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110-19 12/31/2006 available for download point-of-sale version - history job records - a customer record button has been added to job history records - this allows direct access to the customer record from job history records  110-18 12/26/2006 point-of-sale version - employee payroll report - a date range entry has been added for employee chargeback pay periods. This allows a range of chargeback pay periods to be included in the report rather than just a single chargeback pay period.110-18 12/23/2006 dnsc version - credit memo and labor payment import - cm/eft import has been updated to reflect the changes in the imported recon result file format. The credit memo and labor import process has been upgraded to allow the user to choose to allow zero-amount invoices to be applied to job records.110-18 12/22/2006 point-of-sale version - a new report detailing employee chargebacks has been added. The employee chargeback report shows all chargebacks for any date range. This report is available from the main reports main and from within the employee payroll summary report.110-18 12/21/2006 point-of-sale version - service and repair job types - itemized technician chargebacks have been added to service and repair job types. This feature already exists in dns and satellite sale job types. 110-16 12/14/2006 available for download dnsc version - bug fix - inventory-to-be-returned report - under certain circumstances reference numbers for to-be-returned items would show as already having been returned. This would happen if a job record had more than one to-be-returned item and the reference numbers were scanned back in any order other than the record entry order. This has been fixed. 110-15 12/12/2006 available for download all versions - employee payment summary report - a button has been added that makes the employee selection list populate with ex-employees in addition to current employees. The purpose is to allow to allow for viewing of payment history for ex-employees.110-15 12/07/2006 all versions - bug fix - customer record - when viewing a customer record and then viewing the contact record from within the customer record an error message was displayed indicating a duplicate customer record when the customer record was saved after returning from the contact record. This has been fixed. 110-14 12/01/2006 point-of-sale verision - new feature - referral jobs can now be exported from the Dish retailer web site and imported directly into CommPay.110-14 12/01/2006 all versions - scheduled jobs list - the job status column has been moved in the scheduled jobs list window to the right of the zipcode column. This makes the job status visible without having to scroll the list horizontally.110-14 11/27/2006 point-of-sale and dnsc versions - job scheduled list - a third abbreviated routing spreadsheet has been added to the scheduled jobs list. 110-13 11/20/2006 available for download point-of-sale version - purchase orders - the process of purchase order closing has been redesigned so as to not slow down other users on the network when a purchase order detail record is being closed. The satellite receiver speed entry window in purchase orders now has an import button added to allow for importing receiver numbers from a spreadsheet when closing a purchase order. The non-satellite serial number entry window in purchase orders now has a speed entry feature that allows for scanning of serial numbers.110-13 11/12/2006 point-of-sale and dnsc versions - the inventory assignment and transfer window has been updated to allow for serialized inventory transfers by purchase order number and retail inventory invoice number. General inventory transfer has been added to the assignment and transfer window. This applies to both dns and retail inventory. Inventory transfers now show the person logged in when the transfer was done. Assignment and return of serialized items has been simplified by the removal of field-length settings and selection of number type. 110-13 11/09/2006 point-of-sale verson - purchase orders - when closing a purchase order detail record which is tagged to a job number a shipping charge can be added to the job record - this shipping charge can now be designated as taxable or non-taxable from the shipping charge entry window in the purchase order record.110-13 11/08/2006 all versions - a window menu selection has been added to the main frame window. This allows single button click selection of any open window.110-13 11/08/2006 point-of-sale version - payment on account invoice selection - bug fix - when selecting invoices for a payment on account the check mark for selected invoices was not displaying next to the selected invoice. This has been fixed. 110-12 11/06/2006 available for download point-of-sale version - income report - the income report has spreadsheet output added in addition to the existing printed output. A missed year-end process has been added that can be safely run when the normal year-end processing has been missed or skipped. 