The Sicon Hire Manager is designed specifically as an additional module for Sage 200. Fully integrated with the Sicon Fixed Assets (included with hire manager), Sage 200 Stock and Order Processing modules. Designed to manage the requirements of hire organisation’s needing to create hire documentation, schedule people and equipment, control pricing and generate one off or periodic invoices for the items on hire.
Fix to show from/to dates on Planned Sales Orders (Forecast) screen when system is configured to show ‘times’ based on selling time unit configuration and
ensure times are always hidden if configured in settings.
Date applied: March 6, 2019
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
Add comment line tab to standard hire order entry/amend screen.
Add new IsScanEnterAtDespatch column/field to Sub Category Import.
Add ‘next’ quote/order number maintenance to Settings screen.
If hire order amend (or rapid amend) ‘Print’ button is used to re-print collection notes for an order with no collection notes stored, display error. Previously Sage report would prompt to select ANY collection note on the system.
Fix Hire Orders Import ‘Failed, line x – A delivery address with the same description already exists…’ error. Occurs when description is different to postal address.
Copy Fixed Asset screen no longer defaults new asset code/name to have ‘- Copy’ suffix, this forces the user to enter a new asset code (unless auto-numbering is configured).
Fix to show from/to dates on Planned Sales Orders (Forecast) screen when system is configured to show ‘times’ based on selling time unit configuration. Ensure times are always hidden if configured in settings.
Fix post-despatch (with allocate at despatch) issue which causes asset line ‘allocated’ quantity to be greater than required quantity.
On receive assets prompt user to confirm assets details even if all assets are set to receive and show despatch date in asset list (previously blank).
Date applied: February 18, 2019
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
Add confirm despatch ‘scan’ enhancements enabled using the new sub-category ‘scan/enter at despatch’ setting.
Add round-up minimum days when charging by week.
Add ‘Import Hire Order Assets’ screen.
Show ‘serial number’ column in View Hire Order ‘History’ tab, to match Amend Hire Order screen.
Hire quote list double-click now opens Amend Quote/Amend Quote Rapid screen (i.e. to match Hire Order List).
Don’t allow addition of the same sub-category code/name for multiple categories.
Stop Confirm Hire Order Despatched ‘Asset ‘xxxxxx’ is selected more than once. Please select another asset on one of these lines.’ error if the ‘Select All’ button is pressed with multiple order lines for the same category/sub-category selected for despatch.
Imports changed to fix problem which can result in errors reported with no messages.
Date applied: February 13, 2019
Appointment conflict checker fix for other appointments overlapping start/end data of appointment being entered.
Change View Sub-Category Balances screen ‘available for hire’ column to calculated field.
Data model extended to include extra SiconHMOrderLinesView.SiconHMOrderLinesViewID field for reporting.
Date applied: February 6, 2019
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
Add ‘Reserve specific assets when entering hire quotes’ setting and ‘rapid’ quote entry/amend functions which create appointments for assets
Add view quotes button to quotes desktop list
Disable quote amend when status is won/lost.
Appointment conflict checker fix for other appointments overlapping start/end data of appointment being entered
Date applied: February 5, 2019
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
Forecast credit/return creation changes to allow ‘extended hire’ to generate additional forecasts without creating credits for previously billed periods.
Sort hire order schedule order lines selection by line ‘sequence’.
Add ‘Default delivery address to customer account address’ configuration setting and when configured default delivery addresses in hire order / rapid hire order entry/amend screens.
Add ‘Default job for hire orders’ setting and automatically store configured default job when a hire order is saved.
Fix to ensure ‘last generated’ sales order date is correctly updated when only billed forecasts records exist.
Date applied: February 4, 2019
Fix ‘attempt to divide by zero’ error when an asset is added to an order with no default time unit selected.
Fix Hire Movements screen ‘Object reference note set …’ when order hyperlink is clicked.
Fix Sales Order Generation screen ‘last sales order date’ column always being blank.
Don’t allow SOP Customer Delivery Address to be deleted if linked to hire orders.
Don’t allow hire quote to be converted to hire order more than once.
Update SQL script to include all current SiconFixedAsset fields, to fix ‘Invalid column name ‘SerialNumber’ on Update Companies
Date applied: January 31, 2019
When generating sales order/return for a hire order with no delivery address (i.e. blank address fields) set the ‘use invoice address’ indicator on the sales order/return.
Fix “Inner Exception: Unable to update the object (Sicon.Sage200.HireManager.Objects.SiconHMBill, xxxxxxx), as the object has been deleted” error during Create Forecast following a suspension being added.
Date applied: January 23, 2019
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
Rebuild data model to include new SiconHMOrderLinesView.SiconHMOrderLinesViewID field for reporting.
Date applied: January 17, 2019
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
Add ‘Don’t Allocate Assets Due For Service’ setting and check service dates when auto-allocating assets or during user manual selection.
Date applied: January 9, 2019
Fix Additional Charges not being included in auto-generated billing forecasts when a new hire order is added.
When adding additional charge to an order default the tax code based on linked (service) stock item, if configured.
If the system is configured to generate sales returns when hire order dates are adjusted after billing, this will occur when either hire from/to dates are changed.
View Bill Detail screen layout fix to ensure list column headers, etc. are shown.
