New Features - April 28th, 2009 by Berni

Please see below our pick of features and enhancements released this month. Many more options are available, although some may not be applicable to your portfolio or may not be compatible with your current settings. A full listing is available in the features section. This month's selected features and enhancements are as follows:-

  • Credit note numbering by client
  • Automatic admin charge for the generation of arrears letters
  • Different colour theme in practice and browse
  • Redesigned tenancy schedules
  • General system improvements

Credit note numbering by client
You can now set up independent credit note numbering per client. This will follow through to the credit notes of all tenants linked to that client. You are able to setup a starting number as well as a prefix and a suffix, ensuring that each credit note has a unique reference. Many other credit note numbering and demand numbering options are available; please speak to Support to discuss the best options for your requirements.

Automatic admin charge for the generation of arrears letters
When generating arrears letters you can now opt for the system to automatically apply a charge to each tenant's account for every letter produced. Set up the amount you wish to charge for each letter and upon generation of a letter the system will automatically apply a charge to each tenant's account and clearly state on that arrears letter that a charge has been applied.

Different colour theme in practice and browse
Screen headers and footers will now display in a different colour when using practice or browse so that you can tell immediately that you are not in the main system and that any changes made will not affect your real data.

 

Redesigned tenancy schedules
Tenancy schedules have been redesigned and now include improved functionality. You are able to exclude a tenant from a tenancy schedule if required (if for example a tenant has moved out) and are able to export the tenancy schedules in various formats, allowing you to analyse the data in programs such as Microsoft Excel etc.

General system improvements

  • Extended printing options are now available for service charge plans. You are also able to export plan information in various formats, allowing you to analyse the data as required.
  • When entering how often breaks occur in the lease, you are now able to enter this in months and days as well as years, if required.
  • Various field lengths have been extended on the transaction screens, allowing you to enter more information.
  • Additional information now prints on the cashbook batching lists, allowing you to identify transactions more easily.
  • Accessing information from the ledgers at cashbook, client and property level is now considerably faster.

All of the features listed above are available free of charge to all users currently subscribing to Software Support (subject to compatibility with your current settings). If you would like to discuss any of the options or request an option to be included on your next update, please speak to Support.