110-11 10-31-2006 available for download dnsc version - dnsc job record - speed entry - the speed entry feature in the dnsc job record has been made a user option. 110-10 10-30-2006 available for download dnsc version - payment and credit import - a new method has been added to allow for the manual adding of a payment or credit received record. This allows the user to manually add a payment received in addition to importing payments and credits.110-10 10/27/2006 dnsc version - dnsc job record - a new field has been added to the dns job record window to allow for the adding of the econnect customer service agreement number. A new tab has been added to the dnsc open job list that allows for the locating of dns jobs by service agreement number110-10 10/27/2006 point-of-sale version - purchase orders - a tab has been added to purchase order history to filter by single store. The store name has also been added to the purchase order detail list.110-10 10/26/2006 point-of-sale and dnsc version - the scheuled jobs list now indicates which job the technician is currently on-site for. This is done by setting in program setup which job status indicates an on-site condition. The schedule list will highlight all jobs with the indicated on-site status in yellow.110-10 10/26/2006 dnsc version - a new reference number field has been added to the to-be-returned inventory window. This allows a reference number to be entered for inventory that will be returned by the tech. Then when the inventory is returned the reference number can be used to locate the necessary to-be-returned records with a single button click or automatically if a scanner is used. In use, the tech will put a barcode sticker (generated by CommPay) on the item to be returned while on site. The tech gives the dispatcher the reference number from the barcode sticker at call in time. The dispatcher enters the reference number in the job record. When the item is returned by the tech the inventory control person uses a scanner to scan the returned item to locate the pertinent records. The reference number is automatically transferred to the has-been-returned record and RA record. The reference number then can be used to match any piece of returned inventory to the RA record with a quick scan of the barcode.110-10 10/26/2006 dnsc version - dnsc job record - a new menu bar has been added that displays when a dnsc job record is displayed. The new menu bar allows the user to select from a menu drop list all of the add and edit functions within the dnsc job record. This will allow for much quicker and simpler editing of the dnsc job record.110-10 10/25/2006 dnsc version - bug fix - dnsc job record - general inventory used record - when the mouse was double-clicked on the part number field to display the general inventory selection list and a part number was selected the dnsc general inventory used record was not being filled with the inventory information. This has been fixed.110-10 10/24/2006 basic version - bug fix - customer record - an error message stating sales tax authority record not found was displayed each time a customer record was retrieved in the basic program - this has been fixed.110-10 10/20/2006 point-of-sale version - dealer payment import window - a receiver find button has been added to the dealer payment import window - a single button click will display the entire received-assigned-used-transfered history of the receiver of the imported payment record. This can be used to, among other things, locate a receiver in a situation where no satellite sale record exists with the receiver that is being paid for.110-10 10/19/2006 point-of-sale version - bug fix - invoice item entry - the double-click and selection of the part number from the general inventory selection list was not automatically filling in the part number - this has been fixed. 110-09 10/18/2006 available for download point-of-sale version - returned inventory list - the returned inventory list has an additional tab added - list by job number and locate by job number. 110-08 10/13/2006 available for download dnsc version - RA credit import - a new feature has been added to the RA credit import that allows for the matching of RA imported credits that could not be matched because of missing RA numbers in the job RA record. The unmatched records are matched by the work order number.110-08 10/11/2006 dnsc version - password protection has been added in the dnsc job record to prevent unauthorized deletion of inventory used.110-08 10/09/2006 point-of-sale version - serialized inventory finder - tracking for serialized inventory has been added for job invoice add, job invoice delete, and job delete. This is in addition to existing tracking for item received, assigned, transferred, current status, and purchase orders. 