Release Notes | 7.2.4
· Authentication Provider Integration
This add-on integration provides authentication options for FASTER Web including the ability to integrate with a third-party cloud directory providers such as Azure AD or Azure AD + SAML. Additionally, the Authentication Provider can be configured to authenticate your users if you don’t have a cloud directory provider or if you have users who are not part of your directory that need access to FASTER Web.
· Vehicle Equivalency Unit Analysis: Vehicle equivalency is a measurement system that provides a metric to analyze the maintenance history and predict the maintenance requirements of a fleet, regardless of its composition and size. To calculate vehicle equivalency units and technicians needed for each vehicle equivalency unit class, user can configure and schedule the VEU analysis run.
§ VEU Analysis History > Email notification: You will receive an email notification when the VEU run is completed.
§ Accounting > Manage Closeout Process > VEU Analysis tab: Created permissions to support Closeout Vehicle Equivalency Unit Schedule.
§ Accounting > Manage Closeout Processes > Manage VEU Settings:
o Validations are set on 'Manage VEU Settings' pop up for VECs configuration and Baseline.
o You can view the calculations of Average Labor Hours and Average Age of Assets for Vehicle Equivalency Class.
For help with the above items, please look up the In Product Help topic: Accounting > Manage Closeout Processes > Managing VEU Settings
§ Setup > Application setup: You can set the status of a VEU class as obsolete or available and can also delete it.
§ Assets > Fields> Class: You can select a VEU class from the drop down and associate it with each VEU Class.
For help with the above items, please look up the In Product Help topic: Home > Setup > Application Setup > Assets
§ Assets > Advanced Search: You can now search for the assets using Vehicle Equivalency Class.
For help with this, please look up the In Product Help topic: Home > Assets > Searching Assets > Performing Advanced Search
· Reports > Standard > Assets: Added three new Asset reports:
§ W101 - Asset Record Printout: Displays the details from Master, Life Cycle, Billing, Meters, Warranties, PM’s, SA’s, Parent, Child, History, Notes, and Contacts tabs of assets.
For help with this, please lookup the In Product Help topic: Reports > Standard Reports > Assets > Asset Record Printout.
§ W151s - Asset History Summary with Multiple Meter Option: You can now view summary of asset costs for multiple meter types.
For help with this, please lookup the In Product Help topic: Reports > Standard Reports > Assets > Asset History Summary with Multiple Meter Option.
§ W156 - Vehicle Equivalency Report: Lets you know the number of vehicle equivalency units (VEU) and technicians needed for each vehicle equivalency unit class.
For help with this, please lookup the In Product Help topic: Reports > Standard Reports > Assets > Vehicle Equivalency Report.
· Reports > Standard > Inventory > W221 - Inventory Audit: Provides the details of items based on the selected audit type, such as price adjustments and order deletions.
For help with this, please lookup the In Product Help topic: Reports > Standard Reports > Inventory > Inventory Audit
· API: The Post v1/Accounting/Documents/Adjustments Web API method is added for inserting accounting billing adjustments in FASTER Web.
· Inventory > Processing Item Requests: On the Item Requests from Technician page, the Modified By column is added to show who has put an Item Request On Order.
· Technician Workstation > Change Work Order Status > Work Order Repair screen: When a technician changes the work order status, a "Service Complete" notification will be sent to the configured email for a customer.
· Maintenance > Direct Charge: You can now create a Direct charge without contact details. In other words, Contact is no longer required to create a Direct charge.
· Setup > Email Templates: The name and pick up email label are updated in the Service Template.
· Setup > Maintenance: The Maintenance Shop drop down will show only Available and User-assigned Maintenance shops.
· Setup > Administrative Setup > Email Administration > Managing Email Templates: Updated reports to accept up to 150 characters in the Financial Reference number.
· Reports:
§ W150 - Asset History Report and W150s - Asset History Summary reports: Included these missing parameters: Include Warranty in M & R and Include Markup? in these two reports.
§ W150 - Asset History Report: Updated report header to ASSET HISTORY COST AND QUANTITY.
§ W106 - Asset Contact Report: Added these new parameters: Department, Asset Shop, Year, Make, Model, Class, and Include Closed & Deleted Assets in this report.
· Maintenance > Direct Charge: If you are creating a direct charge and department does not match the asset department, a warning message will be displayed.