good quantity is managed correctly.

Issue: Packing removes carrier service from sales order when packing through Go.

Resolution: Sales order data is no longer removed.

Issue: Android scrap function records a customer when setting a customer:job, deleting it and then completing the scrap.

Resolution: Customer:job

Australia \ New Zealand

Issue: Auth.Net wallet payments are not properly saved, missing the billing city.

Resolution: wallet token data now includes all necessary data to bill correctly.

2019.5.1 - 5/10/2019

Released an update to address an issue with the sales order csv import item header data.

2019.5 - 5/9/2019

Highlights - 2019.5

Fishbowl GO work order module now includes work order steps \ instructions.

New Features - 2019.5

Fixes - 2019.5

General

Updated the way that Fishbowl closes MySQL connections to improve speed and performance.

Carrier

Issue: Adding a carrier service doesn't save correctly - creating and then attempting to use on an order causes an error.

Resolution: Service now saves correctly.

CSV Import \ Export

Issue: Product Tree Category CSV path with spaces before the ":" character do not find the parent category correctly.

Resolution: spaces are trimmed so the path can be found accurately.

Issue: Sales Order Details Fulfillment date exports blank instead of the the scheduled date.

Resolution: Scheduled date now exports in the column correctly.

Issue: Sales Order import sets the order issue date even if the order has not been issued.

Resolution: Date is only set when the order status is issued.

Issue: Sales Order Details import sets the order issue date even if the order has not been issued.

Resolution: Date is only set when the order status is issued.

Manufacture Order

Issue: Labor items are not posting cost correctly to accounting.

Resolution: Cost is now correctly sent to accounting.

Issue: Notes field is not disabled when there is not an order loaded.

Resolution: Notes field is now loaded when an order is selected.

Issue: Entering exactly 5 lines of note data on an issued order causes an anomaly in the display with resizing issues.

Resolution: Resizing resolved.

Part

Issue: Auto ROP wizard "Safety Stock" is not capitalized correctly.

Resolution: We FixeD it...

Picking

Issue: Picks created from move type transfer orders update the destination location of items that were already picked if the location group for the pick is changed while the pick is in progress.

Resolution: Finished items are no longer changed when they shouldn't be.

Purchase Order

Issue: Vendor part numbers don't display correctly on the purchase order item details window in certain instances.

Resolution: Display is working again, sorry.

Receiving

Issue: Reconciling an items that has a UOM conversion from each to a 100 count quantity, using the 100 count UOM and then reconciling incorrectly sets the cost too high.

Resolution: Cost and count are correctly stored and recorded through UOM conversions.

RMA

Issue: Selecting "send" is marking items as taxable even when they are non taxable.

Resolution: tax is correctly set when "sending" the RMA.

Sales Order

Issue: Build to order bill of material created from a sales order isn't auto-committing finished goods for picking.

Resolution: Finished goods are now auto-committed correctly.

Issue: Sales order not paid warning still continues if you click the "x" to dismiss the dialog box.

Resolution: Window now closes correctly.

Shipping

Issue: Shipping a non-inventory part, voiding the shipment and then re-shipping resets the COGS to $0.

Resolution: COGS value is now properly maintained.

Issue: Updating the carrier service in the ship module also updates the carrier service on the sales order.

Resolution: Shipment no longer modifies the sales order.

User

Issue: Attempting to delete a user that has saved GUI properties causes an error.

Resolution: GUI properties file is now deleted too.

Issue: Shipping an order as a user, then attempting to delete the user causes an error.

Resolution: Error message now accurately explains when a user cannot be deleted.

User Group

Issue: User Groups with access to the BI Reports view and/or edit settings access don't open.

Resolution: User groups can be accessed again. sorry.

Canada Edition

Issue: Sales order import that includes a kit sets tax codes above the kit incorrectly.

Resolution: Tax codes are set correctly above and below kits on orders now.

New Zealand Edition

Issue: Creating a new database doesn't set the home currency to NZD by default.

Resolution: Home currency is now set to NZD by default on database creation.

2019.4 - 4/11/2019

New Features - 2019.4

Fixes - 2019.4

General

Fulfillment date has been renamed to Date Scheduled in messages, user interface labels and search panels.

Card Connect Integration

Entering an incorrect merchant ID (MID) still allows for integration to be completed (albeit with an error) and subsequent payments seemingly processed.

