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Version 248

Improvements

• Whenever there is an announcement or update, you will see ‘news’ next to your username
• We have added new fields for serial numbers in the equipment module
• Unconfirmed projects' status colors in the project list view and the crew planner are now yellow
• There is a "no item selected" state for all sidebar widgets

 

Bug fixes

• It was not possible to apply filters for synchronized projects in your Google Calendar
• When clicking in the statistics overview  to export only certain statistics, the whole list would export
• The Rentman logo was missing on Chrome notifications
• Edit project type module header missed  translations
• Unable to send the original invoice with a payment reminder
• Adding project templates in the configuration did not have mandatory fields
• Messages module: Adding a column under the "sent" option did not work
• Items within a kit were shown outside of the kit in the equipment timeline of the project module
• Updating of times was aborted when canceling the factor update modal
• "Display in documents" and "display in webshop" options for equipment images were not shown anymore
• The planning period of a function group only changed when the usage period was updated
• Circular selection possible when picking columns for export
• Could not add registered hours as a column to the overview in the crew and transport and planning tabs in a project
• Changing the margin for the  text module in the document template editor did not work
• Creating a new contact and choosing the country showed the wrong country on the map
• String in `Hide Empty-Database button` button did not show properly
• The locked sidebar was not remembered in the calendar and timeline view in projects
• Adding a template from the template library with a double click gave permission error.
• Unable to export manually added columns for assigned serial numbers in the equipment tab of a project
• The license activation Email was not displayed in euros
• Multiple 'My personal dashboards' were created
• Wide columns influenced the editing name of an item in a project
• Invoices with the due date set as today were taken into account in the amount of the overdue invoice in the invoices widget
• 'X' button on the edit function group did not work
• Title attributes were broken in various places
• Quick availability lookup showed the availability as zero for mixed Kits
• The order of kit content in the Equipment module changed on its own
• Exporting failed when adding the Serial number/Qr-code column
• Projects donut chart showed wrong information
• It was possible to dismiss the 'update function planning' modal

 

Version 247

Improvements

• We brought back some of the missing shortcuts in the improved interface
• You can paste an equipment Group while there is no other equipment Group in the grid again
• In various places, the folder structure in grids has improved with better indentation and visual elements
• Increased performance of the 'create function' modal

 

Bug fixes

• When choosing an alternative equipment item in the warehouse, the equipment name was missing
• Changing folder name did not update the name in the folder sidebar
• A kit's list price did not show on document templates
• Verified email domains were being sent from @rentmanclient.com
• The expiration date set for your quotes while generating the document could not be adjusted manually to the date on which you generated the document.
• While having your projects in timeline overview, closing the details widget would hide the scrollbar
• Reload pop-up when changing license did not disappear after refreshing the page
• It was possible to have writing permissions for a module without having the overall permissions to that same module
• Generating a crew planning document for multiple crew members used the default time period for all crew members except for the first selected
• Grouping invoice Price exlc. VAT required a refresh before the correct information was shown
• Invoices expired on the day of the due date and not after
• Booking back all rental equipment made the project progress indicator show shortages 
• The total Excl. VAT calculation did not include discounts on the equipment level
• You were not able to activate an expired trial in the improved interface
• 'Show option' in crew planner module was not shown
• Downloading several invoices did  not create a zip file but one long pdf file
• Redo: When pinned columns were adjusted widely, the equipment grid would hide information
• When multiple functions fell in the same selected time frame, some functions displayed a from and until time that matched the current time instead of the function times.

