Product Name:

AGRIS Agribusiness Management System – AGRIS 18.4.0

Version:

Version 18.4.0 Distribution Build 119, Application Build 107

Date:

30-NOV-2018

ACR

AGS-4651

Payments / Prepayments: "Back" button is now labeled "Continue"

Simplify process and make it clear when applying payments to one invoice at a time.

The old "Back" label on the button was confusing when applying payments to one invoice at a time.

ACR

AGS-4652

Reports - Standard Advanced Report - Open Prepayments by item / product (bar chart): add filter by Product Category & option to show quantities in bars & recap

+ Reduce time and effort to get accurate prepay information at the item level.

ACR

AGS-6589

Sales booking report: ability to print the original booking quantity and/or amount on the same line as the applied and unapplied quantities and amounts.

+ Improve ease of sharing booking commitment information.
+ Increase understanding of the original, applied and open quantities and amounts.

AGY, CFT, INV

AGS-6812

AIS - Allow Blends coming from the Agronomy Integration Service (AIS) to flow into the AGRIS system as Sales Orders

Maximize the accuracy and timeliness of inventory positions, especially during busy seasons.

BLK

AGS-5007

BLK 780 - Order Recall Report - Modify the header and footer to more closely match the tape printout

BLK 780 - Order Recall Report - Modify the header and footer to more closely match the tape printout

BLK

AGS-5639

Bulk 780 - Display draft by draft flow rate and make the value available to plant control systems

The draft-by-draft flow rate is now displayed on the front panel of the controller and the value can be accessed by external applications.

BLK

AGS-5734

binSight Integration - Implement OW option to suppress inbound reservations

binSight Integration - Implement OW option to suppress inbound reservations

CFT

AGS-6656

PMM - Pull over the new Pennent Mill Manager User Defined Field from shipment record into the AGRIS user field #2

Improve the ability to capture and report on relevant information.

CFT

AGS-6649

PMM - Adjustment should ignore Pennent Mill Manager cost and use AGRIS Average cost

Improve the accuracy of inventory cost when interfacing with Pennent Mill Manager.

CFT

AGS-5781

PMM - Define default AGRIS freight/miscellaneous charge item number in AGRIS/Pennent Mill Manager configuration file

Maximize flexibility and accuracy of tracking freight and miscellaneous landed cost transactions.

DB Engine

AGS-6301

MSSQL - Support AGRIS and AgroGuide on Microsoft® SQL Server® 2017 Standard edition with Cumulative Update 9 (or higher)

Increase flexibility to run AGRIS and AgroGuide on the latest Microsoft database engine. 



For information about the features and benefits of the Microsoft SQL Server 2017 database engine, please visit https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/sql-server-2017-comparison#CP_StickyNav_1

DB Engine

AGS-6320

Support Actian PSQL v13 SP2 Server & Workgroup for Windows

Increase flexibility to run the system on the latest Actian PSQL v13 database engine service pack.

DRS

AGS-6807

DRS - Ability to sync Price & Basis

DRS - Ability to synchronize Minimum and max price, Cash and Basis price from the commodity code. 

DRS

AGS-6682

DRS - Communication Inquiry should only show one row for each site

DRS - Communication Inquiry will only show one row for each site now. 

GRN

AGS-6410

Storage Calculation: Ability to use Client Loadout Date as Stop Date

+ Increase flexibility to stop storage dates when calculating storage.

+ More accurately reflect the storage stop date where the farmer actually loaded the product rather than the date the AGRIS user performed the Apply from Storage function.

GRN

AGS-6092

Default from a contract with multiple schedules - prevent cancelled schedules coming across to the new contract

+ Reduce time and effort setting up new contracts.

+ Improve the accuracy of new contract information.

GRN

AGS-5234

Ability to print delayed price receipts

+ Reduce time and effort to produce delayed price receipt forms.

+ Maximize accuracy of delayed price receipt form information.

