Version 3.05.30.55

April 24, 2025

 

Dear maestro* customers,

 

We proudly present the main developments that were added to maestro* and maestro*MOBILE in this update.

Happy reading!

 

 

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The Maestro Technical Writing team

 

maestro*

Projects

197746

Time Management

192741

Purchasing

US-63020

Maintenance

199551, 200167

Interfaces

US-61842, 197991

General

203234

 

maestro*MOBILE

Service

US-63393, 203659

 

 

Projects Module

 

Estimating

 

maestro* > Projects > Estimating > Processing > Estimating

 

197746

Modification made to the Ctrl+I function in the Estimating module to address situations where one item of the estimate is replaced by another item.

 

Time Management Module

 

Various Options of the Time Management Module

192741

Improvement made to separately manage the vacation accumulators of Sector 0 and Sectors 1 to 5.

The main changes brought about by this new development are the following:

maestro* > Time Management > Maintenance > Payroll > Define Work Categories

  • Addition of the fields needed to keep calculated and paid vacation days in the cumulative totals for Sector 0 and Sectors 1 to 5.

maestro* > Time Management > Project Time > Processing > Enter Hours

  • Modifications made to the project time entry to display the vacation balance based on the entered sector and to allow for full vacation pay based on the entered sector.

maestro* > Time Management > Payroll > Payroll > Compile and Load Project Hours

  • Modifications made to the Compile and Load Project Hours option to calculate and keep the vacation amount to be paid according to the sector when paying vacations in full.

maestro* > Time Management > Payroll > Payroll > Payroll Calculation

  • Modifications made to payroll calculation to process Sector 0 vacation calculation and payment separately from Sectors 1 to 5 vacation calculation and payment.

maestro* > Time Management > Payroll > Employees > Recalculate YTD

maestro* > Time Management > Payroll > Payroll > Print Cheques

  • Update of the new fields when a user answers Yes to the question for printing cheques and recalculating YTD amounts.

maestro* > Time Management > Payroll > Miscellaneous > Cancel a Pay or an Advance

  • Modification made to the cancellation of a payroll to restore cumulative totals to their status before the payroll update.

maestro* > Time Management > Payroll > Employees > Employee Management

maestro* > Time Management > Maintenance > Payroll > Employee Management

  • Modifications made to the Employee Management option to display calculated, paid, and vacation balances by sector in the Cumulatives tab, Vacations and Holidays sub-tab, and when drilling down on a pay in the Cumulatives and History tabs.

maestro* > Time Management > Human Resources > Define Accumulators > Reset Vacation Balance

  • Addition of a field with the Sector 0 and Sectors 1 to 5 values in the Transfer and Reset Vacation Balance option in the Define Accumulators sub-module.

maestro* > Time Management > Payroll > Payroll > Detailed Payroll List

  • Modification made to the detailed list and pay stub to display vacation balances separately for Sector 0 and Sectors 1 to 5.

maestro* > Time Management > Payroll > Payroll > Miscellaneous Reports

  • Addition of new calculated vacation variables for Sector 0 and Sectors 1 to 5 in the Miscellaneous Reports option.

maestro* > Time Management > Payroll > Payroll > Close a Period

  • Transfer of vacation balances by sector to the cumulative totals for the following year, when closing the last period of the year.

 

Purchasing Module

 

Project Purchase

 

maestro* > Purchasing > Purchasing > Purchasing > Project Purchase

 

US-63020

Improvement made to replace the date selection calendar with a new calendar.

Maintenance Module

 

Schedule Management for BI

 

maestro* > Maintenance > General Maintenance > Processing > Schedule Management for BI

 

199551

Modification made to eliminate the error messages in the history when schedules are based on the maestro* Pivotal Project Analysis and Detailed Pivotal Project Analysis by Period functions.

200167

Modification made to only run defined schedules once.

 

Interfaces

 

AddDocument XML function

US-61842

Modification made to the AddDocument XML function to integrate the Include in Shipment indicator, taking into account the category.

 

CreatePurchaseOrderInvoicing XML function

197991

Modification made to the CreatePurchaseOrderInvoicing XML function to retain the amounts defined in the XML structure when the discount is included in the invoice.

 

Maestro*

 

Workflow Management and Stock Order from Catalogue

 

maestro* > Maintenance > General Maintenance > Workflow > Workflow Management

maestro* > Purchasing > Purchasing > Purchase Order > Stock Order from Catalogue

 

203234

Modification made to avoid restarting the process when the user adds or modifies the memo or delivery date in a stock order from catalogue, when the order is in its final step and optimization is enabled.

 

 

Maestro*MOBILE Service Interface

 

 

maestro*MOBILE > Service

 

US-63393

Improvement made to automatically apply access to the button for creating a service work order when enabled in the Employee Management option.

203659

Modification made to display only equipment recommendations for Repair or Preventative Maintenance work order types.