Version 6.0069

May 22, 2025

 

Dear maestro* customers,

 

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

 

Happy reading,

 

The Maestro Technical Writing team

 

 

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maestro*

Time Management

196788, 204945

Purchasing

194833, 201414, 204498

Service Management

202056

Maintenance

192426, 194328 , 204047

Interfaces

200098

General

204288

 

maestro*MOBILE

Projects

151802

Service

US-64127

Other

192426, 196788, US-63283

 

 

Time Management Module

 

Configuration - Time Management

 

maestro* > Time Management > Maintenance > Time Management > Configuration - Time Management

 

196788

A new setting has been added in the General tab to prevent the display of the Approve button in the Consult Hours Worked functionality in the maestro*MOBILE app.

 

Employee Management

 

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

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

 

204945

Cumulatives - Vacations and Holidays

Modification made to the display of cumulative vacation balances.

 

Purchasing Module

 

Subcontract Management

 

maestro* > Purchasing > Purchasing > Subcontract > Subcontract Management

 

194833

Import Data

Improvement made to be able to mass import values ​​for additional fields related to subcontracts.

 

Stock Order from Catalogue

 

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

 

201414

Improvement made to display the project department code in the order header once the order is saved.

Addition of a filter to requisition lines based on a project department code in the requisition compilation functionality.

This development stems from a client's need to be able to filter lines in the compilation of requisitions according to a project department. Furthermore, after saving the order, they wanted to have the project department saved in the order header to then use it as a criterion in the workflow management of orders. This development also facilitates the buyer's work, as a filter for the project department has been added to the Compile Requisition icon.

 

Supplier Management

 

maestro* > Purchasing > Maintenance > Suppliers > Supplier Management

 

204498

Modification made to allow entry of a Payment Term code of up to 5 characters.

 

Service Management Module

 

Call Dispatch

 

maestro* > Service Management > Service Management > Dispatch > Call Dispatch

 

202056

Modification made to properly refresh custom status records for service call and work order grids.

 

Maintenance Module

Contact Management

 

maestro* > Maintenance > General Maintenance > Contacts > Contact Management

 

192426

A new field has been added to indicate if a contact must be displayed in the maestro*MOBILE app.

A data progression has also been added to make the box available to all active contacts.

When adding a new contact, the box will not be checked by default. The user will have to check it to make it available in the maestro*MOBILE application.

 

List Generator

 

maestro* > Maintenance > File Maintenance > Files > List Generator

 

204047

Modification made to make the small (+) button for the job code available in the hours section linked to the work order.

 

Mailing Configuration

 

maestro* > Maintenance > Maintenance générale > Fonctions > Configuration des envois

maestro* > Maintenanance > General Maintenance > Processing > Mailing Configuration

 

194328

Improvement made to add two new Name of PDF File columns to the French and English sections, which allow defining a personalized name for the generated form in .pdf format. Applies to specific forms only.

This functionality will be available for these types of forms: sales, work orders, returns from a service call, service call invoices, contractual billing, payment requests, quotations/estimates, and statements of account.

Please note that accents are accepted, but some special characters are not: <, >, /, \, :, ?, ", *, |.

Furthermore, if a period "." is used to create an extension (".xmls", ".pdf", ".doc", etc.), it will not be accepted.

A maximum of 200 characters is allowed.

 

Interfaces

 

XML Interface

200098

CreateOrderInvoicing

Modification made to ensure tax accounts are correctly allocated during transfer when the invoice contains a withholding with the No Tax mode.

 

Maestro*

 

Additional Fields

204288

Modification made to prevent errors or data loss during the modification of an additional field after installing version 3.05.30.45.

NOTE: Non-functional fields that were created or modified after installing version 3.05.30.45 must be removed and then recreated.

 

Maestro*MOBILE Projects Interface

 

 

maestro*MOBILE > Projects

 

151802

Improvement made to display, in the hours entry page, the distance in kilometres or miles (according to the settings in maestro*MOBILE) between the employee's home address (entered in their contact file) and the address of the dispatch project, if there is one, otherwise the address of the construction project.

This development stems from a client request who wanted fore(wo)men who enter time for employees to see the number of kilometers between the employee address and the project-dispatch address (or the project if no address is entered in the dispatch-project). That way, the fore(wo)man knows if they must add a travel premium if the distance exceeds a specific number. Other premiums can also apply according to the distance between the emplyee's home and the work place.

 

Maestro*MOBILE Service Interface

 

 

maestro*MOBILE > Service

 

US-64127

Modification made to display only the current day if, in the dispatch model, the user entered 1 in the Number of visible days on mobile devices field.

 

 

Maestro*MOBILE Other Tickets

 

192426

Modifications made to take into account the new checkbox titled Available in maestro*MOBILE, in the Contact Management option.

The contact will only be displayed in maestro*MOBILE if the new box is checked. These modifications apply everywhere a contact is displayed.

196788

Consult Hours Worked

Modification made to reflect the new configuration in the maestro* General Settings that allows the Approve button to be hidden.

The configuration can be found in the Time Management section, General subsection, and in the Timecard panel.

US-63983

Modification made to open the map in Google Maps if the browser used is Chrome and to open Apple Maps if the browser is Safari. Apple removed the automatic redirection from Apple Maps to Google Maps in March 2025.