Release Notes: December 5th, 2024

Details of the features and bug fixes from this update

This page provides an overview of the changes deployed with the Hitrak software update on Thursday, December 5th, 2024. 

The key focus areas for this release have been the addition of a new module to manage an Operating days calendar, further improvements to data accessibility, and enhancements to the Freightmaster quoting function. 

A closer look at some of the changes is available here.


In this article:

New Features

Updates

Bug Fixes


New Features ❇️

Feature

Details


Operating Days Calendar

A new Administration menu Operating Days page allows calendar setup for working days, public holidays and other non-working days, at a system-wide or regional level.

Extract Consignment Search results

A new Extract button allows users to generate a csv extract of the filtered results in the Search page. 

Data Extracts

All Organisations extract provides a list of current Organisations with their Service Types and Account details. 

DIFOT Endorsements

Endorsement added with details on DIFOT hit or miss for each consignment. 


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Updates ⏫

Feature

Details

Freightmaster Quoting

Delivery Extras can be selected when creating a quote in Freightmaster. Quotes now include Extras and FAF pricing.

Dashboard 

New From and To fields added to allow Dashboard results to be refined by consignment Sending and/or Receiving Dispatch Groups.

Dispatch Board page

New From and To fields added to allow the Dispatch Board to be refined by consignment Sending and/or Receiving Dispatch Regions.

Driver Runs Search page

New fields added to allow searching Runs by Name, Type, From region and To region.

Results can be sorted by the Reference, Name, Date, Start and End columns.

The Consignments column shows a freight summary along with the number of consignments.

Search criteria, total number of runs, total consignments and a combined freight summary of the results are displayed above the search results.

Requested Pickup Date

This field is now supported for consignments created via Gateway.

Rating Page Tooltips

Tooltips include more detail when a consignment could not be priced for reasons related to pricing setup.

Consignment & Run Notes

New icon to represent Consignment notes and Run notes in the Admin Portal, Driver App and Freightmaster UI.

Run Templates

Region field is now mandatory for all templates.

Driver Runs 

Previous selections are remembered when the user performs a bulk action in the Run page Consignments tab. 

Vehicle capacity constraints are automatically applied to a run when a vehicle is assigned.

Consignment details

Region is now always displayed on consignment Sender and Receiver address.

Zone Rate Adjustments

Tooltips added to provide clarity on each Adjustment field.

Unsupported dates are disabled in the calendar view.

Unsupported “Increment Adjustment” field is disabled for Flat Rate pricing.

System Performance

Several updates to improve loading times of Site search, Dashboard charts and Invoicing functions. 

 

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Bug Fixes 🛠️

App/Service

Details

Admin

Surcharge rates not displaying the correct number of decimal places.

Admin

UI becomes stuck when uploading an invalid attachment type to a consignment.

Admin

Inconsistent  warning message for status progression vs status Undo.

Admin

Active Organisations appear inactive when adding sites to Run Template location constraints.

Admin

Sender and Receiver Region dropdowns default to empty when editing consignments.

Admin

Tags filter fails to reset on Consignment Search and Dispatch Board pages.

Admin

Zone rate adjustments: Incorrect date displayed in Adjustment Preview Start Date.

Data Extracts

Incorrect Start date in some extract file names.

 

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