AGRIS Customer Documentation

AGRIS 17.2.0 ReadMe

 

AGRIS Product Suite |  ReadMe  |  Version 17.2.0

 

Table of Contents

 

1 General Information

This document provides general product availability information and briefly summarizes the AGRIS Product Suite 17.2.0 software update. Use the information contained in this document to learn about the latest changes available for the AGRIS agribusiness management system (AGRIS).
The current update of AGRIS is available to existing AGRIS customers on versions 9.5.0.x and higher. You can obtain the upgrade files from one of the following locations:

  • AGRIS Installation CD

  • My Account Knowledge Base

1.1 Product Information

Product Name:

AGRIS Agribusiness Management System – AGRIS 17.2.0

Version:

Version 17.2.0 Distribution Build 85, Application Build 69

Date:

March 22, 2017

1.2 Documentation

Support and technical installation documentation for the AGRIS 17.2.0 release is located at https://culturatech.atlassian.net/wiki/x/gRjJBQ.

1.3 Upgrading From Earlier Versions of AGRIS

Note:  If you are migrating from AGRIS Versions 9.4.6 or earlier, please contact Cultura Technologies, LLC Technical Support. Conversions from V9.4.6 or earlier are not supported in this upgrade.

1.3.1 Pervasive® PSQL™

If you have not updated your Pervasive® PSQL™ Engine to a supported version, a message appears during the AGRIS upgrade process, advising you to update your Pervasive software.
Click HERE to download supported versions of Pervasive® PSQL™ from the Knowledge Base.

1.4 Special Considerations for this Release

The information contained in this section is provided as supplemental detail about Microsoft® Windows® and Pervasive® PSQL™ to help guide you in installing or upgrading to the latest version of AGRIS.

1.4.1 Pervasive® PSQL™

Pervasive® PSQL™ v11 and later database engine releases do not allow license "stacking," but rather require user count increases on both the Server and Workgroup database engines.

1.4.2 Payroll – Tax Tables

Attention Payroll users:
Please download the latest tax tables after installing this version for the latest changes. Please contact the Technical Assistance Center if you need assistance with this automated download process.

2 AGRIS 17.2.0 Update Information

The information contained in this section provides insight into the new features and improvements available, as well as issues that Cultura Technologies, LLC corrected in this version of AGRIS.  The packages that contain changes are listed next to the summary of what was added, enhanced, or fixed.

2.1 Enhancements

 

ID: Summary

Additional Notes

ID: Summary

Additional Notes

ACP-959: 1099 Processing - Added standard graphic 2016 1099-MISC and 1099-INT forms, without background (two forms per page). Print jobs also go to the Report Spool.

  • Improve flexibility to use inkjet or laser printers with pre-printed forms that have two forms per sheet.

  • Reduce dependency on the text based forms designer.

ACP-1436: AP Balance Reports - Improve the performance of the A/P Aging Analysis Spreadsheet / Reconciliation report for when using the GL Reconciliation ranges.

Improves performance / reduce time on aging by over 62% on MSSQL and 59% on PSQL.

ACR-6: Payments / Prepayments > 5) Reclassify Multiple Unapplied Prepayments - ability to select and reclassify Multiple Prepayments For Item Specific Prepays. Click HERE to learn more!

  • Simplify effort to reclassify Prepayments for Inventory Items to other items when the original item is no longer needed or available.

  • Reduce effort and time to understand positions at the Inventory Item level.

ActiveReports, CFT-1045: Allow CFT Report Writer to support "Record Length (Relative Files)" as the Input Type

Improve flexibility to import files (e.g., bank file where a new transaction starts in every say 100th position of the file).

ActiveReports, GRN-1122: Cross Country Trading screen - provide a Print button

Minimize time to understand and share status and profitability of a trade.

ActiveReports, CFT, ENV-1445: Repete - Graphic Reports - Automatic integration optimization include additional Tag Variable. (alternate ini support)

Feed mill automation using Repete is further optimized with this release. Changes have been made to allow the Repete report to function in a scenario where an "alternate AGRIS ini" is being used.

AGS-3: Mapping - Simplify the process of editing / modifying boundaries.

Improve efficiency to modify farm, field and crop zone boundaries and manage attachments. Click HERE to learn more!