110-07 10/09/2006 available for download dnsc version - the payment and credit due report has additional spreadsheets added to show RA credit-due detail - this is in addition to the existing summary spreadsheets. Chart graphs have been added to the payment and credit due report summary spreadsheet to show amounts due per store.110-07 10/06/2006 - point-of-sale version - the date-paperwork-returned-by-tech entry field has been added to satellite sale and service job types. This entry field previously existed only in dnsc job types 110-06 10/04/2006 available for download dnsc version - a fourth type of RA credit memo is being issued by DNS - CommPay has been updated to import this new type of RA credit memo.110-06 10/03/2006 dnsc version - employee list - the employee dnsc tech number now prints and shows on the employee list spreadsheet.110-06 10/03/2006 dnsc version - RA record - the user logged in when an new RA record is created is now saved in the RA record. This gives a permanent record of the user who created the dnsc RA record.110-06 10/03/2006 - all versions - scheduled jobs list - a bulk assignment feature has been added to the scheduled jobs list. This allows for single-click flagging of unassigned jobs and the assignment of these jobs to a technician with one button click. 110-05 09/28/2006 available for download - all versions - manager and supervisor fields have been added to the employee record. The manager list and supervisor list have been added to program setup and are user-definable.110-05 09/28/2006 all versions - activation report - an additional filter for date completed has been added to the activation report - this is in addition to existing filters for date of activation and date of sale.110-05 09/26/2006 all versions - satellite sale dealer payment tracking - each receiver-used record can now trackup up to thirteen payments per receiver - this is an increase from the old eight payments per receiver.110-05 09/25/2006 point-of-sale version - new feature - asset tracking - the asset tracking feature allows for creating a permanent record of any fixture or equipment. Asset tracking records the purchase date, vendor, warranty information, location, category, secondary location, secondary category, etc. A picture of each asset item taken with a digital camera can tagged to each asset record and view/printed from within the record.110-05 09/22/2006 all versions - scheduled jobs list - addtional filters have been added to allow for including only completed jobs and sorting by customer address.110-05 09/22/2006 all versions - dealer payment import - Midstate Distributing payments - a 3rd type of Midstate dealer retail payment file is now being used - dealer payment import has been updated to accomodate the 3rd type of Midstate file in addition to types one and two.110-05 09/21/2006 point-of-sale and dnsc versions - job callback feature - all of the original job's notes can now be viewed and printed with a single button click in the followup job record for a job callback.110-05 09/18/2006 dnsc version - dnsc payments and credit due report - filters have been added to allow for showing all records, showing only non-disputed records, or showing only disputed records.110-05 09/18/2006 dnsc version - RA credit import list spreadsheets - the RA credit import spreadsheets for single batch and unprocessed records have been enhanced for much faster report generation. All changes after release 110-04 will be only in the beta program. The CommPay beta program at this point is fully replacing regular CommPay and will no longer be referred to as the beta release. 110-04 09/18/2006 posted - beta - point-of-sale and dnsc - new feature - a callback job record can be automatically created with a single button click in a satellite sale, service job, or dnsc job record. This function will create a followup job record and then technician callbacks can be tracked by the technician callback report.110-04 09/16/2006 - beta - dnsc RA credit import - bug fix - RA records belonging to service calls and satellite sales were not being credited when DNSC RA credits were imported and applied - this has been fixed.110-04 09/14/2006 - beta - dnsc job record - password protection has been added for editing and deleting of equipment to-be-returned and equipment has-been-returned in the dnsc job record.110-04 09/11/2006 - beta - dnsc/point-of-sale versions - service call job type - dnsc receivers can now be added as receivers used in the service call and installation job types.110-04 09/11/2006 - beta - dnsc version - DNSC RA credit memo import - the DNSC RA credit memo import procedure has been updated to import a 3rd type of RA credit memo. This is in addition to importing the standard and RA recon credit memo types.110-04 09/11/2006 - beta - dnsc version - dnsc receiver import - the dnsc receiver import procedure has been modified so the invoice date in the import file can be either a 2-digit year or a 4-digit year.110-04 09/08/2006 - beta - dnsc version - bug fix - dnsc inventory used report - the report filters for dns job type were not filtering correctly - this has been fixed.110-04 09/07/2006 - all versions - dealer payment import has been updated to reflect the changes in the Midstate dealer payment import file.110-04 09/07/2006 beta - dnsc and point-of-sale - inventory speed assignment and transfer - the bulk speed assignment procedure has been updated to include point-of-sale general inventory.110-04 09/07/2006 beta - point-of-sale version - bug fix - general inventory record - when adding a new general inventory record and then canceling rather than saving the user was not allowed to abort the new record save - this has been fixed. 