Resolution: Error now displays both on integration and each attempted transaction informing the user that the administrator must reintegrate.

CSV Import \ Export

Issue: Partial receipt of items on a multi-currency purchase order using the receiving data import causes the multi-currency cost to inflate.

Resolution: Cost is now properly stored and recorded using the import file.

Issue: Importing a file with an invalid date displays an unclear error message.

Resolution: Error message has been updated to be more descriptive.

Issue: Receiving data allows for an over receipt of outsourced items.

Resolution: Validation of outsourced items now checks the original order.

Issue: AU orders - Sales order import with "amount includes tax" isn't calculating properly.

Resolution: tax amount is properly calculated.

Custom Field

Issue: Advanced search does not properly return information when filtering by date type custom fields.

Resolution: Data is now filtered correctly once more.

Manufacture Order

Issue: Pasting a note that exceeds the default size of the display causes a visual issue with the note field.

Resolution: Note area is now accepting of large text amounts without creating a viewing issue.

Issue: Adding a note item to the BOM on the WO Details tab of the MO, then saving, then adding a BOM to the MO and issuing the order then using arrows to move items and saving moves note back to start position.

Resolution: Moving note items is now properly recorded.

Issue: Auto MO displays a negative quantity in some cases.

Resolution: Only positive numbers and actual demand are displayed.

Issue: Auto MO filter to select a location group still creates the order for the user default location group, not the selected location group.

Resolution: Orders are now associated with the filtered location group.

Issue: Manufacture items are not created on BOM sort order like they should be.

Resolution: Sort order is now referenced when creating the order.

Issue: Adding a repair item in the WO details tab causes an error.

Resolution: error resolved. Sorry about that...

'QuickBooks Desktop Integration

Issue: Integrating using Fishbowl created accounts, deleting the cost variance account in QuickBooks and then attempting to export causes an error but doesn't display a clear error message.

Resolution: Error message now includes the detail that includes information on why the error occurred.

Issue: Error message when invoice can't be created shows as a parse xml error instead of the actual error message, requiring the stack trace to be read to understand the error.

Resolution: Error message now displays as it should. Error still occurs, but the message indicates why it happened.

Issue: Posting a payment to QuickBooks has the potential to possibly error on export in some cases.

Resolution: Posting now aligns the payments and orders differently.

QuickBooks Online Integration

Issue: exporting sales orders and purchase orders causes an error when the order number exceeds the limit allowed. Exceeded amounts were reported from appended shipment numbers (-1,-2,-3).

Resolution: Order numbers are truncated to remain within the QBO maximum limit accounting for appended characters associated with multiple shipments.

Issue: Reconcile journal entries are defaulting to the date they export.

Resolution: Date is set to the bill date by default.

Issue: Exporting an order with sales tax when QB doesn't have tax enabled causes an "unset" error message.

Resolution: Improved error message now includes detail.

QuickBooks Online Integration

Issue: In certain conditions an entry may be sent with no cost on a work order entry and this causes a "transaction out of balance" error.

Resolution: text on error has been updated to offer more description as to why the entry (and potential error) occurred.

Issue: Occasionally, error messages are not properly displayed in the interface causing a search of the stack trace to understand the issue.

Resolution: Message text has been updated.

Receiving

Issue: Changing the unit cost of an item in receiving can sometimes revert to the original cost when tabbing out of the field.

Resolution: Cost is persevered when focus leaves the field.

Reports

Issue: Item History Report doesn't run correctly.

Resolution: Jasper file has been placed in the correct directory and it works better now. Sorry about the inconvenience.

Sales Order

Issue: Adding a discount to an order won't allow the order to be saved if another discount with a similar value or name exists (i.e. 5% and 50%).

Resolution: discount duplicity issues have been discontinued.

Issue: SO to PO isn't using the purchase order default phone or email information.

Resolution: Contact information is now being utilized when SO to PO orders are created.

Server Administration

Issue: Restoring a database isn't using the last file path if the the eve.properties file no longer exists.

Resolution: Restore uses last known path when known.

Issue: databases with a trailing "\" character don't update.

Resolution: Additional characters are ignored for update process.

Shipping

Issue: Carrier service reverts to the previous selection when attempting to save the field blank.

Resolution: Saving a blank entry is now possible once more.

Transfer Order

Issue: The "To Receive" button is enabled for move type orders.

