What’s New

Find anything faster
A new search box in the toolbar lets you jump straight to any tab or report by name.

Drill into details about a shipping delay
On the On-Time Shipping graph, you can now click any point to instantly see which specific shipments it’s made up of.

New report for spotting production bottlenecks: Order Lead Time
See how long it typically takes between two key dates on an order (like order date to ship date), broken down by day or by month, with multiple comparisons side by side

Bring in collection notes from a spreadsheet
You can now load customer collection notes straight from a spreadsheet into the A/R aging report, matched to your existing layout

Cleaner, easier-to-read totals
Report totals now offer more control over column total labels

Better organized report columns
Related columns can now share a single heading that spans the whole group, making wide reports easier to read.

New report: Order Lead Time
See how long it typically takes between two key dates on an order (like order date to ship date), broken down by day or by month, with multiple comparisons side by side – helpful for spotting bottlenecks.

A more organized way to browse your dashboard
A new panel lets you see all your modules, tabs, and reports in one tree view that you can dock to either side of the screen, search, and rename — and it can follow along as you navigate or you can drive it directly.

Fixes You’ll Notice

• The app’s screens now display correctly on monitors instead of appearing squeezed or misplaced on the largest or smallest screens.
• Fixed two issues that were causing the app to slow down during long sessions.

Also in This Release (for administrators)

• Query Analyzer improvements: schema-aware autocomplete, a working File menu, cancelable queries, and the ability to view the SQL behind any report.
• A new Table Explorer for browsing optimized tables.
• Admins can now lock certain settings behind Admin mode so they can’t be accidentally granted to regular users.
• Various behind-the-scenes stability and performance fixes.

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• Resolved performance issues with the Inventory module, Item Details View report/dashboard
• Fixed MRP BOM handling when the same item number appears more than once within a single level of the bill of materials in the Inventory module, Item Details View report
• Usability improvements for refreshing and working with modules
• Added short-form video help topics within the Dashboard interface (help menu, report toolbars, column chooser dialog). Video content delivered via Leahy’s YouTube playlists.
• Added Inventory Optimization module and license/feature update to behave like other Dashboard modules
• Bug fix for date values behavior when using a custom fiscal calendar
• Bug fix for exploded BOM behavior on MRP Orders report
• Fixed logic error related to MRP regeneration and verbiage in the interface to clarify what the feature does
• POP product order add-on improvements for editing orders, reporting production
• POP production order add-on, usability improvements for item selection, order # assignment

• Item Details View report – modified ATP drilldown to default the MRP Detail setting to ‘checked’
• Customer Orders Graph – fixed problem with date passed on graph drilldown for daily invoiced, daily booked reports
• MRP Detail Report – fixed MRP regen to properly include unreleased POP orders
• MRP Detail Report – fixed replenishment error
• POP order report – fixed bug causing error when company’s chart of accounts uses fewer than 3 segments
• Sales Forecast/Budget tool – fixed net income calculation error on upload

• Report customization bug – fixed layout changes not saving properly
• Dashboard Admin – added alert message about limits of admin tool
• MRP Setup – display warning if no locations defined when leaving MRP Setup; prevents blank reports due to missing configuration details
• PULSE Scheduler – email issue – fixed issues with testing and configuration tool not saving settings
• Pulse MRP reports data issue – fixed conditions under which demand data groups incorrectly, resulting in duplicate lines
• Error on create custom formula – fixed expression editor crash on create/edit button click in column chooser screen
• Open Customer Orders – Required Ship Period logic – fix period date formatting and calculation when custom fiscal calendar is used
• Item Details View tool – added setting to control the frequency of auto refresh
• Open Customer Orders report – fixed issue where aging buckets are lost and cannot be rebuilt
• Cut-off date for AR Aging report(s) – added setting to specify cut-off (reference) date
• Data refresh of inventory transactions – updated SQL view to prevent crash of inventory data refresh when bad inventory transaction records exist in Macola database
• Inventory Transactions standard report – fix error when including customer number or customer name on report

• PULSE Scheduler – add debug mode to facilitate testing
• PULSE Scheduler – add option to use SMTP email sender or Mailgun email provider
• Allow user to create an empty ‘favorites’ module for ease of report/tab organization
• Usability improvements on notification of license expiration
• Usability improvements on restore settings feature
• Inventory Transactions screen – remove obsolete tabs from interface
• Limit functionality of admin version to admin functions only
• Fix occasional problem with save-on-close for layout changes in Executive module
• PO Receipt entry – allow admin user to use feature with a non-standard Macola install path
• Fix data refresh issue with Item Detail View report
• Make Open Customer Orders available to both Executive and Customer Service module
• Prevent occasional software crash on ptab import
• Fix data type problem with salesperson number when using Item Booked report with a Progression database

• Analytical fields for inventory – added reporting buckets for on-hand quantity, averages, turns, and usage; 18-month, 24-month, and 36-month time frames
• New AP Invoice analytical fields – open balance fields added to fields available in Column Chooser
• Automated license check – process checks for an updated license on startup of Dashboard, updates license seamlessly if one is available; greatly reducing license administrative effort
• Daily and Monthly Invoice/Booked reports – bug fix; error message for Progression users with alpha characters in Salesperson_No field
• Item Detail View report – bug fix, refresh error, calculation error on Historical Summary pane
• Received not Invoiced (RNI) report – bug fix, Open PO calculation error
• Report sharing of ptab file – bug fix; program crash if file type is incorrect

• Usability improvements to the Advanced Graphing Solution
• Added option to specify the Module that appears on startup of PULSE Dashboard
• Usability improvements to the Query Analyzer – alternating row colors, toggle Group By controls on/off
• Improvements to the Budget Forecast screen
• MRP qty field ‘qty per parent’ decimal places increased to 6
• Vendor performance report bug fixed
• Bug fix to fiscal calendar behavior – period start dates overwritten by certain reports

• Bug fix to resolve intermittent startup error message
• Bug fixes and usability updates for the Advanced Graphing Solution

• Added Advanced Graphing Solution
• Numerous improvements to the usability and reliability of PULSE Dashboard
• Updated to .Net framework 4.8