# ARTERNAL Updates

Stay up to date with the latest features, improvements, and updates.

## May 22, 2025

📱 **Mobile Release – Now Live!**

- Improved performance when loading **Artists** for faster navigation.
- Added **Recent Shortcuts** for **Lists** and **Artists** to quickly jump back to recently viewed items.
- Introduced a **"Go to Artist" shortcut** when long-pressing a work or tapping the info button.

## April 7, 2025

✨ **New Feature**

- Added the ability to **forward emails** from SmartMail.

🔥 **Hotfix – Friday, April 4, 2025**

📱 **Mobile Release** – Now Live!

- **Interest Tracking** now retains scroll position when toggling between **Key Interests** and **All Interests**.
- Fixed an issue where **Interests** were not loading when viewing a contact from the contact list.
- General **bug fixes and performance improvements**.

🔥 **Hotfix – Thursday, April 3, 2025**

- Fixed an issue where **invoices** were not appearing in the **Financial Overview** report.

🔥 **Hotfix – Wednesday, April 2, 2025**

- Fixed a bug where **Payables** were displaying the incorrect currency.
- Fixed an issue where **commissions** were not being added to payables.

🔥 **Hotfix – Tuesday, April 1, 2025**

- Corrected inconsistent **Sales Tax rate labeling** across reports.

## March 31, 2025

✨ **Improvements**

- Added a **right-click context menu** to the **Inventory Associations** tab within contact profiles for quicker actions.
- Fixed a **scrolling bug** affecting the **Artist List**.
- Introduced new **Contact Offer Filters**:
  - Filter by **Associated Artists – Offered**
  - Filter by **Offered Price**

🔥 **Hotfix – Friday, March 28, 2025**

- Improved **dimensions parsing** in inventory imports, including better handling of accented characters and more flexible dimension formatting.

## March 23, 2025

- Fixed a bug where **emails** were showing 100% open and clickthrough rates due to bots and security software. Metrics are now more accurate.
- Emails will now display in the UI even if the email is not found in the API, preventing SmartMail thread errors and improving offer generation.

🔥 **Hotfix – Thursday, March 20, 2025**

- Fixed an issue where the **compose section** showed "undefined" when replying to a SmartMail.

🔥 **Hotfix – Wednesday, March 19, 2025**

- Resolved a bug where **attachments were not displaying** in SmartMail tracking.

## March 17, 2025

✨ **Improvements**

- **Custom Fields in Contact Exports**
  - Custom fields are now included in **Contact Exports**, aligning them with **Inventory Exports** for better data consistency.

🔥 **Hotfix – Thursday, March 13, 2025**

- Resolved an issue where **OVR links** were expiring shortly after being created.

🔥 **Hotfix – Wednesday, March 12, 2025**

- Resolved a bug where **Alternate Views** were being mistakenly created under the **Offers** tab.
- Corrected an **alignment issue** for **Terms & Conditions** on the **Streamlined Copy Invoice**.

## March 10, 2025

🔥 **Hotfix – Tuesday, March 4, 2025**

- Fixed an issue where CSS code was incorrectly displayed in the notes preview on the **Inventory** tab.
- Resolved an issue where pasted artist names were not being recognized in **Paste Captions**.

🔥 **Hotfix – Monday, March 3, 2025, 4 PM ET**

- Fixed an issue where searches in **Inbox/Sent** were not returning emails.

## March 3, 2025

✨ **Improvements**

- Improved **SmartMail** editor stability—resolved freezing issues when replying to emails.

🔥 **Hotfix – Friday, February 28, 2025**

- **AgGrid custom column layouts** now save properly.
- **Price labels** now appear on PDFs within the **Artwork Caption**, in addition to email captions.

🔥 **Hotfix – Wednesday, February 26, 2025**

- **Users can now change their email signature position** in SmartMail.

## February 24, 2025

🔥 **Hotfix – Wednesday, February 19, 2025**

- Fixed an issue where **Auto-Payable** was not populating for sold works.

🔥 **Hotfix – Tuesday, February 19, 2025**

- Fixed a bug where **old contact associations** were still appearing in **Inventory AgGrid Contacts**.

🔥 **Hotfix – Wednesday, February 19, 2025**

- Fixed a **jumbled PDF title** issue in the **Offers** tab.

## January 20, 2025

## 📆 **Release Notes – Monday, January 20, 2025**

✨ **Improvements**

- Resolved glitching issues when opening inventory works in new tabs (e.g., from reporting or the new context menu).
- Added right-click functionality to inventory, allowing for quicker actions and enhanced usability.

- Offer associations are now added to both **Contacts** and **Inventory** as a default setting for improved tracking.

🔥 **Hotfix – Wednesday, January 15, 2025**

- Fixed an issue where excluding artwork items from invoices did not adjust the total amount.

