2013-08 Victory Release Notes

Overview

The Victory release was a combination of a large network platform update for Precision hosted clients combined with some higher priority bug fixes. It also includes implementing Single Sign On for the CABs system (i.e., one login to either system will allow access to both). The new network platform updates should provide improved performance for hosted clients as well as create the framework for additional billing automation and scheduled processes.

The release notes below provide an overview of all changes.

CABS System Updates

29221: CABS SSO Support

The CABS system now uses the same single-sign-on (SSO) service as TBS.

Users will need to have Admin rights to the CABS module in order to use CABS.  Logging in/out of TBS will log users in/out of CABS as well.

At release time, PTT will assign users the CABS Admin permission if they have a corresponding user in the CABS system.

General TBS Enhancements

 

27735: Post Billing Account Update - Performance Enhancements

As part of the normal billing process, the TBS billing system will update accounts with last call dates, last billing dates, etc. This is an intense process since it has the ability to hit almost every product in the system. Reports were received that this impacted TBS system performance when the process was triggered during business hours.

This process was reworked to handle the updates in a more efficient manner. In addition this process can now be scheduled to run after hours to prevent future performance problems.

29092: Invoice CDR Viewer V2 - New message when no usage exists

When pulling up the Invoice Viewer V2 CDRs tab for a product that had no current activity, the error message was unclear: "The required product (<ProductID>) could not be found."

This message has been clarified to indicate that there is no current activity for that product.

29208: Support for Cloud based document storage and URL retrieval

When TBS emails Scheduled Reports attachments are currently attached to the email. A new configuration has been added that will allow the reports to be generated and then stored in a cloud based environment. That same report can then still be attached to the email or a link can be inserted into the email for retrieval. The latter will reduce the amount of broadband used when sending large reports via email.

This is a new feature only being used for scheduled reports at the moment, but will be a stepping stone toward adding this functionality into email billing process as well. This will greatly reduce the bandwidth used when sending invoices via email.

29019: Care Codes

Within the Care Code Admin tool, the Care Code has been added to the initial grid to help maintain Codes more easily.

29309: All Lines Search - Now returns results for Wireless MDN, ESN and MIN fields

The Customer, All Lines search is used to find an account using any "Product ID" in TBS.  In most cases, each type of product has only 1 product ID.  For example:
- ANI is the Product ID on Long distance
- WTN is the Product ID on Local 

To help users find accounts more easily, the multiple fields are searched on following products:
- Dedicated looks at ACircuitID and LECBillingID
- Local looks at WTN and CircuitID
- Wireless now looks at MDN, ESN, and MIN fields

28938: 10 Decimal Rating for Wireless & MB support for Wireless Data Plans

TBS now supports 10 decimal rate precision for wireless.

Additionally, the system has also converted wireless billing rates from Kilobytes to Megabytes for data plans. At release time, PTT will convert current KB rates to MB rates. IMPORTANT:Please check to ensure that any rates you had previously entered are accurate as there may be some rounding that occurred during the conversion process.

Bug Fixes

29217: Bug Fix: Trouble Ticket Physical Location not refreshing

On Trouble Tickets, when adding or updating a Physical Location, the system will now refresh the Physical Location drop down list.

28695: Bug Fix: Delete Queued ACH Payment

Fixed a bug which prevented users from Deleting Queued ACH Payments.

29105: Bug Fix: Orders Tree not taking filtering out deleted lkStatuses records

Fixed an Orders tree bug where orders assigned to a deleted Status were included in the tree.

29007: Carrier Admin Tool - Carrier Code is required and must be unique

Having multiple carriers with identical carrier codes caused the system to exhibit some errors.

The system now prevents this type of data from being entered.

28960: Bug Fix: ACH/CC Transactions are showing the user that Posted the transaction instead of the original user

A Transaction Saving bug was introduced in the last release.  This bug caused the User ID on the Transaction to be set to the User that posted the transaction instead of the user that processed the ACH / Credit Card payment. 

This bug has been fixed.  In addition, the Transaction records will be updated from the Payments Log to show the correct User ID.

28963: Bug Fix: Usoc Detail page not considering MustAdd / MustEdit from Orders settings

IMPORTANT: On the Local screen, previously the "Add USOC" button and the ability to edit existing USOCs was not locked down regardless of whether the system was setup to "Must Add from Orders" or "Must Edit from Orders".

This has been fixed.

29377: Bug Fix: Local Screen, Add LD Option always displayed regardless of Must Add from Orders

Fixed bug on Local where users could Add LD regardless of the Must Add from Orders from Orders application setting.

29273: Bug Fix: Traditional Wireless Voice Plan Maintenance - rounding CPM

Fixed a bug on the Wireless Voice Plan Administration screen that prevented the CPM, RoamCPM, and RoamLD rates from displaying 4 decimal places.

29280: Bug Fix: System Users with a UserType of Agent cannot login

Fixed a bug where System Users tagged with the UserType of Agent could not log into TBS.  Note: This did not prevent actual Agents from accessing TBS.

29265: Bug Fix: Internet Screen issues when many plans assigned

Internet products with more than 80-90 Internet Plan records on it were displaying the message: "The URL-encoded form data is not valid."

This issue was caused by a Microsoft web server patch and can be fixed by changing a web application setting, which  is performed with this release.