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Releases
- December 5, 2024
- November 4, 2024
- October 16, 2024
- October 16, 2024
- October 14, 2024
- October 13, 2024
- October 4, 2024
- September 20, 2024
- August 9, 2024
- July 11, 2024
- May 31, 2024
- April 18, 2024
- April 11, 2024
- March 18, 2024
- February 19, 2024
- February 12, 2024
December 5, 2024
ver 1.541
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Fixed
- Addressed issues related to Supplier limitations
Improvements
- Enhanced the speed and functionality of “Find Products”
- Improved sync stability, allowing for better recovery from interruptions
- Upgraded Multi-Agency support for a more seamless experience
New Features
- The "Find Products" function will now display a limited set of results at a time, enhancing user navigation and performance
November 4, 2024
ver 1.539
Fixed
- Resolves an issue where attempts to login were not displaying an error message to the user
- Resolves an issue where customer names with non-standard spacing were being altered
- Resolves an issue where devices in Show Mode will once again be Auto-Sending orders to the cloud
October 16, 2024
ver 1.538
New
Find Orders
Find Orders will now refresh the results displayed when users update the selected statuses
October 16, 2024
ver 1.537
Improvements
Find Orders
Find Orders will now only show the Order Total Sum for SalesPersons while they are in Road Mode.
October 14, 2024
ver 1.536
New
SCS - Scanning Item with Size Color Style
Scanning a UPC for an item with Size Color or Style will now move users directly into the SCS GRID view for immediate QTY entry on the specific desired variant.
Sync Data Button
The Sync Data Button will now be DISABLED until all of the local changes have been successfully POSTed to the cloud. Users should expect to tap the SendData button until the SyncData button becomes available
October 13, 2024
ver 1.535
New
SCS - Fill Down Feature
While using the Size Color Style grid, users are now able to cascade their changes to populate multiple selections more efficiently based on the currently selected row.
Improvements
Autogenerated PO Numbers
System generated PO Numbers are now more concise! PONumbers will now be easier to read, write, and remember! The formula for this new PO Structure will incorporate the user defined POPrefix (or initials), followed by a 7 digit random number, and a random letter.
Allow Backorders
The default for this settings is now ON. Users can now OPT-OUT when necessary by toggling the switch to the OFF position on the Orders tab of a Finished Sales Order.
Reset for Full
After being reset for full, devices will now be directed to refetch all Pending or Finished orders appropriate for the device. This should assist in the recovery of any orders that were not displaying for the user.
Fixed
- Resolved an issue where users were potentially unable to finish sales orders.
- Resolved an issue where Find Orders was dismissing the modals, preventing users from entering some values like the custom date range.
- Resolved a crasher in the SCS grid after removing items.
- Resolved an issue in the SCS grid where SCS prices could be overwritten.
- Resolved an issue in the SCS grid when failing to satisfy the minimum quantity the spinner continued spinning.
- Resolved an issue when leaving the Search screen with a large set of results that was affecting performance.
- Resolved an error message that was presenting a bad URL.
- Resolved an issue where the Search On Command feature was not triggering a search when the user hit “Search” on the keyboard.
- SCS items will now print the correct UPC values immediately after they are written.
- SCS grid will not be visible from Catalogs in Present Product.
October 4, 2024
ver 1.534
New
Size Color Style Grid
Users are now able to utilize the Size, Color, and Style data for items in a straightforward and user friendly design. The new Size Color Style Grid displays the various combinations of Size, Color, and Style for items in a way that is easy to read and can be modified individually, by row, by column, or all at once! To access the new grid, users should email Support at support@markettime.com and request that all Pro licenses be reset for a full sync. Please use "Product Options-Reset for Full" as the subject line of your email.
When provided, Availability Dates for specific variants are displayed and are enforced based on the Supplier settings.
Specific prices can also be established for individual variants and are shown in the grid when toggled.
Find Products
A newly refreshed Product Search screen awaits users in our new version. The new cells are cleaner and more performant, allowing users to see the necessary information easily and quickly take action “Liking”, “Buying”, or accessing additional information from Product Details. We now also offer a more image centric view on the Product Search for users who benefit from seeing more than just a thumbnail.