Resolution: button now checks the order type.

Vendor

Issue: Setting the vendor last cost to a value that includes more than 2 decimal places does not save and use the full value, it's rounded to the 2 decimals.

Resolution: Vendor cost is now utilizing the full value that is saved on the vendor part record.

Issue: Advanced search field for state dropdown is misaligned with other fields.

Resolution: fields now properly align.

Issue: Cost rules don't clear out when closing and re-opening the module.

Resolution: Cost rules now clear correctly when closing the module.

Work Order

Issue: BOM with a note item included in the items won't create a work order.

Resolution: Note items are all good on work orders once more.

Issue: Configuration tab shows multiple repair items for a single repair item.

Resolution: Display now correctly shows the single item.

Xero

Issue: Posting a vendor credit return with multi-currency in Australia errors out on export.

Resolution: vendor credit is now posting again.

2019.3 - 3/14/2019

Highlights - 2019.3

Avalara integration improvements

New Features - 2019.3

Fixes - 2019.3

Accounting

Text changes made to location text, bill of materials and inventory quantities messaging.

Avalara

Error messages text has been updated to make more readable.
Invalid address error message has been improved to no longer reference an estimate.
Issue: Orders with both sale and credit items that are fulfilled multiple times posts credits multiple times in some scenarios

Resolution: Orders no longer duplicate the post of credit items.

CSV Import and Export

Issue: Part Product renaming import is updating the part cache list before committing the changes, potentially causing scenarios with parts lists that are not in sync

Resolution: Cache updating is done after successful import and commit to the database.

Issue: Updating part standard cost on part import is not updating the part cache list before committing the changes, potentially causing scenarios with parts lists that are not in sync

Resolution: Cache updating is done after successful import and commit to the database.

Dropbox

Issue: Access rights for Dropbox integration are not editable.

Resolution: Rights can now be set again.

Manufacture Order

Issue: Manufacturing an item with a different UOM than the storage UOM for the part creates the wrong quantity finished good.

Resolution: Finish process now accounts for UOM variation to correctly create the specified and intended number of finished goods.

Part

Issue: Auto ROP calculator doesn't calculate reorder points when the filtering date range is set to all and ROPs are to be generated by Location Group.

Resolution: Calculations now return correctly.

Issue: New part wizard hides the custom field step of the creation after a user selects "don't show this step again" on previous screens.

Resolution: Applicable screens are still shown after selecting the "do not show again" option.

Picking

Issue: Changing the location when committing inventory doesn't recalculate the pick quantity correctly.

Resolution: Changing the location properly updates.

Purchase Order

Issue: Right clicking and deleting a purchase order item prompts automatically for the next item.

Resolution: Deleting an item no longer auto prompts to continue.

Receiving

Issue: Reconcile wizard doesn't properly launch the new pard wizard when attempting to create a new part when reconciling and adding items.

Resolution: New part wizard properly launches again.

Reports

Inventory Availability by LG

Added an option to "Show Parts With Zero Quantity".

Customer Statement

Added the option "Due Date Includes Net Days". When selected, and if the order has Net type payment terms, the net days will be added to the date selected in "Add Net Days To:" and displayed in the Due Date field.
Added an option to "Show Payment Terms".

On Hand By Product Tree

Added an option to "Show Inactive Parts".

Issue: Sales Backorder Report displayed an incorrect header.

Resolution: "Fulfillment Date" was changed to read "Date Scheduled".

Schedule

Issue: Editing schedule settings on an existing task doesn't update or save if you only update report parameters.

Resolution: Editing now saves the report parameters correctly.

Fishbowl Checkout

Issue: When multi-currency is enabled, customer doesn't display in drop down if there is a currency rate on the customer.

Resolution: Customers with the same currency as home currency are visible.

Fishbowl Go

Issue: Attempting to finish a work order causes an error.

Resolution: Work orders can now complete once more.

Database Changes - 2019.3

Table: Contact Field: datus – size increased to 255

Table: GuiProperties Field: properties – increased size to LongBlob, no longer truncating settings

2019.2 - 2/14/2019

Highlights - 2019.2

Ability to push updates and patches without a full cycle release.

New Features - 2019.2

Option for hosted instances of Fishbowl to auto advance when server alerts and popups appear.