110-03 08/25/2006 posted - beta - dnsc version - payments and credits due list - date filters have been added to the dnsc payments and credits due list. A new payment due report generator has been added.110-03 08/21/2006 beta - service and repair - the customer account number entry field has been added to service call and installation job types.110-03 08/21/2006 beta - dns version - point-of-sale invoice item - the invoice item unit price can now be edited after initial entry for inventory taken from the dnsc inventory database.110-03 08/20/2006 beta - backup utility - the backup utility has been made to detect current CommPay users on the network and terminate all running instances of the program prior to creating the compressed data backup file. During the backup process the program is locked to prevent user access.110-03 08/18/2006 beta - all versions - activation spreadsheet report - bug fix - type 2 spreadsheet - the equipment cost for general inventory used in a job where the inventory was used from the dsnc general inventory database was not being displayed correctly - this has been fixed. 110-02 08/17/2006 posted - beta - all versions - activation report spreadsheet - the activation report spreadsheet has columns added for up to eight satellite receivers per job - this is a change from four receivers per job.110-02 08/17/2006 beta - dnsc - bug fix - inventory onhand report - the physical count was not relecting assigned inventory - this has been fixed.110-02 08/17/2006 beta - point-of-sale & dnsc - single tech inventory assignment report - the printed report has had totals for assigned, used, and returned added in addition to the existing balance total.110-02 08/15/2006 beta - dnsc - bug fix - dnsc receiver inventory record - the receiver cost could not be changed after the receiver was added/impoorted to the database - this has been fixed.110-02 08/15/2006 beta - dnsc - cm/eft import list - the job store and management area have been added to the new import spreadsheet and a spreadsheet has been added to the single batch import tab.110-02 08/15/2006 beta - dnsc - bug fix - RA needed report - the RA needed report was not filtering correctly by date - this has been fixed. 110-01 08/10/2006 posted - beta - dnsc version - add the capability to import the new RSP labor flat rate service code grid.110-01 08/08/2006 beta - point-of-sale version - third party billing record - the date of entry in the third party billing record has been made an editable data field. The third-party billing list has added a bulk-payment process whereas records can be flagged individually or in bulk to process payments in bulk110-01 08/08/2006 beta - point-of-sale version - bug fix - general inventory record - when deleting a general inventory record an error message would appear related to a missing store quantity record and the general inventory record could not be deleted. This has been fixed.110-01 08/08/2006 beta - point-of-sale version - bug fix - returned inventory record - when a stock part number was selected in the returned inventory record and the general inventory record for that part number did not have a default vendor the returned inventory record was not saving the selected vendor. This has been fixed. 109-99 08/07/2006 posted - beta - dnsc version - the RA credit import has been updated to accomodate the changes in the RA credit memo file.109-99 08/07/2006 beta - dnsc version - RA needed list - changes have been made to accomodate defective dealer stock items on the RA needed list. 109-99 08/07/2006 beta - point-of-sale - service jobs - bug fix - jobs can now not be closed if an open purchase order or open returned inventory record is tagged to the job record.109-99 08/07/2006 beta - point-of-sale - purchase order list - parts on order - the date of expected arrival of the item on order has been added to the parts on order list.109-99 08/03/2006 - beta - dnsc version - the RA numbers needed printed list has had the customer account number and customer name added. The RA numbers needed list also now has the option to view the RA record directly rather than having to access the job record first. 109-98 07/31/2006 posted - beta - dnsc version - to-be-returned inventory, has-been-returned inventory, and DNSC RA capabilites have been added to standard satellite sale, service call, and installation job types. This feature gives the same capabilites for tracking to-be-returned inventory and RA control that is already in dnsc job types.109-98 07/28/2006 beta - dnsc version - receiver import from invoice - the dnsc receiver import from invoice has been enhanced to include a printed list of receivers imported. This allows a comparison of the invoice to physical stock.109-98 07/27/2006 beta - bug fix - dnsc receiver inventory record - a bug that caused a "record not found" error message when a dnsc receiver inventory record was saved has been fixed. 