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Overview of new features on Universal
| Update (Build 140) - 01 December 08 |
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- Bulk Statement Emailing and printing added
- Single Statement emailing added
- Bulk Receive Rent
- Bulk Pay Landlords
- Add Commission Invoice to Landlord/Tenant Bills
- Added Scottish EPC's
- Pay Applicants/Other contacts
- Invoice and add credit notes for Other Contacts
- Landlord and Tenant email templates added
- Landlord and Tenant Bulk email added
- Rent held and Deposits held added to Accounts Summary Report
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| Update (Build 137) - 28 October 08 |
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- Property Maintenance Log added to Rentals Management
- Property Maintenance Reminders added
- Property Maintenance Tab added to property and supplier screens
- Print Remittance after Paying Landlord
- Vat tags added to statements and remittance for invoices
- Property Portal Upload Information / Order screen added
- None UK BER certificate processing added
- #prompt-ten-address# tag added, Asks which tenant address you want to use.
- Forwarding Address added to Tenant
- Tenancy, popup screen added when post rent and invoices
- Task List printing added
- Printing added for landlords to pay and tenants to pay
- General Fixes and improvements
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| Update (Build 133) - 01 October 08 |
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- Credit Notes added to Rentals Management
- Pie Charts added to KPI charts for Applicant, Vendor and landlord Source
- Printing added to Tasks
- Key Management added to Property screen.
- General Fixes and improvements.
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| Update (Build 130) - 12 September 08 |
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- Sync processing optimised
- KPI charts improved, added to
Reports menu
- Rentals Management improvements
and fixes
- General improvements and fixes
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| Update (Build 127) - 15 August 08 |
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- Rentals Management
Released. Please phone Thesaurus Technology on 0845
83 82 666 for more details or to Upgrade.
- Added Account Summary and Report
screen
- Online Landlord Statements
implemented
- General improvements and fixes
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| Update (Build 125) - 01 August 08 |
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- Rentals Management
Released. Please phone Thesaurus Technology on 0845
83 82 666 for more details or to Upgrade.
- Create Invoices, Rent Collections and Bills
- Manage Deposits
- Receive
Payments
- Pay Landlords
- Reconcile Bank Accounts
- Generate Statements
- Plus many more features
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| Update (Build 120) - 10 July 08 |
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- Rentals Management Beta version 2
Released. Please phone Thesaurus Technology on 0845
83 82 666 for more details.
- Property Search Local Map links
changed from Multi Map to Microsoft Virtual Earth
for better quality maps and no adverts.
- Applicant
filter enhanced to include features.
- Reliability and
performance updates.
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| Update (Build 116) - 01 June 08 |
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- New improved Reminders Screen added.
- Gas Safety Certificate, Electrical Safety
Certificate, PAT Safety Certificate and Fire Safety Certificate
Tasks added, Reminder added for each.
- Meter Readings Tab Added for Rental
Properties
- Comparables screen added.
- Features added to Valuations, copied
to property when valuation won.
- Landlord Follow-up added to Reminders.
- Performance improvements for Windows
Vista.
- Added Rentals Valuations, task and navigator
buttons.
- Added Navigator Screen.
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| Update (Build 106) - 19 April 08 |
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- User Access control added to allow/disallow
users to take properties off the market.
- HIPs tab enabled for rental properties.
- Task option moved from Rentals menu
to Tools menu.
- Negotiator added to Correspondence reports.
- Reliability and performance updates.
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| Update (Build 105) - 19 January 08 |
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- Postcode lookup address search added.
- People history, changed to datagrid, popup
added for addition of notes.
- Task tab added to people and property screens.
- Reliability and performance updates.
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| Update (Build 101) - 01 January 08 |
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- New Icons added to menus and forms.
- Appointment History tab added.
- New Appointments and Updated Appointments
added to negotiator reports.
- Reliability and performance updates.
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| Web Reports (Build 97) - 10 December
07 |
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- New Web Reports - Let your Vendors
and Landlords login to your website to view reports.
- Reports on viewings, offers, marketing plus
more.
- Output user defined messages to your vendors
and landlords to view online.
- Embedded into your website in the same way
as the Universal property search.
- Vendors and Landlords login using their
email address and web password set on the summary screen.
- View the reports offline in the web reports
viewer by selecting Tools/Web Report Viewer.
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| Google map coordinate finder (Build 91)
- 15 November 07 |
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- The new Google map coordinate finder allows
you to pinpoint the exact location of the property.
- Enter the properties address and click on
the Find Coordinates button on the property summary screen.
- Drag and drop the pointer on the Google
map to select the exact location of the property, click save
to save the coordinates.
- International properties can now be searched
for using the Geosearch.
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| Update (Build 88) - 29 October 07 |
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- Reliability improvements
- Database updates
- Visual and usability improvements made to
lists.
- Postcode Lookup facility added to Quick
add - people screens.
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| Microsoft Virtual Earth (Build 86) -
01 October 07 |
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- Universal now interacts with Microsoft Virtual
Earth.
- Combines bird’s-eye, aerial, and satellite
imagery.
- Each property will have a link to it's location
on Virtual Earth.
- View map, aerial or hybrid views.
- Also includes Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D.
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| Hips (Build 83) - 15 September 07 |
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- Security and reliability improvements
- Mail merge and report enhancements
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| Postcode Lookup Software (Build 82) -
15 August 07 |
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- Thesaurus Technology have released cost
effective postcode lookup software
- Only £5 per user per month *
- Quarterly Updates
- 80% reduction of keystrokes entering addresses
- Eliminate spelling mistakes
- Save hours of wasted time & boost productivity
- To order please call Thesaurus Technology
on 0845 83 82 666
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| Hips (Build 81) - 01 July 07 |
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- Build 81 includes improvements and enhancements
to the EPC processing
- Improvements have also been made to the
Email template section
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| EPC - Energy Performance Certificate (Build 79) |
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- Generate your own Energy Performance Certificates
- All you need to do is simply enter the numbers
and the charts are automatically generated for you.
- Uploads to your own website and to any property
portals.
- Generate the EPC into documents/brochures.
- Simply access this new feature by selecting
the property and clicking on the new 'HIPS' tab along the top.
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| Email Templates (Build 79) - 01 June
07 |
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- Generate emails from user defined templates
- Use mail merge tags to customise the content
of the emails
- Refer customers to HIPs companies with new
templates
- Use your own branding by adding your own
company colours and logos to emails.
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| Universal Anywhere helper (Build 79) -
01 March 07 |
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- Resize images before the are sent up to Universal allowing for faster uploading of images
- Drag and drop multiple images into the anywhere helper
- Improve the performance of Universal
- Automatically removes images after seven days to allow the images folder to be kept clean and run effectively
- Download the Anywhere helper by copying and pasting the following link into a web browser.
Click here to download the helper
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