BuildTopia Release Notes Version 5.12.0

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BuildTopia Release Notes Version 5.12.0
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May 6, 2014
BuildTopia
Version 5.12
Release Notes
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Document Information
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Company Information
BuildTopia is the most widely used web-based software for Builders, Developers and Trade Partners in the
home building industry. It is developed by the BuildTopia division of G1440, Inc. The support, sales,
professional services and product development teams can be reached through the following contact
methods:
Address
2031 Clipper Park Road
Suite 105
Baltimore, MD 21211
Email
[email protected]
Phone
1-800-773-0711
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Table of Contents
Release Notes .............................................................................................................................................. 1
Document Information ................................................................................................................................. 2
Company Information .................................................................................................................................. 2
Enhancements ............................................................................................................................................. 4
Defect Fixes ............................................................................................................................................... 13
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Enhancements
This section highlights new features and enhancements that have been added to BuildTopia. Each item is
identified by a ticket and / or defect number (where applicable) which tracks to our internal support and
software development system. The products that the enhancements apply to are checked. There is also a
description of the item with any relevant screenshots to detail the enhancement.
Sales Rep
Duplicate checking for new prospects
Defect #:
001-00-1-7609
Ticket #:
Product:
BTBuilder
BTSales
BTService
Description:
Duplicate checking functionality has been added for new prospects. The following data for new prospects
will be checked against existing prospects in that project for matches: First Name, Last Name, Address Line
1, Email address 1 or Email address 2. The matches will be shown before saving the new entry, and users
will be able to select an existing prospect, or continue with the new entry.
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New source field for prospects, visible in Sales Rep > Prospects, and on the People >
Prospect and Buyer Information data set
Defect #:
001-00-1-7610
Ticket #:
Product:
BTBuilder
BTSales
BTService
Description:
A new field called Source has been added to track how new prospects are added. The field is visible in Sales
Rep > Prospects, and on the People > Prospect and Buyer Information data set. The values for this field are:
Manual: prospects added manually in the application (SR > Prospects > Add prospect)
Upload: prospects uploaded via the data upload wizard
WIK: prospect imported using the WIK functionality from a website
Feed: prospects imported via a 3rd party feed (e.g. BDX, NHG)
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Consolidation of the Advanced Search and Cross Project Search for Prospects
Defect #:
001-00-1-7611
Ticket #:
Product:
BTBuilder
BTSales
BTService
Description:
The prospects advanced search and cross project search have been consolidated so that both functions can
be done on one screen. The ‘Address line 1’ field has also been added as a searchable field.
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Microsoft Office Plug-in for BuildTopia tags
Defect #:
001-00-1-6680
Ticket #:
Product:
BTBuilder
BTSales
BTService
Description:
A Microsoft Office plug-in has been created that lists all of the BuildTopia tags for contracts and letters to
help make the process tagging documents easier. The plug-in can be downloaded from the HelpSystem
along with installation instructions (http://help.buildtopia.com/plugin/Release_BuilderTagPlugIn.zip). Once
installed it is accessible from the Add-Ins tab.
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Addition of the address column to the SPEC list screen
Defect #:
001-00-1-7487
Ticket #:
141535
Product:
BTBuilder
BTSales
BTService
Description:
A column showing the lot address has been added to the Sales Rep > SPEC List screen.
Size of the comments fields for prospects has been increased
Defect #:
Ticket #:
Product:
Description:
001-00-1-7612
BTBuilder
BTSales
BTService
The size of the comments fields for prospects has been increased from 2500 to
4000 characters.
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Bidding and Contracting
Removal of archived plans and activities from Bidding and Contracting screens
Defect #:
001-00-1-6704
Ticket #:
Product:
BTBuilder
BTSales
BTService
Description:
The following screens have been updated to hide inactive plans, options, and activities.
