2021 Q1 (Jan - Mar)

The following is a list of all new Garage Hive features, updates and system improvements:

31st March 2021

  • MOT Lookup now works for Northern Ireland Vehicles.
  • Mileage entered on a vehicle inspection will also be pushed to the jobsheet.
  • Posting a jobsheet will now automatically complete any allocations.
  • Reporting on Jobsheet/booking creation date in Power BI.
  • Extended comments will now print on vehicle sales invoices.
  • Emailing Purchase Return Orders is now possible.
  • Automatic creation of corresponding purchase invoices when posting internal jobsheets.
  • Booking reminders will not be sent if the vehicle is marked as on-site.
  • Printing/emailing payment receipts and deposits is now available.
  • Deposits can now be taken and applied.


28th February 2021

  • Access to all customer documents from the customer card/list Factbox.
  • Viewing comments on archived documents, such as jobsheets.
  • Customer category added to markups, sales prices, and discounts.
  • Purchase Orders & Purchase Return Orders will now auto re-open when released.
  • Restriction to prevent accidental correction of posted sales invoices instead of jobsheets.
  • Filtering vehicle list by booking date for bulk SMS/data export.
  • Jobsheet line checker changed to a Triangular Flag.
  • Printing a posted sales credit memo is now possible.
  • Default location code can be selected on an item card.
  • Awaiting Parts and Awaiting Advisor tiles added to Estimates.
  • Jobsheets Requires Parts Ordering tile added.


31st January 2021

  • Updated the some of literature used from the customers perspective in online booking.
  • Added the ability to make a service package in online booking “Morning Drop-Off” only.
  • Customers booking online will now have the earliest time slot available automatically selected.
  • Added Vehicle weight to service package conditions.
  • Added Engine code to service package conditions.
  • Added Transmission type to service package conditions.
  • Added Extended Status to purchase return orders.
  • When items are created, the item card will no longer open.
  • Added the ability to update the Item Descriptions from documents to the Item card.
  • Added “Item Price Groups” concept, allowing very detailed Markups rules, such as rim size.
  • Added the ability to filter customer statements by Branch dimension.



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