Date applied: January 9, 2019
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
Hire Order Import changes to include additional charge items.
Add new ‘IsScheduleScrollVerticallyUsingMouseWheel’ setting and apply to schedule screens.
Add new ‘RapidExcludeStockItemsInItemDropDown’ setting and apply to rapid hire order maintenance item drop-down control.
Date applied: January 7, 2019
Rename SA features menu/group ‘Sicon Hire’.
Import hire orders creates customer delivery addresses or matches to an existing delivery address using delivery postal name (unless blank).
Suggested Fulfilments now sets PO unit buying prices to match unit prices entered on-screen.
Add ‘Don’t generate sales orders until hire order despatched’ configuration setting and functionality.
Hire Quote List fix for ‘Object reference not set …’ error when initially displayed and changed to show ‘Document Status Name’.
Select Assets To Receive screen ‘Auto Select’ button will no longer select all listed assets if the screen opened with no quantity to receive.
Fix ‘Could not load file or assembly …’ error when ‘Issue Stock to Fixed Assets’ screen is opened.
Date applied: November 30, 2018
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
Add Schedule ‘suppress default row background colours’ and ‘maximise appointment height to fill schedule for asset rows’ configuration settings.
Date applied: November 30, 2018
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
Create schedule appointments when equipment is added to a contract (line) from the ‘Equipment On Contract Line’ maintenance screen.
The make Available For Hire screen now filters fixed assets drop-down if category and/or sub-category are selected.
When the Confirm Hire Order Despatched ‘Select All’ button is used don’t auto-select assets that are not available for despatch due to their status.
Ensure schedules are automatically reloaded/refreshed when assets are ticked/un-ticked or selection buttons are pressed.
When asset is booked to a job set appointment to ‘on-hire’ so it can’t be manually deleted from the Schedule screen.
Ensure correct hire order status if set for hire orders with multiple order lines.
Hire Order Import changes to include stock items, show detail errors if import fails, show confirmation message on success, allow hire asset lines to be processed with blank AssetNumber column (i.e. no assets allocated), don’t check for duplicate assets over multiple hire order lines (i.e. on different dates), validate imported tax codes and ‘InternalAreaForStockItems’ setting if stock items are included on import file.
Date applied: November 29, 2018
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
Import Hire Orders now includes ‘Who Ordered’ column, shown in the hire order maintenance screen ‘ordered by’ field.
An ‘add to last invoice’ flag is now stored against stock items and used as a default when a stock item is added to a hire order. The Settings screen ‘generate extensions’ button has been added to allow generation of any new/missing SiconHMStockItem records.
Add customer reference to amend/view hire orders and print collection notes screen lists/grids.
Add new customer reference search to the off-hire screen.
Check for SiconHMAssetHistory record links before allowing Fixed Asset Deletion.
Increase SiconAppointment.Subject field (in objects) to match common components and truncate if necessary when saving appointment to fix ‘Cannot set the value of field (.Subject) …’ error.
Suppress Rapid Amend screen ‘Cannot access a disposed object.’ error after the ‘This hire order has multiple lines, and therefore cannot be opened on the rapid order entry screen’ is shown.
Date applied: November 23, 2018
‘Schedule’ menu and screen has been renamed ‘Schedule for Assets’.
‘Schedule for Hire Orders’ menu and screen has been renamed ‘Schedule for Existing Hire Orders’.
‘Comments’ menu and screen has been renamed ‘Maintain Rapid Entry Comments’.
‘Custom Document Status’ menu and screen has been renamed ‘Maintain Custom Hire Order Sub Status’.
Allow double-click of hire cost to display hire cost enquiry.
Hire order desktop list changed to show ‘Document Status Name’ (renamed from ‘Name) and remove SiconSiconHMDocumentStatus (record ID) from the list of available columns.
Add Custom Hire Order Sub Status (i.e. custom status) to desktop order list.
Add new ‘Show customer name in appointment subject’ configuration setting and apply when appointments are saved.
Quote entry/amendment does not show ‘Deposit’ or ‘Collection Notes’ tab or allow entry of PO Expiry date. ‘Apply Suspension’ button is also not enabled for quote lines.
Convert Quote To Hire screen ‘Show All Orders’ button corrected to ‘Show All Quotes’.
When a new hire order is entered save if the ‘Create Forecast’ button is pressed so a forecast is generated.
Fix ‘Failed to update objects, cannot update Field (CategoryDbKey) with a Null value…’ during hire order line save for forecast generation if a category & sub-category isn’t selected.
Automatically default hire order line ‘Bill Start Date’ to ‘Requested From’ date when changed or new line added.
Update order line red/blank allocation status highlights when order/asset line are edited.
When a hire order is saved ensure order line warehouses are updated to match the order header, unless a line is fully despatched.
Fix problem which leaves a blank first asset line when the ‘add asset’ button is used to add an asset to a new hire order line.
Fix rapid hire order entry create deposit ‘object reference is not set …’ error if no deposit amount is entered/calculated.
Fix ‘Add Assets To Stock’ screen ‘Sequence contains no elements’ error.
When allocated assets change ensure appointment description is updated so the ‘Schedule’ tab on amend order shows allocated asset codes/description.
Write user updated deposit description to sales order so it is shown on the invoice, etc.