 

Version 246

Improvements

• We corrected the totals shown in the details sidebar of equipment within a project
• Changed terminology: when adding factor groups, we renamed ‘Factor groups’ inside the modal to ‘Factors' and renamed the ‘Add Factor Group’ inside the modal to ‘Add Factor’

 

Bug fixes

• In the equipment tab of a project, selecting a group with search active selected the entire group, including invisible items
• You could not scroll while dragging item
• When pinned columns were adjusted widely, the equipment grid would hide information
• Subrenting shortages to an existing subrent project did not show the added items until further actions were taken.
• Shortages within kit, did not make the kit appear in red
• We removed date and time restriction from tasks - you can create and adjust tasks in the past 
• Deselecting projects when sending planning email still showed them in the preview
• You can choose the VAT options again when creating a quotation is missing
• Mandatory fields were not checked when adding crew member
• Visible errors when planning equipment by double-clicking the 'details' button in the equipment list
• In the document template editor, moving a block or module and changing tabs without saving changes mad the module float on the document
• Issues loading the crew planner in the old interface
• While editing multiple equipment items in your database, there was an unnecessary checkbox
• Resizing the left column in for the equipment planning resulted in displaying issues
• Activating an account while your trial was expired was not possible

 

Version 245

Improvements

• We added a field for planned crew and vehicles to add remarks for the planner
• You will now receive a confirmation email after changing your license
• The API can now send the total price for quotes, both including and excluding VAT
• In the improved interface, extra input fields are now accessible while changing the planning
• We improved the flow to create quotations in the improved interface
• The button to sort your time schedule is now located on the left side of the time schedule
• When selecting text in a cell, only the background turns blue instead of the whole cell

 

Bug fixes

• A fix in the user role settings in the invoices module when changing the payment status
• Projects were not displayed as canceled if you would scroll through the timeline view in the projects module
• It was not possible to download an import template file by crew members
• Reserving crew member in the timeline showed an error when using a keyboard
• The tax breakdown was not displayed in the invoice editing screen
• Unsaved changes indicator did not appear when changing the project status
• If a user was logged in through the global login, the info in the calendar sync modal was not correct
• Adding long links to notes made the edit/delete button fall off the screen
• Deleting any email addresses when emailing documents deleted the last inserted address
• Unfinalized invoices could not be viewed in accounts with locked invoices
• Unsaved changes indicator did not show up until you changed tabs while editing extra input fields
• Could not add a correction to hours in the time registration module
• Planned crew remark was not visible in My Schedule
• An error was shown when adding images to document emails
• An error was shown after signing quotations
• The inventory did not update when a customer was charged for a lost item in the warehouse

 

Version 244

Improvements

• We improve the folder indentation of equipment items in the equipment planning grid
• Improved focused visibility of inputs in the grid
• Improvements to the time-based stock changes for entering the quantity manually

 

Bug fixes

• A kit's list price did not show on document templates
• Returned delayed projects did not leave the delayed column in the warehouse instantly
• The crew member’s availability timeline only showed some of the selected crew members
• The email signature field in the configuration module did not have an ‘add image’ button
• Dashboard widgets disappeared when clicking on the dashboard again in the navigation bar
• The equipment tab widget to check the availability did not work correctly
• Bugfix for the availability lookup modal
• The keyboard shortcut to switch between tab was the same as @ on Italian keyboards
• Comment lines were counted as equipment in projects, resulted as shortages in the project progress indicator

 

Version 243

Improvements

• You will now receive a confirmation email after changing your license
• We renamed the edit button to ‘open’ in the rental request overview
• New equipment groups modal showed the wrong title
• Rentman now remembers the settings from created documents
• We added the shortcut Shift + Alt + 1 (or choose 2 or 3) to quickly add a task, note, or files from anywhere within an item
• We removed the hover state for lists that don't have an action
• Clicking on a time cell of a function now opens the time period modal

 

Bug fixes

• When adding a new dashboard, the save button was not instantly clickable
• When adding multiple widgets,  your screen would freeze
• The new warehouse icon was not taken over in the sub-tabs of the warehouse module
• The search grid toolbar for kit contents, accessories, and alternatives in the equipment details was  not there
• Newly added accessories got the wrong order when there was no grid selection
• Duplicated equipment featured image were taken over from the original, but had no files attached
• Notes added by an account manager to contacts and equipment were set as confidential but were still visible
• Public tasks linked to contacts had the delete icon in the task modal for users with editing only rights for tasks
• Tasks created from the tasks module did not show up to other users
• A refresh was required to remove a deleted user role
• Error was shown after saving a piece of new equipment that had a file
• Fixes for the Quick availability lookup modal

