# ARTERNAL Updates Stay up to date with the latest features, improvements, and updates. ## October 10, 2023 ๐Ÿ› **Bug Fixes** - Fixed an issue where artist names became lowercase when creating new inventories - Fixed an issue where Paste Captions caused incorrect currency in price labels ## October 2, 2023 ๐Ÿ“ฑ **iOS update: iOS version 4.53 released** **๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ Inventory** ๐ŸŽ‰ Inventory Improvement: - Improved the workflow of creating a list with multiple artworks - Improved saving images via a long press when viewing the work ๐Ÿ› **Bug Fixes** - Fixed an issue where selection of artworks would clear after an action was taken - Fixed an issue where adding artworks to a list when searching did not work ## September 25, 2023 **๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ Inventory** ๐ŸŽ‰ Inventory Improvement: - Changed the order on the **Lists/Exhibitions/Fairs** tab by moving the lists to the bottom of the page - Improved the design of the import page **๐Ÿ’น Transactions** - Improved the loading speed in Transactions and Invoices ๐Ÿ› **Bug Fixes** - Fixed an issue where the import tutorial link did not work - Fixed an issue where the invoice showed up under the artworkโ€™s financials tab after the artwork was removed from the invoice - Fixed an issue where importing **assigned_to_list** column in contact import did not work - Fixed an issue where the **Gross Profit** column in reports was empty - Fixed an issue where if an invoice had only shipping cost, the total would be 0 ## September 18, 2023 **๐Ÿ“” Contacts** ๐ŸŽ‰ Contacts Improvement: - Added custom field edits to the timeline - Improved the speed of text search - Improved the speed of loading contacts activity feed **๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ Inventory** ๐ŸŽ‰ Inventory Improvement: Added a loading sign in the **Lists/Exhibitions/Fairs** tab **๐Ÿงพ Invoice V2** ๐ŸŽ‰ Invoice V2 Improvement: Redesigned the payment options ๐Ÿ› **Bug Fixes** - Fixed an issue where downloading PDFs did not work in Invoice V2 - Fixed an issue where the smart mail line height did not display properly to match the actual sent emails - Fixed an issue with marking payables as paid - Fixed an issue where old email showing up in contact search in smart mail - Fixed an issue where invalid currency notification when importing inventory had random characters ## September 11, 2023 **โœ‰๏ธ Smart Mail** ๐ŸŽ‰ Smart Mail Improvement: optimized the speed of loading ๐Ÿ› **Bug Fixes** - Fixed an issue where the artist sidebar was not fully loading - Fixed an issue where dimensions in cm sometimes have ".00" - Fixed an issue where contact notes did not show the creator - Fixed an issue where the scroll bar for inventory lists was missing - Fixed an issue where it displayed the same contact multiple times - Fixed an issue where downloading PDFs in invoice V2 did not work ## September 6, 2023 ## **[Now Live] ARTERNAL Pay is launched!** What is it? Users can now receive payments using Stripe, Affirm, and ACH when you send invoices through ARTERNAL. How to use it? Go to your settings and there will be a new ARTERNAL Pay tab where you can connect your Stripe account. For more details please check out [this article](https://intercom.help/arternal/en/articles/8341977-arternal-pay) with videos inside. ## **๐Ÿ“” Contacts** ๐ŸŽ‰ Contacts Improvement: improved the speed of loading contact lists ## **๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ Inventory** ๐ŸŽ‰ Inventory Improvement: improved the speed of loading the artist sidebar ## ๐Ÿ› **Bug Fixes** - Fixed an issue where the transaction settings page was blank for users on the new invoicing tool - Fixed an issue where the **Associated Artist** filter's **sold** keyword was not working - Fixed an issue where the QR code did not generate for 2FA - Fixed an issue where the sort button on the artist sidebar was cut off - Fixed an issue where the **Created by** field dropdown was not working in the new invoicing tool ## August 21, 2023 ## **๐Ÿ“” Contacts** **[Now Live] New contact filter โ€œTypeโ€** What is it? In contacts, there is now a new filter โ€œTypeโ€ What does it matter? It allows you to filter contacts by the type How to use it? In contacts, open the filter drop down menu, choose **Type** and select the desired type ๐ŸŽ‰ Contacts Improvement: improved the **Filter** button UI to make it more consistent with the other buttons on this page ## ๐Ÿ› **Bug Fixes** - Fixed an issue with replacing primary images for imported inventories - Fixed an issue where creating a new contact opened another contactโ€™s profile - Fixed an issue where there was no error message when sending invoices with unlinked emails - Fixed an issue where **Apply terms to all** in consignments did not apply the consignment terms to all works - Fixed an issue where dimension range filter in inventory did not include the lower bound - Fixed an issue with sorting inventories by artist last name in inventory lists/exhibitions/fairs - Fixed an issue where empty rows sometimes showed up in inventory detailed view - Fixed an issue where uploading documents failed with the โ€œServer responded with 0 