Don’t auto-create new/blank order line asset item record when the ‘Assets On Asset Line’ screen is used (to fix ‘Cannot update Field (SiconFixedAssetDbKey) with a Null value …’ error).
Don’t check for appointment conflicts for batch (multi-quantity) assets.
Correct settings screen ‘Manually Select Job For Hire Order’ and ‘Book assets to job hire cost …’ tooltips.
Move settings for display of rapid ‘hire details’ and ‘add assets’ tab/button.
Associated/recommended items individual asset selection now filters the asset drop-down if category and/or subcategory is selected.
Suppress “Bin location could be found for stock item in warehouse …” message for recommended/associated items.
Show message and close Book Assets To Job screen if no customer is configured for costs (in settings)
Booking Assets To Job now always reads/uses daily charge to calculate cost.
Suggested Fulfilments ‘cannot insert duplicate row in object dbo.POPOrderReturn …’ error fixed when POP auto-document number generation is not enabled, POP document numbers will be generated using hire order number and a ‘/xxx’ incremented numeric suffix.
Rebuild data model extension for reporting.
Date applied: November 20, 2018
Date applied:
Fix for Suggested Fulfilments ‘Ambiguous column WarehouseID’ error (may also require manual removal SiconFixedAsset.WarehouseID field via SQL).
Date applied: March 8, 2019
Sales returns generated from hire order credit lines are now posted to the customer default nominal account and check ‘CreateOrdersForOnHoldCustomers’ setting when generating sales returns for on-hold customer accounts.
Date applied: March 5, 2019
Ensure minimum hire period is applied to all assets, not only last received asset.
Tax code on sales ledger account is now checked when adding lines to a hire order, overrides any other defaults set.
Date applied: February 28, 2019
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
Fixed asset is ‘Batch’ (not ‘Serial’) if quantity is greater than one, originally check was batch if NOT one, i.e. zero.
Date applied: November 14, 2018
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
Schedule for Assets screen Add/Delete Appointment, Maintain Labels and toggle selection panel button (i.e. ‘<') added.
Hire order desktop list changed to show ‘Document Status Name’ (renamed from ‘Name) and remove record ID from the list of available columns.
Add Custom Hire Order Sub Status (i.e. custom status) to desktop order list.
Rename ‘Comments’, ‘Custom Document Status’, ‘Schedule’ and ‘Schedule for Hire Orders’ features, menu items and screens.
Quote entry/amendment no longer shows ‘Deposit’ or ‘Collection Notes’ tab, or allow entry of PO Expiry date and ‘Apply Suspension’ button is not shown for quote lines.
Copy quote screen is no longer named ‘copy order’ + all order references corrected.
Convert Quote To Hire screen ‘Show All Orders’ button corrected to ‘Show All Quotes’.
Associated/recommended items individual asset selection now filters the fixed asset drop-down if category and/or subcategory is already selected.
Remove ‘Bin location could be found for stock item in warehouse …’ message for recommended/associated items.
Settings for display of rapid ‘hire details’ tab and related ‘add assets’ button tooltip text clarified and field positions adjusted.
Don’t check for appointment conflicts for batch (multi-quantity) assets.
Date applied: November 12, 2018
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
Add new ‘Show customer name in appointment subject’ configuration setting and apply when appointments are saved.
Fix ‘Failed to update objects’ / ‘Cannot update Field (CategoryDbKey) with a Null value…’ during hire order line save for Create Forecast if a category & sub-category isn’t selected against an asset line.
Date applied: November 2, 2018
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
Add ‘Assets List’ tab to the View Asset Appointments screen.
Add available asset warehouse (when showing all assets) and search by start/any serial number on the Assets for Hire Order Line screen.
Rename ‘Import’ feature/menu item to ‘Import Hire Details’
When importing hire asset details import default any zero quantity fixed assets to quantity one.
If job creation fails on hire order save display error but still allow hire order to save (i.e. fix ‘Cannot update Field (SiconHMOrderDbKey) with a Null value …’ error).
Fix Sage 200c (Summer 2018) sales ledger account maintenance ‘Unable to cast object of type ‘Sage.Common.Controls.Panel’ to type ‘Sage.Common.Controls.ControlPanel’ error introduced due to Sage change to form control.
Date applied: October 31, 2018
Fix Sage 200c (Summer 2018) sales ledger account maintenance ‘Unable to cast object of type ‘Sage.Common.Controls.Panel’ to type ‘Sage.Common.Controls.ControlPanel’ error introduced due to Sage change to form control.
Date applied:
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
Import data type errors are now shown and hire order import performance/memory improvements added.
Disable View Hire Order, Assets On Line date despatched entry in view mode and format date to remove ’00:00′ time suffix in list values.
Show view screen when an order/query is double-clicked in the View Hire Orders/Quotes screen lists.
Date applied: October 26, 2018
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
View Asset Appointment screen improvements to re-ordered by asset code and add new ‘View Hire Order’ button.
Date applied: October 25, 2018
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
Add ‘generate sales orders’ tick-box to Off Hire screen.
When creating forecast credits (replaced billed forecast transactions) ignore forecasts matching the same start date for new forecasts.
The off hire screen will now only process assets with a ‘qty to off hire’ entered.