Fixed
- Resolved an issue where there was a delay selecting Customer Billing records when starting a sales order
- Resolved an issue on Find Orders where toggling the PO Search type did not immediately execute the appropriate API call
- Resolved an issue where selecting or switching between Catalogs in Present Product was doing unnecessary work
September 20, 2024
ver 1.533
New
Seasons/Programs
MarketTime Pro will now allow a user to select a Season/Program code on the order header. This is consistent with the Season/Program field on the sales order in apps.markettime.
Order Header
Order Copy
Fixed
- Resolved an issue where orders would be put into a Read-Only state and would not allow any additional edits to be made.
- Resolved an issue where the product search bar was not displaying when using MarketTime Pro in portrait mode. The left-hand side with the Search options will now properly display when viewed in portrait mode.
- Resolved an issue in Present Products where the Supplier filter was not properly filtering to the selected Supplier.
- Resolved an issue where when adding a Customer, the editor would close abruptly forcing the user to re-enter all the information again.
- Resolved numerous crashes throughout various areas of the application.
August 9, 2024
ver 1.528
New
Search on Command
A new setting has been added which will allow a user to opt-in to require the user to tap a Search button prior to the system searching the text entered. Previously, the system would have a slight delay before searching the entered text which can become frustrating or problematic when searching for SKUs for a manufacturer with a large product line. The setting will be off by default. If a user wishes to enable this setting they may refer to the instructions below.
On the login screen of MarketTime Pro, tap the Settings âš™ in the lower right corner.
Scroll to the bottom and toggle the "Search on Command" setting on.
When in a sales order on the Search tab, the full search text can be entered and, if using the on-screen keyboard, tap return to search for the entered text. Otherwise tap the Enter or Return button on your Bluetooth keyboard to search the entered text.
Min/Mult Qty Override
The Minimum and Multiple for an item can now be broken or overridden if the Manufacturer is configured with "Can Break Case Packs" enabled. MarketTime Pro will not require an item with a Min of 12 and a Mult of 6 to be ordered with at least 12, and will not require the value be divisible by 6. For example, the quantity of 4 would be accepted.
Customer Editor - Default to Notes
Prior to version 1.528, editing a customer billing record would show a section on the right for "Flags". This contained settings not relevant or available in MarketTime. It will now default to the Notes section on the right-hand side of the customer billing editor.
Fixed
- Fixed an issue where upon opening an unsynced order the system would begin syncing the order and the progress bar would block the order navigation buttons at the bottom of the screen.
- Fixed an issue when scrolling through larger, high-res catalogs the application would crash.
- Fixed an issue where a license limited to a specific manufacturer would have visibility to other manufacturers orders if the order that was opened was part of a larger batch of orders. The system will now ONLY show the orders that the user should have limited visibility to.
- Fixed an issue where the order did not present itself properly if opened up while the iPad orientation was in portrait. The Search screen will now show the Search bar on the left and the Order screen will now show the orders rather than a blank screen when first opened.
July 11, 2024
ver 1.527
New
New Prompts and 'Requires Credit Card' Notifications
With this new feature, MarketTime Pro will provide a prompt and 'requires credit card' notification for the order taker to take action when selecting a payment term flagged as a credit card. For example, if you select American Express, MarketTime Pro will recognize that you have selected a credit card and will pop up with the necessary information to input the credit card details, or CVV if the credit card information has been captured previously. This will not prevent a user from exiting the order, however, they will not be able to submit the order until the credit card information has been input.
Improvements
Catalogs Sort By 'Supplier Name' & 'Catalog Name' in Present Product & Sales Orders
The sort order for digital catalogs in MarketTime Pro has been improved and should now be consistent across sales orders and within the Present Product screen. Catalogs are organized by supplier first, then catalog name. This improvement has been made so that users can easily find the catalog they need to use at any given moment.
Catalogs For Inactive Suppliers No Longer Appear In Present Product
MarketTime Pro will no longer show any digital catalogs for any suppliers that have been marked as Inactive Suppliers in your system.
