# ARTERNAL Updates

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

## January 30, 2023

🐛 **Bug Fixes**

- Fixed an issue where deleting dimensions in framed dimensions converter did not work
- Fixed an issue where editing custom work list did not work for some users
- Fixed an issue where sorting by inventory numbers did not work

## January 23, 2023

**🖼️ Inventory**  
**[Now Live] New optional “phone number” field in inquiry form**  
**What is it?**  
In the inquiry form in the online viewing room, there is a new **Phone Number** field.

**Why does it matter?**  
By having the visitor’s phone number, it increases the chance of connecting with clients and making sales.

**How to use it?**  
It is now showing up in all online viewing rooms.

**[Now Live] New columns in the inventory detailed list view**  
**What is it?**  
In the inventory detailed list view, there are more available columns.

**Why does it matter?**  
It allows users to better customize the inventory view. In particular, there are two new columns **Contact Associations** and **Invoice Status**. Additionally, all the inventory custom fields in your account are available in this dropdown.

**How to use it?**  
Hover over the header and click on the three-dash icon, click on the vertical icon, and then select or de-select columns.

🎉 Inventory UX Improvement: Improved the online viewing room so that it does not ask for emails for repeat users

**💹 Transactions**  
🎉 Inventory UI Improvement: changed the invoice **draft created** status to **unsent**

🐛 **Bug Fixes**

- Fixed an issue where **Sold To** filter did not work in contacts
- Fixed an issue where uploading contact and inventory spreadsheets did not work
- Fixed an issue where document uploader did not work for PDFs

## January 16, 2023

🐛 **Bug Fixes**

- Fixed an issue where contact lists showed duplicate contacts sometimes
- Fixed an issue where economic nexus warning showed up in payables
- Fixed an issue where certain inventories could not be marked as sold
- Fixed an issue where certain columns in inventory import template could not be properly imported
- Fixed an issue where saving edits in the settings did not work
- Fixed an issue where users could not see all inventories after putting inventories into the selection cart
- Fixed an issue where reordering inventories did not work for viewing rooms

## January 10, 2023

## Happy New Year!

**🖼️ Inventory**  
🎉 Inventory UI Improvement: added the inventory number dropdown for editions in inventory basic list view

🐛 **Bug Fixes**

- Fixed an issue where syncing to QuickBooks didn’t work for Canadian businesses
- Fixed an issue where loading certain inventory lists was slow
- Fixed an issue where reordering inventory lists didn’t work
- Fixed an issue where putting inventories into the selection cart caused display issue in the inventory detailed list view

## December 19, 2022

**⛄ Happy Holidays!**

**💹 Transactions**  
**[Now Live] New “Returned” status for consignments**  
**What is it?**  
After creating a return, the consignment automatically gets marked as **Returned** and the return date shows up in the **Consignment Date** column.

**Why does it matter?**  
It allows users to track consignment status more easily.

**How to use it?**  
Click on the **Return Consignment** button, and then enter the return information. After the return transaction is created, the consignment status will automatically update.

**[Now Live] Inventory custom fields now available for invoices**  
**What is it?**  
Under **Settings > PDF Templates > Transaction**, your inventory custom fields are now available.

**Why does it matter?**  
It allows users to add inventory custom fields to the invoices.

**How to use it?**  
Go to **Settings > PDF Templates > Transaction**, and click on **View custom inventory fields**, then copy and paste the desired fields into the text box below.

🐛 **Bug Fixes**

- Fixed an issue where the **Sold** availability filter sometimes did not show all sold inventories
- Fixed an issue where the duplicate email pop up did not work when creating a new contact
- Fixed an issue where the dimensions converter did not save updates
- Fixed an issue with un-clickable empty inventories in the detailed list view
- Fixed an issue where when making a PDF or smart mail from the inventory selection cart, incorrect inventories showed up

## December 12, 2022

**🖼️ Inventory**  
🎉 Inventory UI Improvement:

- Improved the alignment on the inventory basic list view
- Improved the **Edit Location** and **Clear Location** buttons to make them always show up

**📔 Contacts**  
🎉 Contact UI Improvement: Made archived contact not clickable

🐛 **Bug Fixes**

- Fixed an issue where **Found in X Static Lists** did not load all static lists
- Fixed an issue where adding tax rate in invoices did not work sometimes

## December 5, 2022

**✉️ Smart Mail**  
🎉 Smart mail Optimizations: Optimized the process of creating smart mail

🐛 **Bug Fixes**

- Fixed an issue where account-specific inventory captions did not show up on PDFs
- Fixed an issue where the "Failed to save note" error message showed up
- Fixed an issue where the inventory list header was blocked
- Fixed an issue where not all contacts showed up in live lists
- Fixed an issue where importing inventory dimensions with fractions did not work properly
- Fixed an issue with due dates on internal billing

## November 28, 2022

📱 **Mobile App:** v4.02 release

- Improved inventory search
- Improved smart mail permission

🐛 **Bug Fixes**

- Fixed the XML error when downloading invoice PDFs
- Fixed an issue where the previous smart mail would show up when creating a new smart mail
- Fixed an issue where the dimensions became fractions when entering whole numbers
- Fixed an issue where the framed dimension did not convert when first clicked on the convert button
- Fixed an issue where the cursor jumped to the ends when editing inventory list names
- Fixed an issue where the **Apply terms to all** feature was slow in consignments
- Fixed the sorting issue with the inventory lists and the inventory main page
- Fixed an issue where the smart mail subject line does not save

## November 21, 2022

**🖼️ Inventory**  
🎉 Inventory UI Improvement: improved the contact search when adding an expense or a commission to an inventory

**📈 Reporting**  
🎉 Reporting UI Improvement: improved the export so that exported spreadsheets will reflect the filters applied