Date applied: October 24, 2018
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
Sub category ‘minimum charge is one selling unit’ setting added ( i.e. minimum one day when unit is ‘days’, minimum one week when unit is ‘week’).
Add ‘copy’ button to sub category maintenance to allow copy to other categories.
Add new ‘Copy Fixed Asset’ function.
Disable changes to hire fields on the View Fixed Asset screen.
Fix to stop duplicate sales returns being generated when a credited bill is posted to SOP (introduced in v17.37.28).
Date applied: October 23, 2018
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
Fix forecast generation bug which keeps creating transactions for an already billed (and sales order generated) item with despatched/received dates.
Date applied: October 18, 2018
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
Add ‘add item to last invoice’ setting for hire order stock items.
Allow entry of asset quantities for batch (multi-quantity) assets when selecting a hire order.
Add function to create forecast credits if hire period dates are changed after sales orders have been generated (based on new ‘Create sales returns for generated sales orders if hire period is later adjusted’ configuration setting).
Add import ‘Hire Status will only be set for new assets or where no status is currently stored for an asset’ warning message.
Correct ‘Show All Orders’ button location on View Hire Orders/Quotes screens and remove ‘received’ from quote status. Don’t allow changes to forecast dates, as these will be reset when forecast is next re-created.
Don’t allow Fixed Asset to be deleted when allocated to a hire order asset line + add form help launcher.
Disable ‘Swap Despatched Assets’ button on View Hire Order (line) screen.
Set order status to ‘part despatched’ (instead of on-hire) if stock items are not all despatched.
Fix category maintenance ‘object reference is not set…’ error when adding a new sub-category.
Fix ‘object reference is not set…’ error when despatching stock items and ‘show attachments on despatch’ is configured.
Date applied: October 18, 2018
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
When booking assets to a job hire daily unit costs are read from the price band of a customer (internal) configured in the settings screen.
Change ‘Sicon Hire’ menu item to simply ‘Hire’.
Fix forecast to date for stock items with a charge date selected (i.e. don’t show as previous date).
Ensure bill lines are individually updated following forecast generation.
When generating sales orders check for un-billed transactions in previous months, not before forecast from date.
Report any original sales order generation error instead of generic ‘Property set method not found’ message.
Don’t flag hire orders as ‘complete’ unless they have had at least one bill.
Date applied: October 3, 2018
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
Feature group and Sage menu renamed ‘Sicon Hire’.
Datamodel rebuilt.
Date applied: September 28, 2018
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
Change ‘Hire Manager’ references in add-on package, features, menus, messages/code to ‘Hire’.
Fix billing forecast unit price & line total calculations on Generate Sales Orders And Returns screen.
Suppress rapid order entry/amendment price recalculation prompt messages after generate sales order button is pressed (introduced in v17.31.28).
Date applied: September 27, 2018
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
Add new recommended items import function by sub-category or individual fixed asset.
Add collection note filter to Print Collection Notes screen.
Inspection and advanced despatch note screens order reference drop-down controls now allow partial entries.
Add a new ‘View Asset Appointments’ button to the ‘Assets for Hire Order Line’ screen.
Refresh available assets when assets are un-selected for an order.
Include completed appointments when looking for available assets.
Change to ensure disposed assets are excluded when searching throughout the system.
Ensure asset line short-allocation (red highlights) are updated following manual asset selection.
Change line discount field on hire order maintenance Billing Forecast tab to allow values with up-to two decimal places.
Fix ‘Specified argument was out of range…’ error during recommended item selected.
Sage 200 2015 bill forecasts are now generated when hire order is saved and fixed ‘can’t update SiconHMBillLine as it has been deleted’ error after an asset line has been removed.
Remove obsolete ‘Please add at least one asset’ validation/error when saving hire a order line.
Rename ‘Available For Hire’ menu/screen ‘Make Available For Hire’.
Rename ‘Confirm Assets Received’ menu/screen ‘Confirm Assets Received Back’.
Date applied: September 26, 2018
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
Add recommended/associated items ‘mandatory’ and ‘user quantity entry’ flags.
Show new Hire Price Enquiry screen when unit price is double-clicked in hire order maintenance.
When sales orders are generated ensure invoice discount percentage is applied to sales orders, even when the ‘override’ box is not ticked.
Date applied: September 21, 2018
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
Add price bands by asset, including customer specific prices by asset.
Move setting screen Tooltips to text/label controls.
On settings screen only enable insurance tax entry when insurance option ticked.
Date applied: September 20, 2018
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
Add batch (multi-quantity) asset allocation.
Add asset quantity to View Asset Details screen.
Open rapid amend screen if order is double-clicked from new rapid screen.
Default recently added configuration setting ‘PrintCollectionNotesAtOffhire’ to on/true.
Confirm Receipt screen now only includes assets included on a collection note if a collection note is used as a filter.
Amend Off Hire screen group box text from ‘receive’ to ‘off hire’.
Delete SiconHMOrderLineAssetsLineItem objects/records if parent is deleted.
Software dependancies: Fixed Assets xxxx.17.22.15 or later
Date applied: September 18, 2018
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
Add hire status to Fixed Asset drop-down list control.
Highlight overdue (i.e. not yet delivered) orders in Hire Order List.
Add off-hire quantity to Hire Order Lines List.
Clear Quantity Off Hire values when a hire order is copied.
