Deacom 15.03 Release Notes

Please reference the DEACOM suggested update path prior to installing DEACOM updates.

Important:

  • Beginning with version 15.03, legacy versions of the DEACOM Application are no longer available. All functionally must now be accessed via the web version of DEACOM.
  • Customers using the WMS application must run the version 15.03 WMS Client Installer to use scanners with DEACOM. Please see the critical update note in the WMS section of this page.
  • Customers updating to version 15.03 will need to include DEACOM version 15.03.009 in their update path. Additional information is available via the "Update Path" section on this page.

Menu Changes

Beginning in 15.03.051, the System menu options of View Update History, View EDI Import History, View Trigger History, View Import History, View Link Document History, and View System Performance have been removed and their functionality consolidated into a new menu option of History / Performance. Note: As of 16.01, the "History / Performance" menu option has been re-captioned as simply "History / Performance".

Accounting

  • PO Search Fields and Manual Checks - The PO Search 1-2 fields have been added to the pre-filter via Accounting > Manual Checks. One possible use of these fields is to provide a grouping of vendors based on payment type when printing manual checks.
  • Cash Receipts and Cash Disbursement Detail Reports - Two new reports, "Cash Disbursement Detail" and "Cash Receipts Detail," have been added via Accounting > Accounting Management. These sub-ledger reports display all cash receivable or cash disbursement information, by Sales Order or Purchase Order, for the selected criteria. Separate security exists to control access to these reports.
  • Attaching Documents to Budget Lines - Documents can now be attached to budget lines via the "View Docs" button on the Edit Budget Line form via Accounting > Accounting Maintenance > Budgets.
  • Financial Statement Header Input Mask - The "Input Mask" field is now available when creating or generating Financial Statements. Generating a Financial Statement will use the Input Mask if one is entered but still perform the same calculations as before based on the option selected in the Display field.
  • Financial Statement Line Input Mask- The "Input Mask" field is now available on the Edit Statement Line form when creating Financial Statements. If this field it filled in, it will override the Input Mask specified on the Financial Statement header.
  • AP Ledger Field Additions - Any field from the Cash Transactions(dtcash),Vendor Master(dmvend), and Purchase Order Header(dttput) tables can now be added to the grid layout on the AP Ledger report. These fields allow users to better audit payments when viewing the report.
  • Inventory Reconciliation Report - "WIP" Button - A new button, "WIP," has been added to the Inventory Reconciliation report via Accounting > Accounting Management. When clicked, the "WIP" button will display a lots report with a View of "WIP" and QC status of "All" based on the date range and account(s) selected on the pre-filter.

Calendars

  • Unit of Measure Shipment/Receipt Minutes Hierarchy - Unit of Measure shipment and receiving minutes fields have been added to Item Masters, Categories, and Sub-Categories, allowing companies to define a hierarchy for determining the default minutes that will be populated in the "Dock Minutes" field on Purchase and Sales Order lines. The hierarchy provides companies with greater flexibility when scheduling docks on the Dock Calendar. For example, the standard amount of time required to load and unload vegetables may be defined on a Sub-category entitled "Vegetables," while a more specific time may be defined on a select number of specific vegetable Item Master records that require more time to load and unload. See the Scheduling Warehouse Docks page for additional information.
  • Staged Inventory and Calendar Colors - Staged inventory now counts when determining colors for jobs when using the Master Production, Job Inventory, and Sales Inventory Calendars. The system will consider inventory staged directly to a Job or Sales Order as issued inventory when calculating colors. When inventory is staged to multiple Jobs or in a generic staging bucket, the inventory is considered as available inventory.

Cash Register

  • Price Allocations - Users now have the option to set price allocation on sales order lines in the Deacom Cash Register application. Price allocations are used to define an account and price for additional price allocations, such as freight, associated with the selected sales order.

CRM

  • Open Tickets by Contact - The "Open Tickets" button has been added to the Edit Contact form via CRM > CRM Management. If clicked, the system will display all open Tracker tickets for the current Contact.

eCommerce

  • Brokers - Users now have the option to assign a default Broker to their account which provides the default when entering orders in the eCommerce application.
  • User Fields - User Fields are now available to the user record in the eCommerce application and can be displayed on the New Account and Customer Account screen.

