Inspire v.2.5 - Release Notes

Inspire v.2.5 - Release Notes



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Inspire v2.5 is packed with mostly speed improvements, esthetic updates throughout the pages of the software and some new features requested by our fabulous users. 

IMPORTANT: Worker Permissions will need to be enabled to allow access to new features & reports.

General Speed Improvements (Enhancement) - Many enhancements have been made to the structure and queries within our database to improve your speed to be a lot faster. 

Moving Appointments Alert (NEW!) - When a user clicks and drags an appointment to a new time or worker, an alert will appear to confirm the change.  

Location: Appointments

Appointment Book Values (NEW!) - Values regarding the number of workers, booked amount, the busy percentage, and much more have been added below the Waiting List.  To select whether to show or hide this feature, go to Setup > Setup Workers > Worker Details > Other Tab. 

Location: Appointment Book

Add Worker Name to Bottom of Calendar (NEW!) - The worker names have been added to the bottom of the calendar to assist with clients scrolling to the bottom of the calendar. 

Location: Appointment Book

Modify Appointment (Enhancement) - When searching for availabilities in Modify Appointment, the list now shows the day of the week.

Location: Appointment Book > Appointment Detail > Modify > Search

Appointment List Sort (NEW!) - Below the appointment book, there is a list of appointments, a new drop down appears to sort the Appointment List by time, name, status, etc. 

Location: Appointment Book

Send Appointment List Update (Enhancement) - The Send Notifications checkbox does not need to be enabled in order to send a list of standing appointments or a list of future appointments. 

Location: Client Card > Appointments / Appointment Book > Book Standing

Updated Checkout Pop Ups (Enhancement) - The pop ups in Checkout are now slide outs with an updated look.

Location: Checkout

Gift Redeem Search (NEW!) - The Gift Redeem now offers a search function that will display the current gift balance.

Location: Checkout > Gift Redeem

Completed Ticket, Adding a Tip Payment Type (Enhancement) - Choose an option for a tip left in Cash, Check or other payment types that are not Gift Redeem or Clover processing.

Location: Checkout > Completed Ticket

Dashboard (Enhancement) - The Dashboard now has tabs to show Day, Week, Month and Year.  This update will speed up the results to display.

Location: Dashboard

Product Sales Chart Graph (Enhancement) - An update has been made to the Product Sales Chart to display by Product Line.

Location: Reports > Sales Reports > Product Sales Chart

Product List Report (NEW!) - Generate a list of all of your products to view or check the SKU, Supplier, Taxable, Professional and Qty Fields.  

Location: Reports > Setup Reports > Product List Report

Daily Cash Drawer added Filters (Enhancement) - On the Daily Cash Drawer report, we’ve updated the report to offer a selection of Cash Drawer and Shift. 

Location: Reports > Transaction Reports > Daily Cash Drawer

Inventory Physical Checklist Sort Options (Enhancement) - A sort option drop down has been added to the Inventory Physical Checklist report. 

Location: Inventory > Inventory Physical Checklist

On Hand Product Report Sort Options (Enhancement) - A sort option drop down has been added to the On Hand Product report.

Location: Reports > Inventory & Gift Reports > On Hand Product

Setup List Updates (Enhancement) - The + New has been moved to the top and the grids have been removed from the Setup lists. 

Location: Setup > All Setup

Online Gift Sales Direct Link (NEW!) - A link to provide customers to go directly to your online gift sales.

Location: Setup > Setup Appointments & Emails > Online Booking Tab > Online Gift URL

Reminder Send Time Options (Enhancement) - Multiple interval options have been added to the morning hours to send reminders in Setup > Setup Appointments & Emails > Reminders.

Location: Setup > Setup Appointments & Emails > Reminders

Required Post Service (NEW!) - In Setup Service, users can now select services that are required to be booked with the initial service.  Example: Booking a highlight requires a blow-dry or haircut selection.

Location: Setup > Setup Service > Setup Services

40 Character SKUs (Enhancement) - SKUs can now be up to 40 characters. 

Location: Setup > Setup Inventory > Setup Products > SKU

Worker Goals has been Removed (Enhancement) -  Inspire recently offered 2 goal setup options; Billboard Goals and Worker Goals.  The very basic Worker Goals setting, previously in Setup Worker and Reporting, has been removed. The Billboard Goals selection options and calculations are more robust and the only Goals option now available in Inspire. 

Location: Setup > Setup Workers > Worker Details & Reports

Preferred Duration Symbol (NEW!) -  Appointments that are flagged as Preferred Duration will have ‡  on the appointment similar to if the appointment was a standing, booked online or one of multiple appointments.

Location: Appointment Book

Manage Inventory Update (Enhancement) - The Manage Inventory Page has been reformatted for better viewing.

Location: Inventory > Manage Inventory

Version Number (NEW!) - The Version Number is now located on the home page

Location: Inspire > Home

Zoom In & Zoom Out (NEW!) - Use the + / - zoom buttons on each page in the upper right to zoom in or out on that page. 

Location: All Pages


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