Resolve error which results in zero-quantity associated items being shown for selection in the Recommended Items screen.
Date applied: September 14, 2018
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
New ‘Amend Hire Order – Rapid’ screen/menu item added.
Show asset codes (only for single assets) on Off Hire screen.
Add asset code column to equipment amend/view screen lists.
Add off-hire date to receive screen list.
Add current meter reading to receipt meter readings entry screen list.
Add ‘close’ button to Rapid Entry/Amend customer location selection screen.
Don’t allow save hire order without entering all tax codes.
Add 4 new quantity and ‘exclude weekends’ fields to SiconHMOrderLinesView for reporting.
Hire Asset Details Import changed to make ServiceIntervalDuration, ServiceIntervalMeasurement and IDNumber optional. The ‘OK’ button on hire order save/confirmation now shown centrally.
On Rapid Entry/Amend show durations as blank, not ‘0’ for stock lines.
Ensure meter readings are updated on receipt following move of field to SiconEquipment object/table.
Change to set hire order status to ‘off hire’ based on off-hired quantities.
Further changes to resolve ‘The incoming tabular data stream (TDS) remote procedure call (RPC) protocol stream is incorrect.’ in Sage 200 2013 R2.
Date applied: September 13, 2018
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
Build for Common Components v17.77.58 and later
Software dependancies: Common Components xxxx.17.77.58 or later
Date applied: September 11, 2018
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
Allow multiple (two) ‘weekly’ durations rounded differently, for example Week/Day & Week/Week.
Add hire order number to filters and ‘Select All’ button to Quick Inspection screen and move check-boxes to start of each list/grid line to make extra ‘inspection passed’ check-box obsolete.
Add filters by warehouse, serial number and hire order number to Single Asset Inspection screen.
Hire Manager install/upgrade for Sage 200 2015 no longer requires all users to be logged-out of Sage.
Settings screen ‘save’ button disabled if any error occurs on load.
Change code to resolve ‘The incoming tabular data stream (TDS) remote procedure call (RPC) protocol stream is incorrect.’ in Sage 200 2013 R2.
Date applied: September 11, 2018
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
The Print Collection Note screen/menu has been renamed ‘Off Hire’.
A separate Print Collection Notes screen/menu item is now included to allow printing after off hire.
The Inspection Result screen/menu has been renamed ‘Single Asset Inspection’.
Allow stock items to be added to hire orders with no warehosue/bin location selected, then prompt at the point of despatch to select location and allocate stock.
Default hire order delivery/collection dates when required from/to dates are selected.
Settings screen tooltips added.
The ‘Quote Lines’ tab on quote maintenance screen is now shown (was hidden).
Don’t show ‘Object reference not set…’ error if Analysis Codes value box is clicked on the Settings screen without an analysis code being selected above.
Change Settings screen ‘Durations’ list to fixed, so additional tick box is not shown.
Move ‘created order’ box on Amend Quote screen so it no longer overlays ‘Contact’ details.
Fix ‘The incoming tabular data stream (TDS) remote procedure call (RPC) protocol stream is incorrect. Parameter 179 (“@Notes176”) …’ error when a hire order is saved.
Date applied: September 7, 2018
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
New ‘Sell Asset’ tick-boxes added to Confirm Asset Received asset selection screen/list to allow generation of sales order for assets sold to hire customer.
Confirm Assets Received screen now includes a new Collection Note filter criteria.
Scheduler changed so resources are only shown when they are ticked/checked in the assets list. ‘Select All’ check-box also replaced with ‘Select All and ‘Un-Select All’ buttons to simplify selection/de-selection.
Stock item allocation will fail with error if the ‘InternalAreaForStockItems’ system setting has not been set (previously allocation was not run without any notification).
Issue To Fixed Asset generated SiconEquipment record now sets item type to ‘Fixed Asset’, not ‘Stock Item’, plus service interval duration/measurement field values defaulted based on stock item values (requires Fixed Assets v17.18.12 or later).
Resolve issue resulting in hire order scheduler not displaying appointments.
When stock is issued to a fixed asset (without auto-numbering) check fixed asset code/number entered doesn’t already exist.
Software dependancies: Fixed Assets v17.18.12
Date applied: August 9, 2018
When stock is issued to a fixed asset (without auto-numbering) check fixed asset code/number entered doesn’t already exist.
Date applied: August 8, 2018
Fix SiconFixedAsset.WarehouseID field error when warehouse drop-down is used during Hire Order maintenance.
Date applied: August 6, 2018
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
Add new ‘Book Assets To Job’ screen.
Add new ‘Add Assets To Stock’ screen.
The ‘Amend Selected Assets’ screen now allows user to select multiple assets, from either list, to be added/removed.
The system will now prompt to allocate batch/serial items if a hire order is despatched without batch/serial numbers being selected when the order was saved.
Display hire order number in maintenance screen form titles.
Show error if no despatch date entered on confirmation screen.
Fix Receipt looping & related Forecast Generation issues for part receipts.
Allocate Assets screen fix for ‘An item with the same key has already been added.’ error if an asset line includes multiple items.
Generate sales orders previous periods check changed to work when multiple bills exist for the same period (i.e. part received).
Suppress availability check (including ‘There is not enough assets for all hire order lines’ error) when all assets on an order have been allocated.
