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  •  Added the Maintenance module to Synovia, which enables users to set up schedules for vehicle maintenance, view the history of services performed on their vehicles, and log the costs of services.
  •  Added the Maintenance module reports to Synovia.
  • Added several reports to the new beta reporting engine, including Event Alert, Event Count, the remaining Idle reports, Hardware Health, Inspection, Stop, Time, Vehicle Performance, Yard, Zone, Fault Code, Fuel Economy, Planned vs. Actual Stop, Scan History, Ridership Summary, Yard Performance, and Speeding Summary.
  • Updated the descriptions that are displayed on the Reports (Beta) screen when the report names are expanded.
  • Added the ability to give a scheduled report a customized name via a new Schedule Name field in the Schedule Report - Step 1 window.
  • Added the ability to rename a scheduled beta report, either by editing the value directly in the Scheduled Reports grid or by making the change in the Edit Schedule window.
  • Added validation to the Edit WMS Layer screen that wouldn't allow the user to continue if they didn't provide values for the URL and Layer fields.
  • Added VBUS columns to the Hardware screen so that users can view VBUS data at the unit level.
  • Fixed an issue with the beta Scheduled Reports screen that was displaying the Next Run times an hour off.
  • Fixed a bug with the Search feature that wasn't returning any results on the Itineraries tab.
  • For Firefox users, fixed a bug that placed an extra vertical scroll bar on top of the Timespan tab options if the user resized their browser window.
  • Fixed a bug with the Connect the Points feature of the Vehicle History screen that wasn't matching the color of the direction arrows with the color of the path lines.
  • Fixed a typo on the Inspection Setup Add New Template screen's icon text ("Tempalte" was corrected to "Template").


Comparative Analysis - Synovia


  • Added two new columns to the Scan History SPED Ridership beta report: Pin Authorization and Employee Type.
  • Fixed an issue with the Scan History Daily Details by Vehicle beta report that was displaying code terms in the filter column list instead of translating them to actual words.
  • Fixed an issue with the Ridership Daily Detail beta report that was showing duplicate scans in the results.
  • Fixed a bug on the Itinerary Mapping screen that was keeping a previous search performed in the Assign Vehicle dialog box when the user opened it for subsequent vehicles.
  • Fixed a bug on the Itinerary Mapping screen that wasn't showing the correct number of pages in the page options below the grid for the first page of itineraries, although later pages displayed this correctly.


Time and Attendance


  • In Synovia, fixed a bug with the Vehicle Inspection beta report that was displaying the wrong driver names in the Driver column.
  • Added a new exception, Contract Deficiency, and a new Schedule Exceptions screen (on the Time Cards menu), which will allow customers using the Contract Hours by Schedule by Day export (added in version 2019.07) to quickly check if employees worked fewer hours than their contract requires.
  • Added the privilege Time Card Schedule Exceptions Tool to the user privileges list, which will allow users to use the Schedule Exceptions screen (and Contract Deficiency exception).
  • For North Carolina customers, changed the Vehicle TD-28 report's PDF results to be in Landscape mode rather than Portrait.
  • Fixed a bug with the Vehicle Use and Mileage by Shift reports that kept displaying the vehicle list in the tree, even if the user selected the Employee Tree tab.
  • Fixed a bug with transferring shift time from one job type to another that was overwriting the second's route ID with the first's ID.
  • Fixed an issue with TAA Portal absence request emails not being sent out; now they will go to the person who is assigned as the approver.


Here Comes the Bus


  • Optimized the HCTB Accounts screen so that it can load a large list of accounts more quickly.


API


  •  Added a new output field for the s0136 API call, Get Engine Diagnostics: is_ed_connected, which indicates whether the Engine Diagnostics cable is plugged into the engine.


Engine Diagnostics


  • On the OBDII - Light Duty screen, changed the values in the Tire Pressure columns to be in psi (pounds per square inch) instead of kPa (kilopascal).