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Overview of new features on Universal
| Update (Build 192) - June 2010 |
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- Reminders Performance Improved
- Added template to set reminders on a user by user basis
- Matching updated to include match on exact bedrooms, exclude already viewed and expand match price
- Checklists added to new tab on property, applicant and tenancy
- Printing added for checklists
- Bulk emailing added to Valuations
- Email templates and Bulk emailing added to Other Contacts
- Memory Management and performance updates
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| Update (Build 180) - March 2010 |
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New fully customisable checklist feature for Properties, Applicants and Tenancies
- Rent Source of funds added to handle rent coming from multiple sources
- Commercial EPC's added
- Access levels updated to stop users sending emails and texts
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| Update (Build 168) - October 2009 |
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- Windows 7 is the latest operating system available from
Microsoft, released in the UK on 22nd October 2009
- Universal is now fully compatible with Windows 7
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| Update (Build 162) - 4 August 2009 |
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- Street view added
- Click here
for further details on Street view
- Diary and
Reminders performance improvements
- Multiple email addresses
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Property Search enhancements
- Full details tab and scroll added
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Separate email body and footer for sales and rentals
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| Update (Build 156) - 27 April 2009 |
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- Full Details screen updated
- Under referencing check box added to Applicants
- Applicants under referencing reminder added
- Supplier Credits added (option to select credit on enter agent bills)
- Pay Bills - Deduct Supplier Credits form bill payment
- Global Key Management screen added
- Negotiator dropdown added to property matching
- Exclude Applicants Under Referencing added to property matching (rentals only)
- Access levels - Option to stop users updating and deleting historic notes
- Record user and date when receive or make payments
- End time and large notes field added to tasks
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| Update (Build 151) - 23 March 2009 |
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- Add Videos to your property search using Youtube
- Upload videos to Youtube and add the link into the
Properties extra media
section on the Advertising Tab
- Click on the YouTube Button and paste the Youtube
URL
- The Video will show on your website and be
embedded with your company branding
- Click here for further details on this new feature
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| Update (Build 149) - 20 February 2009 |
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Time added to Tasks
- Valuation Source added to KPI charts
- Emailing added to pay landlord, invoices and rent
collections
- Sms rent reminder added to Rent collection
- Sync processing optimised
- Withdrawn Rentals Type added
- Income and Expenditure graph added to Account
Summary
- Updated sales offers and invoices to
Datagrids
- Balance date added to Statement Balances tab
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| Update (Build 148) - 26 January 09 |
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- Periodic Tenancies
- Reports added including:
- Landlord Financial (section 19) Report
- Received Payments Report
- Payments Made Report
- Detailed Invoice and Bill reports Report
- Deposit Report
- Property Maintenance Report
- Profit and Loss Report added to Account Summary
- Improvements made to Property Maintenance
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| 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
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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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| 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)
- 01 June 07 |
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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 March
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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