Release Notes | 7.3.4
· NAPA Integration
The NAPA Integrated Business Systems (IBS) provides a connection between NAPA and FASTER applications to communicate with real time inventory. You can add a new store and request parts directly with NAPA.
· BI Charts
The Business Intelligence (BI) Charts provide a multi-purpose view of certain data of the FASTER Web application. These charts help you to get summarized and detailed information of data and various activities performed on assets and other categories.
The BI Charts uses various measurements, such as time, years, months, dates, and other parameters based on the chart type to display the data patterns of various elements, for example, Assets.
You can use BI Charts to manage all aspects related to Vendors, Assets, Asset repairs, financial transactions, and other applicable departments. Each section data is displayed in a visual and familiar Charts and Graphs format.
· NAPA Integration: The NAPA Integrated Business Systems (IBS) provides a connection between NAPA and FASTER applications to communicate with real time inventory. You can add a new store and request parts directly with NAPA.
§ Home > Integrations and Add-ons > NAPA Integration: A new integration is added to configure, to view integration logs, and to schedule the integration for NAPA.
For help with the above items, navigate to the In Product Help topic: Home > Integrations and Add-ons > NAPA Integration
§ The following Web API methods are added to roll services into existing FASTER Web APIs upon release of the NAPA integration.
o /FASTERWebApi/v1/Napa/Invoices/Invoice-Sync
o /FASTERWebApi/v1/Napa/Inventory/Inventory-Sync
o /FASTERWebApi/v1/Napa/Info/Assets (json/csv) Export
o /FASTERWebApi/v1/Napa/Info/Shops (json/csv) Export
o /FASTERWebApi/v1/Napa/Info/Technicians (json/csv) Export
o /FASTERWebApi/v1/Napa/Info/Task-Codes (json/csv) Export
· BI Charts: You can use BI Charts to manage all aspects related to Vendors, Assets, Asset repairs, financial transactions, and other applicable departments. Each section data is displayed in a visual and familiar Charts and Graphs format.
§ Home > Reports > BI Charts: Added two new charts:
o Asset Management Charts: Represents the data of an Asset or Assets as per various filters and categories.
For help with this, navigate to the In Product Help topic: Home > Reports > BI Charts > Asset Management Charts.
o Inventory Management Charts: Represents the data of an Inventory item as per various filters and categories.
For help with this, navigate to the In Product Help topic: Home > Reports > BI Charts > Inventory Management Charts.
· Reports > Accounting:
§ The following reports are combined and merged into new reports:
o The W500 - Billing By Department and W501 - Billing By Department History reports are merged into a new report W502 - Billing By Department.
o The W500a - Billing With Accounts and W501a - Billing With Accounts History reports are merged into a new report W503 - Billing With Accounts.
o The W500as - Summary By Accounts and W501as - Summary By Accounts History reports are merged into a new report W504 – Billing Summary By Accounts.
o The W520 - Billing Information, W521 - Billing Information History reports, W526 - Charges By Department, and W527 - Charges By Department History reports are merged into a new report W522 - Billing Information.
o The W528 - Billing Omissions and W529 - Billing Omissions History reports are merged into a new report W523 - Billing Omissions.
§ New parameters in reports:
o Activity type parameters in the W503 and W522 reports: You can choose any one activity type from the four activity types, such as Debit Expense – Due From, Credit Revenue Due To, Debit Revenue Cash – Offset, or Credit Expense Cash – Offset options and generate the report.
o Billable parameter in W503 and W504: You can generate reports for the Billable, Non-Billable or both types of reports.