 

Version 242

Improvements

• The visibility setting for a note in the notes widget is now indicated
• You can find a new project progress icon that indicates the status of your equipment

 

Bug fixes

• Percentages larger or smaller than 100 were shown as x% instead of x00%
• The "My schedule" text in the Dashboard calendar widget was not translated for some languages
• Double clicking on the equipment name field for planned equipment was overwriting information instead of inserting new information.
• Fixed issues for the quick availability lookup
• Inconsistent header formatting for tasks and notes/files in the sidebar
• The files widget did not have have a files icon

 

Version 241

Improvements

• We are allowing notes, files and tasks to be added to items, regardless of rights to edit that item
• The current user will be prefilled when creating a non-public task
• You can now switch tabs with a keyboard shortcut: Alt + `
• There is now a default project packing slip template for project types
• We implemented the logging of changes within an equipment group

 

Bug fixes

• Having “create invoices” checked within the project rights while having the project view turned off did not let you switch off invoices
• Default warehouse packing list option was not respected
• Changes to the first line of a factor group were not saved
• Logging in through the Global login did not after login
• Files were missing in the My Schedule module

 

Version 240

Improvements

• Pinned column filter will be disabled when searching for equipment
• We are allowing the possibility to create function groups in the select function groups modal
• Time registration will show the total hours instead of days and hours

 

Bug fixes

• The factor should only be updated after changing the usage period and not the planning period
• Assigning periodic inspections to equipment were not saved
• Cancelled subprojects still showed up with the 'Not cancelled' filter in the statistics
• The notification list was not closing after clicking on a notification
• Cancelling a project moved all the project progress icons to the right
• The scroll bar disappeared when adjusting the size of the timeline/project overview in the crew planner
• Clicking the cross 'x' on modals did not work in all places
• Email templates were were not deleted in the template list
• Mandatory fields for tasks were not temporarily not mandatory anymore
• Selecting and deselecting vehicles in the crew planner still remembered the vehicle selection
• An error was shown when creating quotations
• The list of serial numbers jumped and had a scroll bar
• An error was shown when pasting the clipboard contents a second time
• The styling of 'complete and new' in the Task module was incorrect
• The country field for contacts was missing in version 236
• In the projects view, only presets for the list view-type were visible
• The order of kits in the main kit got mixed up when planned in a project and on a document
• Crew planner: the spacing between the view and the tags selector was gone
• Fixed issues with the  location distance modal calculations
• Applying the distance button was disabled even though functions were present

 

Version 239

Improvements

• Build "revenue overview" column dashboard widget
• Able to duplicate selected times in the time schedule
• Able to shift / move / delay multiple times of project in one go
• Switch the project "view type" selector and the "which days selector"
• Add the date and the crew member selection to Crew/Transport slips
• Restyling of the  time update conflict modal
• Possibility to make the time schedule ordered chronological
• An equipment group is no longer always added at the end of the list
• Navigation bar improvements - new warehouse module icon
• Clear price fields when you start typing on focus
• Add 'code' field of equipment to the Public API

 

Bug fixes

• Qr-codes were shown in classic license
• Location address was not showing properly when the contact person had a long email address
• Changing the name of a function group triggered the changed times modal
• Extra input fields for crew members were missing as a card
• Subrents did not influence the kit availability in the timeline
• The spacing on the right side of search components were off
• Spacing between the timeline and the grid was off in the shortages view
• Planning emails were misaligned
• Uploaded images were lost when creating new equipment (drag-n-drop)
• Distance did not display for newly created contacts and was missing a label
• You were unable to change purchase dates and the activity state of a Serial in one go
• Missing translation for shifting times
• Date was cleared when editing the date input
• Adding the first equipment item of a project should have added a new equipment group by default
• Inventory counting module scanning did not work after your first scan
• Could not activate a license with credit card
• Missing translation in the quick availability lookup
• Shifting times for future projects to a specific date used wrong values
• All the mails that return the "queued" status were sent multiple times
• Total worked hours in the details widget of the time registration was not correct
• The menu bar in a safari browser was not displayed properly 
• The inline file uploader got stuck during a file upload step
• Verified email domains were temporarily sent from @rentmanclient.com

