- SKYW-3888 / NMI Grower360 Payments – An NMI option is now available for ACH and credit card Payments in Grower360.
- Why – This provides a flexible and secure payment processing option.
- When/Where – NMI can be chosen for ACH Payments and/or Credit Card Payments in SKY Admin by navigating to Grower360 / Finance and Reports / Online Payments.
- Action Needed – Some setup is required in Windows Agvance to use NMI.
- AN-3729 / Seed Sales Reporting Tech Group Filter – The Seed Sales Reporting dashboard can now be filtered by Technology Group.
- Why – This gives the ability to see Invoices or Customers WITH a Technology License, WITHOUT a Technology License, or both.
- When/Where – The Seed Sales Reporting dashboard is found under Admin in SKY Analytics.
- Action Needed – No action required.
- AN-3765 / Grower Summary Dashboard – The Field Description is now displayed on the Grower Summary dashboard.
- Why – This provides more clarity as to the Field being shown on the report.
- When/Where – The Field ID column has been updated to Field ID/Field Description. The Grower Summary dashboard is found under Customer in SKY Analytics.
- Action Needed – No action required.
- AN-3753 / Grower360 Reference List Dashboard – The Grower360 Reference List dashboard has been added in SKY Analytics.
- Why – This gives the ability to see Grower360 users and the Agvance accounts to which they have access (including Customer ID/Name).
- When/Where – This dashboard can be found under Admin in SKY Analytics.
- Action Needed – No action required.
- SKYW-4865 / Grower Scheduled Payments – Payments scheduled by Growers in Grower360 are now displayed in SKY Customer.
- Why – This gives the ability to see what Payments have been scheduled by Growers to be posted at a future date.
- When/Where – A Scheduled Payments tab is available under Payments in SKY Customer.
- Action Needed – No action required.
- SKYR-1116 / Manage Budget Billing Permission – With Admin User permission, Manage Budget Billing options become available to select and post Budget Billing Memo Invoices.
- Why – To post Budget Invoices from SKY Energy.
- When / Where – SKY Energy / Orders / Budget Billing Invoices
- Action Needed – Agvance SKY Admin user permission is required to access setup and post budget billing work.
- SKYR-1210, 1078 / Post Budget Billing Memo Invoices – Ability to post Budget Billing Memo Invoices with validation and will appear on the Budget Billing grid as Open. Read More!
- Why –To post Budget Billing Invoices for payment.
- When / Where – SKY Energy / Orders / Budget Billing Invoices
- Action Needed – Manage Budget Billing user permission is required.
- SKYR-1231 / Change Status, Driver Details, and JO # for Route Management Grid –
- Removing Job Order Number – Select the X next to the Job Order Number to remove a job order. Choosing Cancel on the confirmation window will close the message and choosing Remove will remove the Job Order Number from the grid.
- Change Status – Change the Dispatch status from the grid by selecting the Status icon, as long as it is not Completed. A window displays to select a new status.
- Note: Choosing Completed as the Dispatch status and saving will also populate the current date in the Completed Date field.
- Changing Drivers – Select a Driver in the Driver Name column to change a Driver from the grid. The Driver Search table displays to select a new driver(s). Selecting Select & Close will save the Driver and update the grid.
- When / Where – SKY Energy / Route Management
- Action Needed – No action required.
- SKYR-1285 / Pending Invoice Tab on Orders page is now Pending Tickets – The Pending Invoices tab on the Orders page has been renamed to Pending Tickets along with additional column changes and additions.
- Why – The tab title was updated to include all transaction types including Invoices, Payments, and Inter-Company Transfers for line items.
- When / Where – SKY Energy / Orders
- Action Needed – No action required.
- SKYR-1267 / New Route Management Functionality – There is new functionality added to create a schedule in SKY from the Route Management page. With Admin User permission, Manage Route, options become available to select jobs and begin the scheduling process. Read more!
- Why – To create scheduled routes from SKY Energy.
- When / Where – SKY Energy / Route Management
- Action Needed – Agvance SKY Admin user permission is required to access Route Management and schedule routes.
- SKYW-4425 / Statement Balance Recurring Payment – Growers can be given the ability to set up Recurring Payments for their net due Statement Balances.
- Why – This gives Growers the ability to have payments made automatically on their account, preventing the need to make payments manually.
- When/Where – Recurring Payments can be set up in Grower360 when making an Outstanding Balance Payment.
- Action Needed – The Recurring Payment for Statement Balance option must be enabled in SKY Admin. Additionally, the Pay Statement Balance option must be turned on and the Statement Due Date must be set.
Version 6.11
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- HW-9714 / Harvest Avg Test/Unit Weight – The average Test Weight can be entered with the appropriate precision scale as expected.
- Why – The average Test Weight in the bu/ac Yield Unit did not have the necessary precision and scale.
- When/Where – The Test Weight is entered when importing and manually entering Harvest Events.
- Action Needed – No action required.
- HW-12439 / SKY Field Reference List – Agvance Billable Acres can be updated in Agvance to match spatial acres in SKY Mapping when the difference is greater than 1.0 acre. Additionally, two new report options were added to the SKY Field Reference List report - Only Different Billable Area (includes Fields with different value for Agvance Billable Area than current Field area) and Area Difference Threshold (ac) (numeric entry of up to three decimal places). Both default to null and are optional. The textbox is disabled if Only Different Billable Area is not checked. When the difference between the Agvance Billable Area and the Field area is greater than the entered threshold value, all Fields are included in the report and display the updated acreage. Finally, the standard Per Report Option was added to the report.
- Why – This gives the ability to match Agvance Billable Acres in Agvance to spatial acres in SKY Mapping.
- When/Where – The SKY Field Reference list report can be found under Reports in SKY Mapping.
- Action Needed – No action required.