EDI

  • Importing Purchase Order Transactions - DEACOM now supports EDI imports of Purchase Order transactions. See the Configuring Inbound EDI Transactions page for complete information.

Inventory

  • Edit Item Master form - The “Bill-To’s/Ship-To’s” and “View Vendors” buttons have been added to the Edit Item Master form. This form is accessed by navigating to Inventory > Item Master Management – then click the “New Part” button. Note that these fields were always available by navigating to Inventory > Item Master Management – selecting a part, and then clicking the “View” button, but now it's easier for users to add Vendor Part Cross References and Customer Part Cross References when creating a new part.
  • Find Component Unit - The "Unit" field on the "Find Component" form has been modified. The field now allows users to select a unit in order to express the quantities needed based on the unit value selected in this field. Defaults to the stock unit of the part selected, but may be changed. When the user clicks the "Continue" button, the system will use the quantity entered in conjunction with the Unit Type to determine which results to show on the "View Components" form.
  • Substitute System Lots during Final Staging - "Staging Lot Substitution" pick list added to System > Options > Inventory 2 tab. When set to "System Lot", allows the user to click the "Substitute Lots" button on Inventory Final Staging in the main app and WMS. This option allows users to swap pre-staged System Lots out for each other, as long as they (1) belong to the same User Lot, (2) have sufficient quantity, and (3) are in an appropriate status - i.e. lot has passed any necessary QC tests and is in an inventory segment other than WIP, Quarantine, or In Transit.
  • Inventory Facility and Staging Master Lots - An inventory Facility is no longer required when staging inventory by master lot
  • Location Descriptions - The "Descriptions" field has been added to the Edit Location form via Inventory > Inventory Maintenance > Locations. This field is an optional character field.
  • Round Up Job Requirements Item Property Flag - A new field, "Round Up Job Requirements," has been added to the Property tab of the Item Master record. If checked, the system will round up the BOM line quantities to the next whole number when this part is used in production. Specifically, the system evaluates each BOM line to see if the quantity needs to be rounded. This field is used in situations where items on a BOM will never be consumed in a fraction. Example - When a BOM is scaled up, it may state that 3.22 empty bags need to be issued to a job, except in reality, users will never issue a fraction of a bag. Rounding to the next whole number would provide the correct number of bags needed for a job in that scenario.
  • Formula Work Flow Changes - The following changes have been applied to Formula Work Flows:
    • When editing a BOM, and after modifying and saving a Formula Work Flow that is marked as "Lock For Editing," all fields on the Edit Bill of Materials form will be immediately disabled.
    • When a Formula Work Flow task has been completed, and the Formula Work Flow has been set to "Lock to Prevent Editing," users will now be able to view the Bill of Materials when attempting to modify the BOM. This allows users to access the Default Job Work Flow, Routing, and QC Groups attached to the formula in order to verify information after the Work Flow task has been completed.
  • Group Part Requirements during Final Staging - "Group By Part Number In Final Staging" flag added to System > Options > Inventory 2 tab. If checked, when final staging to a Job that contains a Part with a Formula that contains the same Part on multiple lines, the staging function will lump all required quantity for the Part from all BOM lines into one staging transaction. If not checked, each BOM Sequence for the same Part must be staged separately.
  • Group Part Requirements during Issuing - "Group By Part Number When Issuing" flag added to Facilities on the Production tab. If checked, BOM lines will be grouped by Part Number on the Issue/Reserve Inventory form when issuing to a Job in the selected Facility. When not checked, BOM lines will be not be grouped; Instead they will be listed individually by BOM Sequence number even if multiple sequences contain the same Part.
  • Co-Production Quantity - A new field, "Co-Production Quantity," has been added to the Edit BOM Line form via Formula Management. This value is used in the calculation of the default co-product quantity on a job anytime the co-production revision specified is used on a job line. This quantity also applies when jobs are created out of MRP that contain co-products on their revisions.
  • BOM Line Substitutions - Item substitutions are now available at the BOM line level. BOM Line substitutions are more specific than Item Master level substitutions and allow customers to define a date range when various substitutions may be used in the system. Additional information is available via Formula Management.
  • Category/Sub-Category Relationships - Beginning with version 15.03.020, Sub-Category names now only have to be unique within their own Category and not throughout all Categories.
  • Default Final Staging Quantity - A new field, "Default Final Stage Qty," has been added to the Inventory 2 tab within System > Options. The field defines the default quantity when final staging in the main application as well as the WMS application. Options are Full or Zero. Full is the default.
  • Optimize Lots by Location Priority - A new option, "Location Priority," has been added to the Optimizer Lots form which is available when clicking the "Optimize" button on the Issue/Reserve form. The option optimizes lots by finding the first expiring lot for each part in each Location, beginning with the Location that has the lowest "Location Sequence" value.
  • BOM Unit Default - Bill of Material line items defaults to the BOM Unit based on the new BOM Unit of the item selected. This dramatically reduces the chance for error during BOM entry while simplifying the process. Additional information is available via Formula Management.