 

Version 238

Improvements

• The quick availability lookup popup
• Change the column title of “Project Progress (icon)” to “Project Progress”
• Only show tabs when there is more than 1 tab
• Add a line below save / close action buttons if there are no tabs
• Able to switch more quickly between subprojects with shift + alt+ arrow keys
• Make “My schedule” full width
• The Document version is now shown in the financial tab
• Show the equipment image from the equipment module also in the equipment tab of a  Project
• Solve the visual difference between the quotation and the contract card in the financial tab of a project
• Thousand/decimal separator for Switzerland should not change depending on "Show as" option for price column
• Add all currencies to the list of currencies
• Align group sums and discounts with the price field formatting on documents
• Add shortcuts to quickly change the timeframe in the visual crew planner
• Date picker browser compatibility improvement

 

Bug fixes

• The export button for the serial number history was missing in the improved interface
• Column options for price, date, discounts and duration fields were not working in the template editor
• Scrollbars were missing in the equipment timeline
• Slip names were not displayed in the mailing modal
• Deleted factor group lines were still displayed until changes were confirmed and the changes were saved
• Missing translation for the `Remove unused rates` modal
• Adding crew or transport function with no selection to the 'ungrouped functions' did not work
• Fixed inconsistencies in the process of setting Equipment images
• On save helper caused dates to be cleared
• Canceled changes to Stock mutation properties appeared in the grid
• Fixed setting of the "public" attribute for Image files
• Opening the timeline of kits containing sales items without initial stock mutations error was shown incorrectly.

 

Version 237

Improvements

• When adding tasks, have the deadline prefilled for  tomorrow and the visibility set as "personal"

 

Bug fixes

• An adjusted start date of a duplicated project did not work correctly
• Quotes were not loading in the financial tab of a project
• It was unable to answer invitations
• The company name did not update when changing it in the payment details page

 

Version 236

Improvements

• Possibility to plan future stock changes
• Adding the missing rental request details sidebar
• Inventory counting module in the improved interface
• Exclude kits and equipment with zero quantity from the automated generation of mutations
• Viewing send emails modal needed more space for email
• Rename ‘amount’ fields to ‘current amount’
• Switch the project "view type" selector and "which days selector"
• Condense segments of Warehouse stock bar in a timeline
• Possibility to set the first uploaded image as a default picture for equipment
• Show the phone number and e-mail address of the client in the general-tab of a project
• Hide serial numbers with a future purchase date from select fields
• Update email modal
• Show refresh banner after activating a license

 

Bug fixes

• The Crewplanner in full screen did not resize correctly in Safari
• Deleting future serialized stock mutations resulted in a deduction
• Missing translation for stock mutation through a found item
• Changing the type from bulk to count serials for equipment needed two save actions
• Overdue invoices in the invoices overview were not filtered
• Opening specific invoices from contacts view opened an empty tab
• An error showed up when importing equipment
• The incorrect type of socket message was generated during the Item update
• Adjusted start date of a duplicated project wat not inherited correctly
• An invalid stock quantity was created when deactivating and activating a serial number empty purchase date
• The quantity calculated for items having zero in stock was missing the initial mutation
• Quotes were not loading in the financial tab of a project
• Changing the country during activation did not update the payment methods
• It was unable to answer invitations
• The company name did not update when changing that in the payment details page

 

Version 235

Improvements

• Improve planning mail preview in crew planner communication
• Show a message when an ad-blocker is active
• Export bank account number from Contact to Exact Online

 

Bug fixes

• The navigation bar did not collapse as intended
• Changing the order of subprojects did not always work correctly
• Inventory count for sale items acted as "Enter delivery" rather than "Correct stock"
• VAT and Price inc VAT amount in the extended view of minus invoices was not correct
• Only have one calendar in the project calendar view is now solved
• Creating time registration for multiple people registered time only for just one
• Adding time when the subproject was selected did not add time

 