BLK, ONE-1674: Rail Car Database Extended Option - Semi-Annual Update (March 2017)

 

CFT-1424: Repete - Automatic integration optimization

Feed mill automation using Repete is further optimized with this release. Changes have been added to automatically update the Sales and or Manufacturing Order to indicate the order was successfully sent to the Repete System. This process change reduces report stream management and reduces 2 steps in processing, thus reducing failure points when automatically processing

Convert-231: Conversion Optimization for MSSQL - Enhanced support when conversion abnormally terminates.

Improve the integrity of the conversion process.

DRS-1422: DRS - Ability to default a new entry from an existing

 

ENV-1252: Upgrade to .NET framework 4.6.2 (latest release)

Improve security and flexibility to deploy on the latest underlying technology tools.

Install-302: AGRIS 17.2.0 Install - Remove unnecessary files from distribution

Simplify and streamline the installation routine.

Install-847: INSTALL - SU installer - enhanced install logging for recording errors encountered during installation

Minimize time and effort to understand any abnormal software update installation issues.

Install-1635: Database Check - When installing the minimum supported database version will now be displayed.

In previous versions the validation for when or if installing MSSQL was unclear. The changes were added to remind users of the lowest supported database versions for the current release.

ONE-348: binSight Integration - Reduce effort to select bin in Advanced Bin Assignment screen

 

ONE-544: Inventory Interface - Live Update Mode - Log an entry in the Audit log when the update of a ticket fails

 

ONE-646: binSight Integration - Improve the process of storing queued tickets in oneWeigh

 

ONE-648: binSight Integration - In multi-unit setups, coordinate the process of refreshing the bin list cache for working off line so that only one active workstation launches the process at the scheduled time

 

ONE-650: Signature Pad Interface - Ability to select the font size for the annotation area of the signature box

 

ONE-652: Signature Pad Interface - Ability to prompt for signature based on a specific ticket entry event

 

ONE-955: Signature Pad Interface - Improvements to Audit Log entries and UI improvements

 

ONE-1037: binSight Integration - Display grade factor values of assigned bin in Quick Bin Select area of Ticket Entry

 

ONE-1038: binSight Integration - Pit Commander - Display bin grade factor values on the bin selection grid

 

ONE-1039: binSight Integration - Add a Variety/Class filter for the available bin grid in Advanced Bin Assignment

 

ONE-1074: Ticket Entry - Ability to Re-Print a preliminary form after ticket recall

 

ONE-1075: Ticket Entry - Ability to display current NET weight in oneWeigh

 

ONE-1131: binSight Integration - Use the Origin Location description to derive a Name Id for traceability on the Inbound side of Transfer tickets

 

ONE-1155: Ticket Entry - Shipper Quick List data load improvements

 

ONE-1159: Form Router - Add Weigh Only to the Transaction Type filter options

 

ONE-1220: binSight Integration - Set column width to default value when the setting is 0 on the new Quick Bin Select grid

 

ONE-1225: RFID/Message Board - Display keypad input in real time on message board

 

ONE-1226: binSight Integration - Improve user-facing messages

 

ONE-1259: binSight Integration - Expand Audit Log entries

 

ONE-1339: Ticket Entry-Option to increase size of live scale weight display

 

ONE-1351: MSSQL-Ability to extract all AGRIS information necessary for a oneWeigh setup automatically

 

ONE-1450: binSight Integration - Add Last Product Hauled and Sample Number to the ticket fields sent to binSight

 

PAT-1147: Patronage Transactions > Source Allocation > Per-Unit Retain Allocations: Clarified Search Results and Total selections

Minimize effort and time to understand what the system is doing.

PAY-839: 2016 W-2 Reporting - adopted the new Filing Forms W-2c Electronically (EFW2C) format for re-submitting corrected W-2s

The Social Security Administration now requires electronic re-submissions to contain the original information and the changed information. This change maximizes the ability to comply with the Federal regulatory filing requirements when W-2 corrections are necessary.

SYS-893: Dataset Validator - Enhanced to prompt the customer to rebuild when a PSQL #6 (AeData:clsAeData:AeGetRecordAlt) Invalid key number issue is found

Improve dataset integrity with the ability to have AGRIS automatically correct issues found during Dataset Validation.

2.2 Corrected Issues

Please CLICK HERE to see the related Greentsone Community Article showing a spreadsheet of the Enhancements and Corrected Issues.

2.3 Open Issues Under Investigation

Please CLICK HERE to see the related Greentsone Community Article showing the list of Open Issues Under Investigation.


               

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