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2020.10 - Scheduled Release Date 10/8/2020

Highlights - 2020.10

New Features - 2020.10

Fixes - 2020.10

2020.9 - 9/17/2020

Highlights - 2020.9

New Features - 2020.9

Fixes - 2020.9

Avalara

  • Resolved: Quick Fulfill issues with service type items

CSV

  • Resolved: Historical Sales Order status triggers Build To Order settings on Bill of Materials
  • Resolved: Add Inventory CSV incorrect line # error
  • Resolved: Sales Order CSV errors when importing more than one order per file

Custom Fields

  • Resolved: Searching data in custom fields yielding inconsistent results

Email

  • Resolved: Email Address Book list included inactive users' emails

Installer

  • Resolved: Installer auto assigns too much server memory

Manufacture Order

  • Resolved: Finished Good rounding issues

Part

  • Resolved: Next Value column for Tracking only accepts single digit values

QuickBooks Online

  • Resolved: Full payment not being sent over for an order with multiple shipments
  • Resolved: Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable account creation showing the other account in the description

Receiving

  • Resolved: Tracking Numbers placed in the Shipping tab are unable to be copied
  • Resolved: Inconsistent Rounding for items added during the Add Item step of the Reconcile wizard

Reports

  • Resolved: Sales Order Taxes - Credit items showing $0
  • Resolved: Customer Purchase History - Filtering for Product Trees broken.
  • Resolved: Sales Backorder Report - Show PO not working.

Xero

  • Resolved: Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable account creation showing the other account in the description


Database Changes

  • Login column increased field size to 2048 on PaymentGateway table
  • Secret column increased field size to 2048 on PaymentGateway table
  • Added TotalTax column to PostSo table
  • Added TotalTax column to PostSoItem table

2020.8 - 8/13/2020

Highlights - 2020.8

  • Replaced the Dropbox module with the Small.Fishbowl Drive.png Fishbowl Drive plugin
  • The Class field on a Sales Order is now sent to the LocationCode in Avalara
  • Added an option to remove the prefix of the order number sent to Avalara
  • Added an option to connect to a sandbox account for testing the Avalara integration
  • Added an option to send either the Customer Name or Customer Account Number to the CustomerCode in Avalara
  • Enhanced flow for drop ship, credit return and other non-sale type items when integrated with Avalara
  • Added an accounting module option to send shipping tracking numbers to the Sales Order and Accounting integration without needing to use Carton Based Shipping
  • Added option to import custom single level Bill of Materials on the Sales Order CSV import

New Features - 2020.8

  • Customer Jobs entered on the Customer CSV now inherit the parent customers address when leaving the address fields blank
  • Enhanced the VoidShipment API call to allow for unpacking a packed shipment
  • Separated User Rights in Sales Order for Void and Delete
  • Increased text type Part Tracking fields to allow for 256 characters
  • Optimized the Auto PO function
  • Updated Xero to send 4 decimal places for unit costs
  • Updated Xero to append original unit qty to the description field
  • Added green text to show payment processing for eCheck payment methods
  • Updated the GS1 Code field to display 0's and leading 0's

Fixes - 2020.8

Avalara

  • Resolved: Estimate button not sending the product code to Avalara
  • Resolved: Null error when quick fulfilling an order with an invalid zip code

CSV

  • Resolved: Part Product and Vendor Pricing import does not update length, width or height for Non-Inventory type items
  • Resolved: BOM import requires Part field for note type items

Checkout

  • Resolved: UOM Conversion errors
  • Resolved: CA version would not allow you to edit a line item

Custom Fields

  • Resolved: Required list type custom fields won't allow users to issue Purchase Orders with "Access right to issue order" enabled

Email Templates

  • Resolved: Email template carriage returns not working

Payments

  • Resolved: Issues taking eCheck payments with business type checking accounts

Picking

  • Resolved: 0 qty pick issues
  • Resolved: Selecting an alternate pick location with insufficient inventory and clicking Finish resets item back to Entered status