Version 234

Improvements

• Added validation to the improved time registration page
• Improved equipment group name in equipment planning of a project
• Week numbers were missing in the improved interface
• Only allowing adding times to a subproject when the main project is selected

 

Bug fixes:

• Incorrect end date when activating or switching licenses
• When generating an invoice with setting "no contact person", the default contact person showed up on the document
• Saving none default columns in statistics did not save them
• Project times connected to a subproject were not shown when there was a single subproject
• The revenue widget only updated after a refresh
• Removing the project price from the invoice edit view was not reflected in the invoice overview table
• The start time was not copied over to end time in the project time schedule
• When planning a function with nothing selected, it asked for the subproject twice
• Keyboard changing of date in time schedule did not work
• The ‘add group’ button did not work when adding a function to the project when there was nothing selected

 

Version 233 

Improvements

• Time registration in the improved interface
• Move the 'decline' button for rental requests to the header of the first card
• Improved styling of the user roles screen
• Make projects and invoices clickable in contact view
• Be able to open equipment from the equipment widget within a project

 

Bug fixes

• Support of Hebrew as a document template language
• It was unable to export statistics information in the improved interface
• A missing header above images in the details sidebar of equipment
• Unable to click on ‘next/previous month’ in the Safari date picker
• When changing the item type to a kit, the QR code card was still visible
• Selecting the preset "all" in the project overview, calendar, per day, and timeline view did not actually clear the filters
• Selecting to show the percentage or both the percentage and the amount for discounts did not work in the document template editor
• The modal shown when users have lost internet connection did not close when clicking on X
• The equipment timeline did not show the supplier in the timeline
• The button to choose a date in the Warehouse module needed two clicks to open
• It was unable to edit values within an extra input field belonging to serial numbers with the "Edit" button
• A project that was made with the webshop integration did now show the times in the time schedule
• Adding and editing tasks in modals resulted in the modal being closed
• There was no option to add ‘free text input’ as a column in document templates
• The headers of extra input fields for projects and subprojects were switched
• Editing times in the time schedule and confirming with ‘enter’ did not update the inserted times
• For some users when activating or switching licenses, there was an incorrect end date displayed

 

Version 232

Improvements

• Ability to lock the folder structure in the equipment module
• We combined extra input fields that are for subprojects and projects in the same view
• The communicate planning button is now accessible when you have crew functions selected
• You now have the option to lock the folder structure into a sidebar in the equipment module
• We removed the communicate planning button in the vehicle planning tab of a project

 

Bug fixes

• Newly created projects were automatically taken out of the planning and the financial overview
• The dashboard widget for tasks did not filter out tasks from project templates
• The shortages tab did not load correctly
• The crew planner in a project showed deleted crew members on functions, and communicating this planning did not show the correct crew members
• It was not possible to open the date selector in the main screen of the warehouse module
• When communicating the planning, the date picker would open directly, blocking the screen
• It was not possible to enter times in the time schedule in Safari for projects created with a template
• In the equipment module, jumping in the timeline left out some projects
• The search bar in the crew members and vehicles module was closing shortly after inserting the first characters
• The drop-down list for adding or hiding columns was partially hidden and inaccessible in the serial number history pop up
• Duplicating serial number blocked the equipment editor from loading
• Creating a new contact calculated the distance the first time from the Rentman office
• The calendar in the details tab of a project contained a ‘today’ button, which did not make a lot of sense
• Adding surface items was not possible
• It was not possible to move equipment groups from one subproject to another

 

Version 231

Improvements

• Dashboard widget: compare revenue to the previous month

 

Bug fixes

• Shortages and the equipment timeline were not appearing anymore for Lite licenses. You can now track your equipment availability again as usual
• The estimated and planned costs of equipment also changed when changing the subrent price of equipment
• Assigned serial numbers of items in projects can now no longer exceed the number of planned items. How would it even be possible to plan 2 items with 3 serial numbers attached to them?
• When crew or transport was taken out of the planning, the project progress icon still turned red for not fully planned functions
• The cancel button to not switch to the new interface still led you to the new interface
• When creating a credit note, the invoice moment got selected automatically resulting in a total sum of 0