July Release DQB 1.43 Responding to your requests and staying compatible and up-to-date with the latest technology, here are the significant enhancements in DQB 1.43: Compatibility with Windows 10 DQB 1.43 has been tested successfully with Windows 10 which is scheduled to be released this month. Microsoft will be offering a free upgrade to Windows 10 for a period of one year to those licensed for Window 7 through 8.1. Compatibility with QuickBooks 2015
DQB 1.43 has been tested successfully with QuickBooks 2015. For those using the web-based features of QuickBooks such as credit card processing and other payment services, document storage for transactions, and payroll, Intuit has been requiring an update to 2015 for those with 2012 and prior. Mainstreet has already provided tech support to a number of labs who have upgraded to QB 2015. Note that your QB company file may be moved to a new location due to the update. The QB security features for logins and passwords have been simplified, so it is recommended that you review your settings to make sure they are still appropriate for your lab. New Preference by Work Center Controls In Basic Lists/Customers and in the Customer Center of the standard DQB, you can enter preferences by work center for each customer. The new controls provide a list of the work centers in a frame to the left from which you can select the work center, then add a preference or edit an existing preference. There is a also a tab to delete a preference. Yearly Comparison Graph In Reports/Graph Reports, we have added a new graph that provides for comparing month by month the number of cases received for the two years that you specify. Mark Completed Items and Completed Items Report We have added a column for Pan Code both when marking completed items and when reporting on these. Schedule Summaries: Show Remaining Units In Reports/Schedule Summary, the Lab Schedule Snapshot lists for each work center the total units scheduled, total units completed and the limit for the selected date. We have been asked to calculate and show the units remaining to make it easier to read and comprehend quickly. To Track New Customers Previously to track production and sales for new customers, you could setup and then continually edit your new customer group to reflect your "new" definition. This new feature in Basic Lists/Customer Groups lets you select a First Active Date to have the program create a group of new customers who became active on and after the date. The name of the group that is automatically generated will include the First Active Date. This will help you determine if a group you created is no longer considered new so that you can elect to delete it. Create New Standard Procedure from Existing One In Basic Lists/Standard Procedures, there is a new option for you to begin with an existing standard procedure to create a new one. The name will initially be set to Copy of [the copied standard procedure], but you can change this name and edit the contents. New Controls for Backups of Images We have added new controls to increase the speed of backing up the images associated with cases. For those with a very high volume of images, we are recommending that you consider automatic backups to cloud storage at off-hours. Cases Locked Information Cases are locked when being updated to prevent conflict with other users that may be trying to update the same record. The record can remain locked if the process is interrupted or not closed properly. Whenever a user has reported an error on a locked case condition, we have guided them to Options/Case Settings to the button near the bottom to unlock all cases. This new feature will determine which user(s) and which case(s) caused the locked condition and display this in a message window. |