codeโ€ error message ## August 14, 2023 ## **๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ Inventory** **[Now Live] Users can now create custom field groups** What is it? In the inventory custom fields, users are now able to put them into different groups and reorder them Why does it matter? It allows users to better organize custom fields. For example, you can have a group of custom fields for crating and another group for shipping How to use it? Go to your **Settings > Custom Fields > Inventory**, create a new custom field or click on an existing custom field, you will see the new **Field Group** section and can create a new group from the dropdown. ๐ŸŽ‰ Inventory Improvement: - Removed the text โ€œ(no notes)โ€ in the **Tags/Notes** column in the list view - Optimized the query of creating new custom fields ## **๐Ÿ“” Contacts** **[Now Live] Users can now create contact custom fields** What is it? Under each contactโ€™s profile, there is a new **Custom Fields** section at the bottom Why does it matter? It allows users to create custom fields that show up in every contactโ€™s profile, such as social media handle or birthday How to use it? Go to a contactโ€™s profile > click on the **Edit Contact** button > scroll down to the **Custom Fields** section > click on **Manage Custom Fields** to add a new field ## **๐Ÿงพ Invoice V2** ๐ŸŽ‰ Invoice V2 Improvement: improved the connectivity between invoice and inventory & contacts so that it will show up on the activity feed of the sold work and the buyerโ€™s profile ## โš™๏ธ **Settings** ๐ŸŽ‰ Settings Improvement: moved the automatic payable toggle from user settings to organization settings ## ๐Ÿ› **Bug Fixes** - Fixed an issue where re-importing existing contacts did not work - Fixed an issue where blank custom fields left empty lines in captions - Fixed an issue where some invoices total showed NaN - Fixed an issue where the remove contacts from list button was missing in the selection cart ## August 8, 2023 **โœ‰๏ธ Smart Mail** ๐ŸŽ‰ Smart Mail Improvement: changed the notification message when sending out more than 80 emails ๐Ÿ› **Bug Fixes** - Fixed an issue where the transaction did not open when creating a consignment in the inventoryโ€™s financials tab - Fixed an issue where the caption did not display text in multiple lines - Fixed an issue where **My Inbox** did not show the most recent emails - Fixed an issue where the nsf availability status did not display properly for parent records - Fixed an issue where the auto-generated inventory numbers were incorrect ## July 31, 2023 ## **๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ Inventory** **[Now Live] New buttons on documents in the inventory profile page** What is it? In the **Documents** section under an inventoryโ€™s profile, if you hover over the document, there are now the **Download** and **Add to List** buttons. Why does it matter? It allows users to more easily download the file or add it to an inventory list How to use it? Go to an inventory > scroll down to the **Documents** section > hover over the document > the new buttons will show up and click on either of them as desired ## โš™๏ธ **Settings** **[Now Live] Hide currency code in PDFs** What is it? In the settings > Account > PDFs, there is a new toggle **Hide Currency Codes** Why does it matter? It offers the option to hide the currency code (e.g. USD and EUR) in PDFs How to use it? Go to Settings > Account > PDFs, and switch on the second toggle as needed. ## **๐Ÿ“ˆ Reporting** **[Now Live] Users can filter contacts by total sales in a certain time rage** What is it? In the **Contacts by total value of sales** report, you can filter the **Revenue** column by the time range Why does it matter? It allows users to filter clients by how much artwork they bought in a specific time range How to use it? In Reports, go to the **Contacts by total value of sales** report and click on the **Revenue** header. In the filter, enter the time range as desired. ## ๐Ÿ› **Bug Fixes** - Fixed an issue where searching inventories in a list did not show results - Fixed an issue where the contact counts are incorrect in smart mail groups - Fixed a UI issue where the import contact button did not align with the other buttons - Fixed an issue where the contact general search did not support & - Fixed an issue where the **Metric Dimensions** toggle did not work in Data Sheet PDFs - Fixed an issue where the font size was not consistent in invoice totals ## July 24, 2023 **๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ Inventory** ๐ŸŽ‰ Inventory improvement: optimized the loading speed in inventory โš™๏ธ **Settings** ๐ŸŽ‰ Settings Improvement: changed the default settings to switch off hold/sold email notifications for new accounts ๐Ÿ› **Bug Fixes** - Fixed an issue where uploading documents failed without notifications - Fixed an issue where line breaks in inventory custom fields did not save - Fixed an issue where it assigned duplicate inventory numbers when uploading multiple works at once - Fixed an issue where the documents showed up in the viewing room main page - Fixed an issue where inventory PDFs failed to generate - Fixed an issue where the