Adjust fixed asset QuantityAvailableForHire and QuantityAllocated values when an asset is removed from selection on a hire order.
Asset reserved flag will now be cleared if an asset is selected from the ‘Amend Selected Assets’ screen but the order is not save (applied to standard and rapid order maintenance screens).
Replace hire order maintenance ‘Not all stock lines have a bin selected. Please select a location for each stock line.’ message with stock item/line specific message.
When adding associated items if multiple associated assets are added prompt the user to select which assets should be allocated.
When adding associated items show error if stock item is added which has no bin location in the hire order warehouse.
On the Generate Sales Orders screen instead of refreshing the list disable selection of previously processed bills and refresh list contents.
Setting screen will no longer prompt ‘This will remove all current allocations on hire orders not despatched yet’ when initially opened with the ‘Allocate at Despatch’ box ticked.
Resolve schedule missing appointments resulting from change to common components.
Only apply ‘RoundOffWhenBillingMonthly’ to forecast when selling unit is NOT ‘monthly’, otherwise received dates which include times will result in forecasts being created for two months.
Fix ‘Object reference is not set…’ error if the
Software dependancies: Common Components xxxx.17.60.56 or later
Date applied: July 27, 2018
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
When generating sales orders don’t allow processing if previous periods have not been generated.
Allow deposit nominal account to be configured, on the Settings screen, with a cost centre and department.
Add button to allow user to change hire manager job from amend/rapid amend ‘Job Costing’ button/enquiry screen.
Add progress bar to Suggested Fulfilment screen.
Refresh forecasts grid when Generate Forecast button is used in Hire Order Maintenance.
Don’t allow despatch of more assets than outstanding quantity.
Add error handling if ‘Issue To Fixed Assets’ screen doesn’t display due to missing internal area setting.
Hire Quote selling unit replicates what is in the ‘Default Selling Unit’ drop-down.
Where applicable used the configured ‘DefaultEquipmentCustomer’ on hire asset details import.
Prevent prompt to save when existing on hire order view/enquiry screen.
Fix ‘Object reference is not set …’ error in sales order generation if no nominal code is configured against sub-category or no discount stored.
Fix for Amend/View Equipment ‘object reference …’ error.
Remove obsolete hire manager lines/items when an order is deleted.
Date applied: July 12, 2018
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
Add hire order attachments and memos.
Add despatch screen select/deselect buttons.
Lock hire orders during Confirm Despatch so that user cannot open the despatch hire order twice.
Include any configured (settings) default warehouse in Hire Order stock location drop-down control and set to default for new orders.
Ensure all fields on View Hire Order scree are read-only.
Correct Settings screen information label position so not partially hidden behind other control.
Date applied: July 5, 2018
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
Remove check boxes from Confirm Asset Received screen and fix error which validates all listed orders/items on the Confirm Asset Received form against receipt date.
Add despatch date to Confirm Asset Received asset selection list.
Fix intermittent ‘object reference not set …’ error when Hire Order Line form is first opened.
Suppress message reporting missing/new FinalChargeCommentText setting error if Settings are not opened/saved after update to v17.19.22.
Date applied: June 25, 2018
Include any configured (settings) default warehouse in Hire Order stock location selection drop-down control and set to default for new orders,
Date applied: July 23, 2018
Fix Receipt looping & related Forecast Generation issues related to part-receipts.
Date applied: July 18, 2018
Pre-Release Version: features are only available to customers using a pre-release version who have signed up to the Early Adopter Programme.
New settings:
Rapid Entry/Amendment:
Recommended Items:
Off-hire (Print Collection Note) screen ‘Amend Order’ button added and dates defaulted to current if a requested date is not selected for order lines.
Rapid Entry/Amendment:
Copy Hire Order;
Import sub category defaults now allows category length of up to 64 characters.
Don’t auto-update order document status to ‘off-hire’ (based on ‘requested to date’) as this stops despatch note printing.
Generating sales orders screen will no longer show error ‘to save the item you must enter a description’ when creating an order for an additional charge with no description entered.
Remove ‘HM ‘ prefixes to fix missing report errors.
Add error handling to PDF generation & fix ‘object reference is not set…’ error when printing Collection Notes.
Fix ‘object reference not set..’ error when saving appointments if start/end date is null.
Automatically remove dependant records when asset/stock lines are deleted.
Moved fixed asset ‘UseMeterReadings’ and ‘MeterReadingValue’ fields to common components SiconEquipment object.
Software dependancies: Common Components xxxx.17.45.51 or later
Date applied: June 22, 2018
Fix to import sub category defaults with a category length of up to 64 characters
Date applied: June 8, 2018
Fix to when selecting new quote from the quote desktop list, it was bringing up a new order.
Date applied: May 30, 2018
Fix to object reference error when selecting Confirm Assets Received screen from the menu items.
The generated up to date is now defaulted to the requested from date for a new hire order line.
Date applied: May 17, 2018
Fix for error displayed when trying to receive assets. Was displaying a Contract Failure error message with some hire orders, especially when there was nothing to receive.
Fix to generate forecasts for hire quote converted to hire orders. It wasn’t been generated before.
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Fixes to forecasts when part receiving with collection notes.
Fix to possibly accidentally selecting the generate sales orders button more than once, thus creating duplicate sales orders.