Scanning for Products in Present Product Follows the 'Active Only' or 'Show Inactive' Selection
MarketTime Pro will only search for products within Present Product according to whether you've selected to search within 'Active Only' or 'Show Inactive' products. With this improvement, when trying to verify that everything is scanning as it should in your showroom before a market, you will easily be able to identify which products have been marked as active vs. inactive.
Changing Product Quantity Using the + and - Buttons
Previously there was a lengthy delay when you tried to tap the + or - buttons to change the quantity of an item you have selected. With this latest improvement, the responsiveness has been improved to reduce any delay and make the device immediately responsive to your selection. Please note that to remove an item, you will still need to select the 'Remove Item' button since the lowest quantity for a selected product will be 1.
Incremental Syncs Prevent the Device From Going to Sleep
Running an incremental sync can be a lengthy process depending on the size of your company or whether it has been more than 21 days since your last sync. If it has been more than 21 days since your last sync, MarketTime Pro will automatically prepare your device for a full download.
This improvement prevents the iPad from becoming idle or trying to go to sleep when running an Incremental Sync, or when installing the MarketTime Pro app initially, to reduce any chance of disrupting the sync from completing its process.
Fixed
- Resolved an issue where selected shipping methods were showing twice.
May 31, 2024
ver 1.523
New
Manufacturer License Support
MarketTime Pro now supports a manufacturer license. This would typically be a license that is allocated to manufacturer users that attend market and wish to write orders. These licenses have historically limited the visibility within the application to data from the one manufacturer. In MarketTime, the manufacturer users can be limited to one or more manufacturers (handy for those Sales Managers that represent more than one brand in your showroom).
Configuring a Manufacturer user is super simple. Please follow the below steps to set this up:
- Add the user as a Salesperson under the Rep Group
- It's important they are added as a Salesperson as this will allow them to be limited to one or more manufacturers
- On Step 1: Be sure the Email that you enter is a valid email for the individual as this creation will trigger an email to the user and will allow them to create a MarketTime login associated with the Salesperson.
- On Step 2: No need to assign a Division or Territory. Click Next
- On Step 3: A Commission Rate is required before clicking Finish. Recommendation is to select only the manufacturer(s) from the list that the manufacturer user works for. Set a Commission Rate of 0. Click the + to add the rates.
- Click on the Salesperson to make edits and navigate to the Manufacturers tab
- If the desired manufacturers were selected when creating the manufacturer user, this tab should already have the manufacturers listed
- If no manufacturers are listed or not all manufacturers for the user are selected, assign the manufacturers to the Salesperson record.
- If the desired manufacturers were selected when creating the manufacturer user, this tab should already have the manufacturers listed
- Assign the Salesperson (manufacturer user) to a MarketTime Pro license
- Click the pencil to edit an available MarketTime Pro license
- Choose the Salesperson from the dropdown list*
- Choose a default Order Code (Sales Location) for the license
- Click the âś” to save the assignment
- Check the box for Manufacturer License
- Optional: Check the box for Show Mode (if this is for Show, check this box)
*If the Salesperson does not display in the list to assign to the license, the Salesperson does not yet have a MarketTime user linked. Double check the email address that was used on the Salesperson to ensure it is correct.
Once the user has installed the MarketTime Pro application, the data contained within will be limited based on the configuration.
iOS Version/MarketTime Pro Version captured
When using the MarketTime Pro application the system will automatically detect if either the iOS version or MarketTime Pro version has changed and will update the server if so. This is useful for those managing the salespeople and ensuring the salespeople are staying on top of updates. The iOS Version and MarketTime Pro version are listed on the MarketTime Pro license management screen.
Auto Send Orders Setting
When writing orders while online the system will now determine whether the user has Auto Send Orders enabled or disabled and, based on the setting, will automatically send (Sync, not send to the manufacturer) the order or not. If Auto Send Orders is disabled, orders will be sent to the server when the user hits Sync Data -> Send Data.
Price Code/List Visibility
When selecting a customer to start a sales order, the Price Lists tab will now display the assigned price list per manufacturer for the selected customer.
At this time, the Price Code/List assignment must be done within apps.markettime. The Price Lists tab in MarketTime Pro is just to provide visibility to the user.
