6.5 Release ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Requirements Change ------------------- - Modify SQL Server installation before installing this version. UMS 6.5 and above require the SQL Server feature "Full-text and Semantic Extractions for Search". Add this through your SQL Server Installation Center. Previous versions did not require this feature. - Update Crystal Reports runtimes to 13.0.26 before installing this version. Previous versions used 13.0.25 or below. Manually uninstall 13.0.25 or below before installing 13.0.26 or above. Features ------------ - #1846: Added net energy metering for utilities allowing customer credits for solar power generation. - #2047: Added the scheduled payments feature to allow customer scheduling of future-dated single bank drafts from the payment portal. - #2500: Added the ability to set per-company configurations for service order providers. Enhancements ---------------- - #1304: Added meter number, transmitter number, customer phone number, and location notes to the delinquency register-based reports. - #1363: Enhanced performance for the payment reversal wizard. - #1552: Added message template selections to the email message composition screen of Customer Contact Wizard. - #1827: Added phone number descriptions. - #1878: Added high usage notifications to the list of available communication preferences. - #2069: Limited access to customer identity information returned during account wizard searches. - #2467: Added the ability to add Communication Preferences in mass through the enabling of Mandatory Communication Prefences in Setup > Company > Communication Options > Communication Preferences. - #2498: Added the ability to print delinquency notices to the Account Control Panel history tab. - #2546: Phone and email values will now populate into the corresponding fields in the Hosted Payment Form when using Auth.Net. - #2584: The 'Batch electronic payments automatically' Company option now also applies to Scheduled Payments when they are processed. - #2609: Added filter to Gateway Reconciliation print behavior. - #2671: Added a button to the Help > About UMS page to open the UMS requirements in a web browser. Behavior Changes ---------------- - #2467: In Setup > Company > Communication Options > Communication Preferences, selecting and Saving 'Mandatory' for any given Communication Type or Activity will now prompt to save Communication Preferences for the entire selected Company. - #2500: Service order provider configuration has moved to Setup > Setup Service Order Providers from its original location at Tools > Options > Interfaces. - #2500: To configure more than one service order provider, the IsActive flag for each must be manually set in tblWorkOrderProvider.