Date applied: April 27, 2018
Updated sql view for reporting revenue per asset. Was sometimes leaving off some orders.
Fix for when sales orders are cancelled, the hire order line items (assets) are set correctly. Previously the billed up to date wasn’t been updated correctly, and therefore the planned sales orders wasn’t been generated correctly.
Date applied: April 17, 2018
Fixed issue with winter update on desktop list.
Date applied: April 5, 2018
Fix to display zero value hire orders when generating sales orders
Fix for hire line totals on hire order line screen – was only displaying the daily hire value, now displays the value based on the default selling unit
If billing is complete, but then the requested to date is changed, therefore creating more bills, the hire order was not appearing in the generate sales order screen because the billing complete flag was set. This is now fixed.
Date applied: January 3, 2018
Fix for printing suggested sales orders
Fix for forecasting and thus sales order generating for hire orders that start in december and rounding to end of month is applied. It was not rounding the first month.
Date applied: December 21, 2017
Tax code on sales ledger account is now checked when adding lines to a hire order. This overrides any other defaults set.
When assets are swapped out, the hire status of the asset swapped in is now set to on hire.
Date applied: November 29, 2017
Confirmation type on cross hire purchase order lines is not set based on settings in the POP module. Before it was always set to Receive as service/free text.
Fixed issue with ‘cannot update because of object deleted’ error when saving hire order. This would happen after off hiring items.
Fixed problem when generating sales orders and an error was displayed saying cannot set discount to -0.00001.
Date applied: November 21, 2017
Added new SiconHMOrderLineView so that reports to be generated on all lines on the hire order without the use of sub reports. This was so that totals could be calculated correctly.
Fix to defaulting delivery date and collection date correctly when entering a new hire order line.
Date applied: November 14, 2017
Fixes for when removing a hire order line, and then causing errors with forecasts.
Fix to reset forecast where the billed up to date was been set incorrectly. – basically, if the hire order was setup incorrectly, and this option is selected, and then the requested from date is set to an ealier date, the forecast would miss a few lines from the requested from date to the first forecast date.
Sales orders generated from hire orders was not linking standard item lines and additional charge lines to job costing.
Date applied: November 10, 2017
Appointment conflict messages now display which hire orders the conflict appears with.
Displayed better icons on hire order desktop list
Prevented amending completed or cancelled hire orders from desktop list
Default description on additional charge lines to the name of the additional charge
Swapping assets will set the despatch date of the swapped asset to the despatch of the asset swapped out – it was using todays date.
Fixed problem where cancelled orders were coming live again if amended.
Fixed problem with custom sales order description not display the description of bill lines correctly, and also added functionality to display multiple assets onto the sales order line. So for example, the following in settings:
Analysis Code 1: <%SiconHMOrder.AnalysisCode1%>
Bill line description: <%SiconHMBillLine.Description%>
Hire of <%SiconHMOrderLineAssetsLine.Category.CategoryDescription%> – <%SiconHMOrderLineAssetsLine.SubCategory.SubCategoryDescription%> for <%SiconHMOrderLineAssetsLine.EstimateDuration%> <%SiconHMOrderLineAssetsLine.SellingTimeUnit.Name%> from <%SiconHMBillLine.BillCoverFromDate%> to <%SiconHMBillLine.BillCoverToDate%>
Assets:
<%SiconHMOrderLineAssetsLineItem.SiconFixedAsset.Code%> – <%SiconHMOrderLineAssetsLineItem.SiconFixedAsset.Name%> – <%SiconHMOrderLineAssetsLineItem.SiconFixedAsset.SerialNumber%>
Will display the following on the sales order line:
Analysis Code 1: test 1
Bill line description: 18.00 days = 2 week(s), 4 day(s)
Hire of Category1 – SubCategory1 for 18.00 Days from 10/10/2017 to 27/10/2017
Assets:
FT00000009 – Professional Blender 5 Speed – 746389
FT00000134 – Professional Blender 5 Speed – 987
FT00000135 – Professional Blender 5 Speed – 999
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If only one collection note has been printed, then it will default to this when reprinting collection notes
Sometime requested to dates were displaying as one day before receiving on screen. This is if the time element was not shown.
Fix problem with a red cross appearing instead of the hire lines on the amend hire order details screen. This was when lines were set as undefined hire period.
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Fix for send to excel on hire order lines tab on hire order and the hire order desktop list. The dates were ending up in excel in the incorrect format
Added credit totals to hire order line net values.
Another fix to forecasts where new lines are entered and assets allocated straight away, but the assets where then unallocated on save (probably introduced in the last version)
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Fix to Print Collection Note on the print button on the hire order details screen.
Renamed the Print Collection Note on the print button on the hire order details screen to Reprint Collection Note
Date applied: September 5, 2017
Another fix for forecasts to work with part receives
Fix for ordered by not accepting a name more than 11 characters.
Fix to tax value for insurance lines
Fix to billing when receiving on undefined hire period and receiving all assets. The forecasts were going slight wrong and therefore displaying duplicate lines on sales orders, one with a day in the past. E.g.: from 02/08/2017 to 01/08/2017.
Fix problem with to data on sales order lines appearing one day behind. This would normally happen after receiving items.