🐛 **Bug Fixes**

- Fixed an issue where adding live lists to smart mails did not work
- Fixed an issue where **Apply terms to all** in consignments took too long to apply consignment terms to all inventories
- Fixed an issue where adding an inventory without an image to an invoice did not work properly
- Fixed an issue where POS address changed by itself in invoices
- Fixed an issue where **Other** transactions did not have a contact field
- Fixed an issue where reordering alt view images sometimes did not work
- Fixed an issue where changing availability status from hold to sold sometimes did not work
- Fixed an issue where disqualified contacts still showed up in live list export

## November 14, 2022

**🖼️ Inventory**  
🎉 Inventory UI Improvement:

- Changed the **Remove from Current Set** button in the inventory selection cart to **Remove from Current List**

🎉 Inventory Optimization:

- Optimized loading and searching in the inventory detailed list view

**📈 Reporting**  
🎉 Reporting Optimization:

- Optimized loading in three reports: **Invoice by Amount**, **Artist Engagement** and **Artist Revenues**

🐛 **Bug Fixes**

- Fixed an issue where deleted transactions still showed up under the **Financials** tab in inventory
- Fixed an issue where the invoice totals were sometimes incorrect
- Fixed an issue where the static lists were not showing up in smart mails when having the **My List** filter on in contact lists
- Fixed an issue where static list names defaulted back to **All Contacts** when having assignment filter on
- Fixed an issue where the greeting line in smart mail did not automatically show up
- Fixed an issue where the **Load More** incorrectly showed up in inventories
- Fixed an issue where the contact filter did not work when scrolling down the contacts
- Fixed an issue where all contacts briefly said **INVALID EMAIL** after duplicating a smart mail

## November 7, 2022

**🖼️ Inventory**  
🎉 Inventory UI Improvement: Added IDR to the currency list

🐛 **Bug Fixes**

- Fixed an issue where the **Invoice by Amount** report did not load sometimes
- Fixed an issue where the inventory permission did not work properly
- Fixed an issue where reverting inventory import did not work

## November 1, 2022

**✉️ Smart Mail**  
🎉 Smart mail Optimizations: Optimized removing inactive contacts

**📔 Contacts**  
🎉 Contacts Optimizations:

- Optimized contact create request
- Optimized loading speed in contacts
- Optimized contact search when adding a relationship
- Optimized the loading speed of the **Invoice** tab in contacts

**🖼️ Inventory**  
🎉 Inventory Optimizations: Optimized inventory search

🐛 **Bug Fixes**

- Removed filters in the Artist Selection page
- Fixed an issue where reassigning contacts did not work properly
- Fixed an issue where the **Last Offered Date** and **Last Reply Date** did not work
- Fixed an issue where the **Associated Contacts** filter did not work
- Fixed an issue where changing currency to CHF did not work
- Fixed an issue where the **View All** did not show all lists when the personal list filter was applied

## October 11, 2022

**📔 Contacts**

**[Now Live] Contact sync with MailChimp is launched!**  
**What is it?**  
In the new **Contact Sync Portal**, users can sync contacts between ARTERNAL and MailChimp.

**Why does it matter?**  
With the MailChimp integration, users can sync contacts in one click, instead of exporting from one platform and importing to the other.

**How to use it?**  
Go to **Contact Sync Portal**, log into your MailChimp account, and choose how you want to sync the contacts. [Support article linked here](https://intercom.help/arternal/en/articles/6487036-how-to-sync-contacts-with-mailchimp) for more details.

**🖼️ Inventory**  
**[Now Live] Added the clear location option**  
**What is it?**  
In the **Location** field, there is now a **Clear Location** button.

**Why does it matter?**  
Previously, without this button, users could only change from one location to another, but not fully remove the location.

**How to use it?**  
Hover over the right side of the location section and click on the **Clear Location** button.

🎉 Inventory UI Improvement:

- Increased the image resolution in PDFs
- Removed the **Recently Added** tab and added a **Date Created** column in inventory detailed list view

🎉 Contacts and Inventory UI Improvement  
Increased the size of the tag picker so that users can see selected tags/roles/work status/etc. easier

🐛 **Bug Fixes**

- Fixed an issue where sometimes searching partial words in inventory did not work
- Fixed an issue where searching for a payee when adding expenses sometimes did not work
- Fixed an issue where the tax did not round up
- Fixed an issue where a bottom bar would show up when adding contacts in a smart mail
- Fixed an issue where the **Holds** and the **Sales** tabs were always empty in an inventory list

## September 26, 2022

**📔 Contacts**  
🎉 Contacts UI Improvement:

- Updated the contact filter to pull up contacts that contain the keyword
- Updated the contact selection cart so that it no longer automatically clears out

🐛 **Bug Fixes**

- Fixed an issue where deleting archived contacts did not work
- Fixed an issue where the “Not” keyword in inventory filter did not work
- Fixed an issue where contact counts were incorrect in smart mail groups
- Fixed an issue where adding tags to contacts sometimes did not work
- Fixed an issue where the sublocation in invoices sometimes did not save
- Fixed an issue where the inventory search in the mobile app sometimes did not work
- Fixed an issue where filtering by tags with special characters did not work

## September 12, 2022

**🖼️ Inventory**  
🎉 Inventory UI Improvement: updated the inventory search and it now supports special characters

🐛 **Bug Fixes**

- Fixed an issue where notes were not saving in inventory and contacts
- Fixed an issue where the smart mail subject line was not saving sometimes
- Fixed an issue where converting inventory dimensions from cm to inches would add an extra 1/8 inches
- Fixed an issue where the “H W D” text did not automatically apply to the dimensions in inches.