*Plans are hidden if their status is set to 'Archived' at the project plan level (Admin > Project > Plans > Edit)
*Base activities are hidden if their status is set to 'Archived' at the plan level (Data Library > Plans >
Activities > Edit)
*Option activities are hidden if their status is set to 'Archived' at the plan option level (Data Library > Plans
> Options > Edit > Edit Activities)
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Builder account, turnkey bid view screen – Base tab
Builder account, turnkey bid view screen – Option tab
Builder account, turnkey bid view screen – All tab
Builder account, turnkey bid edit screen – Base tab
Builder account, turnkey bid edit screen – Option tab
Builder account, turnkey contract view screen – Base tab
Builder account, turnkey contract view screen – Option tab
Builder account, turnkey contract view screen – All tab
Builder account, turnkey contract edit screen – Base tab
Builder account, turnkey contract edit screen – Option tab
Builder account, unit of measure bid view screen
Builder account, unit of measure bid edit screen
Builder account, unit of measure contract view screen
Builder account, proforma budgets unit of measure view screen
Builder account, proforma budgets base view screen
Builder account, proforma budgets options view screen
Trade Partner account, turnkey bid view screen – Base tab
Trade Partner account, turnkey bid view screen – Option tab
Trade Partner account, turnkey bid view screen – All tab
Trade Partner account, turnkey bid edit screen – Base tab
Trade Partner account, turnkey bid edit screen – Option tab
Trade Partner account, turnkey contract view screen – Base tab
Trade Partner account, turnkey contract view screen – Option tab
Trade Partner account, turnkey contract view screen – All tab
Trade Partner account, turnkey contract edit screen – Base tab
Trade Partner account, turnkey contract edit screen – Option tab
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Trade Partner account, unit of measure bid view screen
Trade Partner account, unit of measure bid edit screen
Trade Partner account, unit of measure contract view screen
Messaging
Message forwarding implementation for BT Service messages
Defect #:
001-00-1-7608
Ticket #:
146898
Product:
BTBuilder
BTSales
BTService
Description:
Message forwarding functionality has been added for the customer service messages. They can be set to
‘Forward’ or ‘Don’t Forward’ from Admin > Users > User View > Manage Message Forwarding. To add this
feature to your user profile you will need to re-save your BTService role. This can be done by going to
Admin > Users > View > Manage Permission Roles.
Request Assigned
Request Created
Request Note Added
Request Status Change
SO Approved
CO Completed
SO Note Added
SO Opened
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BTAccounting
Added Self Service Features and Improved Messaging
Defect #:
001-00-1-7601
Ticket #:
Product:
BTBuilder
BTSales
BTService
Description:
Added new self-service features to BTAccounting so that you no longer need to contact BuildTopia support
when issues might arise.
- Added a ‘Tips’ link that will provide guidance on fixing any issues.
- Added a Skip button for getting past failed transactions that do not need to be sent since they might
have been done in Microsoft Dynamics SL already.
- The Restart BTAccounting button will allow builders to restart the processing after they have fixed any
issues on the Microsoft Dynamics SL side or skipped a transaction that has caused an error.
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Defect Fixes
This section highlights corrections and defect fixes that have been applied to BuildTopia. Each item is
identified by a ticket and / or defect number (where applicable) which tracks to our internal support and
software development system. The products that the enhancements apply to are checked. There is also a
description of the item with any relevant screenshots to detail the defect.
Admin
Correction of validation of the prospect type code field when using the Data Upload
wizard to upload prospects
Defect #:
Ticket #:
Product:
Description:
001-00-1-6720
142583
BTBuilder
BTSales
BTService
Validation was not being performed correctly for the prospect type code field when
uploading prospects using the Data Upload Wizard. This has been corrected.
Removal of archived users from the Homebuyer Homepage Contact list
Defect #:
Ticket #:
Product:
Description:
001-00-2-7970
143980
BTBuilder
BTSales
BTService
Archived users were displayed on the Admin > Projects > Project Settings >
Homebuyer Homepage > Unassociate tab where they could be added to the
Homebuyer Homepage Contact list. This has been corrected to show Active users
only.
