Release Notes for Version 3.5.0
Please read the following notes about this Wise Owl release carefully before installing it.
Description
Outlook Helper Plug-In for Documents module.
New Features
- Outlook Helper Plug-In
- Will be deployed to clients after training and validation is completed.
- Notification / Nag message shown on Launch Pad, Document Register and Document Upload pages.
- Numerous internal changes to support the Outlook Plug-In
- Add support for basic maths in numeric fields (eg: 10+20)
- Activate by typing your equation starting with "=" or "+" (eg: "=10+20" or "+10+20")
- Use "up arrow" key to recalculate.
- Added Document Template Preview.
- Added Timesheet Register filter button to show today's time.
- Improved support for editing and saving of large invoices (with over 100 line items).
- Added support to correctly mark a Disbursement Line as "unbilled" when it is removed from an Invoice.
- Improved sorting of items in drop down lists.
- Added setting to control if a Responsible Lawyer is required when creating or editing Matters.
- Added setting to nominate a default Responsible Lawyer used when creating Matters.
- All emails are now sent via the Wise Owl Admin Server - no longer requires client email account details.
Other Changes
- Improved sorting and arrangement of Lists buttons and page.
- Improved security as per Intuit security review.
- Fixed Cross Site Scripting vulnerability.
- Added Document Upload size and rate limits (and ways to bypass them).
- Added validation of document type by file extension and content - so you cannot upload malicious files as a JPEG.
- Brought default security base line up to current industry standards - versions of Internet Explorer older than 11 are no longer supported.
- Prevent caching of privacy sensitive data, based on setting.
- Change order of columns on Document Register.
- Date fields will show calendar when down arrow is pressed.
- Improve labelling of Document Metadata Save button.
- Improve labelling of fields on New Document from Template page.
- Added button to Invoice page to create a new Invoice.
- Invoice line item Description field is now multi line.
- Show warning when importing Document Pack if the Doc Group has no Matter Type - as the templates uploaded will not be usable.
- Added list of PDF Form fields against documents, and download PDF with names stamped near each field. Prelude to supporting PDF Forms as document templates.
- Added an option to select a default Trust Account for each user.
- Improved QuickBooks Online linking of Invoice and Purchase Items - no longer need to have different names for an Invoice & Purchase Item.
- Improved QuickBooks Online validation of account types - so you cannot accidently link an Income account to and Expense account against Invoice / Purchase items.
- Improvements to QuickBooks Online integration so unimportant errors are less prominent.
- Added instructions on how to fix common QuickBooks Online errors on the External Accounting Previous Activity page.
- Improve error messages on Trust Transfer to General page.
- Improvements across Register Pages to check when searching with illogical combinations of filters.
- Disable Delete Invoice button when receipts have been applied against it - must delete receipts first.
- Add warning on Document Register when too many documents have been selected for a Bulk Action.
- Audit of matter visibility in drop down lists:
- Register pages can see all matters; archived and closed searched more slowly.
- Documents pages can see closed matters, to allow documents to be added after a matter is closed.
- Financial data entry pages only see open matters.
- Receipts may be applied to Approved Invoices via Excel Imports to assist data migrations.
- Document Groups now have own page to allow more functionality.
- Cannot remove a Document Group if there are Document Templates associated with it.
- Allow changes to your IP address whithin the trusted list of IP addresses - should reduce the number of "garbled login" errors.
- Remove all overdraw errors from occuring with Transit Funds - this is not possible to overdraw as funds are never banked.
Reports
- TODO
Bugs Fixed
- Fixed allowing merging contacts into themselves.
- Fix potential bugs when creating Trust Accounting transactions when multiple people are creating transactions at the same time.
- Fix validation errors for Contact Address, Phone and Email where not highlighting fields correctly.
- Fix error when importing Document Pack if document file name contains invalid characters.
- Fix validation error on Contact External Accounting Name does not disappear.
- Fix incorrect calculation of tax amount against Adjustment Notes.
- Fix Matter Document folder not created when importing matters from excel spreadsheet.
- Fix Document Template folder not always created.
- Remove unsupported SMS code option for two-factor authentication.
- Fix incorrect wording for "Print Transfer Report" button on Trust Transfer.
- Fixed several minor spelling errors.
- Fix incorrectly detecting duplicate Document Templates when templates are named the same in different Doc Groups.
- Fix Document Register fields sorting - some fields did not sort correctly, others are unsortable and are now removed.
- Fix incorrect permissions for Document Template usage on Document Template Register.
- Fix accidental submission of New Invoice page when changing the page size - affects large invoices.
- Fix incorrect sort order defined for Contact Address, Phone and Emails on Excel Import - could also affect reports which depend on the sort order.
- Fix reverting to plain text formatting when mail merging a document with formatting on the merge field.
- Fix not checking for duplicate contacts by name when importing via Excel.
- Fix error where username and password is remembered by web browsers - eg: on Trust Reversal approval, and Change Password pages.
Manual Changes Required for Installation
- None.