Added Quick Navigation buttons to Product Detail within Catalogs
The Quick Navigation buttons added with the last release were not available within a catalog. Now when ordering through a catalog the Product Detail screen will have the < and > arrows to allow the user to quickly navigate between the items on the given catalog page.
Add Future Dated Product within Product Detail
The Product Detail screen will now properly add the needed Ship Date and assign the product based on the product's available date (Default Ship Date) and the manufacturer's configuration (Split by Available Date = true, Override Available Date = false). Previously the application would have informed the user the product was not available until xx/xx/xxxx and the user would have had to manually add the Ship Date.
Buy Button Disabled in Present Products
While viewing a catalog in Present Products and tapping on hotspots, the Buy button has been disabled. Present Products is intended for a user to make a selection of products to create an order using and does not involve quantities.
Available Date/Quantity on Hand Updates
The Available Date and Quantity on Hand (QOH) for products will now accurately reflect what the product has in apps.markettime. Previously the application was holding onto old values which was causing the updated information not to display.
Settings Removed from Customer Editor
The settings below have been removed from the Customer editor. These settings were removed to avoid confusion as MarketTime does not have a place to save these customer-specific configurations.
- Restricted
- Accepts Back Orders
- Print UPC Number on Sales Order
Fixed
- Fixed an issue when browsing Categories in Present Product the Manufacturer name displayed at the top would be incorrect.
- Fixed an issue in Present Products where the Manufacturer name displayed on the Selected Items screen would be cut off and the full name would not be displayed.
- Fixed an issue where a Pending order that was opened would show the Product Line as locked even though no Product Line was selected.
- Fixed an issue where the application would crash when a Category was selected in Present Products.
- Fixed an issue where not all catalogs were visible to a user while in Present Products.
- Fixed an issue where the application would crash when exiting a Sales Order after having viewed Categories on the Search screen.
- Fixed an issue where tapping the Sync Data button wouldn't consistently start the Sync.
- Fixed an issue where the Last Sync Date on the login screen was not properly showing/updating.
- Fixed an issue where a watermark was present while viewing Catalogs.
- Fixed an issue where the application would crash when selecting a Catalog, while the Catalog Pages would be downloading.
- Fixed an issue where the hotspot border would not properly display green after having added an item contained within the hotspot.
- Fixed an issue where certain settings would not be updated properly. This included settings such as Spit by Product Line, Override Available Date, and Split by Available Date.
- Fixed an issue where the Categories displayed in Present Products were not sorted the same way within a Sales Order.
Coming Soon
Image Downloader
In an up-and-coming release users will have the ability to download product images manually without having to go and search the items for the system to automatically download the images for. This is similar to the function in the old Brandwise application and serves as a great way to ensure the application has images while a user may be out on the road with limited internet availability.
April 18, 2024
ver 1.522
Fixed
- Fixed a crash occurring when opening an order containing Unknown Items
- This would also crash if an Unknown Item was added to an order being written in MarketTime Pro and then the user navigates to the Orders
- Fixed an issue where tapping Logout would cause a delay between the tap of the button and the application actually logging out
- Fixed an issue related to a recurring crasher
April 11, 2024
ver 1.521
New
Transmit Orders
MarketTime Pro will now support transmitting orders to Manufacturers directly from the device. To send an order, simply add the required fields to the Sales Order (Shipping Method, Payment Term, Credit Card, Sales Location/Order Code) and change the order status to Confirmed. Once the order is Confirmed there will be a Send To Vendor button in the top right of the order.
Tap this to send the order.
Customer Changes Visibility
A new menu option was added to the dashboard to allow for easy visibility into Customer changes, as they may relate to preventing the Sync from running.
While the Customer Changes menu will most likely be empty when opened, in an instance where the Sync will not run due to changes that are not obvious, this will help significantly. If there are customer changes that have not successfully synced off the device, the specific changes will be listed, and if an error occurred during the syncing of the data, the error will be displayed as well.