Management Reports

  • Billing Group added to Bill-to Reports - The Billing Group name (gr_name) has been added to the report grid for the "Bill-To Company" and "Bill-To and Ship-To Companies" report via Sales > Bill-to / Ship-to Management. This option offers companies better visibility to the Billing Groups to which their customers are assigned.
  • Commissions Report Additions - All fields from the Brokers table(dmbrok) are now available to the Commissions and Rebates report via Sales > Calculate Commissions and Rebates.

MRP/Forecasting

  • Default Shop Area per Facility - The system now allows a default Shop Area to be set by Facility via the "Edit Shop Area" form. The feature was added to better support the "Create Job" and "Auto Job" functions in MRP which require a default Shop Area when creating and saving Jobs.
  • Suggestions Before Buckets - The "Suggestions Before" field has been added to the MRP Pre-filter, Item Master MRP tab, and the Item Master Facility tab. This field allows users to specify how many buckets out suggestions should be displayed for the appropriate items. Useful in situations for items that have long lead times and users need to look at several buckets when planning but do not want to create PO's or Job's for all showing buckets. These fields work in conjunction.
  • Expired Lots in On Hand Quantity - Expiring lots will only show in the On Hand count in MRP up until they expire if the "Expired" field on the MRP pre-filter form is set to "Exclude"

Payroll Management

  • Burden Calculations - A new system option, "Burden Posting Type," has been added to the Production tab via System > Options. The field defines which rates are used for burden calculations when posting payroll via the "Post to G/L" button in Payroll Management.
  • Worker By Day Report - A new report, "Worker by Day" has been added to the Payroll Management pre-filter. The report lists one record per worker, per day for all worker activity. The report includes columns for regular hours and overtime hours. Users can double click on each record to display the associated job payroll detail report.

Printed Reports

  • Saved Pre-Filters for Physical Inventory Forms - The "Settings" button has been added to the pre-filter form via Print Outs > Physical Inventory Forms so that users can enter filters and search parameters and save the pre-filter for future use.
  • Job Work Flow Text Field - A new field, Job Work Flow Text, has been added to the Batch Ticket tab in System > Options. This field specifies the job work flow information to be displayed on Job documents. The existing "Work Flow Text" field has been renamed to "BOM Work Flow Text." This field specifies the job Bill of Materials Work Flow information to be displayed on job documents. Additional information on both of these fields is available via the link in the first sentence.
  • Customer Statements - When printing customer statements to PDF or email, the Bill-to Company name and date the statement was printed are automatically added to the report file name. The format is Report Name (dmprt.pt_name) - Bill-To name (bi_name) - Date (01012018) - Example - Billing Statement 1 - ABC Supply - 01012018.pdf . This makes the organization and naming of customer statements easier.
  • Staged Inventory Lot Information - A new field, "Include Staged Inventory on Documents," has been added to the Sales 1 tab in System > Options. If checked, lot information is available to be printed on sales order report layouts and part forms at any point in the staging process. If unchecked, lot information for staged inventory will not be available on sales order report layouts and part forms. Previously, lot information was only available after lots had passed through the last iteration of the final staging and the inventory was reserved.