Reports

  • Resolved: Purchase Order Summary - PO# hyperlink broken
  • Resolved: Sales Backorder Report - Summary data not matching main items
  • Resolved: Customer Statement - Very old orders showing $0 price
  • Resolved: Packing Slip - Show Carton Info checkbox broken
  • Resolved: Packing Slip - Not showing all tracking
  • Resolved: POS Receipt - Rounding issues
  • Resolved: Batch Packing List by Date - Null error when trying to run report
  • Resolved: Margins Report - Displaying incorrect data when grouped by Product Tree

Reports Module

  • Resolved: Default search filters for MO Status set to All instead of All Open

Sales Order

  • Resolved: Duplicating a credit return resulted in a positive total price on each line item
  • Resolved: Duplicate Sales Order error when using an _ in the order number

Work Order

  • Issue: Disassembling a WO with a raw good that consumed 2 different lot #'s only adds 1 of the lot #'s to inventory
  • Resolution: When more than value of the same type tracking was consumed, the disassemble requires entry of the tracking to add to inventory

Xero

  • Resolved: "The line total does not match the expected line total" on Sales Order Export

Database Changes

  • Updated TrackingInfo.info and TrackingText.info fields to be varchar(256)

2020.7 - 7/9/2020

Highlights - 2020.7

New Features - 2020.7

  • Purchase Order Summary
  • Added options to hide/show headers, totals, and timestamp to make it more Excel friendly.

Fixes - 2020.7

API

  • Resolved: User access rights for viewing orders working opposite of expectation (GetSOSearchListRq)

Checkout

  • Resolved: Round Cash Transactions module option not working for home currency customers
  • Resolved: Default Customer module option doesn't save home currency customers

Custom Fields

  • Updated the URL custom field advanced search text box to allow for more characters
  • Updated the text custom field advanced search to search containing instead of an exact match
  • Custom Field changes now show on the Audit Tables

CSV

  • Resolved: Null error when importing the Location CSV
  • Resolved: Errors caused after Part and Product Renaming CSV fails on import

Locations

  • Resolved: Auto Create Locations creation failing when the number of location to create ends in 0 or is a factor of 10
  • Resolved: Location Num search does not filter results

Reports

  • Resolved: Sales Order Taxes - order tax not showing is AU databases
  • Resolved: Margins Report - Discounts duplicating when there are split shipments
  • Resolved: Lot History Report - Customer info not showing
  • Resolved: Packing Slip - Some backorders not showing
  • Resolved: Bill of Lading - Items weights were not being multiplied by the quantity
  • Resolved: Customer Purchase History - Price duplicating in some instances
  • Resolved: Customer Purchase History - Credit Return items showing a positive quantity

RMA

  • Resolved: RMA Tracking Search step in the New RMA Item wizard was missing

Sales Order

  • Resolved: Saving changes to an SO causing original pick to be deleted and recreated

Shipping

  • Resolved: Inactive Carriers show up in the Batch Shipment Wizard

Xero

  • Resolved: Export errors related to records containing an "&"
  • Additional changes to Xero integration to help with reconnecting error
  • Resolved: Export error causes the entire export to stop and fail

Database Changes

  • Added column on part tracking for GS1 code

2020.6 - 6/11/2020

Highlights - 2020.6

New Features - 2020.6

  • Shipment History Report
  • All columns now stretch with overflow.
  • Order Number and Ship To columns are wider.
  • Report Title can be modified.
  • Pagination will auto-hide when "Format Report for Exporting" is checked.
  • ABC Report
  • Updated to be more Excel-friendly.
  • Part and Description fields are in their own columns.
  • Qty and UOM fields are their own columns.
  • Added options to remove headers, totals, and timestamp.
  • Pagination will auto-hide when "Format Report for Exporting" is checked.
  • Report Title can be modified.
  • Bill of Lading
  • Modified design
  • More fields are editable including Seal #, Trailer#, NMFC, and Class.
  • Added options to display Third Party Bill To address and PRO Number.

