ARI v.14 Update – Breakdown of all Changes

We’ve just released our most significant update for 2024. We are excited to deliver the most-requested client features based on the biggest feedback surveys that we made. This article contains info about all important feature changes and bug fixes. Here, you will find links to articles with detailed breakdowns and use cases for the latest features.

Remember to follow this guide and ensure you are using the app’s latest version.

Let’s dive into the changes!

Feature Updates

Payments Improvements – Introducing Bulk Payments, Deposit Requests, Tips and Direct Payments via Client Portal
Improved Item Grouping Functionality
Approve/ Deny entire Item groups on an Estimate
Better ways to add/ edit Parts& Labor on an Invoice – Table Mode, List Mode, Grouped View
AI Detection and Data Extraction for documents (vehicle specs from an image | client info from driver’s license | expenses from receipts | tire sidewall scanning)
Reports Improvements – Table view for reports, Sales Tax View
Home page redesign
PaidDate and status change date
open JO then go to More/Change Status to see the latest status change date -> PaidDate automatically shows on the Invoice when the status changes to Paid
Separate disclaimer for Invoice and Estimates (add in Profile/Disclaimers)
Vendors page enhancements – Add new and Edit are now separate pages | option to view Expenses/Purchases for the vendor
Include an inspection URL to an invoice after the inspection is attached (ARI and Online Invoice)
save grid column settings (three dots/columns/hide show column)
Inspection checklist templates Improvements – reordering option by drag-and-drop
Employee Improvements – record Salary and rate per hour | prefill the rate when creating payslips in Accounting/Expenses | option to import Labor from Jobcard to Accounting/Expenses
Sign-up page redesign

Bug Fixes

Remove an alert when the notification is not allowed
Duplicate clients when creating from appointment is fixed
Hide financials when creating a Job Card page when the role does not allow it
Labor prefill rate when adding to Inventory
Hide hours on inventory/Services when fixed rate
Only users with View access can open the Vehicles page
Remove voided, refunded, and written-off invoices from dashboard/ due invoices
When coming from the Job Card creation page, the checklist template does not persist on the Inspection page

Miscellaneous

Hide Team comments on the Client Portal
Remove SMS, email, and call buttons on the Job Card page and add that functionality as text links
Redesigned Estimate/Invoice buttons on the Job Card page to highlight the current type of document
Client imports now support the company name
Warning if Miles in > Miles Out on the JobCard page
transfer fixed labor to Canned Services
print carfax reports
autoincrement purchase Number
When duplicate invoices – remove the signature
detect landline phone numbers when sending SMS and prevent sending without taking credits
auto-resize pics>5 MB instead of showing an error
time tracking redesign
search clients by company name
link to Vehicle from the JobCard page
JobCards/ WorkFlow – option to Archive JO (three dots menu)
Add 8000 as a mileage step option for service reminders
JobCard autosave will stay on the same page as opposed to redirecting to the preview

Thank you for your continuous support in making this update possible. We’ve made most of the changes thanks to your direct feedback. If you have any suggestions – please let us know so we can keep moving in the right direction.

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