Production

  • Production Burden Calculations - The following calculation variables have been added to the Job Cost Summary report via Production > Job Management in order to define and separate the burden costs provided from operations versus those provided by workers : StanBurOp, BurCost, BurCostWorker, and BurCostOp. Additional information including the calculation details are available via the link above.
  • E-signature Requirements - DEACOM now offers the ability to require e-signatures for each individual issuing or staging quantity. The option was added to satisfy FDA regulations, particularly for pharmaceutical companies. The option is specified on the Job Category record in DEACOM.
  • Maximum Age for Lots - The "Max Age" field has been added to the Formula Management Edit BOM Line form. This field defines the maximum allowable age, in days, that lots of the Part Number specified on the BOM line will be displayed during lot selection when Issuing, Pre-staging, or Closing/Relieving. The field is useful in situations where companies want to define a "holding days" type constraint to determine how long lots will be eligible for use in the production process.
  • Linking Jobs to Other Jobs - Jobs may be linked to each other via the "Subsequent Job" field in Production > New Job > Dates tab. When linked, and a Part with the "Finish Job Pre-Staged To Subsequent Job" flag set to Yes is finished, the material produced will automatically be staged to the subsequent Job specified. This functionality will continue until a Job is reached that is not linked to another Job. Additionally, a date change in one Job will automatically update the necessary dates for all linked Jobs, both before and after the current one.
  • Print Master Lot Labels After Finish - The ""Print Master Lot Labels After Finish" checkbox has been added to the Input Production transaction in the WMS and main applications. This allows users to print the master lot label as part of the same step, rather than from the Master Lots report.
  • Facility Part Default Finish Quantity - Default finish quantities may be specified on facility part cross references. In this case, the system will override the default finish quantity on the General 2 tab of the Part's Item Master if the part being finished has a facility entry. Added to support scenarios where customers have multiple facilities producing the same products and using variable equipment which may require different default quantities.
  • Multiple Splitting of Lots - Lots may now be split multiple times when using the Job Close/Relieve form.
  • Sequential Custom Adds - Items added in the Custom BOM on production jobs can now be marked as sequential, ensuring that they are to be issued and staged to Jobs in the order they are sequenced on the Custom BOM. This option applies to the main application and the Warehouse Management System.

Purchasing

  • Editing Purchase Order User Fields in View Only Mode - Users with the security setting: "Purchase orders - edit user fields from View Order form" set to yes may now edit both header and line purchase order user fields when clicking the "View Detail" button on purchase order reports and forms throughout the system. This ability was added to support various different scenarios including the need to indicate the reason for vendor returns after the purchase order is marked as received in the system.
  • Allocating freight across PO lines - When in actual cost mode, the amount entered in the "Total Freight Cost" field of a Purchase Order's Pricing tab is allocated to each Purchase Order line. This allows companies to receive freight costs quoted based off of truck loads or total order rather than on a per unit per item basis.
  • Facility-Specific Pricing Orders - A new field, "Facility-specific pricing orders," has been added to the pricing tab on Purchase Orders. If this field is checked, the prices for the items specified on a Pricing Order will only apply to orders created in the same Facility. If not checked, item prices will apply to all Facilities.
  • Pricing Order Dates - A new field, "Pricing Order Date," has been added to the Purchasing tab in System > Options. The field is a pick list used to define which date on the Dates tab of the Edit Purchase Order Line form will be used to determine if a Purchase Order falls within the range of any applicable Pricing Orders.
  • Just in Time MRP - A new system option, "Just In Time Calc," has been added. The field is a pick list used to determine if MRP Just In Time calculations should be based on routing/consumption rate or unload minutes. Additional information is available via System > Options.

Quality Control

  • Sales Order Return QC Testing - Users now have the option to specify if QC Groups attached to Item Masters should be applied only on materials received on Purchase Orders, only on materials received for a return on Sales Orders, or both. This is accomplished via the "Order Type" field on the Edit QC/Stability Tests form. The option was added in situations where quality testing needs to be performed only when an item is returned, not when it is purchased. Additional information on Sales Order return QC testing is available via the "Performing QC Tests on Sales Order Returns" page.
  • Quality Control Groups Record History - The Record History button via Inventory > Inventory Maintenance > Quality Control Groups now has a "Created by" column which display the name of the user which created the group.
  • QC Specs Viewable on Locked Formulas - When a Formula revision has been locked by a Work Flow sequence using the "Lock to Prevent Editing" option, the "QC Specs" button on the QC/Stability Tests tab will still be enabled allowing users to view and not edit the Formula's QC Specs.
  • Failed QC Approval Requirements - The system will now check the "Aggregate Type" field when determining if Quality Control Groups requiring approval for failed results have passed or failed. Example: Assume a QC Group is set with an Approval Type of "Failed" and all tests in the group have an Aggregate Type of "Last." If multiple QC passes are made, and the last pass for all tests pass, the system will apply all QC test results without requiring approval.

