What's New on Release 30

Welcome to Eagle Release 30! The following documentation provides brief descriptions of new or enhanced functionality in Eagle Release 30. Each major product addition or enhancement is discussed briefly below. For complete information about new or enhanced functionality, refer to the corresponding links below to online help installed with your upgrade.

Note: We highly recommend that Eagle Analytics users upgrade to Compass 14.0.0.6825 or higher when upgrading to Eagle Release 30 or above.

eConnect 3 users - if you use eConnect 3 to install software on your clients, they must be on version 3.371 or higher before you can do the upgrade to Release 30. The latest version of the eConnect 3 software is available for download at the Eagle Customer Portal.

 

POS Enhancements

The following point-of-sale features are now available in Release 30:

PIN Pad Version Software Upgrade Required

A PIN Pad software upgrade is required to ensure the latest requirements install. If the verify pin pad level check is enabled on a station, when launching Point of Sale (POS), a message prompt will display until you update the PIN pad.

For more information, see Upgrading Your PIN Pad Device.

Stored Credit Card Viewer (SCV)

The new viewer allows you to view and search for customers with stored credit cards, debit cards, and gift cards on file. The new viewer lets you filter the data by Customer #, Job, Expiration Date, and Thru Date and send text messages to customers.

Note: Requires Security Bit 690 "Access to customer credit card maintenance" set to Y.

For more information, see Using Stored Credit Card Viewer.

CARD Payments Dialog

You can launch the CARD Payments screen from the Stored Credit Card Viewer to view credit authorization details.

Notes:

For more information, see Using Stored Credit Card Viewer.

Credit Card Maintenance

From the Stored Credit Card Viewer, launch Credit Card Maintenance to view customer credit card data.

Note: Requires Security Bit 690 "Access to Customer Credit Card Maintenance (encrypted mode)" set to Y.

For more information, see Setting Up Customer Credit Card Storage.

Credit Card Maintenance Enhancement

In this release, the process of setting up customer credit card storage has been enhanced. Use the new Last Used field added to the Credit Card Maintenance screen to specify the last credit card transaction.

For more information, see Using Stored Credit Card Viewer.

POS Order Viewer Enhancement

The POS Order Viewer functionality has been updated with advanced filtering for the columns Special Instructions 1 and Special Instructions 2.

For more information, see Using the Orders Viewer.

POS Total Weight Dialog Enhancement

The new Option 3561 "Include Additional Fields in POS Total Weight Dialog" set to Yes allows to add extra fields to the Total Weight Dialog in POS. The new Total Cubic Feet, Tallest Item (Height), Widest Item (Width), Deepest Item (Depth) fields retrieve item data from the Misc. tab in Inventory Maintenance (IMU). Weight and cubic feet values exclude backorder quantities. The application recalculates cumulative values and makes dimension comparisons for the greatest size immediately when the item is changed, voided, or deleted.

For more information, see Displaying Weight and Freight.

Inventory Enhancements

The following features have been added for the Inventory module:

For more information, see PO Worksheet: Set Up Options.

Accounts Receivable Enhancements

The Accounts Receivable module has been updated with the following enhancements:

Note: Requires Security Bit 1164 Anonymize Customer Data set to Y.

Notes:

Purchasing and Receiving Enhancements

The module has been updated with the following enhancements:

Two new types of compensation the vendor can receive are available in the 1099 Category field in the Accounts Payable tab in MVR and RA99 (1099 Report):

Note: For vendors that have Category 7, use the new 1099-NEC form when printing a report. If the RA99 is set to the 1099 category – “blank” and the 1099-MISC form is used, any vendor set with 1099 Category 7 will not print.

1099 Category 7- Non-Employee Compensation is still available for both Vendor Maintenance (MVR) and RA99. In RA99, it displays as "Non Employee Compensation Form".

For more information, see Vendor File Maintenance Field Help.

Note: This option also requires Option 1704 "AP Assist Import on System?" set to Y.

For more information, see Using the AP Assist Processing Viewer.

Accounts Payable

AP Electronic Payment - The new Option 1976 "Which invoices require approval for check runs?" allows flexibility to require approval only for vendor invoices set up for ACH Automated Payment System and/or vendor invoices configured for live checks. The enhancement provides additional security to allow live checks to print without requiring approval but prevents the A/P Check Run Report (APCM) from ACH processing until management approval is received.

Note: Requires Option 9007 “Require A/P Check Run Approval” set to Y.

For more information, see Accounts Payable Options Field Help.

Miscellaneous Enhancements

The following additional enhancements were added for the Eagle 30 release:

Note: Requires new Option 1995 "Statements - Email Auditing on System" set to Y.

Note: This is only available for Links (set up in Options) in either Zone 2 or Zone 3 of the Eagle Browser view.

Unusual Usage Import to Inventory Transaction Register Viewer

In this release, the ITR Miscellaneous Menu has been enhanced to include a new import option. Select U – Usage Adjustment Import to import a csv.file containing Inventory item change information. Any issues or statuses will be logged to the Miscellaneous Log file.

Note: This new option also requires Option 3097 set to Y.

Note: The functionality doesn't support negative quantity adjustments. You need to enable D Option on the ITR Miscellaneous Menu to post the adjustment manually.

For more information, see Unusual Usage Import to ITR.

Telecommunications/National Account Enhancements

Ace Enhancements

Ace National Account Lookup

In this release, the Ace Rewards National Lookup screen has been enhanced to include two additional fields allowing clerks to capture a national account employee name and a purchase order number.

Weblinks

Weblinks now supports Ace images and others allowing Replaceable Parameters to be part of the SKU path/URL.

Customer Maintenance Changes Log

In this release, the Customer Maintenance Changes log reflects the "Added" records of the customers transferred from Ace Hotsheets. When a customer account changes, all the customer's detailed information displays in the log file.

Ace Gift Card

In this release, the processing of Ace e-gift cards has been enhanced. Clerks now can easily check the value of an eGift card and scan the barcode for a payment, cash out or balance inquiry. The following options have been introduced:

Note: Security Bit 577 functionality remains unchanged.

Note: Setting Option 1967 and Option 1968 to either B or M allows a default card entry type, e.g. barcode scan / manual entry or magnetic swipe. The newly added button in the Pay by Gift card, Check Balance and Cash Out dialogs displays the alternate entry mode.

For more information about gift cards, see Redeeming Gift Cards in POS.

Ace Rewards New Member Sign-Up

In this release, the new Select Best Email screen has been added to allow the user to select an email address if the customer has several emails attached to the phone number.

Ace Committed Quantity for SKU

In this release, the Committed Quantity field on the Stocking tab in Inventory Maintenance (IMU) immediately updates when an employee accepts an Acehardware.com order. You can click the field to follow the URL displaying order information details.

Security Enhancements

Note: This Security Bit will be available for use on L30.1.

Compass Enhancements (14.0.0.6825)

In this release, the following enhancements are available for Compass licensed customers:

LaserCat Enhancements (3.9.0.58)