GRN ,ONE

AGS-6403

Apply From Hold (2) Group All Tickets Together - send updated grade factor values for tickets to binSight

Improve the accuracy of the grade information in binSight.

Reduce time and effort to reflect more recent grade information in binSight.

GRN

AGS-5988

Ability to process multiple auto settlement filter screens separately in a report stream

Maximize flexibility to automatically generate settlements by user.

GRN

AGS-6822

Ability to print / view Customer Acknowledgment form from customer status screen

Reduce steps and time spent generating commodity information for a customer.

GRN

AGS-6678

Graphic Customer Status Report - option to subtotal by Ship From Name ID

Reduce time and improve ability to understand information by the Ship From Name.  

GRN

AGS-6784

DP Receipts - performance improvement when printing one receipt

Reduce time by ~85% to print a single DP or Warehouse receipt form.

GRN, ONE

AGS-5800

binSight Integration - Use default URL if not set when sending grain ticket information from Agris/GRN to binSight

binSight Integration - Use default URL if not set when sending grain ticket information from Agris/GRN to binSight

INV

AGS-5872

Cost Adjustment Procedure > Adjust Cost For Usage - New progress status indicator to know how far in &/or how much remains of the Adjust Cost For Usage process

+ Increase understanding about if and how the Cost Adjustment Procedure is progressing.

+ Increase confidence that the Cost Adjustment Procedure is progressing.

+ Reduce anxiety about whether or not month-end progress is being made when all of the other employees are out of the system.

INV

AGS-6212

Stock Additions - Ability to set security on changing a stock addition from estimate to actual

Maximize the ability to control stock addition information and thus disbursement workflow.

INV, MSSQL, SYS

AGS-6050

MSSQL - Cost Adjustment Procedures: improve performance on the MSSQL database engine

Reduce time by >20% to run the cost adjustment processes with AGRIS on the MS/SQL database engine.



With AGRIS on PSQL, the following menu options appear:

1) Adjust Cost for Usage

2) Adjust Value to Market



With AGRIS on MSSQL, the following menu options will now appear:

1) Adjust Cost for Usage

2) Adjust Value to Market

3) Adjust Cost for Usage (Classic)

4) Adjust Value to Market (Classic)



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In Greenstone's MSSQL environment, here are the timings of the tests performed based on the new menus:

1) Elapsed Time=00:19:56

2) Elapsed Time=00:10:18

3) Elapsed Time=00:27:58

4) Elapsed Time=00:12:01

INV

AGS-5562

Item Maintenance > General Information > Barcode:  Phase 1 data model to support the future ability to have multiple barcodes on a single item (to use on AGRIS Warehouse mobile app)

The data model has been updated to support the future ability to have multiple barcodes on a single item (to use on AGRIS Warehouse mobile app).  The full roll out of this feature is planned for 2019.  Once released, this will:

+ Reduce time to scan items during shipment.

+ Maximize flexibility to identify an item based on which bar code is on the product (e.g., for a vendor, or a different standard like AGIS / AgGateway GTIN bar code).

ONE

AGS-6924

Ticket Entry-Ability To Set Number Of Copies In Agris For oneWeigh Active Forms

Active Report -Form Not Printing Correctly.  System tag value for number of copies 'SYS_COPIES' is not being passed from oneWeigh.  

ONE

AGS-6473

Audit Log - Add RF Tag interface description to RF Tag events to distinguish between multiple readers

Audit Log - Add RF Tag interface description to RF Tag events to distinguish between multiple readers

ONE

AGS-6190

Auto ID - Ability to automatically add new cards to the database

Auto ID - Ability to automatically add new cards to the database

ONE

AGS-6688

Auto ID - Last Load Recall - Option to clear all fields not being recalled

Auto ID - Last Load Recall - Option to clear all fields not being recalled

ONE

AGS-5807

Ticket Entry - Ability to set a ticket split group and view the current split group description

Auto Id - Ticket Split Groups - Ability to set a default ticket split group and view the splits in that group. Also, the ability to view the split group and splits associated with a default Farm/Field.