🔥 **Hotfix – Thursday, January 16, 2025**

- Adjusted the **Certificate of Authenticity (COA)** header size to improve visibility and consistency.

🔥 **Hotfix – Friday, January 17, 2025**

- Disabled inventory AgGrid column virtualization to resolve accessibility issues and ensure column order and contact associations are saved properly.

## January 13, 2025

📆 **Release Notes – Monday, January 13, 2025**

✨ **Improvements**

**🔍 Quick Tip: Right-Click for Contact Options!**

Now you can right-click on a contact's full name to access a context menu with useful actions. It’s a simple way to save time and streamline your workflow. Give it a try today!

- The "Created At" column is now visible by default on **Transactions by User** and **Transactions by Amount** reports (previously hidden).

🐛 **Bug Fixes**

- Resolved an issue where tags in the inventory activity timeline did not display dates for 2025.
- Implemented email validation during the Microsoft OAuth linking process to ensure SmartMail is sent from the correct email address.
- Activity is now properly logged when associating a contact during inventory status changes (e.g., hold/sold). These activities will appear in the **Activity Tab** and **Dashboard**.

## December 23, 2024

## Happy Holidays 🎄

✨ **New Feature**

We've released our new feature Offers 🎉

The **Offers** tab in ARTERNAL will allow you to view and manage all works offered through SmartMail or manually created in one place. You'll now be able to:

- View all works offered to a contact
- Add notes
- Edit the offer date
- Update offer amounts for specific contacts

You can read more [here](https://intercom.help/arternal/en/articles/10136035-managing-and-tracking-offers-in-arternal)

🧾 **Improvements to Invoices**

- Added a "Show Due Date" toggle to invoice templates and previews. This feature lets users control the visibility of the due date line on invoices. The due date appears under the date in the Base invoice template.

💳 **Currency Update**

- The Egyptian Pound (EGP) has been added to the list of supported currencies.

🐛 **Bug Fixes**

We resolved the following issues:

- SmartMail text no longer overflows off the screen.
- Invoice PDF generation no longer times out due to certain header images.

## November 4, 2024

🐛 **Bug Fixes**

We fixed an issue where:

- Artworks could not be attached to smartmail
- Alternate Views did not get attached to smartmail when creating an offer from the selection cart.
- It wasn’t possible to search for editioned works via the search bar.

## October 28, 2024

## 🐛 **Bug Fixes**

We've resolved the following issues:

- Assignment filters are now correctly applied when adding a live contact list to a SmartMail.
- Where the credit card fee shows on the invoice summary when the client is not paying via credit card
- The **Activity by Users** report now exclusively shows information for SmartMails with a status of “Sent.”
- OVR header/logo size is optimized for mobile, ensuring it appears appropriately on smaller screens.
- The consignor field now accurately retrieves the intended contact.
- Fixed a dead-click issue when tapping on contacts in SmartMail.
- Long SmartMail subject lines now display without overlapping.
- The Intercom chat icon no longer obstructs the “Clear” button in the selection cart.

## October 7, 2024

🐛 **Bug Fixes**

We fixed an issue where:

- There were filtering issues on the Dashboard
- Entering a description for an inventory list didn’t wrap the text.

## October 1, 2024

## 🧾 Improvements to Invoice

Exciting news! You can now enter a **custom tax amount** directly into your invoices! 🎉

We’ve implemented a new feature that allows you to specify a manual tax amount, giving you more flexibility and control over your invoicing process. Say goodbye to relying solely on our provided tax rates!

## 🖼️ Improvements to Inventory

We’ve been busy enhancing your experience with our inventory list view! Now, when you view a list or an artist profile, look for the **“More Actions”** option (the three horizontal dots) next to the list title or artist name.

## For the List View:

Tapping on **More Actions** gives you quick access to:

- **Edit the List Title** – Make changes easily!
- **Export the List to a CSV File** – Handy for offline use!
- **Delete the List** – Clean up your inventory effortlessly!

## For the Artist’s Profile:

With **More Actions**, you can:

- **Edit the Artist’s Biography** – Update their story!
- **Add the Artist to Your Saved Artist List** – Keep your favorites close!
- **Share the Artist via Link** (NEW ✨) – Spread the word with just a click!
- **Delete the Artist** – Manage your profiles seamlessly!

## 📊 Improvements to Reports

You asked, and we delivered! Inventory custom fields are now available for **sorting, filtering,** and **viewing** in the **Sold Artworks report** and in exported spreadsheets. This means better data management for your sales!

## 🐛 Bug Fixes

We’ve squashed a bug!

- Fixed an issue where **“Reply to Selected”** in smart mail was not functioning properly. You can now reply seamlessly!
