Release Notes: November 6th, 2024

Details of the features and bug fixes from this update

This page provides an overview of changes deployed with the Hitrak software update on Wednesday, November 6th, 2024.

This is a substantial update across a number of areas, incorporating new Outturn and Event functionality, new Pricing capability, and further improvements to the consignment Timeline and Admin Portal search functions.

For a closer look at some of these changes, see the Release Highlights.

In this article:

New Features

Updates

Bug Fixes

New Features ❇️

Feature	Details
Consignment Event photos	Photos can be added when creating a Note or Exception in the Admin Portal or Driver App.
Run Notes	Admin Portal and Driver App users can now create Notes at a run level. This enables the recording of events such as a vehicle incident, or overlanded freight which cannot be linked to a consignment.
Run Page Events tab	New tab to include details of all Events related to a Run. In addition to Run notes, this includes any Notes and Exceptions recorded on consignments that were allocated to the run, while it was Activated or En Route.
Outturn Reports	A PDF document for Outturns, broken down into event sections for Shortlands, Damage and Overlands. Available to download from the Run page, with options to download the report with Run Events only, or include “clean" consignments.
Zone Rate Adjustments	Organisation-level rate adjustments can now be made to Zone rates directly in the Admin portal.
Data Extracts	"Revenue by Run" provides a breakdown of consignment and other revenue by driver run.
Data Extracts	"Consignment by Creation User" provides data on the user who created each consignment.

Updates ⏫

Feature	Details
Change Consignment Customer	When changing a consignment's customer, the previously selected Service Type is kept, unless the Service Type is unavailable in the new Organisation.
Consignment Timeline	Timeline filtering has been redesigned to align with other system pages and provide a more user-friendly experience.
	Resolved display issue on early status change events.
	Reduced font size to align with other system pages.
Consignment File Preview	Preview dialog added in Timeline and Attachment tabs.
Consignment Reference fields	Character limit updated to 250 for Sales reference, Sender reference and Receiver reference.
Consignment Search	Run date added to Run column in Consignment Search results.
Consignment Search	Improved performance when searching by status from the Dashboard.
Data Extracts	Invoice files are compressed to improve performance.
Data Extracts	Collection and Delivery vehicles added to "Consignments by Invoice" extract.
Documentation	Numeric field formatting aligned across all PDF documents.
Documentation	Invoice file names aligned to new consistency rules.
Invoicing	Automatic Invoice Annotations reflect when a User has initiated the action instead of always using "System Events".
Invoicing (Hitrak Direct)	Resending Invoices is now enabled from individual Invoices in the Admin portal.
Invoicing (Xero and manual)	New columns added to provide more pricing information in Invoice schedule csv: Extras details, total Extras price, Surcharge details, total Surcharges price and total consignment price.
Invoicing (Xero)	Added support for uploading schedule documents with spaces in the file name to Xero.
Messaging Templates	New Service type setting to support using first name only instead of full name in messaging templates.
Pricing Setup	The previously selected Pricing model and Charge types for an Organisation can now be edited in the Admin Portal.
Rating Page Search	Results can now be sorted and filtered by the consignment Sender and Receiver.
Run Page Hireage details	Header section summary and Consignments tab Hireage column updated, to provide separate Collected, Delivered and Retrieved quantities.
Run Templates	Linehaul templates are now available to select when allocating consignments from the Unallocated tab.
Site details	Aligned acceptable characters for Site Name and Site Code fields to Org code parameters.
Vehicles page search	A new checkbox allows the inclusion or exclusion of inactive vehicles in results.
Freightmaster Consignments	The consignment Requested Pickup Date field can now be made available in Freightmaster, using a new Organisation Service Type setting.

Bug Fixes 🛠️

App/Service	Details
Admin Portal: Auto allocation	Auto allocation error when trying to use a new Run template before caching has completed.
Admin Portal: Auto allocation	Consignment incorrectly auto allocated to a run it was previously allocated to.
Admin Portal: Consignments	Intermittent sync issue impacting new or updated attachment and document links.
Admin Portal: Consignments	Consignment with duplicated status cannot be allocated to a run.
Admin Portal: Consignments	Consignment Entry Site lookup doesn't produce the expected Organisation sites (TEST environment only).
Admin Portal: Documents	Tags not fully displayed on Consignment Note documents.
Admin Portal: Invoicing	Page crashes when a consignment is manually added to a new invoice.
Admin Portal: Invoicing	Incorrect behaviour when data update is attempted on cancelled Invoices.
Admin Portal: Reports	DIFOT target doesn't update when the consignment Confirmed Delivery Date is changed.
Admin Portal: Reports	Rating page extract doesn't filter by selected Tags.
Admin Portal: Reports	Incorrect FAF calculation in "Consignments by Invoice" extract.
Admin Portal: Run page	Inconsistent timestamp validation between Admin App and Consignment Service causes error when completed tasks are reordered on a run.
Admin Portal: Search functions	Site and Run template search fails when no filters are applied.
Admin Portal: Search functions	Occasional errors observed during Run search.
Admin Portal: UI	Incorrect validation of Organisation Code parameters when Org is created.
Admin Portal: UI	Incorrect colour on Timeline page background.
Admin Portal: UI	Consignment page doesn't refresh after an Exception is resolved.
Admin Portal: UI	Inaccurate error message appears when uploading attachments with a"nbsp" character in the file name.
Admin Portal: UI	Typo in error message produced when attempting to create a user with an existing user’s email address.
Consignment Service	Intermittent unit test issues.
Consignment Service	Duplicated status on a consignment when updated simultaneously in different apps or browser tabs.
Consumer Tracking App	Tracking page display issue for long Organisation Names
Consumer Tracking App	Consignment shows incorrect position in run queue.
Driver App, Freightmaster	Third party cookie warnings impacting some customers.
Freightmaster	No UI feedback when bulk staging fails due to some consignments not meeting criteria.
Freightmaster	Sales Reference Validation failed due to low character limit.
Xero Invoicing API	Schedule documents could not be uploaded to the Xero invoice.