2019.1 - 2/5/2019

Highlights - 2019.1

Created a new Work Order module

New Features - 2019.1

Updated to the latest version of the Authorize.Net SDK for card processing
Database creation \ restoring now replaces spaces with the underscore character (_) when creating

Fixes - 2019.1

General

JxBrowser component has been updated to the latest point release to resolve an issue where values in drop down lists cannot be selected.

CSV Import \ Export

Issue: BOM Details import BOM description populates the description, item description doesn't do anything.

Resolution: Import now sets the item description.

Issue: Part & Product Renaming import causes an error when attempting to import any existing part with no new part number or old product number.

Resolution: Import now accounts for parts that the number doesn't change.

Issue: BOM import clears instructions unintentionally.

Resolution: Import preserves instructions.

Forecast Module

Issue: Credit return items are being added into the quantity used calculation, not subtracted as they should.

Resolution: We hopefully have all the maths adding up correctly now, sincere apologies on the mistake.

Location Group

Issue: Removing location group access from an existing user and saving displays a null error.

Resolution: Removing location group(s) from a user is working correctly once again.

Manufacture Order

Issue: Quick fulfill function is enabled after the order has already been fulfilled.

Resolution: Button is now disabled once the order has been fulfilled.

Issue: Issuing an order, picking, then voiding the pick displays an incorrect status on the manufacture order.

Resolution: Order status is now refreshed correctly.

Issue: Duplicating a manufacture order without having the order number auto assign enabled, causes an error and attempts to utilize the original order number.

Resolution: Duplicating the order now displays a descriptive error to assist the user in correcting the issue.

Picking

Issue: Some users are experiencing slow responses when loading and saving picks.

Resolution: Optimizations to the way picks are loaded and saved have been made.

Reports

Purchase Order Report

Added Ship Service as a display option.

Sales Order Report

Added an option to "Show Order Notes".

Sales Order Taxes

Added the ability to select the date field upon which the report filters (Apply Date Filter).

Sales by Count

Report now displays the date range.

Packing List

Added an option to "Show Order Notes".

Issue: Kit report run as a scheduled task causes an error.

Resolution: Report should now allow for scheduling.

Issue: The BOM instructions sub report was not included in the release, sorry.

Resolution: Sub report has been added as it should be.

Issue: The Shipping Invoice was displaying a negative tax on discount items when they were set to taxable.

Resolution: The report now shows 0 tax in this scenario.

Issue: The Purchase Order Report was no longer displaying the Vendor Account # even when the box was checked.

Resolution: Vendor Account # has been restored.

Issue: The Product Yield report was showing an incorrect Finished Good quantity when there are multiple FGs and when filtered by a specific WO number.

Resolution: Finished Good quantity is now correct in this scenario.

Issue: Inventory Allocated to Work Orders: The WO # hyperlink was broken.

Resolution: WO # number hyperlink now opens the specific order in the new Work Order module.

Issue: RMA Report: Resolution field cuts off when there are too many characters.

Resolution: If the contents of the Resolution field don't fit on one line it will wrap to the next line.

Shipping Terms

Issue: Creating a shipping term displays a null error.

Resolution: Shipping term creation should be ship shape once again.

Transfer Order

Issue: Duplicating a transfer order without having the order number auto assign enabled, causes an error and attempts to utilize the original order number.

Resolution: Duplicating the order now displays a descriptive error to assist the user in correcting the issue.

Fishbowl Checkout

Issue: Deleting a customer from the customer selection combo box causes a null error.

Resolution: Error has been resolved and users are allowed to select customers as needed.

Fishbowl GO

Issue: Fulfilling a work order via GO removes the wo start date on completion.

Resolution: Work order start date is preserved on fulfillment via GO \ the API.

Database Changes - 2019.1

WoItem Table

Added oneTimeItem column

Created WoInstruction table

Release Notes

Contents

2020.3 - 3/12/2020

New Features - 2020.3

Fixes - 2020.3

2020.2 - 2/20/2020

Highlights - 2020.2

New Features - 2020.2

Fixes - 2020.2

2019.11 - 11/21/2019

2019.10 - 10/24/2019

2019.7 - 7/11/2019

2019.6 - 6/13/2019

2019.5.1 - 5/10/2019

2019.5 - 5/9/2019

2019.4 - 4/11/2019

2019.3 - 3/14/2019

2019.2 - 2/14/2019

2019.1 - 2/5/2019

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