Fixes - 2020.6

Avalara

  • Updated order total and tax line item names to match Avalara requirements

CSV

  • Resolved: Sales Order Details CSV doesn't have residential flag
  • Updated Custom Field Data CSV to include Pick
  • Resolved: Sales Order and Sales Order Details CSV's import sets carrier service to customer default when left blank
  • Resolved: Shipping Data CSV does not clear out the carrier service when the carrier is set
  • Updated Part CSV Instructions (Import/Export) to add POItemType
  • Updated Sales Order CSV export instructions
  • Updated Sales Order Details CSV export instructions
  • Resolved: Sales Order Details CSV error with updating historical status orders
  • Resolved: Sales Order CSV does not import residential flag correctly

Custom Fields

  • Resolved: Checkbox custom fields clear data when the name is changed
  • Resolved: Error when adding a new item to the RMA Issue custom list

Customer

  • Resolved: Customer combobox search searching containing instead of starts with

Picking

  • Resolved: Custom Fields on finished picks were still editable

Reports

  • Resolved: Tracking Report won't run when there's too much data. Added Count and Skip parameters.

RMA

  • Resolved: Cannot complete RMA wizard for substitutions

Sales Order

  • Resolved: Sales Order details tab, contact field, pulls from Bill To address while other fields pull from the Ship To address


Database Changes

  • Updates to Custom Field helper functions
  • Add SHIPNUMVIEW for UPS Worldship and FedEx Ship Manager integrations
  • Added customFields column to BomInstructionItem table
  • Added customFields column to WoInstruction table
  • Added customFields column to Location table
  • Updated CustomFieldsView to include BomInstructionItem, WoInstruction, and Location custom fields

2020.5 - 5/21/2020

New Features - 2020.5

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING FISHBOWL 2020.5 UPDATE:

Fishbowl 2020.5 introduces a new way of storing Custom Fields. This change also affects custom reports and plugins. If you have custom reports and/or plugins, please contact Fishbowl's Reports Team (reports@fishbowlinventory.com), Plugins Team (pluginsdev@fishbowlinventory.com), or the partner who built the plugin prior to updating to 2020.5 to make sure they continue working after the update.

  • Item History Report
  • The Qty field has been widened. It can now fit 6 digit numbers without wrapping.
  • Purchase Order Summary
  • Added Date Confirmed and Order Date Scheduled as date range options
  • Title can now be modified.
  • Minor cosmetic changes.
  • Work Order Summary
  • Added the option to filter by assigned user to enable users to see only the orders they are assigned to.
  • Shipping Invoice
  • Added the option to hide/show Tax Code, Tax Amount, and Item Currency Tax columns for Australia and International versions.
  • Added an option to show carton details including shipment tracking numbers.
  • SO Report
  • Added an option to display the tax code name in place of "Sales Tax" in the totals section.
  • Title can now be modified.
  • WO Flag Report
  • Added the option to filter by assigned user to enable users to see only the orders they are assigned to.
  • The selected date range now displays at the top of the report.
  • CC Receipt 3in
  • The receipt has been completely redesigned. A copy of the old receipt file can be obtained for free at https://store.fishbowlinventory.com/products/cc-receipt-3in-legacy.
  • Added an option to show/hide the signature name.
  • Added a customizable line of text at the bottom. It defaults to "Thank You!". Character limit is approximately 16-50 (depending on which characters are used).
  • MO Projected Cost Report
  • Added an option include/exlude WOs that are stages from the MO Total Cost.
  • Calendar Report
  • Added an MO filter. Only the WOs for the selected MO will show unless the filter is left blank.
  • Inventory Availability Report
  • Added an option to Show Parts with 0 Qty.
  • Pick Efficiency Report
  • Changed the User text input field to a combo box (drop-down list).
  • Part Allocated Report
  • Added an option to include drop ship items in Qty Allocated to SOs.

Fixes - 2020.5

Accounting

  • Added pop up message when selecting "Create a bill in {Accounting} after reconciling a receipt."