Sales

  • eCommerce Sales Tax Calculations - DEACOM's eCommerce package now has the ability to calculates sales taxes just like the main application. DEACOM offers two methods for calculating sales taxes; via Tax Regions or an integration with TaxJar. In the eCommerce application, taxes will not show as line items in the cart, but the tax amount will be displayed in the "Tax" field on the "Cart Details" form. In the main application, the taxes for orders created via eCommerce will display on the sales order.
  • User Fields for Deal Pricing, Categories, Sub Categories - User Fields are now available for Deal Pricing, Category, and Sub-Category records.
  • Deal Pricing Expression - An "Expression" field has been added to the "Edit Deal" form. This field allows users to enter an expression that will be used instead of the "Factor" field when applying Deal Pricing. Complete information is available via the "Deal Pricing" page.
  • Discounts - The ability to apply discounts on sales order lines has been added to the system. Unlike Promotions, Discounts do not add line items on sales orders, but instead apply the appropriate discount amounts to existing line items on the order. Complete information is available via the "Promotions and Discounts" page.
  • Sales - DEACOM has added support for the 3 Delta Credit Card Processor.
  • Sales Representative User Fields - User Fields have been added to the Sales Representative record in DEACOM via Sales > Sales Maintenance > Sales Reps.
  • Commissions on Sales Order Lines - Beginning in version 15.3, sales order lines are used to determine if a part that is sold will receive a commission, based on the Commissionable flag on the sales order line(or_commable). In this case, the Commissionable field on the Item Master(pr_commable) only serves to provide the default value when a sales order line for this part is entered. A dxpop entry has been added to the 15.3 update that will set the value of or_commable on existing sales order lines to the value of pr_commable.
  • Sales User Name Fields Added to Calculate Commissions and Rebates - The Sales User Name fields (s1_name, s2_name, etc.) are now available to the grid when running the calculations report via Sales > Calculate Commissions and Rebates.
  • Commissions Expression - A new field, "Expression," has been added to the Edit Commissions and Rebates form via Sales > Sales Maintenance > Commissions and Rebates. The expression can use variables from (depending on applicable selection) Bill-To, Ship-To, Item, Facility, etc. Expressions are evaluated once the calculate commissions and rebates action has been run.
  • Sales User 1-5 and Sales Representative Fields Added to Sales Ranking 2 Report - The Sales User 1-5 and Sales Representative fields are now available to the Ranking 2 report grid via Sales > Sales Order Management. These columns will only populate when running the Ranking 2 report ranked by Bill-to or Ship-to Company.
  • Trend Report Changes - All Item Master Management (dmprod) fields are now available when running a Trend - Units or Trend - Dollars in Sales Order Management for all Rank By option as long as the Part Number field is filled in on the pre-filter. The Sales User Name fields (s1_name, s2_name, etc.) are also now available when running these same reports when a Rank By of Bill To or Ship To Company is selected on the pre-filter.
  • Forecasting Grouping - The Actual vs Forecast option groups by Item, Facility, Bill-to, and Ship-to.
  • Ranking 2 Report Field Additions - The following fields, Current YTD Dollars, Last Year Total Dollars, and Current Quarter Total Dollars, have been added to the Ranking 2 report via Sales > Sales Order Management.
  • Promo Amount field - When entering new Sales Orders and available to the Sales Order Management "Profit Detail" report, the or_promoamt field can be added to the grid to display the amount by which Promotions directly affect each order line.
  • Accrual Summary/Accrual Detail Reports - Two new reports, Accrual Summary, and Accrual Detail, have been added via Sales > Calculate Commissions and Rebates. These reports display sales orders that have been invoiced but not paid, after their original invoice amounts have been evaluated and factored through the commission rules. These reports are used to reconcile the balance of the commission accrual account.
  • AvaTax Integration - DEACOM web versions now offer the ability to integrate with the Avalara AvaTax application. AvaTax allows companies to automate intrastate sales tax calculations and auto file state taxes. The process saves companies time and ensures greater accuracy in addition to removing the need to manually keep track of the appropriate tax regions for customers and the appropriate rates. Complete information is available via "Calculating Sales Taxes using AvaTax". As indicated, this feature is only available with DEACOM web versions.
  • Project User Fields - User fields are now available for use on Projects.
  • Automatic Emailing of Invoices - A new field, "Email Type," has been added to the Print Invoice form. This field removes the need to manually email the invoice during the invoicing process.
  • Available to Ship - Inter-company Transfers - Inter-company Transfers can now be filtered and shipped directly via the Available to Ship transaction.
  • Promotion Minimum and Maximum Values - The system will now display the minimum and maximum allowable values when Promotions are automatically or manually added to sales orders. This only occurs when the Promotion is marked for "Flexible Pricing" on the Edit Promotion and Discount form.
  • Facility Name now Available to Searchboxes on Sales Orders - The Facility name is now available to the Bill-to and Ship-to Searchboxes on sales orders.
  • FedEx COD Option - Beginning with version 15.03.075, checking the "Collect On Delivery" flag when adding a package during the Sales Order shipping process, allows the generation of a COD return label for the order/package. For more information on shipping with FedEx, refer to the Shipping with FedEx and UPS page.