In the example above, I have a credit card change that did not successfully sync off the device. The reason it did not was because the sending of the data took too long and the process timed out. This is just to provide an example of what you may see but this provides more visibility to Customer changes than the MarketTime Pro application has had prior. Tapping "Save changes" in the top right will attempt to send the customer data once more. Upon success, there should be no customer changes in the pop-up.
Catalogs in Present Products
Catalogs will now be viewable in Present Products.
Navigating through a Catalog and tapping a hotspot, the Product Detail will display. As Present Products only allows you to "like" items, the Buy button is disabled when in Present Products.
Quick Navigation through Products
A new tool has been added to the Product Detail that allows a user to navigate between products and quickly spot check or adjust quantities without having to jump between the Product Detail and Search/Scan/Catalog, etc. While in Product Detail tap the < or > arrows to navigate between items.
The navigation will change based on what screen a user is on.
- Selected Items (as seen above) will navigate through the Selected Items in the current sort
- Search will navigate through the items (whether on the order or not) as they are displayed in the Search list
- Scan will navigate through the list of items on Scan
- Catalogs will navigate through the items on a given catalog page*
*Catalogs will have the item navigation in the next release as this was not included in version 1.521.
Ship Date Management in Product Detail
The Product Detail will now allow a user to manage (add/remove) Ship Dates on a Sales Order without having to add the Ship Dates from the Scan screen. This enables the user to remain in one view, manage the Ship Dates and assign items to their desired Ship Dates. Below shows an example of adding a new Ship Date, navigating to the next item in Search and assigning the new item to the newly added Ship Date.
Need to remove quantity on a given Ship Date? This allows a user to easily remove an item's assignment to a given Ship Date as well.
Below is a guide to the icons showing in the Ship Date management window.
Multi-Product Hotspot Support
MarketTime Pro will now support ordering from a hotspot that has multiple products linked to it. When the hotspot is tapped, a menu will display listing the products contained within the single hotspot.
Selecting an item will then allow for quantity to be added and adjusted.
Available Date / Split by/Override Setting Support
The Available Date for products will now display within the application, and, depending on the Manufacturer's configuration in MarketTime, will split by the Available Date or add to whatever the desired Ship Date is.
The products above have availability on 4/30 and 5/7 for the Outdoorsy manufacturer, and 6/11 & 6/30 for the Little Duckling manufacturer. When I add all these items to my order, the order now shows four order splits.
The Little Duckling items were all added to an ASAP order as Little Duckling does not split by the available date. Outdoorsy has three order splits. One for the ASAP items. One for the 4/30 shipment and one for the 5/7 shipment, as Outdoorsy does split by available date. Changing the Ship Date on the 4/30 order to 5/7, the orders will merge into one.
Sync Stability
There are a lot of changes to the Sync in this version of MarketTime Pro. The intention has been to make this process more reliable. Syncs will continue to be a priority but this is a huge step in the right direction.
Fixed
- Resolved a problem where if Sync data was tapped while the device was offline the Send Data icon would show as processing but nothing was actually happening. The user would have to quit the app and relaunch it to get out of that state.
- Resolved a problem with the "Disable Quantity Pricing" toggle on the order header where disabling the Quantity Pricing was not actually doing anything.
- Resolved a problem with Pending Orders where the icon displayed to indicate the order needs to sync off the device did not get removed correctly.
- Resolved a problem where the Country list was not sorted alphabetically when manually entering the Billing Address for a Credit Card. United States and Canada will still be sorted at the top as these are the commonly used countries but the rest of the countries will sort alphabetically.
March 18, 2024
ver 1.518
New
Default to Show All in Search
A new User Setting has been added to allow a user to opt-in to defaulting Show All on when in Search orders. This setting is defaulted to Disabled. To enable, tap the settings cog on the Login screen of MarketTime Pro.
Under the SEARCHING FOR PRODUCTS section, toggle on Show All.
When writing a Sales Order and selecting a Manufacturer on the Search screen, Show All will enable itself and all products for that Manufacturer will display.
Improvements
Refresh Customer List on-demand
When searching for a customer to start a Sales Order, you can now pull down the Customer Billing list to refresh the list of available customers. This does require the iPad to have an active internet connection in order to use this feature.