Fix to forecasts where the insurance was added again and again to already invoiced forecasts.
Improved collection notes. There is now a collection note process. Collection notes can be selected when assets received.
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Changed last generated date field on sales order line to include the date selected.
More changes to forecasts to handle part received lines
Fixes to last generated date for part received lines
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Create SiconEquipment records when import hire asset details
Fix when when importing hire asset details, equipment records are set to asset type
updated ordered by field to store username instead of user number
Forecasts can now handle part despatch and part receives
Added Document date to hire order
Added document ordered by to hire order
Added off hired by to hire order
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Fix on the asset register desktop list to allow for 20 characters in the code column which fixed assets now allows.
Fix on credit lines to use the correct tax code set on the credit line when generating sales returns.
Fix for when sales order generation grouping is on and an order and credit is been generated at the same time, the linking on the forecasts was linking incorrectly.
Fix for the description on sales order line where end date is displayed one day ahead for charge units of other than days.
Fixes to printing reports on the hire order desktop list
Date applied: July 3, 2017
Fix for insurance lines when generating sales orders not setting the sales order line description
Fix problem with not charging for stock items before they are despatched.
Fix problem with cannot set fixed asset code more then 10 characters.
Date applied: June 7, 2017
Transfer assets now has validation for quantity to transfer and assets selected and auto selection option
Date applied: May 30, 2017
Fix to desktop list popup on start up to appear in the front of the windows.
Fix problem with error of hire details when saving new assets
Fix to totals showing correctly on hire order line screen.
Fix to include insurance in forecasts.
Fix to date descriptions on sales order lines to show correct end date (caused by end date not rounding to the nearest second)
Fix to total not been displayed correctly on the generate sales orders screen. Was excluding stock, insurance values.
Date applied: May 30, 2017
Added new inspection process: screen which allows users to record inspection results for multiple assets at a time
Added desktop list to show lines to dispatch or receive this week.
New setting to make post code mandatory
Ability to despatch / print hire agreement, etc from hire order screen.
When issue stock to fixed assets, fixed problem where the reference needs to be limited to 20 characters, as the internal issue in sage only accepts 20 characters.
Added off hire status
Added a collection note screen
When amend suspension, forecast is now regenerated
On hire order details, when entering stock location, locations are now filtered for locations where hire items are available for hire, as don’t want to see all locations when creating hire orders.
Added ability to Sort columns on screen ‘Generating Sales Orders’
Added a routine to create forecasts for all existing hire orders for users upgrading from an older version of hire manager
Added ability to suspend a hire contract.
Sub Category screen layout within fixed assets corrected
Sub location drop down on hire order line corrected, as it looked as though users selection was not been saved
Import hire order file now includes a frequency field and a repeat date field
Assets already on hire are now excluded when displaying assets when dispatching
Fixed issues of over receiving assets back
Credit notes are now picking up the default nominal code from the sales ledger account as the sales orders do
Fixed issue where the hire order number was not populating the analysis code for sales returns
Added a collection note report and allowed printing from hire order screen
Add warehouse column to generate sales order screen
Added settings to remove tabs on hire order lines
Prevented changing category or sub-category on hire order line, if assets are allocated
Added ability to transfer multiple assets rather than doing this singularly.
Drill down on sub category balances to show hire movements and remove ‘hire movements’ from the menu as by default it does not link to a warehouse.
Added hire order initiator desktop lists on sage startup
Changed order of menu items to match the flow of order processing.
Fixes to hire detail saving on fixed assets
Added a due before date on the generate sales orders screen
Added if post code should be mandatory on the hire order
Added an off hire option on the hire order.
Added a customer delivery address onto the hire order line
Made sure buttons don’t overlap on the hire order screen
Added validation of collection date when setting order off hire. The collection date will not be before the off hire date. Can also now set the collection date
Can now print collection notes for order that are on hire.
When hire orders are opened from the desktop list, there was an issue with selecting some buttons at the bottom of the hire order screen. For example, the generate sales order screen would open and then close straight away. This is now fixed.
Able to view hire order from the desktop list
Can now receive assets on hire orders set as off hire
Credits tab is now hidden on quotes
Suspension option is now hidden on quotes.
Improved imports for asset hire details, sub category detail
Fix to printing reports always coming up in preview
Removed the cross hire settings and defaulted these when creating cross hire assets
Default location is now set correctly on new hire assets
Fix problem where assets allocated at order entry don’t allocate to assets not available
Fixed problem with forecasts displaying an error when generating because of ‘half finished’ asset lines
Ability to remove customer delivery address location selected by mistake
Customer del address is auto selecting even if we select cancel (this is when editing the customer del address from the hire order)
If only one stock location when entering hire order, then default to this.
Hire orders never went to complete
Hire tab not appearing on new fixed asset
Hire manager needs to open new job screen from hire order
Prevent user from deleting a sage contact if it is used on a hire order
Sales order frequency on hire line screen – fixed problem where days doesn’t seem to work
On forecast tab, shouldn’t show Repeat on Day option when anything other than months is selected
Customer columns on Sales order forecast screen not working
Hire list initiator popup needs to come to the front, otherwise it opens behind sage
Quote List view should show HM Order No no I.D and Name should be status
HM Quotes – Off hire and JC links/buttons not relevant
Date applied: April 27, 2017
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