- HW-12538 / Combine Fields Agvance Integration – The Combine Fields process works as expected for Agvance-connected owners.
- Why – This was occasionally resulting in a Random 404 Not Found error.
- When/Where – The Combine Fields option is found by choosing the Customer's vertical Ellipsis menu after selecting Fields.
- Action Needed – No action required.
- HW-12588 / Harvest Event Yield Units – The following Yield Units were added to Harvest Events: barrel/ac, bin/ac, box/ac, carton/ac, crate/ac, and flat/ac. Optionally add a unit weight to document the typical weight of each container. The same units are also available on the mobile app Harvest Event.
- Why – Farmers placing harvested crop into containers (such as boxes for oranges) require Yield Units previously not available in SKY Mapping.
- When/Where – This drop-down is available when adding a Harvest Unit under the Harvest section.
- Action Needed – No action required.
- HW-12646 / Field Setup Agvance Integration – Removing Field Classification values when viewing/editing a Field works as expected.
- Why – Clearing Field Classifications was previously not working as expected.
- When/Where – Selecting the vertical Ellipsis on a Field gives the View/Edit Field option.
- Action Needed – No action required.
Mobile
- HW-12633 / Zone Sampling – Editing Zone Sampling works as expected when all selected Zones have a point.
- Why – Deselected Zones are not considered during validation.
- When/Where – Sampling is done on the Events tab by selecting the vertical Ellipsis for the Field(s) selected.
- Action Needed – No action required.
Version 6.10
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- HW-6263 / Import Yield Moisture Calculation – Harvest imports for Silage, Hay, Green Manure, Biomass, and Forage have been updated. Data imports for Crops where the entire Crop is removed (such as corn silage), require different moisture calculations than grain crop removal only.
- Why – The typical moisture percentage calculation was removed so has no impact on the final yield.
- When/Where – This can be seen when importing harvest data.
- Action Needed – No action required.
- HW-12536 / Non-Field Feature – Corrupt geometries are now prevented from being created.
- Why – This caused issues when logging in.
- Action Needed – No action required.
- HW-12558 / Customer Agvance Integration – Customer records without a Salesperson assigned save as expected.
- Why – This originally resulted in blank Salesperson records being added in SKY Mapping.
- Action Needed – No action required.
- HW-12563 / Primary Salesperson – A new Primary Salesperson column has been added to enhance data analytics by keeping Customers distinct from the numerous Salespeople that may be assigned to them. When multiple Salespeople have been added, the Primary can be changed, but not deleted. When adding a Salesperson to a Customer who does not have one, this defaults to the Primary Salesperson. The primary is set when a given Customer has a Ship To Salesperson.
- Why – This creates better distinction among Customers' Salespeople.
- When/Where – The Primary Salesperson column is found in the Salesperson table on the Customer's profile.
- Action Needed – No action required.
- HW-12621 / Batch Edit Events – When using Batch Edit Events, all selected Events now show the appropriate status updates as Events are processed. Edits that do not require resurfacing remain in a Complete status and update any applicable values in the Event Summary area (i.e. Season).
- Why – Events were being held in a Complete status.
- Action Needed – No action required.
Mobile
- HW-12174 / Create Lab Submission Form – The Lab Submission Form report can now be created after all Sampling points are collected in the mobile app. When the new setting Create Lab Submission Form Option is active, a new Create Lab Submission Form toggle appears in the Collection Complete area. When enabled, this automatically creates the Lab Submission Form for that Event. For On Demand sampling, when active, a prompt appears to create the Lab Submission Form.
- Why – This gives the ability to create the Lab Submission Form after all Sampling points are collected.
- When/Where – The Create Lab Submission Form Option setting is available at the bottom of the Sampling section.
- Action Needed – Enable the Create Lab Submission Form to automatically create the Lab Submission Form for the Event upon collecting all Sampling points.
- HW-12177 / Planting Different Seeding Units – All existing varieties of the remaining percent of the planter are updated accordingly.
- Why – This avoids a multiple units surfacing error.
- When/Where – This can be seen when attempting to change the Seeding Rate unit for a Planting Event.
- Action Needed – No action required.
- HW-12631 / Loadsheet Per Report Options – The Multi-Field Rec option for the Loadsheet report was removed and a new Per Report Options drop-down was added with four options - Field (current behavior of Multi-Field Rec, not checked), Farm (creates a page per Farm Name per Customer), Grower (creates one page per Customer), All Growers (current behavior of Multi-Field Rec checked). When creating the Loadsheet with this feature for the first time, the File Name Format defaults to Grower/Farm/Field and the Per Report Options default to Field. If a single Field is selected and has one of the three multi-rec selections (Farm, Grower, All Growers), the Field selection behavior defaults and creates a Loadsheet for each Rec.
- Why – This provided new reporting options for Loadsheet reports.
- When/Where – The Loadsheet report can be found in the Reports area of SKY Mapping.
- Action Needed – No action required.
- SKYD-1369 / Viewing Transactions Edit Order – When viewing transactions in SKY Order, an Edit Order/Edit Template button is now available.
- Why – This gives the ability to quickly edit Orders.
- When/Where – An Edit Order button can be found in the lower right when viewing Blends, Plans, Bookings, Deliveries, and Sales Orders. An Edit Template button can be found in the lower right when viewing Templates.
- Action Needed – No action required.
- SV-2259 / Import POs into PR – Multiple Purchase Orders can now be imported into a Purchase Receipt in SKY Product.
- Why – This increases efficiency by giving the ability to consolidate multiple Purchase Orders into a single Purchase Receipt.
- When/Where – When adding a Purchase Receipt, Purchase Orders can be imported in the Products section.
- Action Needed – The SKY User must have the Add/Edit Purchase Receipts permission enabled in SKY Admin.
