What's new in the January 2023 release?

Modified on Tue, 15 Aug, 2023 at 4:35 PM

This solution details the enhancements made to the SQL January 2023 version of Chintaro. Patch updates are added to the bottom of this solution as they are released.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Property & Maintenance Enhancements

Refresh Scheduled Completion Date: The scheduled completion date of maintenance tasks now gets updated automatically when the scheduled start date is updated (=Start date + Days of urgency).
Added Address & Construction type to the Manage Forecast Maintenance Screen: These fields are now available to be viewed from that screen.

Tenancy Enhancements

New Function Added for Tenancy Risk Assessments: Functionality has been added to Chintaro for everyone to record tenancy risk assessments. It can be viewed by double-clicking on the chart on the Home screen (see image below). For all details click on solution Tenancy Risk Assessment

Market Rent Merge Fields: Added new fields to WordMergeTenancy - "MarketRentIncreaseDe" represents whether the new market rent in a market rent review will be an increase or a decrease. "MarketRentChange" represents the dollar amount of the change.
Financial Advisor Merge Field: Added the FinancialAdvisor field to tenancy word merges. This comes from the contact's financial authority status:
Tags & Elecdocconsent on Tenancy Email: These fields are now available from the Tenancy Email screen

Finance Enhancements

Xero Import bank format: A new bank format which allows users to import payments from Xero. This is available in Reference Tables > Bank Account under the name "Xero Carry On Vic".

Reporting Enhancements

ATO Benchmark Report: This report is available through Reports & Exports > Exports > Tenancy. This report is for checking a tenant's rent against the ATO benchmark market rent values. This allows you to check how many tenants are paying 75% and above of market rent and therefore whether GST can be claimed for maintenance.

Complaints/Incidents Enhancements

New complaints/incidents notes submenu: There is a new menu available through Complaints/Incidents > Manage Complaints/Incidents Notes. From here you can view notes in bulk, as well as change Action note users in bulk.

Auditing Enhancements

Added auditing for adding alerts/tags, as well as if the auto add for work orders.

Bug Fixes

If using PIM and there are two inspections for the same room, the report type gets overwritten for the first inspection - Fixed.
Payment arrangements executing incorrectly on the Manual Bank entry (1 line) screen - Fixed.
VRS KPMs 6.2 and 6.3 drawing from incident type rather than initiator type - Fixed.
Error when sending more than ~20 emails through the Tenancy Bulk Email screen - Fixed.
Error when creating the Centrepay Bulk Upload Service (CBUS) - Fixed.
Exporting the NRS 6.2.1 from the Statutory Reporting Analyser - Fixed.
Exporting the NRS 2.2.3 from the Statutory Reporting Analyser - Fixed.
Last arrears action field in Arrears Management remembered deleted arrears actions - Fixed.
Using small screen resolutions cutting off the top banner on certain manage screens - Fixed.

Patch Update 2023.01.05

Finance

Added a new GL export format for use with Tech One.

Maintenance

Added the "Quotation?" field to the Manage Maintenance Tasks menu.
KPM 10.2 in the VRS no longer considers quotes as maintenance tasks.

Bug Fixes

DCJ report: Properties being duplicated and columns misaligned - fixed.
Alerts not being auto added to maintenance tasks correctly - fixed.
Payments with CREDIT in the payee column not matching to tenancies on import - fixed.

Patch Update 2023.01.25

Client

Error when copying Client note to the Property where there wasn't a matching Property Note type - fixed.
Added Region column to Manage Client Notes.

Finance

Added Region column to the Manage Property Transactions screen.

Maintenance

Refined how the Quote requests process works, no need to select Quote template and tick Quote. Selecting Quote. checkbox on a Maintenance Task will use the Quote version of the selected template if it exists.
Included "Quote Sent" as a status option.
Error 94 on database launch when trying to update Maintenance Tasks with a Vacant Property - fixed.

Processes

Added Tenant's City/Suburb column to Manage Process Screen.

Property

Added Condition Rating Date, Owner, Cost Centre, Property Manager, Date Last Changed and Last Changed By as columns to Manage Inventory Items.
Added GL Number field to Manage Rooms.

Tenancy

Added Comments as a column to Manage Tenancy screen.
Added Property Manager as a column to Manage Tenancy screen.

Error when copying Client note to the Property where there wasn't a matching Property Note type - fixed.
Superfluous creation of statements when Bulk Emailing - fixed.
Error 94 on database launch when trying to update Maintenance Tasks with a Vacant Property - fixed.
Scheduling two inspections on the same day for the same property causes the second inspection to overwrite some details of the first - fixed.
Added GL Number field to Manage Rooms.
Added Comments as a column to Manage Tenancy screen.
Added Property Manager as a column to Manage Tenancy screen.
Superfluous creation of statements when Bulk Emailing - fixed.

Reports & Exports

Exports > Tenancies > FHL Occupancy shows no data - fixed.
Added an email column to all Waiting List Exports.
Vic Safety Report error where not all results were populating - fixed.
Added an email column to all Waiting List Exports.