109-97 07/22/2006 posted - point-of-sale - customer record bug fix - after a customer record was created it was not possible to change the customer record default tax authority - this has been fixed.109-97 07/21/2006 point-of-sale version - new feature - when the sales tax authority in the customer record differs from the system-wide sales tax authority the user will now be asked, when creating a new job record, whether to use the default or customer authority. This feature can be turned on or off in program setup.109-97 07/21/2006 beta - point-of-sale and dnsc versions - bug fix - document scanning - under some circumstances when a document was scanned into a job record it caused login memory to be erased and the user was then asked for a password to access areas of the program that sould have been opened by login - this has been fixed.109-97 07/21/2006 beta - dnsc payment import - bug fix - when zero amount payments were deleted negative amount payments were also deleted - this has been fixed. 109-96 07/20/2006 posted - serial upgrade 109-95 07/10/2006 posted - beta - point-of-sale - the sale tax authority list can now be sorted by name in addition to sales tax authority number. 109-94 07/07/2006 posted - serial upgrade 109-93 06/30/2006 posted - serial upgrade 109-92 06/20/2006 posted - beta - fixed server file transfers for processes running on Windows 2003 server - some service packs of 2003 server were causing incorrect drive letter determination on the server - this has been fixed. 109-91 06/16/2006 posted - dnsc version - bug fix - in a retail sale when adding an invoice item and using dns inventory the dnsc general inventory selection list was not selecting the desired record - this has been fixed.109-91 06/15/2006 point-of-sale version - technician inventory assignment report - the receiver model number has been added to the inventory description field in the assignment list. 109-90 06/09/2006 posted - beta - enhancements to speed up client/server communications on the network significantly improves the speed of CommPay running on work stations.109-90 06/09/2006 beta - activation report - a new user-defined spreadsheet has been added to the activation report. This allows the user to define four of the columns of the resultant spreadsheet. 109-89 06/06/2006 posted - dnsc version - the equipment shipping reimbursement percentage for dnsc equipment credits can now be user defined. This replaces the hardcoded 4% reimbursement rate.109-89 06/06/2006 - web connect for Directv - updated web connect to upload number of receivers to adjust for changes in Directv retailer web site.109-89 06/05/2006 - point-of-sale version - credit card capture using PCCharge Payment Server - the user can now define a list of credit card avs response codes in program setup and indicate which codes are acceptable transaction responses - the user is informed if an unacceptible avs reponse code is returned by the processed transaction. This is to inform the user when the avs code is not acceptible even though the credit card transaction may have been processed without error. 109-88 05/30/2006 posted - serial upgrade 109-87 05/26/2006 posted - serial upgrade 109-86 05/18/2006 posted - point-of-sale version - satellite sale record - bug fix - an error message showed when an alread-entered letter was viewed - this has been fixed. 109-85 05/12/2006 posted beta point-of-sale version - bug fix - general inventory record - within the general inventory record selecting items from the inventory selection list for packaged part numbers intermittantly caused an erroneous duplicate record error message - this has been fixed.109-85 05/12/2006 beta point-of-sale version - bug fix - onhand inventory report - the onhand inventory report was not calculating physical stock versus assigned stock and total stock when non-serialized inventory was selected - this has been fixed.109-85 05/12/2006 beta point-of-sale version - new feature - CommPay now has integration with ProBusiness Tools - jobs can be exported from the ProBusiness Tools web site and imported directly into CommPay. Likewise, jobs can be exported from CommPay and directly imported into the ProBusiness Tools web site. This allows users who use CommPay for day-to-day operations and ProBusiness Tools for remote tech access to do data entry into CommPay alone and then keep ProBusiness Tools automatically sychronized with the CommPay database. 109-84 05/08/2006 posted beta program - bug fix - pos service and repair job types - erroneous error message saying secondary setup record not found has been fixed. 109-84 05/08/2006 beta program - customer contact record bug fix - the sales person and sight check person were not able to be selected from the employee selection list in the customer contact record - this has been fixed. 