Security

  • Help System Access - The security setting "File -- help" has been added to control access to the DEACOM Help site. The setting was added to limit the menu options available when using the Tracker view option in web-based versions of DEACOM.
  • Issue/Reserve Substitution Security - The security setting "Inventory -- Issue/Reserve Substitutions" has been split into two separate security settings, "Inventory -- Issue Substitutions" and "Inventory -- Reserve Substitutions." These were added in situations where customers have a large number of substitution possibilities that can be made during the production process but do not want them to be an option to be made in the sales process. When customers update to version 15.3, users that have the "Inventory -- Issue/Reserve Substitutions" security setting enabled will have the two new security settings enabled by default.
  • Final Stage Expired Lots - The security setting "Inventory -- final stage expired lots" allows users to final stage lots that have expired after they were pre-staged. This setting applies to both the main application and the Warehouse Management System. If a user does not have this security, they will not be able to final stage expired lots. The lots will be removed and the user will be prompted with the following message: "The following lots are expired, please un-stage them and pre-stage new lots."
  • Scripting Access - As of 15.03.076, the security setting "Tools -- edit scripts" has been added to control which users have access to add and modify scripts within the system. The goal is to restrict users that are editing form layouts or printed report layouts from disturbing business logic that may reside in scripting form on those records. Users without this security will have these script editor boxes forced to disabled system-wide.

System Tools

  • Form Layouts - Version 15.03 introduces Form Layouts. Form Layouts allow system administrators to define different cosmetic designs for forms within DEACOM. In the same sense that Grid Layouts allow end users to change the columns on a grid and Report Layouts allow users full control over the output of printed Reports and Part Forms, Form Layouts allow users to fine tune the work flows within each form in the system for All Users, a User Group, or a Specific User. When a user-defined form layout is opened in the system, the word "User" will be displayed in parentheses next to the form name. See the "Configuring Form Layouts" page for details on creating and using Form Layouts in DEACOM.
  • Scripting - Version 15.3 introduces Scripting, or Configuration Through Code, to Form Layouts only. Scripting is functionality within DEACOM that allows end users to write code, in a C-Like scripting language, that offers a level of extensibility to the software without full-blown customization. Please reference the "Configuring Through Code" page for complete information. Note: To support this feature, vcredist2015 must be installed on the Server running the Web Service or the PC running the Web Console. The vcredist_2015_32.exe and vcredist_2015_64.exe files are available in the main DEACOM Production folder.
  • Print Destinations - Print Destinations allow companies to set the printers to which Part Forms and Report Layouts will print without requiring the user to select from a list. Print Destinations are also useful in situations where companies will have multiple printers associated to a production "line" or specific packaging area. For example, a company may have 2 printers in the line 1 and line 2 packaging rooms printing the same labels. 1 printer is a label printer printing a 4x6 case labels and 1 printer will be a sheet printer printing an 8x11 skid sheet.
  • Item Facility User Fields - Facility specific Item Masters now have their own User Fields.
  • View History reports - Beginning in 15.03.033, the System menu options of View Update History, View EDI Import History, View Trigger History, View Import History, and View Link Document History have been removed and their functionality consolidated into a new menu option of View History.
  • View History / Performance reports - Beginning in 15.03.051, the System menu options of View History and View System Performance have been removed and their functionality consolidated into a new menu option of History / Performance.
  • Expression Engine - Beginning in 15.03.052, a new field, "Expression Engine," is available on the General tab in System > Options. The field may be set to "Legacy" or Scripting." The field is used to determine which engine the system will use to evaluate the various expressions used throughout the DEACOM system. Reference the link in the first sentence for additional information.