Bill of Materials

  • Resolved: Sorting part number column
  • Resolved: BOM Min/Max Variable Qty doesn't save without additional change

Checkout

  • Resolved: Error when cancelling payment when Auto Pack module option is enabled

CSV

  • Custom Field - Updated module name from SysUser to User
  • Custom Field - Updated the export sorting
  • Cycle Count CSV - Updated instructions pertaining to part tracking
  • Resolved: BOM/BOM Details import alters unchanged sort order
  • Resolved: Export and reporting a Purchase Order created by dropship Sales Order breaks the link between the orders
  • Resolved: Part Product and Vendor Pricing allowed updating the COGS account for Capital Equipment type parts

Custom Fields

  • Resolved: Required list-type custom fields can be saved without a value
  • Resolved: Values not saving for list-type when partially typing a value and selecting from the filtered list

Customer

  • Resolved: Customer save prompt after viewing a secondary address

Manufacture Order

  • Resolved: Search not showing "Multiple BOM's" for multiple Finished Goods

Picking

  • Resolved: Issues with module option for "Assign user to pick on finish"

Product

  • Resolved: Product details banner display issues

Purchase Order

  • Resolved: Customer/job not updating on receipt until PO is unissued and reissued.
  • Resolved: Being able to close short items created by dropship kit items
  • Resolved: Incorrect buyer name from Drop Ship Sales Orders
  • Resolved: Carrier Service doesn't carry through to Shipment for Credit Return PO's
  • Resolved: Order Fulfill or Line Fulfill removes carrier service from Shipping Tab

QuickBooks/Reckon

  • Integration compatibility improvements

Receiving

  • Resolved: Outsource parts costing layer issues when reconciling multiple times
  • Resolved: Blank error when reconciling consumed part
  • Resolved: Reconcile wizard showing the landed cost step when there is nothing to land into
  • Resolved:

Reports

  • Resolved: Part Barcodes Avery - label alignment drifts when part description is greater than 3 lines.
  • Resolved: Sales Order Taxes - The tax rate field does not stretch with overflow.
  • Resolved: Sales Order Taxes - Discounts showing a negative tax.
  • Resolved: Customer Purchase History - Duplicating discounts.
  • Resolved: Customer Purchase History - Qtys incorrect if split into more than one ship item.
  • Resolved: Margins Report - Product Tree filter not working correctly.
  • Resolved: Being able to edit tracking when receiving an outsourced item

Sales Order

  • Quicklist dropdown improvements
  • Resolved: Cost issues when changing from credit return to sale type

Server Administration

  • Added a confirm dialog to the database disconnect button

Shipping

  • Resolved: SO/PO Item descriptions no carrying over to shipping

Work Order

  • Resolved: Work Order item sort order not matching Bill of Materials sort order

Xero

  • Resolved: Class not exporting for SO reconcile journal entries

Database Changes

  • Added customField JSON field to BOM, Company, Customer, MO, PO, PoItem, Part, Product, RMA, SO, SoItem, Ship, SysUser, Vendor, WO, XO, Pick and BomItem tables
  • Removed the following tables: CustomDecimal, CustomInteger, CustomSet, CustomTimeStamp, CustomVarChar, CustomVarCharLong
  • Removed the CustomFieldAuditView
  • Added function to help with custom field queries: CustomFieldByName(customFields, “custom_field_name”)
  • Added function to help with custom field queries: CustomFieldByID(customFields, "id")
  • Updated CUSTOMFIELDVIEW
  • Updated ONTRACVIEW

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

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
  • 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.
  • Updated look and feel.
  • Added an option to select logo alignment.
  • 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.
  • Updated look and feel.
  • Added an option to select logo alignment.
  • Updated look and feel.
  • Added an option to select logo alignment.
  • Updated look and feel.
  • Added an option to select logo alignment.
  • 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.
  • 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
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
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
New Features - 2019.2

2019.1 - 2/5/2019

Highlights - 2019.1
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
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