109-83 05/04/2006 posted beta program - updated datafile drivers 109-82 05/01/2006 posted beta program - technician inventory assignments - daily assignment and return records are now dated by the assigned and returned date set in the assignment and transfer window rather than the current date. 109-81 04/24/2006 posted beta program - WebServer satellite sale print - the claim ID number has been added to the WebServer printed satellite sale tech work sheet. 109-80 04/24/2006 posted - dnsc version - a 'print all' dnsc jobs button has been added to the schedule list. This allows for all dnsc tech work sheets to be printed for any given date ranged with a single button click. 109-79 04/10/2006 posted - beta program - data server language enhancements 109-78 04/03/2006 posted - dnsc beta program - user feature - a checkbox can be checked in dsnc setup that forces the user to use a 123456789-123 format for the dnsc RA number when creating an RA record from a dnsc job record. In program setup the user can indicate how many digits must be before the dash in the RA number and how many digits must be after the dash. A option checkbox in program setup also allows for the user to override being forced to adhere to the preset RA number format.109-78 04/03/2006 dnsc beta - the dns RA recon spreadsheet now has the option in program setup of adding an additional 5 columns to the spreadsheet template - management area, installing technician, job store, customer phone number, and general inventory description. These columns are in addition to the existing columns on the dns approved RA recon template. An additional option has been added in program setup to replace the template date-received with the date shipped of the RA'd item.109-78 04/03/2006 dnsc beta and regular - bug fix - dsnc RA record and RA dispute record - record access errors were inadvertantly introduced with last upgrade that caused error messages to appear when attempting to access a dnsc RA record from the job record and also caused error messages to appear when attempting to create a dnsc RA dispute record - this has been fixed. 109-77 03/31/2006 posted - beta program - web remote - two IP addresses can now be entered into the network setup utility - one for the local area network and one for a remote connection. The user will be asked at program startup if the connection is to be local or remote if a 2nd IP address is entered in the setup utility.109-77 03/30/2006 - all versions - customer record - the customer social security number, drivers license number, and all personal data is now hidden and can be viewed by entering the show-credit-card-number password.109-77 03/30/2006 - pos version - an error message related to the vendor file not being opened was displayed when the inventory serial number record was accessed from within the receiver-used record - this has been fixed. 109-76 03/29/2006 posted - beta program - dnsc - initial release of new feature in dnsc job that allows connection to econnect web site with a single button click in a dnsc job record. 109-75 03/24/2006 posted - serial upgrade 109-74 03/23/2006 posted - beta and regular - the dnsc RA recon spreadsheet has been updated to the latest template from DNS. Additional fields have been added to the dnsc RA record for the replacement receiver caid number and model number. 109-73 03/20/2006 posted - beta program - an import and job update process has been added so users who are using prosite for tech remote access can export from prosite and import job updates directly into CommPay.109-73 03/06/2006 - beta program - dnsc general inventory received list - another tab has been added so records can be filtered by invoice number. A print and spreadsheet procedure has been added. 109-72 02/28/2006 posted - beta program - the dnsc and pos inventory speed assignment and transfer functions have been extensively rewritten and a new daily assignment and return function has been added. Technician sign-off sheets for returned inventory can now be printed. A permanent daily assignment and return record is now kept for each technician and can be reproduced as desired. The serialized inventory tracker now shows assigned and returned inventory records. The dnsc general inventory assignment list has been streamlined and a spreadsheet output has been added. Other general enhancements and updates have been added as the beta program moves closer to full release. 109-71 02/24/2006 posted - beta program - enhancements prior to full release109-70 02/22/2006 posted - beta program - enhancements prior to full release109-69 02/16/2006 posted - beta program - enhancements prior to full release109-68 02/10/2006 posted - beta program - enhancements prior to full release 109-67 02/06/2006 posted - Web Remote option - when remote users that were designated to view only single tech or single store records were logging in they were still able to view scheduling calendars for other users - this has been fixed. 109-66 02/01/2006 posted - beta program - enhancements prior to full release196-65 01/27/2006 posted - serial upgrade196-64 01/13/2006 posted - serial upgrade 109-63 01/02/2006 posted - serial upgrade
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