Time and Attendance

  • Log On/Off Jobs Transaction Overhaul - The Log On/Off Jobs function in DEACOM has been extensively reworked to allow users to log in and out of multiple jobs at once. The transaction itself has been renamed to "Input Payroll Time."
  • Restrict Operations - The "Restrict Operations to Routings in Log On/Off Jobs" flag has been added to the Production tab on the Facilities record. If checked, this field limits the Operations available for selection to only those specified on the Job's Routing when Logging On/Off Jobs in the WMS application and in the main application via the Production > Input Payroll Time transaction.
  • Worker Available Fields - The default facility (wa_name), Inactivity Job number (Jo_jobnum), and Labor Group (la_name) fields have been added to the worker grid layout via Production > Production Maintenance > Workers.
  • Manually Add Worker Breaks - The "New" button is now available on the "Breaks" report via Production > Payroll Management. This button displays the Edit Break form allowing users to manually add break records.
  • Completing Operations - A new field "Operation Complete", has been added to the Edit Log On/Off Job form. The field is used for reporting purposes to indicate that the Operation, for the selected job, is complete. When this field is checked, the system will locate the Routing Sequence on the selected job and ensure that the job sequence matching the Job Number/Work Center Center/Operation on the Edit Log On/Off Job form is also checked.

Updating and Update Path

  • Whitelist - When installing an update on a computer that has not yet been whitelisted the system no longer prompts the user that access is denied. Instead, the user is prompted that the computer has been added to the whitelist, pending approval. The update program checks to see if the system user exists. If it does, the system will use this ID. If not try startup. If startup does no exist, use a dummy user and let the user know white list must be done manually.
  • DEACOM version 15.03.011 introduces a new updater. This updater is no longer FoxPro based as Deacom continues to transition to .Net. With this new updater, certain prompts (like tables containing duplicate values) will no longer be displayed, as they will be logged instead. Due to this transition, you must update to 15.03.009 before updating to 15.03.011 or higher. After version 15.03.009, the update path no longer needs to be followed. The update program will follow the necessary path automatically. See the Using the DEACOM Update Path page for additional information.

WMS

  • CRITICAL Scanner Update - Customers running the WMS application in version 15.03 must use the 15.03 WMS Client Installer. Customers that are updating to version 15.03 must run the client installer directly. This process is detailed below:
    • Navigate to the "Scanner" folder in the DEACOM application folder and run the client installer file.
    • When prompted, select "Persistency" (Once done, users can check in their Windows Apps and Features list to make sure the installer file is there)
    • Dock the scanner.
    • Run the client installer file to complete the process.
      • Note: It will not work to simply allow the WMS client to check for updates as is normally the case. Information on the installation process is available via WMS Installation. Note that the scanner must be docked.
    • Tip: If you encounter issues with the above process, try uninstalling the DEACOM Update Client and DEACOM WMS Client applications directly from the scanner via Settings > System(folder) > Remove Programs. Once done, retry the steps listed above.
  • Honeywell Scanner Support - DEACOM version 15.03 now supports Honeywell scanners.
  • Copying Vendor QC - Functionality from main app is now the same for WMS. Depending on the "Retain QC" selection on a Vendor's General tab, System Lots received against the same User Lot will inherit the same QC values as originally entered on the User Lot.
  • Log On/Off Jobs - A new field, "Current Job," has been added to the WMS Log On/Off Jobs transaction. The field lists all jobs users are currently logged into. Users can use this list to select which job they will log off.