BigChange Release Notes

Release 25.01.01

by BigChange
Website

25.01.01 will be deployed to customers from 14th January 2025 onwards, with the following additions and changes.


🚀 New

Environmental Agency - Quarterly Waste Report

Your Waste. Your Responsibility. Simplified.

Track it. Report it. Comply with it.

Ensure every waste stream is accounted for, every legal requirement is met, and your company remains fully compliant.

Our Quarterly Waste Report is designed to simplify compliance with Environment Agency requirements. It streamlines the reporting process for collected waste, ensuring legal adherence while promoting transparency with your customers.

Want this report added to your site? Contact your Customer Success Representative today!


⭐ Other Features

  • The Waste Transfer Note has been updated to meet the specific requirements for work completed in Scotland, ensuring compliance. (319302)

  • The Standard Timesheet V2 now supports CSV export and allows hiding resources with no timesheet entries, absences, or jobs, simplifying reporting. (315646)


🔄 Changed

Dashboards

  • Administrators can now manage dashboard licences more effectively by controlling which dashboards individual users can view, improving customisation and access control. (319837)

  • The Quotes Dashboard now includes filters for "Date Sent" and "Date Accepted," making it easier to track and manage quotes. (224093)

  • The Customer Service and Invoice Dashboards have been updated to match the functionality of other dashboards, ensuring a consistent user experience. (296214 & 297251)

Route Optimiser

  • The next version of the Route Optimiser (currently in Open Beta) now considers shift patterns when optimising jobs for the following day. For jobs optimised today, the start time defaults to "now + 15 minutes," enhancing scheduling accuracy. (323479)


🐞 Fixed

Automation

  • Job type automation now correctly assigns 'yes/no' values to follow-on jobs, ensuring consistent automation behaviour. (321346)

Finance

  • Contact person details now synchronise accurately between BigChange and Xero, improving data consistency. (317655)

Schedule

  • The end location for jobs is now displayed correctly on the map for resources with gaps in working hours, ensuring accurate location tracking. (320824)

Reporting

  • Web users now only see jobs on the Job Report that they are permitted to access based on their restrictions, enhancing data security and user-specific visibility. (321834)

Map

  • The map has been optimised to handle and display large numbers of territories spanning vast geographical areas, improving performance and usability. (320075)

Site Wide

  • Custom filters are now retained when switching between views and pages, making it easier to manage and review filtered data. (297200)

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Release 24.12.02

by BigChange
Website

24.12.02 will be deployed to customers from 17th December 2024 onwards, with the following additions and changes.


🧪 Open Beta

Introducing the all-new Route Optimiser – built to make your day run smoother and help you save time and money! We've listened to your feedback and made improvements that are simple, powerful, and easy to use.

Here’s what’s new:

  • See It at a Glance: Compare your before and after routes side-by-side on a clear map.

  • Know Your Savings: Get instant feedback on the time, distance, and costs you’ve saved.

If you’ve used the Mass Scheduler or Schedule All, the layout will feel familiar and easy to pick up.

Stop wasting time on inefficient routes. Give the new Route Optimiser a go today and see how much you can save!

The clip below shows it in action:

What do we mean by 'open beta'. This simply means that these features are still in a testing phase and we’ve made them available to you for early use. While we believe they’re functional and exciting, they might not be completely polished yet.

By using these features, you can help us make them even better! You might encounter some quirks or unexpected behaviour. Your input is incredibly valuable and we welcome any feedback or suggestions you have during this phase.


🔄 Changed

Finance

  • You can now add permissions to control who can see the job finance list. This makes it easy to limit access to the right people and keep sensitive information secure. (319623)

Dashboards

  • The Sales Opportunity Dashboard is now available in French, making it easier for French-speaking users to stay on top of their opportunities. (315352)


🐞 Fixed

Site Wide

  • Custom fields with special characters can now be searched without causing errors, improving the reliability of searches. (319785)

Schedule

  • Custom fields with special characters can now be searched without causing errors, improving the reliability of searches. (319785)

Finance

  • Product category auto-referencing now functions correctly when creating stock via a purchase order (PO). Consumable stock workflows remain unchanged, while non-consumable stock with auto-referencing now allows users to enter a quantity, automatically generating references for the items. (304666)

Tracking

  • Street names for certain locations in Northern Ireland now display correctly, ensuring more accurate tracking data. (312246)

  • When a resource’s starting contact address is updated, the resource’s start location now reflects the change automatically. (297749)

Stock

  • Updates to custom field order in Stock Admin now correctly reflect on Job Stock, maintaining alignment between configurations. (274768)

  • Planned stock added to recurring jobs is now applied accurately across all jobs in the series, ensuring consistency. (295425)

  • Nominal and department codes are now correctly updated during stock imports, streamlining the import process. (299809)

  • Long make or model names no longer push other columns out of view on the Stock and Equipment page, improving layout and usability. (307669)

Reports

  • The "Worksheet Answer at Risk" alert can now be correctly filtered by contact in the Alert Report, enhancing report accuracy. (310420)

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