ONE

AGS-5775

Auto Id Maintenance - Usability improvements

Auto Id Maintenance - Usability improvements

ONE

AGS-6552

Auto-ID Background Import - Allow use of wildcard (asterisk) character in import file path

Auto-ID Background Import - Allow use of wildcard (asterisk) character in import file path

ONE

AGS-5591

Auto-ID Load Orders - Store and recall Auto-ID numbers in conjunction with driver-specific cards

Auto-ID Load Orders - Store and recall Auto-ID numbers in conjunction with driver-specific cards

ONE

AGS-6588

Auto-ID Maintenance - Delete all records in a specified filter

Auto-ID Maintenance - Delete all records in a specified filter

ONE

AGS-6681

Driver License Reader Interface - Add functionality needed for automation

Driver License Reader Interface - Add functionality needed for automation

ONE

AGS-5852

Export Router - Ability to regenerate an XML ticket file

Export Router - Ability to regenerate an XML ticket file

ONE

AGS-6919

Forms Router - Add Shipper ID to the Filter

Forms Router - Add Shipper ID to the Filter

ONE

AGS-5854

Message Board - Create Interface to updated Electromatic Fusion board line

Message Board - Create Interface to updated Electromatic Fusion board line

ONE

AGS-5657

PLC Interface - Ability to use same com port as the scale

PLC Interface - Ability to use same com port as the scale

ONE

AGS-6857

Pit Monitor - Ability to display location name above the grid

Pit Monitor - Ability to input or read and display location information at the top of program

ONE

AGS-6404

Pit Monitor - Commodity Summary - Group by Pit Number - Ability to use Pit # remark field rather than ticket pit number field

Pit Monitor - Commodity Summary - Group by Pit Number - Ability to use Pit # remark field rather than ticket pit number field

ONE

AGS-5022

RFID-Ability to interface to ESeek M260 ID 2D Barcode & Magnetic Stripe Card Reader

RFID-Ability to interface to ESeek M260 ID 2D Barcode & Magnetic Stripe Card Reader

ONE

AGS-6540

Ticket Entry - Ability to save and recall only Farm when using Vehicle ID Quick List

Ticket Entry - Ability to save and recall only Farm when using Vehicle ID Quick List. Change farm\field to work with saving to Vehicle ID without field info.

ONE

AGS-5784

Ticket Entry - Improve performance when loading pending ticket list

Ticket Entry - Improve performance when loading pending ticket list

ONE

AGS-6646

Ticket Export - Add option to write export files in the background via Ticket Post

Ticket Export - Add option to write export files in the background via Ticket Post

ONE

AGS-6290

Ticket Post - Only allow one instance at a time to send data

Ticket Post - Only allow one instance at a time to send data

PAT

AGS-6063

PATCustomVchDescription - Setup - Ability to key a custom description on patronage system integration that prints for each transaction type

More easily communicate the source of the patronage transaction with the patron.

PMM

AGS-5408

Pennent Mill Manager - Pass Contract Totals instead of each schedule

+ Simplify passing of AGRIS information to PMM. 

+ Maximize AGRIS capabilities to accurately manage contract schedule information.  

SYS

AGS-6798

Capture Current Machine Name in Help About Report

+ Reduce time and effort to identify the application server machine name currently in use when a user is having an issue in a Citrix farm environment.

+ Improve ability to help diagnose system issues that may be machine specific.

SYS

AGS-6457

MSSQL - Quantum platform technology upgrade and performance improvements

Improve performance and slightly reduce storage space requirements via the removal of unnecessary indexes.  This enhancement also includes upgrading to the .NET 4.7.2 framework as part of the AGRIS 18.4 installation process.

SYS

AGS-5654

Security option to prevent a user from accessing spooled items (reports and Forms) that were created on a different workstation.

Maximize ability to control and limit access to information.