Find Orders in Road Mode
When going into Find Orders in Road Mode, MarketTime Pro will now retrieve orders from the cloud just as it does when the device is in Show Mode. Unlike Show Mode, the orders displayed and retrieved from the cloud will only be those that a given Salesperson should have visibility to. This will help to resolve a common problem where users are unable to find an order that was written in the MarketTime web app. This does require the iPad to have an active internet connection in order to receive the additional orders.
Improvements to Product Lines
Product Lines are now supported in the same way they are in the MarketTime web app. There was an inconsistency to how the two applications were handling Product Lines before and now that gap has been closed.
Unique PO Numbers
In previous versions it was possible that some PO Numbers would be exactly the same depending on how the Products were added to generate the individual orders. The PO Number has been slightly changed to ensure uniqueness across the board.
Check for a blank PO Number
There were several instances of orders where the PO Number had been unintentionally removed leaving the order without a PO Number. If a user accidentally (or intentionally) deletes the PO Number, the user will be prompted to enter a PO Number before exiting or when attempting to Confirm the Sales Order.
Attempting to exit the order
Attempting to Confirm the order
Additional Country Support when adding Credit Card
When adding a credit card to an order, all countries are now available in the list to select.
Fixed
- Fixed an issue where the application would crash when the Payment Term, Shipping Method or Sales Location pop-ups were open and a user tapped Exit to exit a Sales Order.
- Fixed an issue where the application would crash when a hotspot was tapped that had a deleted item linked to it.
- Fixed an issue where the Unsynced Order count at the bottom of Find Orders was not properly refreshing.
- Fixed an issue where the MarketTime Pro application size would grow substantially following each successful sync.
- Fixed a misspelling of Product within the User Settings.
- Fixed an issue where the Country values were incorrect when tokenizing a credit card.
February 19, 2024
ver 1.516
Fixed
- Fixed an issue where when attempting to add a credit card, the State field would not be populated. This is corrected in this version once a Sync has been ran.
February 12, 2024
ver 1.515
Improvements
Login Screen Messaging
When attempting to login to MarketTime Pro we will now report more useful errors if a user is unable to login to the application.
Create Order/Customer Selection
Some improvements have been made to make the Customer selection slightly faster than it was prior.
Mandatory Sales Location
When attempting to Confirm a sales order, or exit an HFC/Quote order in MarketTime Pro, the system will not inform you that the Sales Location is mandatory and will not Confirm/exit the order until a Sales Location is applied.
Attempting to Confirm:
Attempting to exit the order:
Opening Deleted Sales Orders
Prior to version 1.515, opening an order in MarketTime Pro that had been deleted in the MarketTime web app would result in an order that would never sync off the device. Now when opening an order that has been deleted in MarketTime Pro the system will inform you the order is deleted and no changes can be made. Once the order is closed the order will be removed from Find Orders.
Order Sync Status Bar
When exiting sales orders where changes have been made, a progress bar will now display at the bottom of the screen showing the progress of the orders getting sent to the cloud.
Sales Order -> Catalog Selection
Made some improvements to the Catalog selection screen within the Sales Order. Previously an issue would occur where when selecting a Catalog, the catalog image showing on the right hand side of the screen was not reflecting the currently selected catalog. It appeared to be stuck. Should an issue arise retrieving the Catalog PDFs, the catalog selection will now resemble the below. Tapping Try again will attempt to download the catalog PDF once more.
Fixed
- Fixed a crash that would be encountered if an Inactive product hotspot was tapped within a Catalog.
- Fixed a crash that would occur when navigating through a Catalog and landing on a page containing certain data.
- Fixed a crash that would occur if a Promotion was being applied to a Sales Order and the Promotion had a special Shipping Method to apply.
- Fixed an issue with the Ship Date not properly getting updated in Pending Orders.
- Fixed an issue where customers that were inactive and had been reactivated in the MarketTime web app were not getting updated in MarketTime Pro.
- Fixed an issue when adding a credit card to a sales order and manually entering in the address. State was not a requirement at the time of adding.
- Fixed an issue where when viewing the product detail for one item, followed by another, then another, etc. the application's memory would climb and eventually crash the app.