transactions tab did not show up settings for some accounts - Fixed an UI issue when clicking into an inventory list in the **Lists/Exhibitions/Fairs** tab - Fixed an issue where the invoiceV2 captions had empty lines if the inventory field was blank - Fixed a compatibility issue with invoiceV2 and Outlook Windows - Fixed an issue where an invoice could not be sent more than once in invoiceV2 ๐Ÿ“ฑ **iOS update: iOS version 4.50 released** - Added the ability to toggle installation views in viewing rooms - Fixed an issue where deactivated users showed up in the user list - Replaced the instances of the copy โ€œsetโ€ to โ€œlistโ€ ## July 17, 2023 **๐Ÿงพ Invoice V2** ๐ŸŽ‰ Invoice V2 Improvement: added the **Auto-create payables** button ๐Ÿ› **Bug Fixes** - Fixed an issue where video alt views caused the work not to show up in viewing rooms - Fixed an issue where the **Back to all lists** button was cut off in smart mail inventory search - Fixed an issue where selecting exhibition date in the calendar was off by one day for some time zones - Fixed an issue where some images turned sideways ## July 10, 2023 โš™๏ธ **Settings** **[Now Live] New toggle for auto-create payables** What is it? In **Settings > Account > Inventory > Settings**, there is a new toggle to automatically create payables Why does it matter? It will automatically create a payable for the consignment terms when the invoice is paid, so that the user does not have to click on "auto-create payables" for each invoice. How to use it? Go to **Settings > Account > Inventory > Settings**, and switch on the last toggle. After that, when you mark an invoice as paid, and the work has an active consignment term, it will automatically create a payable. **๐Ÿ“ˆ Reporting** ๐ŸŽ‰ Reporting Improvement: - Improved the **Sold Artworks** reportโ€™s **Sold To** column to include more sold artworks - Improved the custom reports feature so that hiding, resizing, moving columns are now saved **โœ‰๏ธ Smart Mail** ๐ŸŽ‰ Smart Mail Improvement: - Improved the inventory search in smart mail so that the status filter applied in inventory no longer carries over to the smart mail inventory search - Improved the smart mail attachment uploader so that it notifies the user to try again if the upload temporarily fails **๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ Inventory** ๐ŸŽ‰ Inventory Improvement: added the โ€œlistโ€ category under artistโ€™s **Lists/Exhibitions/Fairs** tab (previously **Exhibitions/Fairs**) ๐Ÿ› **Bug Fixes** - Fixed an issue where searching quotation marks was not supported in contact general search **๐Ÿงพ Invoice V2** **[Now Live] The new field โ€œDue Dateโ€ is available in invoices** What is it? In the invoice, there is a new field **Due Date** Why does it matter? It helps remind the user when an invoice is due, and the user can sort invoices by due date. How to use it? In individual invoices, click on the **Due Date** field to select a date, and then in the **All Invoices** page, click on **Sort by** and select due date **[Now Live] User can change invoice creator** What is it? In individual invoices, user can now change the creator of the invoice Why does it matter? This feature helps the organization to keep track of who is responsible for which invoice, in case it is different from the actual creator of the invoice. How to user it? Click on the **Created By** field and choose a user from your organization ๐ŸŽ‰ Invoice V2 Improvement: connected invoices to contactโ€™s timeline ## July 5, 2023 **๐Ÿ“ˆ Reporting** ๐ŸŽ‰ Reporting Improvement: added the image column in **Sold Artworks** and **Inventory on Consignment** reports **โœ‰๏ธ Smart Mail** ๐ŸŽ‰ Smart Mail Improvement: - Optimized the speed of opening inbox threads - Improved sending large images via smart mail to prevent internal server error **๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ Inventory** ๐ŸŽ‰ Inventory Improvement: - Added the sold to field in captions formatter - Added the sold to columns in inventory detailed list view ๐Ÿ› **Bug Fixes** - Fixed an issue where applying the work status and the location filters returned incorrect results - Fixed an issue where an empty draft showed up in threads in inbox - Fixed an issue where adding/removing an artwork or uploading a document did not show the update immediately - Fixed an issue where entering multiple paragraphs in custom fields did not save **๐Ÿงพ Invoice V2** - Added the feature to auto-create payables - Improved the UI for selecting related contacts in the send stage ## June 26, 2023 **๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ Inventory** ๐ŸŽ‰ Inventory Improvement: - Added cm dimensions to inventory export - Added the additional inventory # column to inventory detailed list - Improved the format of horizontal Certificate of Authenticity to enlarge the header - Improved the vertical alignment of viewing rooms - Added the change status pop up window when marking multiple works on hold ๐Ÿ› **Bug Fixes** - Fixed an issue where adding a hyperlink in smart mail did not highlight the link - Fixed an issue where it failed to sync invoices with QuickBooks - Fixed an issue where the invoice page did not load for some users.