Issue with drag and drop sorting of columns in the data upload wizard process
Defect #:
Ticket #:
Product:
Description:
001-00-1-6721
BTBuilder
BTSales
BTService
Drag and drop sorting of columns in the data upload wizard process did not work
correctly on all browsers. This has been corrected.
Error message shown after associating a user to a project
Defect #:
Ticket #:
Product:
001-00-1-8327
BTBuilder
BTSales
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An error message was shown after associating a user to a project, and clicking on
the ‘User View’ link. This has been corrected.
Bidding & Contracting
Correction of the option name shown on proforma budgets screen
Defect #:
Ticket #:
Product:
Description:
001-00-1-7499
BTBuilder
BTSales
BTService
The option name shown on the proforma budgets screen was from the option at
the Data Library level instead of the Project level. This has been corrected.
Issue with the order of expired contracts
Defect #:
Ticket #:
Product:
Description:
001-00-1-7586
144204
BTBuilder
BTSales
BTService
When a turnkey contract expired or the order was not updated from 1 to 0, which
left it as the primary contract. This has been corrected.
Apostrophe issue with the Copy function for new UM bids
Defect #:
Ticket #:
Product:
Description:
001-00-1-6199
BTBuilder
BTSales
BTService
Correction of an error caused during creation of new UM bids by copying an
existing bid when the Trade Partner of the existing bid has an apostrophe in their
name.
Project Management
Generation of duplicate purchase orders when using the back button
Defect #:
Ticket #:
Product:
Description:
001-00-1-8252
146459, 146732
BTBuilder
BTSales
BTService
Duplicate purchase orders could be created if purchase orders were created from
the activity list screen, the back button was used, and the Generate POs button
was clicked again. This has been corrected.
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Issue with updating the construction status of lots to Completed when all schedule tasks
are marked as completed
Defect #:
Ticket #:
Product:
Description:
001-00-1-8318
146353, 146645
BTBuilder
BTSales
BTService
The construction status of some lots was not being updated to Completed when
all the schedule tasks were marked as completed. This has been corrected.
Sales Management
Issue with the updating of options prices on SPEC agreements across projects
Defect #:
Ticket #:
Product:
Description:
001-00-1-8330
146284
BTBuilder
BTSales
BTService
When the retail prices of some plan options were updated in one project only, the
retail prices of those options in SPEC agreements in other projects were updated
as well. This has been corrected.
Issue with the updating of options prices on SPEC agreements that have ‘Overrideable’ as
their pricing status
Defect #:
Ticket #:
Product:
Description:
001-00-1-7495
142539, 146620
BTBuilder
BTSales
BTService
Retail prices of options on SPEC agreements with their Pricing Status to
‘Overrideable’ were not being updated. This has been corrected.
Sales Rep
Issue with the ‘Other’ and ‘All’ selections of the Task Type filter on the To Do screen in SR
Defect #:
Ticket #:
Product:
Description:
001-00-1-6346
BTBuilder
BTSales
BTService
The ‘Other’ selection on the Task Type filter on the TO- Do screen in Sales Rep did
not work correctly and the ‘All’ selection was missing. This has been corrected.
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Issue with entry of new Broker Agents at the project level
Defect #:
Ticket #:
Product:
Description:
001-00-1-6538
BTBuilder
BTSales
BTService
In BT Sales accounts, new broker agents entered from the broker list in the Sales
Rep module were not associated to the project. This has been corrected.
BT Service
Issue with the Next Service Order Number setting
Defect #:
Ticket #:
Product:
Description:
001-00-1-7621
BTBuilder
BTSales
BTService
Correction of how the Next Service Order Number shown on the Admin >
BTService Setup > Service Order Settings screen is updated.
Directory
Changes to the duplicate search feature when adding new Mortgage Companies
Defect #:
Ticket #:
Product:
Description:
001-00-1-7600
BTBuilder
BTSales
BTService
The application searches for matches when a new Mortgage Company is added.
The screen that shows results if matches are found has been updated to be more
user-friendly. The ‘Use this Record’ link has been replaced with a ‘View’ link to
view more details before making a selection. A ‘Cancel’ button was also added.
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