2019 Q2 (Apr - Jun)

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

29th June 2019

  • Autodata Open Beta is now live for all customers.
  • Multiple lines can now be selected when searching for repairs.
  • The “Day” is now visible on the schedule.
  • Available Hours is now visible on the schedule.
  • Admin staff standard events no longer affect available hours on the schedule.
  • Added a Jobsheet Statistics feature:
  • Clocked Hours per tech.
  • Total Clocked Hours.
  • Total Labour Quantity.
  • Gross Profit.
  • Labour Sales.
  • Item Sales.
  • Item Costs.
  • Item Margin.
  • Line Check: Now clickable, it will display a warning message related to the check.
  • Line Check: A warning is now displayed when labour resources haven’t been added or equal 100%.
  • Line Check: Added a warning when the line amount is 0 or less.
  • Extended Status: Added to Purchase Orders.
  • Drive: Added to vehicle card transmission.
  • Spark Plug Torque: Added to vehicle card.
  • Creation Date: Added field to customer table.
  • Creation Date: Added field to vehicle table.


21st June 2019

  • VHC Priority: Added column (Advisory, Urgent, Critical).
  • Booking Date/Time appears immediately on Jobsheets.


12th June 2019

  • Introduced Non-Inventory Items.



31st May 2019

  • Improved the send SMS interface.
  • Added the ability to attach documents such as PDFs to the following:
  • Job sheets.
  • Return Job sheets.
  • Estimates.
  • VHCs.
  • Posted Job sheets.
  • Posted Return Job sheets.
  • Archived Job sheets.
  • Archived Estimates.
  • Archived VHCs.
  • Added an option to remove the booking time from the customer notification booking reminders.


24th May 2019

  • Added a new method of applying payments to customers - Register Customer Payments -  Video. 
  • Fixed an error when printing “Posted Return Jobsheets”.
  • Added vehicle inspections data to web services for reporting purposes.
  • Added Estimate tiles to the “Service Financial Controller” Role Centre.
  • Added Vendor Columns to item lines of VHCs and Estimates, this information will copy to the Jobsheet.
  • Introduced a warning for technicians when they attempt to clock off a jobsheet without all item/labour lines being confirmed by the technician  Video. 
  • Added the ability for technicians to access the schedule via easy clocking if required
  • Added Customer GDPR Preferences to vehicle lists for data export.
  • “Stock out warning” won’t be given on the item line if the item card has “stockout warning” unticked.
  • Added “Price Calculator” to Estimates.
  • The Booking version of the jobsheet now has all the features of a standard jobsheet
  • Added a “refund” option to return jobsheets.
  • Created a new role centre for Multi-location companies with additional multi-location features.
  • Extended SMS capacity to 900 characters.
  • Introduced Requisition worksheets & Stock control  Video: 
  • Stock re-order points on an item number.
  • Generate a stock requirement report.
  • Auto-creation of purchase orders.
  • Considers future & current bookings.
  • Considers items already on order.
  • Added Quickbooks Integration.


17th May 2019

  • Added ability to search by Make/Model/Engine code in Autodata Preview.
  • Introduced a stock warning to Jobsheet item lines when available stock is 0.
  • Mileage now transfers from jobsheets to inspection & VHCs.
  • Enabled copying from comments to work description.
  • Included fuel information into the Factbox.


7th May 2019

  • Enabled copying of grouped items and compressed service packages from VHCs and Estimates to Jobsheets.
  • Provided access to items from the services advisors' role centre on mobile & tablet devices.
  • Allowed updating the customer card from the Jobsheet when changing address details
  • Created a new role centre - Service Financial Controller.
  • Integrated with Xero using Xero’s API.


28th April 2019

  • Added MOT/Service Due Date & Customer Phone/Email/Address details to Vehicle lists.
  • Enabled authorization of single lines from an estimate to be copied to an existing jobsheet.
  • Introduced two new tiles: Estimates awaiting action and Estimates awaiting authorisation. Completed Estimates will now be hidden from the homepage.
  • Included “Document description” to Estimates and printed Estimates, which will also appear on the Jobsheet when an Estimate is converted.
  • Added “Document description” to VHCs and printed VHCs.
  • Provided access to previous Vehicle Inspection from a related Jobsheet for the service advisor.
  • Implemented “Collection and Delivery” tickbox to Jobsheets with the ability to add an icon to a schedule allocation.
  • Introduced “Courtesy Vehicle Required” tickbox to Jobsheets with the ability to add an icon to a schedule allocation.
  • Enabled categorization of Jobsheets comments by types, with options to hide comment types from technicians if necessary.
  • Allowed viewing of historic vehicle inspections from easy clocking for technicians.
  • Released V2 of Garage Hives Power BI Reports with new features:
  • Ability to record standard events such as break times as non-work time.
  • More reports made mobile friendly.
  • New Efficiency Reports.
  • Detailed Item Reports.
  • Detailed Labour Category Reports.
  • VHC Reports, Inspection rate, up-sell rate.
  • WIP & future booking reports.
  • Customer heatmaps.
  • Top customer reports.
  • Vehicle Make and Model Analysis reports.

14th April 2019

  • Introduced a “Marketing Channel” to Jobsheets and customer cards for monitoring marketing activity.
  • Added “Item Search Description” for fast lookup via a jobsheet.
  • Provided access to historic vehicle pictures from easy clocking for technicians.
  • Enabled the creation of a new inspection without being in a jobsheet for a technician.
  • Allowed creation of multiple vehicle inspections via easy clocking for technicians.


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